gnomi: (hypotamoose)
gnomi ([personal profile] gnomi) wrote2009-02-18 03:13 pm
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Fun With Words and Book Titles

A couple of Shabbatot ago, over a meal, I mentioned (and I cannot remember how it came up) The Man Who Melted Jack Dan, a fun game of book titles and author names. There is a large list of qualifying entries here.

And one of the people I was talking to came up with a newly published qualifying entry: I Remember the Future Michael A. Burstein.

[identity profile] half-double.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Shabbatot" is way up there on my "favorite words" list. Just so's you know.

[identity profile] gnomi.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Shabbats" just looks funny to me. So the Hebrew ending wins. :-)

[identity profile] somehedgehog.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The future Michael A. Burstein was totally awesome with his laser eye and riding velociraptor.

[identity profile] gnomi.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
riding velociraptor

Did he acquire it through One Velociraptor Per Child (http://velociraptorz.org/)?

[identity profile] somehedgehog.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
DUDE! My life's passion and most irrational fear brought together for the first time!

[identity profile] violetcheetah.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
this reminds me of the game we played when i worked at the bookstore, combining titles of books to make fusion literature. this was when magic johnson's (auto)bio was out, along with 'women who run with wolves.' we found 'women who run with magic johnson' entirely funnier than was entirely called for.
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[personal profile] madfilkentist 2009-02-18 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
From my own bookshelves:

Magic Isaac Asimov
The Undefeated Keith Laumer
Grumbles from the Grave Robert A. Heinlein
Star-Begotten H. G. Wells

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Cute! I hadn't thought of that one.