distant sequel
noun1
Broadcasting, Film, Literature, Media, Publishing, Television Uncommon A sequel that continues the story of an earlier work but is set much later in the same fictional timeline, often years, decades, or even centuries after the orignal.
- Without that distant sequel, the memory may appear as meaningless as the book; but for the moment I can only leave on record here the two facts to which I managed somehow and in some sense to testify.1936, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Autobiography, page 102:
- In the two distant sequels, the poet captures the exhilaration of the flight of the bird.1981, Sélections Lardanchet (contributor), Bulletin des Lettres, page 66:
2 more examples
- This successful picture is, in fact, a distant sequel to the science-fiction movie classic Forbidden Planet (1956).1996, Kirk H. Beetz, editor, Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction, volume 7, page 2151:
- See also METROPOLIS, to which Fumoon is a distant sequel.2001, Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy, The Anime Encyclopedia, A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, page 210:
- Related terms
- direct sequel