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Apparently this is based on a Radio 4 idea, though I've just heard it on 6music.
Take a novel title and remove the last letter of it to create a title suggesting something considerably different. They suggested 'Road to Wigan Pie'!
I'll start with 'Three men in a Boa'.
Open to you, any suggestions?
Take a novel title and remove the last letter of it to create a title suggesting something considerably different. They suggested 'Road to Wigan Pie'!
I'll start with 'Three men in a Boa'.
Open to you, any suggestions?
In reply to Liam M:
Fiddler on the Roo.
Fiddler on the Roo.
In reply to Liam M:
The Sound & the Fur (William Faulkner)
The Da Vinci Cod (Dan Brown)
Of Mice and Me (John Steinbeck)
The Sound & the Fur (William Faulkner)
The Da Vinci Cod (Dan Brown)
Of Mice and Me (John Steinbeck)
In reply to es: Yes, we're trying to play by the rules!
In reply to Liam M: His Island Earth
In reply to Liam M: rainspotting
In reply to Marc C:
Now we're not going to let a little rule get between us and a bit of fun are we :-}
Now we're not going to let a little rule get between us and a bit of fun are we :-}
In reply to Slugain Howff: The one that says married men shouldn't frolic together naked? er, can't we let THAT rule get in the way?
In reply to Liam M: leak house
In reply to Liam M: liver twist
In reply to Liam M: Ill Bill
In reply to Removed User: You too?! Oh well, if you can't beat em, join em...
Jack London's a good source - White Fan, All of the Wild, Ron Heel
Jack London's a good source - White Fan, All of the Wild, Ron Heel
In reply to Removed User:
The Milf on the Floss - in which sexy single mum, 'Shy Lass' Marner drowns, but her daughter Maggie Tulliver survives and is washed up in an underground stony cavern. The sequel 'Tulliver's Gravels' details her escape and marriage to a local builder, Middlemarc.
The Milf on the Floss - in which sexy single mum, 'Shy Lass' Marner drowns, but her daughter Maggie Tulliver survives and is washed up in an underground stony cavern. The sequel 'Tulliver's Gravels' details her escape and marriage to a local builder, Middlemarc.
In reply to Liam M:
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...and the sequel, "Three men on the Bumme". > I'll start with 'Three men in a Boa'.
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In reply to Liam M: From Beer to Eternity
In reply to Liam M: Ale of Two Cities, Sons and Overs, (for cricket enthusiasts), Wuthering Eights, (ditto rowing), The C*nt of Monte Cristo.
In reply to Liam M: Bleak Expectations for those of us hoping to climb lots this summer.
Ben
Ben
In reply to benjaminhills: James Herbert - Moo
In reply to Marc C:
Hardly anybody is playing by the rules, pathetic, cheating just to get a post!
> (In reply to es) Yes, we're trying to play by the rules!
Hardly anybody is playing by the rules, pathetic, cheating just to get a post!
In reply to Liam M:
for those of you that enjoy this sort of humorous word play...
graham rawles lost consonants
http://www.grahamrawle.com/Series_Lost/series-lost-109.html
for those of you that enjoy this sort of humorous word play...
graham rawles lost consonants
http://www.grahamrawle.com/Series_Lost/series-lost-109.html
In reply to satori: Works better on radio,
Robin Hoo ?
Robin Hoo ?
In reply to satori:
The only good one of these, ever, was - "Andrew Lloyd Webber writes another hit musical".
The only good one of these, ever, was - "Andrew Lloyd Webber writes another hit musical".
In reply to Liam M: Laughterhouse 5; No Country for Old Me; The Turn of the Crew, (Mutiny on the Bounty re-told); Animal Arm, (transplant surgery gone wrong); Lady Chatterly's Over, (I am *so* through with her); The Sound and the Fur, (A cat breeder tells all); A Clockwork Range, (save fuel bills in the kitchen); The End of the Fair, (they even took down the dodgems!).
