weird and Wonderful Books and Their Titles

lurkerjuzjoinedup · 27th October 2003, 05:34 AM

I seem to collect them

Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella - Curiouser and Curiousier Adventures in History By Michael Olmert.

Stipple, Wink and Gusset - The Great Originals: Men and Women Who gave Their Names to History by James Cochrane.

Scorn With added Vitriol by Matthew Parris.

Mondo Bizarro - Australia in the 70's by James Cockington.

"Quote...Unquote" by Nigel Rees.

Brush Up your Shakespeare - Author unknown as have stupidly lent book to someone.

My excuse is I used to write trivia questions.

Anyone got any others?

Chaos · 27th October 2003, 06:13 AM

"When things bite back", by Edward Tenner

I also have some translated titles:

"The Demon-Haunted World" by Carl Sagan is "Der Drache in meiner Garage" ("the dragon in my garage")

"Billions and Billions", also by Sagan, is "Gott und der tropfende Wasserhahn" ("god and the dripping tap")

"Ancient Inventions" by Nick Thorpe is "Keilschrift, Kompass, Kaugummi" ("cuneiform, compass and chewing gum")

Bikewer · 27th October 2003, 07:34 AM

"Leonardo's mountain of clams, and the Diet of Worms". Stephen Jay Gould.

lurkerjuzjoinedup · 27th October 2003, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos
"When things bite back", by Edward Tenner

Hmmmm. What kind of thing bites back what??

Chaos · 27th October 2003, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lurkerjuzjoinedup

Hmmmm. What kind of thing bites back what??

No, don´t worry about your computer biting you (although, now that I think about it, mine has been eyeing me hungrily for some time

)

It´s about the "revenge effects" of technology, that is, inventions that were thought to make live easier and safer, but end up doing just the opposite.

epepke · 27th October 2003, 02:52 PM

I've been thinking about Philip K. Dick lately. He had some good titles.

The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Confessions of a Crap Artist
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Galactic Pot-Healer

Peter Jenkins · 27th October 2003, 02:57 PM

The day we were mostly butterflies
Louis W King

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Dorian Gray · 28th October 2003, 07:27 AM

Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons, by Vonnegut.
The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, by Heinlein

geni · 28th October 2003, 07:32 AM

Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
great title rubish book

Chaos · 28th October 2003, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by geni
Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
great title rubish book

Seconded.

Prospero · 29th October 2003, 01:17 AM

The White Plague by Frank Herbert. Yes, he did write other fiction besides the Dune series.

ceptimus · 29th October 2003, 09:16 AM

The man who mistook his wife for a hat. - Oliver Sacks.

PygmyPlaidGiraffe · 29th October 2003, 07:15 PM

The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood

ISBN: 0385491069

PygmyPlaidGiraffe · 29th October 2003, 07:36 PM

The Secret Life of Plants

- Peter Tompkins (who has written "secrets" about many things) and Christopher Bird

ISBN: 0060915870

"Had the majority of readers taken it in with the joy of escape to fantasy that may be accorded a good novel, no damage would have been done" - A.W. Galston and C.L. Slayman

Keep an eye on your plants! They could be leading alternate lives! They could be getting into all sorts of mischief, getting into their intersteller assault craft and declaring war on the Ur-Quan, for example.

Eventually · 2nd November 2003, 07:57 PM

"My Darling, My Hamburger" and "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" both by Paul Zindel

Skeptic · 3rd November 2003, 02:30 PM

"Finnegans Wake".

Just to start, we have a triple-meaning title:

1). Finnegan's Wake (he died)

2). Finnegans Wake (the finnegans, his sons, are waking up again)

3). Finnegan = "fin-again".

The rest of the book is just as complicated. Yes, I have read it. No, I don't understand it.

MoeFaux · 4th November 2003, 10:00 PM

Geek Love is a terrific book. A wonderful read, very weird and full of heart.

