Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Original Score is a 1992 soundtrack composed by John Williams, who also scored the first installment in the franchise. While the soundtrack is mostly a repeat of the first film's material, there are a few new prominent themes such as "Christmas Star" and "Plaza Hotel and Duncan's Toy Store". Ultimately, the soundtrack fell out of print. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – Original Soundtrack Album is a 1992 soundtrack album that contains music from or inspired by "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York". The album eventually was discontinued and later re-released as Home Alone
City at the End of Time (1956), and Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland" (1908) and "The Night Land" (1912), all speculate on the evolution of humankind in the deep future. Bear said that these works, and their author's imagination, were a big influence on "City at the End of Time". Science fiction critic John Clute said ""City at the End of Time" is an example of a novel in dialogue with past works of SF." He said that Bear pays homage to William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel, "The Night Land", with which "City at the End of Time" shares a number of plot elements. Both