In reply to Liam M:
THE SOUND AND THE FUR by William Faulkner
INVISIBLE MA by Ralph Ellison
THE GOLDEN BOW by Henry James
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIM (series) by Anthony Powell
PORTNOY'S COMPLAIN by Philip Roth
PALE FIR by Vladimir Nabokov
A CLOCKWORK ORANG by Anthony Burgess
. by Thomas Pynchon
I by Stephen King
THE SOUND AND THE FUR by William Faulkner
INVISIBLE MA by Ralph Ellison
THE GOLDEN BOW by Henry James
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIM (series) by Anthony Powell
PORTNOY'S COMPLAIN by Philip Roth
PALE FIR by Vladimir Nabokov
A CLOCKWORK ORANG by Anthony Burgess
. by Thomas Pynchon
I by Stephen King
In reply to Liam M:
200 by Arthur C Clarke (diminished Sparta/Persia war story)
Schindler's Ar by Thomas Keneally (Johnny Depp as a pirate saving some Jews)
Brighton Roc by Graham Greene (mythical giant bird menaces interwar seaside town)
The Heart of the Matte by Graham Greene (ex-pat devout Catholic hits a downward spiral of repression, guilt and depression over not choosing a gloss finish for painting his lounge)
David, Cop A Feel
<Straggler fetches coat>
200 by Arthur C Clarke (diminished Sparta/Persia war story)
Schindler's Ar by Thomas Keneally (Johnny Depp as a pirate saving some Jews)
Brighton Roc by Graham Greene (mythical giant bird menaces interwar seaside town)
The Heart of the Matte by Graham Greene (ex-pat devout Catholic hits a downward spiral of repression, guilt and depression over not choosing a gloss finish for painting his lounge)
David, Cop A Feel
<Straggler fetches coat>
In reply to Liam M:
Dun by Frank Herbert (a grayish-brown gigantic worm gets a job as a bailiff)
The Forsyte Sag by john Galsworthy (an extended family suffer subsidence)
Dun by Frank Herbert (a grayish-brown gigantic worm gets a job as a bailiff)
The Forsyte Sag by john Galsworthy (an extended family suffer subsidence)
In reply to Liam M:
Superma .....A wee mammy with special powers
Batma....A wee mammy with nocturnal, special powers
Superma .....A wee mammy with special powers
Batma....A wee mammy with nocturnal, special powers
In reply to anansie:
Peter Pa by J.M. Barrie (the adventures of a father named Peter)
Watch Me by Alan Moore (the story of a nervous trad climber and their catchphrase)
Peter Pa by J.M. Barrie (the adventures of a father named Peter)
Watch Me by Alan Moore (the story of a nervous trad climber and their catchphrase)
In reply to Blue Straggler:
brilliant
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> The Forsyte Sag by john Galsworthy (an extended family suffer subsidence)
> The Forsyte Sag by john Galsworthy (an extended family suffer subsidence)
brilliant
In reply to Removed User:
The Time Traveller's Wif by Audrey Nieffenberger (sp?)(a malodorous temporal voyager)
Labyrint by Kate Mosse (an Oirish themed day at Hampton Court Maze)
The Time Traveller's Wif by Audrey Nieffenberger (sp?)(a malodorous temporal voyager)
Labyrint by Kate Mosse (an Oirish themed day at Hampton Court Maze)
Miser by Stephen King (Ebeneezer Scrooge is kidnapped by his greatest insane fan)
In reply to Liam M:
Ear and loathing in Las Vegas - a story of drugs and Q-tips.
Onan the Barbarian - a tale of sword-swinging and special saucery.
Mansfield Par - municipal golf in the nineteenth century.
Ear and loathing in Las Vegas - a story of drugs and Q-tips.
Onan the Barbarian - a tale of sword-swinging and special saucery.
Mansfield Par - municipal golf in the nineteenth century.
The Rat by James Herbert (a city is not troubled by a plague of one little rat)
King Ra by James Clavell (Egyptian sun-god rules a POW camp through trading scams)
In reply to Clarence:
I was just thinking EXACTLY the same
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> Mansfield Par - municipal golf in the nineteenth century.
