I saw the movie of The Last Picture Show before I read the book too, but it was a couple of years before so I didn't really remember the story all that well by the time I read the book. It's a good movie, but (quel shock!) the book is better. There are a couple sequels--Texasville and Duane's Depressed--but I haven't read either of them.
I'll be interested to hear what you think of Things Fall Apart once you've finished. I found it to be unlike pretty much anything else I've ever read, and it really took me a while to get used to the pacing and the structure of the story. I wrote about it in this post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/decemberthirty/2004/02/26/), if you have the time or inclination to read some more of my thoughts about it.
What's on your feeble mind, Duane?
I'll be interested to hear what you think of Things Fall Apart once you've finished. I found it to be unlike pretty much anything else I've ever read, and it really took me a while to get used to the pacing and the structure of the story. I wrote about it in this post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/decemberthirty/2004/02/26/), if you have the time or inclination to read some more of my thoughts about it.