Author Topic: Book titles if they were written today (Read 2670 times)

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

nec13 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2009, 11:42:07 PM »

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

yesno · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2009, 11:52:59 PM »

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

nec13 · « **Reply #3 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

buffcoat · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2009, 07:59:58 AM »

Then: The Odyssey
Now : Who Moved My Boat?

colonel panic · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2009, 11:07:06 PM »

Then: Anna Karenina

Now: Dora the Exploited

thecramedog · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2009, 12:55:42 PM »

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

JonFromMaplewood · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:36:58 PM »

Then: Crime and Punishment

Now: I Hope They Serve Vodka In Hell

samir · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2009, 02:55:52 PM »

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

nec13 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2009, 08:06:40 PM »

Then: The Population Bomb
Now: The Population Bomb

Gilly · « **Reply #10 on:** September 16, 2009, 08:34:06 PM »

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