Recommended reading - Q&A, by Edwin Torres (1977):

Q&A

By Edwin Torres.

Filmed as Q&A (1990), directed by Sidney Lumet.

Published by Avon Books.

First published 1977.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0380018624

ISBN-13: 978-0380018628

Description:

The basis for the hit film "Q & A" directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Nick Nolte. Written by Edwin Torres, the author of After Hours which was the basis for the hit film "Carlito's Way" starring Al Pacino and Sean Penn.

The minute he steps down the alleyway, Tony Roman knows it’s a setup. The first bullet tears through his cheekbone; the second pierces his brain. The big man is dead before he hits the ground. When the crowd pours out of the nightclub to see what happened, the killer flashes a badge. He’s the NYPD’s Lt. Brennan, and he plans to get away with murder.

Assistant District Attorney Al Reilly is called in to investigate the shooting. Everyone in the department expects Reilly, an ex-cop whose father was killed in the line of duty, to support Brennan’s claim of self-defense. But the evidence doesn’t add up. As Reilly digs deeper into the events of that snowy night in the darkened alley, he finds that in the NYPD, there is no crime worse than investigating a crooked cop.

On this day in music history - Magazine, by Heart (1977):

Magazine

Album by Heart,
released April 19, 1977.

Track list:

Heartless; Devil Delight; Just The Wine; Without You; Magazine; Here Song; Mother Earth Blues; I've Got The Music In Me.

Recommended reading - The Star Trek Reader III, by James Blish (1977):

The Star Trek Reader III

By James Blish.

Published by E P Dutton.

Published 1977.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0525209611

ISBN-13: 978-0525209614

Description:

Nineteen episodes from the now-defunct but still-popular television series follow James Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise to strange worlds and distant adventures.

Born on this day – Annie Wersching:

Annie Wersching

Actress

Below as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard

March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023

Credits:

24 (2009–2010); 24 in 24 (2009); Angel (2003); Anthem (2019); Below the Beltway (2010); Birds of Prey (2002); Blue Bloods (2014); Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012); Body of Proof (2013); Bosch (2014–2021); Boston Legal (2006); Bruce Almighty (2003); Castle (2013–2015); Charmed (2004); Code Black (2016); Cold Case (2006); Company Man (2007); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010); Dallas (2013); Doubt (2017); E-Ring (2005); Extant (2014); Frasier (2003); General Hospital (2007); Grounded: Making the Last of Us (2013); Harry's Law (2012); Hawaii Five-0 (2011); Hell's Kitchen (2018); Intelligence (2014); Journeyman (2007); Killer Instinct (2005); Lopez Tonight (2010); Major Crimes (2016); NCIS (2010); No Ordinary Family (2011); Out of Practice (2005); Partners (2011); Revolution (2013); Rizzoli & Isles (2011); Runaways (2017–2019); Star Trek: Enterprise (2002); Star Trek: Picard (2020); Supernatural (2007); That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars (2019); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Catch (2016); The Last of Us - The Definitive Playthrough (2019); The Last of Us (2013); The Last of Us: One Night Live (2014); The Other Mother (2017); The Ready Room (2022); The Rookie (2019–2022); The Showdown (2006); The Surrogate (2013); The Vampire Diaries (2015–2016); Timeless (2017–2018); Touch (2013).

Recommended reading - The Star Trek Reader II, by James Blish (1977):

The Star Trek Reader II

By James Blish.

Published by E P Dutton.

Published 1977.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0525209603

ISBN-13: 978-0525209607

Description:

Here for the first time in hardcover are 19 of the most exciting episodes that ever appeared on the award-winning Star Trek television series. Novelized by the renowned science fiction writer James Blish, each of these stories is a little gem with a permanent sparkle, and their combination a collector's item.

Recommended reading - Unknown Man #89, by Elmore Leonard (1977):

Unknown Man #89

By Elmore Leonard.

Published by Mariner Books.

First published 1977.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 006218928X

ISBN-13: 978-0062189288

Description:

“The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!” – The New York Times Book Review.

“An absolute master.” – The Detroit News.

“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune – and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89, to become a true believer.

