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From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Banned episodes + SF on controlling Time
Message-ID: <663@lll-crg.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 00:11:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 00:11:52 1985
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Reply-To: muffy@lll-crg.UUCP (Muffy Barkocy)
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In article <11245@watnot.UUCP> bfeir@watnot.UUCP (bfeir) writes:
>> In article <1105@ihuxn.UUCP> res@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt) writes:
>> >>Along the same lines, does anybody know any good SF about CONTROLLING time
>> >>(everybody elses), as opposed to time travel (controlling your local time)?
>> >
>> >A classic along these lines is "The Girl, the Gold Watch, and
>> >Everything" or something close to this (my library is at home, though
>> >there are days I wish I kept it at my office !!!).  There was a movie
>> >by the same name that was a fairly decent rendition of the book.
>> 
>> there was a sequel to the movie too, with some appropriate title that
>> escapes me.  i watched them both at different times in the past year
>> when i wanted to turn my brain off for a while.  having never read the
>> book, i will have to take you word that it was reasonable accurate.
>> 
>> Herb Chong...
>> 
>The sequel was called "The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Dynamite."


The movie was indeed reasonably accurate.  The book is by John D.
MacDonald (I recommend his "Travis McGee" books).  I do not think
there was a book for the movie sequel.

                       Muffy