On the heels of episode 47 of Cinema Dual, friend of the podcast Stacey sent Jon a found copy of the novelization of Condorman, the movie discussed in that episode. Jon should not have been surprised that a cinematic masterpiece like Condorman would receive the honor of such an ambitious literary adaptation, but nevertheless he was. He had to know more.

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On the day I started reading the novelization of Condorman by Joe Claro, I learned that several layers of management were leaving their positions at my job, and that our new director was nowhere to be found. That same week, my car broke down for the sixth time in four months, forcing me to beg coworkers for rides to work and forcing my spouse (whose car I cannot drive) to do all family chores outside the house. In that same month, our American neighbors elected Donald Trump to his 2nd presidential term in a wave of terrifying rhetoric that will have ill effects for everyone. Against that backdrop, I don’t think even a good book would stand a chance, let alone a cheaply made novelization of a movie that is mostly forgotten except as an Easter egg reference in a Pixar short film. But taking fundamentally silly things seriously is what I like to do, so stick with me as I tell you the story of Condorman.

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