27th October 2003, 05:34 AM	#1
lurkerjuzjoinedup Scholar Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 74	weird and Wonderful Books and Their Titles I seem to collect them Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella - Curiouser and Curiousier Adventures in History By Michael Olmert. Stipple, Wink and Gusset - The Great Originals: Men and Women Who gave Their Names to History by James Cochrane. Scorn With added Vitriol by Matthew Parris. Mondo Bizarro - Australia in the 70's by James Cockington. "Quote...Unquote" by Nigel Rees. Brush Up your Shakespeare - Author unknown as have stupidly lent book to someone. My excuse is I used to write trivia questions. Anyone got any others?
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27th October 2003, 06:13 AM	#2
Chaos TAM Chocolate Dispenser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heart of Old Europe Posts: 6,251	"When things bite back", by Edward Tenner I also have some translated titles: "The Demon-Haunted World" by Carl Sagan is "Der Drache in meiner Garage" ("the dragon in my garage") "Billions and Billions", also by Sagan, is "Gott und der tropfende Wasserhahn" ("god and the dripping tap") "Ancient Inventions" by Nick Thorpe is "Keilschrift, Kompass, Kaugummi" ("cuneiform, compass and chewing gum")
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27th October 2003, 07:47 AM	#4
lurkerjuzjoinedup Scholar Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 74	Quote: Originally posted by Chaos "When things bite back", by Edward Tenner Hmmmm. What kind of thing bites back what??
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27th October 2003, 08:06 AM	#5
Chaos TAM Chocolate Dispenser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heart of Old Europe Posts: 6,251	Quote: Originally posted by lurkerjuzjoinedup Hmmmm. What kind of thing bites back what?? No, don´t worry about your computer biting you (although, now that I think about it, mine has been eyeing me hungrily for some time ) It´s about the "revenge effects" of technology, that is, inventions that were thought to make live easier and safer, but end up doing just the opposite.
	__________________ Grand Master, Knights of the Question Mark Illusion: too good to be true - Reality: too true to be good Authors build castles in the sky, readers live in them and publishers collect the rent. - Maxim Gorki Folks enjoy a witch-hunt as long as they are on the blunt end of the pitchfork. - Suezoled You can't use logic to talk a man out of a position that he didn't use logic to get himself into - passed down by Nyarlathotep Kids these days are better than their parents since they constitute the newest edition, the beta version of our societies - Cleopatra YouÂ´ll have to accept the fact that some people are just plain nuts. - Paul C. Anagnostopolous

27th October 2003, 02:52 PM	#6
epepke Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,136	I've been thinking about Philip K. Dick lately. He had some good titles. The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Confessions of a Crap Artist Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Galactic Pot-Healer
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27th October 2003, 07:34 AM	#3
Bikewer Illuminator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis, Mo. Posts: 4,985	"Leonardo's mountain of clams, and the Diet of Worms". Stephen Jay Gould.

27th October 2003, 02:57 PM	#7
Peter Jenkins Muse Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 561	The day we were mostly butterflies Louis W King P
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28th October 2003, 07:27 AM	#8
Dorian Gray Hypocrisy Detector Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 9,637	Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons, by Vonnegut. The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, by Heinlein

28th October 2003, 07:32 AM	#9
geni Anti-homeopathy illuminati member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 19,860	Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton great title rubish book

28th October 2003, 08:45 AM	#10
Chaos TAM Chocolate Dispenser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heart of Old Europe Posts: 6,251	Quote: Originally posted by geni Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton great title rubish book Seconded.
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PygmyPlaidGiraffe Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,289	The Secret Life of Plants - Peter Tompkins (who has written "secrets" about many things) and Christopher Bird ISBN: 0060915870 "Had the majority of readers taken it in with the joy of escape to fantasy that may be accorded a good novel, no damage would have been done" - A.W. Galston and C.L. Slayman Keep an eye on your plants! They could be leading alternate lives! They could be getting into all sorts of mischief, getting into their intersteller assault craft and declaring war on the Ur-Quan, for example.
	__________________ DÃ©montrer habituellement mon fromage glissant outre de mon biscuit depuis 1976. ruminating artiodactyle ungulate http://www.ultimateungulate.com/index.html

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