Another World Discussion Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

This is kinda funny. Since when does "nosy" Aunt Liz need wiggle room? LOL! I'm kidding, of course.

 

Edited April 4 by Contessa Donatella

[chrisml]

I can't seem to find the posts, but I remember someone talking about Another novelisations. Has anyone read them? Do you recommend trying to track them down? 

[Contessa Donatella]

By any chance, is anyone here in touch with Mona outside SON?

I don't know personally. But the information about them can be found here

http://anotherworldhomepage.com/public2.html

[Efulton]

I didn’t recognize David Bailey as Russ in 1989 but I was still excited that he was brought back.

[Xanthe]

There are two main sets of novelizations. There are the "Soaps & Serials" set, which were part of a whole line in the late 80s and covered the history of a lot of the soaps that were on the air at the time. They were slim paperbacks, each about the same size as a Harlequin Romance. They cover 1967-76 storylines only.

The other is the two books by Kate Lowe Kerrigan. I believe we talked here about how publicity for these novelizations annoyed Harding Lemay who thought it gave the impression that she and not he wrote the actual show. These were published in the 70s as well.

I bought the Soaps & Serials when they were released, and the Kate Lowe Kerrigan books second-hand sometime later. None of them are books that I would reread for pleasure, but I use them for reference when I am looking for more detail than the AWHP synopses provide -- with of course the caveat that the books are wrong or vague in spots or omit characters and entire  storylines. They are interesting for the history such as they are.

[DRW50]

And Josie was at a real low then - her baby had recently died, her marriage had ended, Sharlene was not in town. Rachel was also alone. Plenty for him to do, even just for one episode.

[Wendy]

I finished watching the first episode of The Pitt (excellent show, by the way!), and the credits had AW alum Joanna Going in the guest roles. Was surprised that she played the sick mother of a suspicious teen son. Time marches on, but I didn't even recognize her! She doesn't look bad, just very different/older than how I remembered her. Inevitable for all of us...

 

 

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[Paul Raven]

Yes and just a nice nod to the origins of the show and to a time when it was a creative  and ratings success.

[Reverend Ruthledge]

If I remember correctly, the Soaps & Serials AW book series skipped over A LOT of the show's early material. 

Edited April 5 by Reverend Ruthledge

[Xanthe]

The first book starts with Missy on trial for the murder of Danny Fargo.

[Reverend Ruthledge]

That's right. Which was 1967. The first three years were completely ignored. 

[Contessa Donatella]

3 years for something like this, is truly insignificant. It's not like they were some scholarly text. They were pop culture & product tie-ins, and yes, there was history involved but certainly not to be considered an exhaustive study of the show.

Edited April 6 by Contessa Donatella

[Reverend Ruthledge]

Yeah, but for someone like me who is only interested in the first ten years of the show, skipping three years of that ten years is pretty significant. I was interested in reading the origins of the show. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Have you read "The Creation of Another World" on the AWHP?

[Reverend Ruthledge]

No.