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> Mansfield Par - municipal golf in the nineteenth century.
I was just thinking EXACTLY the same
In reply to Liam M:
Timequak - Kurt Vonnegut (a time shifting duck tells the story of a group of unlikely people's lives interacting strangely) - actually, that could be a real Vonnegut book...
The Power and The Lory - Graeme Greene (keep on trucking)
'Orn Free - Joy Adamson (one woman's frigid life with lions)
Timequak - Kurt Vonnegut (a time shifting duck tells the story of a group of unlikely people's lives interacting strangely) - actually, that could be a real Vonnegut book...
The Power and The Lory - Graeme Greene (keep on trucking)
'Orn Free - Joy Adamson (one woman's frigid life with lions)
In reply tThe Silence of the Lamb by Thomas Harris (Sunday roast fails to sizzle satisfyingly)
Rendezvous With Ram by Arthur C Clarke. I leave the synopsis to your imagination
The Third Ma by Graham Greene (Harriet Lime revealed to be tertiary matriarch running drugs scam in Vienna)
In reply to Liam M:
Some from the childrens corner...
The tale of Peter Rabbi. Mr Mcgregor gets anti-semitic over his garden.
Heres Wally. At last, a wally book for the ADHD generation.
Some from the childrens corner...
The tale of Peter Rabbi. Mr Mcgregor gets anti-semitic over his garden.
Heres Wally. At last, a wally book for the ADHD generation.
In reply to Clarence: You're coming up with some good ones!
The Owl & the Crag Ra? Climbing poems set in Ancient Egypt...
The Owl & the Crag Ra? Climbing poems set in Ancient Egypt...
In reply to Marc C:
Why thank you, I'm bored at work!
One from the Gay bookstall:
The Wizard of O - the story of a master pipe-smoker...
Why thank you, I'm bored at work!
One from the Gay bookstall:
The Wizard of O - the story of a master pipe-smoker...
Mad Cow by Kathy Lette (a history of the UK, from Thatcher to BSE)
breaking the rules a bit
Through the Looking Glass and What Lice Found There by Lewis Carroll (adventurous insects explore a mirror)
In reply to Liam M:
Righton Rock - political correctness in the music industry.
All of the House of Usher - no I mean it, there's millions of them!
The Rave - Edgar Allen Poe goes techno.
And if we are allowed to change one letter...
The Tibetan Book of the Deaf - Cooeee! Over here, step into the light HELOO! I SAID OVER HERE! oh forget it...
Righton Rock - political correctness in the music industry.
All of the House of Usher - no I mean it, there's millions of them!
The Rave - Edgar Allen Poe goes techno.
And if we are allowed to change one letter...
The Tibetan Book of the Deaf - Cooeee! Over here, step into the light HELOO! I SAID OVER HERE! oh forget it...
In reply to Anonymous: Has Anyone read the "life of P" ?
The protagonist Piscine "P" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of urine and spirituality from an early age and survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean drinking his own wee wee.
The protagonist Piscine "P" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of urine and spirituality from an early age and survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean drinking his own wee wee.
In reply to Liam M: Macbet - A Shakespearian tale of a Scotsman putting his money on the horses!
In reply to Liam M:
Farenehit 45 - In which books are put in fridges.
The English patent - A tale of love and loss in a shed at the bottom of the garden.
Farenehit 45 - In which books are put in fridges.
The English patent - A tale of love and loss in a shed at the bottom of the garden.
In reply to Liam M:
From Pterry:
The Colour of Magi - a diversity expert sorts out the ethnicity of the nativity scene.
Mall Gods - spirituality and shopping.
Jing - about a surprised scotsman's inability to form the plural.
The Wee Free Me - the redemptive powers or urine.
Thief of Tim - Timothy gets stolen again.
Reaper Ma - well she has done everything else in this thread...
