Twitter reactions to Harper Lee's second novel, "Go Set A Watchman"

Looks like Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird won’t be a one-hit-wonder after all. The Pulitzer Prize winning author will be publishing a sequel, Go Set A Watchman after leaving it on the shelf for over 50 years. Mark July 14th on your literary calendars and clear a spot on the shelf next to your copy of To Kill A Mockingbird.

As previously reported, Lee's sequel to the beloved tale of young Scout Finch's adventures comes 50 years after it was written. Lee stated that the book follows Scout "as an adult woman." She also revealed that the flashbacks that were in the story caused her editor at the time to convince her to write To Kill A Mockingbird "from the point of view of the young Scout."

Breaking news on social media comes with excitement, jokes, contempt and everything in between. Here are some twitter reactions to the ground-breaking news about Harper Lee and her second time around on the literary carousel.

Here are some Twitter reactions to the news.

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A general first reaction to the news: excitement!

Twitter just broke. New #HarperLee novel coming in July. NEW HARPER LEE NOVEL! http://t.co/IxyWuRe0Sx

— Alison Barrow (@alisonbarrow) February 3, 2015

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A morose reaction to seeing an older person trending on Twitter, is sadly, death or injury. Boy, are we glad that’s not that case!

Saw Harper Lee jokes all over Twitter, assumed she'd died, pleasantly surprised.

— emilynussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 3, 2015

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Next emotion on the list? Shock. What 88-year-old can say they published an award-winning novel over 50 years ago, nonetheless released an overwhelmingly anticipated sequel in her old age?

Wow. Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird" is releasing her second novel this summer. She is 88 years old.

— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) February 3, 2015

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On the other hand, one may not have even read Harper Lee’s first novel. Time for that to change.

Is it time for the Harper Lee backlash yet? I'll kick off: I haven't read her first novel yet so I can't really get excited about a second

— Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) February 3, 2015

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Let the jokes commence. George RR Martin in known for his sluggish writing process. When news broke that it took over 50 years for Harper Lee to release a sequel, it was just too easy to compare the two.

Harper Lee and George RR Martin walk into a bar, the barman says... [You have to wait decades for the punchline]

— Barry (@QuantumPirate) February 3, 2015

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An adult Scout? No one can truly envision Scout Finch unless she’s a 5-year-old girl sitting on her father’s lap or chasing around after Boo Radley. A trip into Scout’s future is a promising vision.

HARPER LEE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT SCOUT AS AN ADULT, AM I THE ONLY ONE FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS....?

— wanderer (@thinkfreelyy) February 3, 2015

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And now: a spot on rebuttal to the jokes circulating the Internet. It may have taken quite some time for a second novel, but her first is still being read and discussed throughout the world. The relevancy hasn’t seemed to dwindle.

Harper Lee takes a long time with books. But her last one will still be a bestseller in another 50 years so I'd say she's ahead of schedule.

— Matt Haig (@matthaig1) February 3, 2015

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Some continued to poke fun at the “timeliness.”

Measles, Cuba, Harper Lee publishing a new book - welcome to the 1960s!

— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) February 3, 2015

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It’s Twitter, so are we really shocked millions of jokesters came out of the woodwork?

To Kill A Mockingbird II: Revenge of the Mockingbird

— Michael Maiello (@MichaelMaiello) February 3, 2015

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And for those who aren’t big readers, well, let’s just say they were less than enthused.

I didn’t read To Kill A Mockingbird because I firmly believe that you should never read books that have films you could watch instead.

— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) February 3, 2015