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Wayside School - revisited
Aug. 28th, 2021 08:45 pmThe bizarro-humor Wayside School trilogy was a favorite of mine growing up (especially volume 2, "Falling Down"). The original books were published in 1978, 1989, and 1995, so by the time I was in grade school and reading them they were a complete set. (I was about the right age for "Holes" when it came out, or a little later.)
But I did not at all expect there to be a fourth volume, released last year. And now that it's almost Yuletide-nominations season I decided to track the originals down and reread them before moving onto the "Cloud of Doom," I saw in reviews that there might be some callbacks/continuity nods.
Some random highlights:
( Sideways Stories from Wayside School )
( Wayside School Is Falling Down )
( Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger )
( Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom )
Okay, so it's more goofy humor, and less "this is the long-awaited Chekhov that will tie everything together," but that's okay, you don't need to understand how everything is connected to enjoy Wayside School. If I nominate it it'll probably be at least Dana and Miss Zarves, not sure though.
But I did not at all expect there to be a fourth volume, released last year. And now that it's almost Yuletide-nominations season I decided to track the originals down and reread them before moving onto the "Cloud of Doom," I saw in reviews that there might be some callbacks/continuity nods.
Some random highlights:
( Sideways Stories from Wayside School )
( Wayside School Is Falling Down )
( Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger )
( Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom )
Okay, so it's more goofy humor, and less "this is the long-awaited Chekhov that will tie everything together," but that's okay, you don't need to understand how everything is connected to enjoy Wayside School. If I nominate it it'll probably be at least Dana and Miss Zarves, not sure though.
