Measures 4-3/16" X 6-31/32", 237+ pp -- written by Paul Gallico & ??? -- stated "First Dell printing -- May 1979" -- published by Dell Publishing Co. (NY), Dell paperback #10497.

Group 1-172

Wear & chipping to edges & corners, with scratches, indentations, rub-wear & soiling, plus the following - FRONT COVER:  Faint vertical reader crease right of spine, w/ripple effect, Xd by 7/16" stress crease at mid-upper spine edge; 7-5/6" crease from left lower edge to upper right edge; 4-3/4" crease from left lower edge to mid-right edge; 3-1/2" crease from right lower edge to mid-lower right edge; 1-11/32" crease from right lower edge to lower right edge; 1/4" corner crease lower right corner. - SPINE:  Upper spine shows NO lean, but lower spine shows slight lean to left; NO top to bottom spine crease. - BACK COVER:  Vertical reader crease left of spine, w/ ripple effect; 9/16" corner crease lower left corner; 1/8" corner crease top left corner. - INTERIOR:  Browning pages/inside covers. - OVERALL CONDITION = Good Minus

Okay -- strap yourselves in tight, 'cause explaining this book will take a little time.

First of all,  the book BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is NOT a sequel to the original book THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, written by PAUL GALLICO in 1969 -- in the original book (SPOILER WARNING!!!) the ocean liner sinks into the ocean depths, and is seen no more.

But the producers of the 1972 blockbuster disaster film were so overwhelmed with the financial success of that film, that they convinced PAUL GALLICO to write a sequel to the movie -- but NOT to his original book.  GALLICO agreed, and had written at least a portion of the novel BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE -- but then he died in July 1976, before completing the novel.

The completed novel was finally published January 1, 1978, without acknowledging the "ghost writer (s?)" who had completed Gallico's text; and the movie was finally released in 1979.

So who wrote what remains a mystery -- but we know for sure that the ocean liner Poseidon is definitely gone.

(Maybe.)

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