From Pterry:
The Colour of Magi - a diversity expert sorts out the ethnicity of the nativity scene.
Mall Gods - spirituality and shopping.
Jing - about a surprised scotsman's inability to form the plural.
The Wee Free Me - the redemptive powers or urine.
Thief of Tim - Timothy gets stolen again.
Reaper Ma - well she has done everything else in this thread...
In reply to Liam M:
Wild Swan by Jung Chang (a woman bears no children in 19th century China)
(alternatively: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of Chin )
Wild Swan by Jung Chang (a woman bears no children in 19th century China)
(alternatively: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of Chin )
In reply to owlart:
Great Expectatio, a circus performer's life
Dombey. And So?
Mein Kamp, german version of the Carry on film.
Biggle flies Wes, much to their mutual delight.
Biggles in the Balti
Biggles in Franc
Biggles in the Gob
Biggles Presses O
Biggles Follows O
Biggles flies Agai
Biggles and the poor rich BO
Great Expectatio, a circus performer's life
Dombey. And So?
Mein Kamp, german version of the Carry on film.
Biggle flies Wes, much to their mutual delight.
Biggles in the Balti
Biggles in Franc
Biggles in the Gob
Biggles Presses O
Biggles Follows O
Biggles flies Agai
Biggles and the poor rich BO
The Bean.
Haricot-based comic adventures of Dennis the Menace etc.
Haricot-based comic adventures of Dennis the Menace etc.
In reply to Liam M:
Gorky Par by Martin Cruz Smith (Cold War mink-smuggling, featuring Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros)
Gorky Par by Martin Cruz Smith (Cold War mink-smuggling, featuring Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros)
In reply to Liam M: Breaks the rules but at least it's kind of climbing related.
Seven Ears in Tibet
Seven Ears in Tibet
In reply to Blue Straggler:
The Scent of Everest (the story of the first expedition to smell the world's highest mountain)
The Scent of Everest (the story of the first expedition to smell the world's highest mountain)
In reply to Matt R Horn:
guffaw!
what about Chris Bonington's I Hose to Climb, about his fundraising exploits in a hand-carwash?
guffaw!
what about Chris Bonington's I Hose to Climb, about his fundraising exploits in a hand-carwash?
In reply to Removed User: a slight amendment, but
My Naughty Little Cyst
That 'bends' the rules even more than Biggles Flies Undone
My Naughty Little Cyst
That 'bends' the rules even more than Biggles Flies Undone
In reply to Nigel Modern:
Oliver Wist? The story of one young man's travails at the card tables of Middle England?
Oliver Wist? The story of one young man's travails at the card tables of Middle England?
In reply to Liam M:
Fear and Oathing in Las Vegas? a whole lot of swearing allegiance out there in Nevada
Fear and Oathing in Las Vegas? a whole lot of swearing allegiance out there in Nevada
Liver Twist by Charles Dickens. A book of quirky offal recipes
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Barnaby Udge - early struggles on the little-known gritstone outcrops of Epping.
Barnaby Udge - early struggles on the little-known gritstone outcrops of Epping.
In reply to Liam M: The Kraken Wake; party held to mourn the death of a giant squid. Chaos ensues when someone leaves the taps on and the bath overflows.
T.
T.
In reply to Pursued by a bear: The Green Mil
Edgecomb and his life as captain on board the worlds first seabound flower Mil . The story is told in flashback by the protagonist in a nursing home and follows a string of supernatural and metaphysical events such as pre sliced bread and multi grain and then mice when a rather tall mil hand steps foot on board ship
Edgecomb and his life as captain on board the worlds first seabound flower Mil . The story is told in flashback by the protagonist in a nursing home and follows a string of supernatural and metaphysical events such as pre sliced bread and multi grain and then mice when a rather tall mil hand steps foot on board ship
In reply to mux: The magna cart; early bill of rights protecting the freedoms of individuals travelling by horse-drawn transport.
T.
T.