Detroit process server Jack Ryan has a reputation for being the best in the business at finding people who don't want to be found. Now he's looking for a missing stockholder known only as "Unknown Man No. 89." But his missing man isn't "unknown" to everyone: a pretty blonde hates his guts and a very nasty dude named Royal wants him dead in the worst way. Which is very unfortunate for Jack Ryan, who is suddenly caught in the crossfire of a lethal triple-cross and as much a target as his nameless prey.

The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple cross, peppered with the razor-sharp dialogue for which Grand Master Leonard is justifiably famous.

Exhilarating old-school crime fiction that the late, great John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker would have been proud to call their own, Unknown Man #89 is a gem – nothing less than we’d expect from the man who created the incomparable U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified.

On this day in movie history - Slap Shot (1977):

Slap Shot

directed by George Roy Hill,

written by Nancy Dowd,

was released in the United States on February 25, 1977.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Andrew Duncan, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson, Yvon Barrette, Allan Nicholls, Brad Sullivan, Stephen Mendillo, Yvan Ponton, Matthew Cowles, Kathryn Walker, Melinda Dillon, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz, Paul D'Amato, Ronald L. Docken, Guido Tenesi, Jean Rosario Tetreault, Christopher Murney, Blake Ball, Ned Dowd, Nancy N. Dowd, Barbara L. Shorts, Larry Block, Paul Dooley, Dan Belisle, Jr., Rod Bloomfield, Bruce Boudreau, Galen Head, Susan Kendall, Connie Madigan, Mark Bousquet, John Gofton, Rod Masters, Joe Nolan, Dick Roberge, Ray Schultz, Carol Shelton, Ross Smith, Steve Stirling, Cliff Thompson.

On this day in movie history - Wizards (1977):

Wizards

directed and written by Ralph Bakshi,

was released in the United States on February 9, 1977.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell.
Music by Andrew Belling.

Cast:

Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers, James Connell, Mark Hamill, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Angelo Grisanti.

On this day in music history - Rumours, by Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Rumours

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released February 4, 1977.

Track list:

Second Hand News; Dreams; Never Going Back Again; Don't Stop; Go Your Own Way; Songbird; The Chain; You Make Loving Fun; I Don't Want to Know; Oh Daddy; Gold Dust Woman.

On this day in music history - Cheap Trick, by Cheap Trick (1977):

Cheap Trick

Album by Cheap Trick,

released February 3, 1977.

Track list:

ELO Kiddies (Single Version); Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School; Taxman, Mr. Thief; Cry, Cry; Oh, Candy; Hot Love; Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace; He's a Whore; Mandocello; The Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy); Lovin' Money; I Want You to Want Me (Early Studio Version); Lookout (Studio Version); You're All Talk (Early Studio Version); I Dig Go-Go Girls (Outtake - 1977).

On this day in movie history - Opening Night (1977):

Opening Night

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1977.
Music by Bo Harwood.

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, Laura Johnson, John Tuell, Ray Powers, John Finnegan, Louise Lewis, Fred Draper, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Carol Warren, Briana Carver, Angelo Grisanti, Meade Roberts, Eleanor Zee, David Rowlands, Sharon Van Ivan, Jimmy Christie, James Karen, Jimmy Joyce, Sherry Bain, Sylvia Davis Shaw, Peter Lampert, Josh Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, Seymour Cassel, Robert Dassanowsky, Peter Falk, Jana Howard, Ronisue Kiser, William Kramer, Patrick Labyorteaux, Robert Leader, Naomi Stevens.

On this day in movie history - The Gauntlet (1977):

The Gauntlet

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack,

was released in the United States on December 21, 1977.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Michael Cavanaugh, Carole Cook, Mara Corday, Doug McGrath, Jeff Morris, Samantha Doane, Roy Jenson, Dan Vadis, Carver Barnes, Robert Barrett, Teddy Bear, Mildred Brion, Ron Chapman, Don Circle, James W. Gavin, Thomas H. Friedkin, Darwin Lamb, Roger Lowe, Fritz Manes, John Quiroga, Josef Rainer, Art Rimdzius, Al Silvani, Michael L. Cooley, Marneen Fields, Dennis Jenkins, Mike Mangiaruca, Butch Price, Terry D. Seago, Steve Wargo, Tom Willett.