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Title: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: yesno on September 14, 2009, 02:23:45 PM

This is making the rounds this morning.  It's so funny.

http://yourmonkeycalled.com/post/185927647/book-titles-if-they-were-written-today

Such as:

"Then: The Theory of the Leisure Class
Now:  Buying Out Loud: The Unbelievable Truth About What We Consume and What It Says About Us"

These are mine.  Not as funny but fun to come up with.

Then: The Aeniad
Now: Romesick: The Story of an Underdog

Then: Finnegans Wake
Now: Dreamscapes: Using Language to Unlock the Patterns of History

post yours here: http://kottke.org/09/09/book-titles-if-they-were-written-today#comments

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: nec13 on September 14, 2009, 11:42:07 PM

Then: The Communist Manifesto
Now: Workers Revolt: How the Capitalist System is Keeping You Down

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: yesno on September 14, 2009, 11:52:59 PM

Then: Troilus and Criseyde
Now: Turnabout: Creative Strategies for Romantic Realignment

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: nec13 on September 15, 2009, 12:09:51 AM

Then: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Now: An Empire in Ruins: The Story of the End of Rome

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: buffcoat on September 15, 2009, 07:59:58 AM

Then: The Odyssey
Now : Who Moved My Boat?

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: colonel panic on September 15, 2009, 11:07:06 PM

Then: Anna Karenina

Now: Dora the Exploited

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: thecramedog on September 16, 2009, 12:55:42 PM

Then: The Poky Little Puppy
Now:  The Somewhat Slow, But Not Mentally Challenged Puppy


(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3uAtm94aq4/Sc0X2gaOcjI/AAAAAAAACvY/HZfX-Pl7xhY/s400/poky.jpg)

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on September 16, 2009, 01:36:58 PM

Then: Crime and Punishment

Now: I Hope They Serve Vodka In Hell

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: samir on September 16, 2009, 02:55:52 PM

then: Gulliver's Travels
now: Giant! Pygmy! (One Man's Spectacular Rise and Tumultuous Fall)

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: nec13 on September 16, 2009, 08:06:40 PM

Then: The Population Bomb
Now: The Population Bomb

Title: Re: Book titles if they were written today
Post by: Gilly on September 16, 2009, 08:34:06 PM

Old: The Great Gatsby
New: The Housewives of East Egg