In reply to mux: Michelle de Kretzer's "the Lost Do"
Homers Odyssey to refind his beloved catch phase
Homers Odyssey to refind his beloved catch phase
In reply to Liam M:
Some Ian Flemings...
Diamonds are for Eve - she does love her diamonds you know.
Oldfinger - its bony and wrinkly and you don't know where its been.
Live and let Di - that fuggin duke of Frankenstein, he did for her you know.
Hunderball - a game that the Dutch play with dachshunds.
Or your eyes only - the second option on the spherical body parts insurance form.
Die another Da - well ma has got all the good ones so far.
Some Ian Flemings...
Diamonds are for Eve - she does love her diamonds you know.
Oldfinger - its bony and wrinkly and you don't know where its been.
Live and let Di - that fuggin duke of Frankenstein, he did for her you know.
Hunderball - a game that the Dutch play with dachshunds.
Or your eyes only - the second option on the spherical body parts insurance form.
Die another Da - well ma has got all the good ones so far.
In reply to Liam M:
A Series of Unfortunate Sevens
Breaks all the rules but kinda makes an odd sort of sense
...Mornington Crescent!
A Series of Unfortunate Sevens
Breaks all the rules but kinda makes an odd sort of sense
...Mornington Crescent!
In reply to Liam M:
The commitment - A singer from North Dublin tries to make it big on his own.
The snappe - Unfortunatly he breaks his leg in an old fashoned way in the sequel.
The va - In the final installment he sets up a museum in London.
The commitment - A singer from North Dublin tries to make it big on his own.
The snappe - Unfortunatly he breaks his leg in an old fashoned way in the sequel.
The va - In the final installment he sets up a museum in London.
In reply to Liam M: Romeo and Julie
In reply to Liam M:
Some classics:
Even against Thebes (Aeschylus)- yes, even Thebes!
Mede (Euripides) - Jason's wife in secret persian lover scandal.
Hecub (Euripides) - a young male lion...and the masters of the universe.
Io (Euripides) - seven dwarves steal the lyric.
Jax (Sophocles) - now in the basement.
Oedipus in Colon - well if you will eat Greek food...
<distant sound of barrels scraping>
Some classics:
Even against Thebes (Aeschylus)- yes, even Thebes!
Mede (Euripides) - Jason's wife in secret persian lover scandal.
Hecub (Euripides) - a young male lion...and the masters of the universe.
Io (Euripides) - seven dwarves steal the lyric.
Jax (Sophocles) - now in the basement.
Oedipus in Colon - well if you will eat Greek food...
<distant sound of barrels scraping>
In reply to Liam M: Schindler's Lisp
In reply to Liam M:
Friend - a TV show suffused with a wistful melancholy about a shemale 20-something who spends a lot of time alone in a coffee shop.
Friend - a TV show suffused with a wistful melancholy about a shemale 20-something who spends a lot of time alone in a coffee shop.
In reply to Liam M:
Of mice and me - Richard Gere reveals the truth about those 'hamster' allegations.
Of mice and me - Richard Gere reveals the truth about those 'hamster' allegations.
In reply to Liam M:
Moon Flee by J. Meade Faulkner (?) - bare-bottomed smuggler runs away across Dorset
Moon Flee by J. Meade Faulkner (?) - bare-bottomed smuggler runs away across Dorset
I'm the Kin of the Castle by Susan Hill - chessboard horse files bizarre paternity suit
In reply to Liam M: Can't resist it but no more of this addiction!
King Leer
The Hoarse Whisperer
(Rule broken but only 1 letter changed)
King Leer
The Hoarse Whisperer
(Rule broken but only 1 letter changed)
In reply to Liam M: There's Michael Crichton's Pre, a tale about the days before nanotechnology.
I'm assuming the tale about the early days of golf has already been mentioned.
T.
I'm assuming the tale about the early days of golf has already been mentioned.
T.
In reply to Niall:
More Pratchett:
A fascinating study of scottish catholics - "Interesting Tims"
Guide to faking orgasm - "Making Mone"
Anybody want this barrel? The base is practically transparent now.
