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.
<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
Tolkien's novel about a gossip, Lord of the Phone Calls
Asimov's baseball novel, Second Base
Le Guin's horror novel, The Sinister Darkness (OK, that one's a stretch)
>>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
> Tolkien's novel about a gossip, Lord of the Phone Calls
> Asimov's baseball novel, Second Base
> Le Guin's horror novel, The Sinister Darkness (OK, that one's a > stretch)
To make _A Dance With Deadlines_ joke would be crass, no?
On Jul 4, 5:09 pm, Johnny Tindalos <Jamai...@UnrealEmail.arg> wrote:
> > On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:09:05 -0700, 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.
> To make _A Dance With Deadlines_ joke would be crass, no?
Well, it wouldn't really be following the rules of the game (unless "dragons" is a synonym for "deadlines" that I'm not aware of).
The Armageddon Menstruation, on the other hand, would qualify.
> >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.
> Tolkien's novel about a gossip, Lord of the Phone Calls
> Asimov's baseball novel, Second Base
> Le Guin's horror novel, The Sinister Darkness (OK, that one's a > stretch)
Clarke's Indian romance novel, "Date with Rama."
-- D.F. Manno | dfma...@mail.com The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. (John Kenneth Galbraith)
> > >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.
> > Tolkien's novel about a gossip, Lord of the Phone Calls
> > Asimov's baseball novel, Second Base
> > Le Guin's horror novel, The Sinister Darkness (OK, that one's a > > stretch)
> Clarke's Indian romance novel, "Date with Rama."
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", Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Thuvia, Domestic of Mars"... or even Philip Jose Farmer's novel of the joys of obtaining protein, "Meat".
Stretching things a bit, John Brunner's war novel "Stand active, Zanzibar!".
Arthur C. Clarke's melancholy "Against the Autumn of Night"? Isaac Asimov's "Twilight", and John W. Campbell's "Nightfall"?
Ah, finally something slightly better... Cyril Kornbluth and Frederic Pohl's "The Room Merchants", a sordid tale of apartment hunting in New York.
>>>> 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.
>>> Tolkien's novel about a gossip, Lord of the Phone Calls
>>> Asimov's baseball novel, Second Base
>>> Le Guin's horror novel, The Sinister Darkness (OK, that one's a >>> stretch)
>> Clarke's Indian romance novel, "Date with Rama."
> 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", Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Thuvia, Domestic of Mars"... or even > Philip Jose Farmer's novel of the joys of obtaining protein, "Meat".
> Stretching things a bit, John Brunner's war novel "Stand active, > Zanzibar!".
> Arthur C. Clarke's melancholy "Against the Autumn of Night"? Isaac > Asimov's "Twilight", and John W. Campbell's "Nightfall"?
> Ah, finally something slightly better... Cyril Kornbluth and Frederic > Pohl's "The Room Merchants", a sordid tale of apartment hunting in New > York.
Asordid tale of apartment-hunting in New York? I wrote one of those:
>Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people would like >to play a game.
- there're times when the denetzens of this newsfroup would not?
>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.
- the principle of synonymity may get strained - just a little;
>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.
- you stamp-collector, you; but yes, the observable interests (not to say, predilections) of the froup do make this appear at least tolerably likely, yes; i hope none is more politically unsound than:
_The Moon is a Harsh Mattress_
- love, a ppint. happy to have two thrids the shop open again [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", should you wish to cc. to, or email, me] -- "never trust a man with shaved buttocks" - jim darby, 2/9/96 (9/2/96 for merkins)
On Jul 4, 10:09 pm, 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.
Will this do? Alfred Bester's novel about stalkers: THE CELEBRITIES MY DESTINATION. Alfred Bester's grammatically controversial THE FEATURES A PERFORMANCE BY MY DESTINATION.
