On Jul 6, 3:08 am, wdst...@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:
> In article <cf0dc688-461c-4641-9861-dbd5ceffe...@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, > Quadibloc <jsav...@ecn.ab.ca> said:
> > Fairly trivial ones come to mind: "The Clock Machine" by Wells, > > and "At the Mountains of Anger" by Lovecraft, Alfred Bester's "The > > Station Man"
> How are you getting from "Demolished" to "Station?"
I was actually thinking of another work... perhaps I had the author wrong. "Bus Stop" was another synonym for the word I substituted. Actually, "Railroad Station" would have been better.
A different possibility would have been "The Video Display Unit Man"... it was "The Terminal Man" that I was thinking of. Ah - Michael Crichton.
In article <djwbk.884$zv7....@flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com>, Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I know we had several others, and I figured this well-read, > erudite group can come up with some new ones.
Poul Anderson's cookbook: Noodle Wave
An examination of celebrity drug use by Agnew H. Bahnson Jr.: The Celebrities Are Too High
A collaboration by Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Kube-McDowell that examines equestrian influences in westerns: The Horse
Let's not forget Clarke's piece about sobering up: Reverse From The White Hart
While on the subject of Clarke, we might as well mention his touch-feely piece about spirituality: Tales From The White Emotion
On the popular subject of stars, there is also James P. Hogan's work about the children of famous people: Inherit The Celebrities
For those who are into that kind of thing, there is C.M. Kornbluth's collection of porn stories: A Mile Beyond The Buttocks Confusingly, Kornbluth also wrote a book with the same title that deals with college pranks. This itself was the source of some pranks, when people interested in reading about high jinks would be directed to the former work.
Lastly, we have Neal Stephenson's lesser known steampunk piece: The Carbon Age
On Jul 4, 5:09 pm, Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people > would like to play a game. Lo these many years ago, when I > was in high school, a friend and I would refer to books by > altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word to > a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the > meaning of the title.
> However, the only one I can remember off-hand is:
> The Power That Preserves -> The Power That Jams.
> I know we had several others, and I figured this well-read, > erudite group can come up with some new ones.
> Rebecca
The Anubis Founder of Microsoft? And He Built a Corrupt House? (Another Political Story by Heinlein) The Really Bad Golfer and the Ants? by Rudy Rucker Sir Lancelot of the Living Dead (OK, I cheated and it is horror not SF)
On Jul 4, 10:09 pm, Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people > would like to play a game. Lo these many years ago, when I > was in high school, a friend and I would refer to books by > altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word to > a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the > meaning of the title.
> However, the only one I can remember off-hand is:
> The Power That Preserves -> The Power That Jams.
> I know we had several others, and I figured this well-read, > erudite group can come up with some new ones.
If I can (like others) change more than one word, please accept _The Sea Monster Funerals_. But also either _Quatermass and the Cherry- stone_ or _Quatermass and the Orchestra Stalls_. (Was that a book? Never mind.)
_No Adolescent Consumed Mind-altering Small French Biscuit_.
Don't forget Asimov went on to _Moment Cellars_. (And when he was still good. Arguably.)
Maybe we could have another game, actual SF titles that /sound/ as though they've been through that process, and possiibly have. For instance I am reading _The Year of Intelligent Tigers_, although I don't really see what the original "was". (There's a planet where human colonists find packs of tigers living around. They're fairly tame animals. Then a bunch of the tigers announce themselves as intelligent.) And I lately looked into _Chasm City_. Couldn't do anything with that.
> > > >Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people > > > >would like to play a game. Lo these many years ago, when I > > > >was in high school, a friend and I would refer to books by > > > >altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word to > > > >a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the > > > >meaning of the title.
> > > >However, the only one I can remember off-hand is:
> > > >The Power That Preserves -> The Power That Jams. > Ah, finally something slightly better... Cyril Kornbluth and Frederic > Pohl's "The Room Merchants", a sordid tale of apartment hunting in New > York.
> John Savard-
Which in turn inspired Harrison's _Make Space, Make Space_ about dealing with all the stuff after you found an apartment, and of course Hersey's classic novel of an undersupplied engineeer _My Petition for More Vaccum_
On 4 Jul, 23:09, Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people > would like to play a game. Lo these many years ago, when I > was in high school, a friend and I would refer to books by > altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word to > a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the > meaning of the title.
> However, the only one I can remember off-hand is:
> The Power That Preserves -> The Power That Jams.
> I know we had several others, and I figured this well-read, > erudite group can come up with some new ones.
Let's see:
D. Adams: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Twix P. Anderson: The Dirty Book of Stormgate I. Asimov: The Dried Fruit of Space
> On 4 Jul, 23:09, Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people > > would like to play a game. Lo these many years ago, when I > > was in high school, a friend and I would refer to books by > > altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word to > > a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the > > meaning of the title.
> > However, the only one I can remember off-hand is:
> > The Power That Preserves -> The Power That Jams.
> > I know we had several others, and I figured this well-read, > > erudite group can come up with some new ones.
> Let's see:
> D. Adams: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Twix > P. Anderson: The Dirty Book of Stormgate > I. Asimov: The Dried Fruit of Space
Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people > would like to play a game. Lo these many years ago, when I > was in high school, a friend and I would refer to books by > altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word to > a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the > meaning of the title.
> However, the only one I can remember off-hand is:
> The Power That Preserves -> The Power That Jams.
> I know we had several others, and I figured this well-read, > erudite group can come up with some new ones.
Ooh fun - and I see several good ones elsethread. Here are my few meager efforts:
Stephen King's _The Raised Platform_
Clarke's _Thrice 666, Plus 3_
The Zelazny/Sheckley collaboration _Bring Me the Toilet of Prince Charming_
Simak's _Fashion Station_
and these which use multi-word synonyms:
Zelazny's _Car Lifter of Shadows_ and Budrys' _Rogue Exposure of Buttocks_ (sorry)