More Pratchett:
A fascinating study of scottish catholics - "Interesting Tims"
Guide to faking orgasm - "Making Mone"
Anybody want this barrel? The base is practically transparent now.
In Old Blood by Truman Capote (two miscreants get congealed into some black pudding in Kansas)
Fun for the Secret Seve
hlarious ans shocking revelations about a golfing legend
The Virgin in the IC
electronic surprise for brother Cadfael
Widow's Pea
small vegetable at the centre of a 20 year old mountain mystery
electronic surprise for brother Cadfael
Widow's Pea
small vegetable at the centre of a 20 year old mountain mystery
In reply to Liam M:
Invisible Ma, (Ralph Ellison)
Fahrenheit 45, (Ray Bradbury)
Rapes of Wrath, (Steinbeck)
Up from Slaver, (Booker T Washington - Up from Slavery)
Ear, (L. Ron Hubbard - Fear)
I, (Stephen King - It)
., (Thomas Pynchon - V.)
Invisible Ma, (Ralph Ellison)
Fahrenheit 45, (Ray Bradbury)
Rapes of Wrath, (Steinbeck)
Up from Slaver, (Booker T Washington - Up from Slavery)
Ear, (L. Ron Hubbard - Fear)
I, (Stephen King - It)
., (Thomas Pynchon - V.)
In reply to JimMcQ:
I refer the honourable gentleman to my post of up there somewhere ª
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> I, (Stephen King - It)
I refer the honourable gentleman to my post of up there somewhere ª
In reply to Bob Hughes:
all quiet on the Western Frond
Comb-over man remembers haircuts he has known
all quiet on the Western Frond
Comb-over man remembers haircuts he has known
Even the rule-breakers haven't gone for the glaringly obvious
"brothel manageress in her own womb" classic, Madame Ovary!
"brothel manageress in her own womb" classic, Madame Ovary!
In reply to Blue Straggler: Hmm, I HAD considered that, but as a strict 'lastletterectomy only' fundamentalist, I let it pass
Not novels, but from my collection of training manuals:
The Elf Coached Climber, by Hague, Hunter and Tolkien.
Raining For Climbing, by Horst and Michael Fish.
The Elf Coached Climber, by Hague, Hunter and Tolkien.
Raining For Climbing, by Horst and Michael Fish.
In reply to Niall:
Humblest and most gracious apologies old fruit. Would like to think it was an oversight, but in fact just couldn't be bothered reading all that came before...........
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Humblest and most gracious apologies old fruit. Would like to think it was an oversight, but in fact just couldn't be bothered reading all that came before...........
Five Quarters of the Orang by Joanne Harris (grisly simian dismemberment literature)
The Shipping Ews by E Annie Proulx (teen girls watch some sailing and totally express their, like, disgust in that teenspeak manner, you know? "ewwww")
The Hird Man by Graham Greene (biography of Thora's husband)
Vanity Air by William Makepeace Thackeray ("Moon Safari" French synth-pop duo get too big for their boots)
The Shipping Ews by E Annie Proulx (teen girls watch some sailing and totally express their, like, disgust in that teenspeak manner, you know? "ewwww")
The Hird Man by Graham Greene (biography of Thora's husband)
Vanity Air by William Makepeace Thackeray ("Moon Safari" French synth-pop duo get too big for their boots)
In reply to Liam M:
Have we had this one yet?
The Bile [a wrathful beardy bloke gets sooooooo wound-up about a load of stuff]
The Not Book [sounds the same as the original title...but ain't ]
Have we had this one yet?
The Bile [a wrathful beardy bloke gets sooooooo wound-up about a load of stuff]
The Not Book [sounds the same as the original title...but ain't ]
The Now Leopard by Peter Matthiessen (not yesterday's leopard or tomorrow's leopard)
In reply to thin bob:
Notes from a Sandal
Notes from a Sandal
The Tory of O
In reply to Blue Straggler:
the man with the olden arm - Nelson Aldgren (sp?)
about a man with a *very old* arm.
the man with the olden arm - Nelson Aldgren (sp?)
about a man with a *very old* arm.
In reply to Removed User:
Young Dam - Alexander Trocchi - about a very new containing wall on a reservoir.
The L-shaped Roo - Lynne Reid Banks - about a marsupial with rigor mortis
Young Dam - Alexander Trocchi - about a very new containing wall on a reservoir.
The L-shaped Roo - Lynne Reid Banks - about a marsupial with rigor mortis
In reply to Removed User:
In Tin in the Congo by Herge (darky cannibals scoff conveniently canned Belgian boy detective)
In Tin in the Congo by Herge (darky cannibals scoff conveniently canned Belgian boy detective)
In reply to Removed User:
Owl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne-Jones (Darren Jackson goes caravanning)
Owl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne-Jones (Darren Jackson goes caravanning)
Eek Love by Katherine Dunn (intimate encounters on the ghost train)
Rainspotting by Irvine Welsh (bored junkies gaze out of the window of a youth hostel in Snowdonia for the entire duration of a typical August Bank Holiday)
Ales of the City by Armistead Maupin (a guide to good gay beer
Duncton Woo by William Horwood (a guide to badger seduction techniques)
The Win in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (arboreal victory tale)
Rangers on a Train by Patricia Highmsith (elder Scouts go on a rail journey)
Ripley's Gam by Patricia Highsmith (tale of a schemer's leg)
Ripley's Gam by Patricia Highsmith (tale of a schemer's leg)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roo by Tennessee Williams (feline enjoys warm slumber atop metallic marsupial)
The Lass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (collection of Yorkshire females are kept and displayed)
The Lass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (collection of Yorkshire females are kept and displayed)
A Dance to the Music of Tim by Anthony Powell (boogie on down Mr Wheeler's band, Ash)
Have we exhausted all applications of "rime" yet?
In reply to Liam M: Touching Cloth - Joe Simpson
In reply to Liam M:
The Dharma Bus - Jack Kerouac
Is "The Ark Materials" trilogy allowed; how to build a large boat in 3 volumes
The Dharma Bus - Jack Kerouac
Is "The Ark Materials" trilogy allowed; how to build a large boat in 3 volumes
The Diarrhoea of Anne. Rank!
00 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (chronicles of a convivial party-goer)
The Ron Man by Ted Hughes (red-haired Harry Potter sidekick grows up)
The Ours by Michael Cunningham (three French female bears are linked by Mrs Dalloway)
The Cat in the Ha - Dr Seuss (a man laughs so hard, that a feline materialises)
The Outside by Albert Camus (nihilistic tale of a misanthropic unenclosed environment)
Oi! by Sinclair Lewis (single-minded obsessed geezer becomes a street-greetings tycoon)
In reply to Liam M:
Snowdonia Rock Limbs
Snowdonia Rock Limbs
In reply to Liam M: breaking a few rules here...
The Fith and The Fury - documentary following the highs and the lows of a highly-strung angler with a lisp.
The Fith and The Fury - documentary following the highs and the lows of a highly-strung angler with a lisp.
In reply to Hat Dude:
Made me chuckle
> Empire of the Su by J.G. Ballard
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> Sooty's bird goes all megalomaniac>
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> Sooty's bird goes all megalomaniac>
Made me chuckle
breaking many rules
The Bonfire of the Inanities by Tom Wolfe (all UKC Chat Room posts by [names deleted to protect the innocent] are printed out and burned )
The Bonfire of the Inanities by Tom Wolfe (all UKC Chat Room posts by [names deleted to protect the innocent] are printed out and burned )
not a novel but
The Right Tuff by Tom Wolfe (he's reet 'ard you know)
Rash by J.G. Ballard (a couple can only reach orgasm when suffering from full body eczema)
The Right Tuff by Tom Wolfe (he's reet 'ard you know)
Rash by J.G. Ballard (a couple can only reach orgasm when suffering from full body eczema)
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