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FROM: ROBIN BEERBOWER <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:25:59 -0800
Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
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>>> "Barb G." <[removed]@hotmail.com> 03/28/00 08:17am >>>
Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?
I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My
Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
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FROM: "Helene Golden" <[removed]@sols.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:48:07 -0500
One of my happiest finds are the novels of Christopher Moore. The first one I ever saw, I bought because of the title. Turns out I loved "Bloodsucking Fiends", and have since bought all of his. "Practical Demonkeeping" is one of my favourites.
I also happened on Sparkle Hayter, for the same reason. "The Last Manly Man" was a hoot, as were "What's a girl gotta do" and "Revenge of the Cootie Girls" (already mentioned).
FROM: "Barb G." <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:17:39 GMT
I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
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FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:12:29 -0600
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barb G. [[removed]@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:18 AM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Funny Titles.....
>
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
> Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
>
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FROM: [removed]@bensenville.lib.il.us
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:11:38 -0600
Jennie Cisna
Community Services Librarian
Bensenville Community Public Library
Bensenville, IL
FI>Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
FI>I've ever seen" list?
FROM: Carolyn Reinhard <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:52:27 -0600 (CST)
Carolyn O'Donnell
Advisory Services Department
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
FROM: Connie Regan <[removed]@cooklib.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:54:57 -0600
Connie Regan
Cook Library
Libertyville, IL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barb G. [[removed]@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:18 AM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Funny Titles.....
>
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
> Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
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FROM: Debra Eisert <[removed]@iglou.com>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:35:38 -0500 (EST)
"How to Murder Your Mother in Law" seemed like an attention catching
and amusing title when I saw it. Until my mother in law saw me reading
it!
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Cincinnati OH the wars in history. -- Carl Rowan
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FROM: "Suzanne O'Gorman" <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:49:15 -0600
Suzanne O'Gorman
St. Charles Public Library
St. Charles, IL
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
>
FROM: MILLS Kirby D <[removed]@ci.eugene.or.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:49:49 -0800
-----Original Message-----
From: Barb G. [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 8:18 AM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles.....
Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?
I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>______________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>
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FROM: Jeanne Etling <[removed]@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:00:25 -0600 (CST)
The Non-fiction book, "The Joy of Sects". I'm glad I saw it, just in case
someone asks for it, so I can ask for a clarification before I blunder.
Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
FROM: [removed]@park-ridge.lib.il.us
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:24:11 -0600
-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
[[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of Barb G.
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:18 AM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles.....
Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?
I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>______________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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FROM: Roger Carswell <[removed]@midusa.net>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:29:50 -0600
At 11:11 AM 03/28/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>"Bimbos of the Death Sun" and "Zombies of the Gene Pool" both by Sharyn
>McCrumb have elicited quite a few comments when people saw them on my
>personal bookshelves :-)
>
>Jennie Cisna
>Community Services Librarian
>Bensenville Community Public Library
>Bensenville, IL
>
>FI>Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
>FI>I've ever seen" list?
>
>
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Roger Carswell
Southeast Kansas Library System/Iola Public Library
218 E. Madison
Iola, KS 66749
(316) 365-5136
[removed]@midusa.net
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DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:43:21 -0600 (CST)
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Barb G. wrote:
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>
>
FROM: "Lynda Lagodney" <[removed]@mwfls.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:01:15 -0600
FROM: Kate Kehoe <[removed]@umich.edu>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:13:18 -0500
FROM: Cheryl Cammenga <[removed]@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:28:19 -0500 (EST)
As the titles suggest, she writes non-fiction humourous reflections about
relationships.
Cheryl Cammenga, Manager "Opinions given above are
Kentwood Branch personal and do not reflect
Kent District Library official library policy or
Grand Rapids, MI statements."
"There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see
yet small enough to solve." Mike Leavitt
FROM: [removed]@aol.com
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:54:06 EST
(BTW, very funny and worth reading, along with his first BEGIN TO EXIT HERE)\
Some of Dave Barry's titles are amusing such as BABIES AND OTHER HAZARDS OF
SEX and DAVE BARRY IS FROM VENUS AND MARS etc.
Sherri McCarthy
FROM: [removed]@cityoflafayette.com
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:54:46 -0700
Two titles that always stick with me are
"If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?" and "Get your
tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye" by Cynthia Heimel.
I also just bought "George Bush, dark prince of love" by Lydia Millet.
Patty Frobisher
Lafayette Public Library
775 W Baseline Rd
Lafayette, CO 80026
[removed]@cityoflafayette.com
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Barb G. wrote:
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>
>
FROM: Marti Kaye <[removed]@getnet.com>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:13:07 -0700
marti
>Two titles that always stick with me are
>"If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?" and "Get your
>tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye" by Cynthia Heimel.
>I also just bought "George Bush, dark prince of love" by Lydia Millet.
>
>Patty Frobisher
>Lafayette Public Library
>775 W Baseline Rd
>Lafayette, CO 80026
[removed]@cityoflafayette.com
>
>On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Barb G. wrote:
>
> >
> > Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> > I've ever seen" list?
> >
> > I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
>Is
> > Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >Nigel Brown
> > >Reader Services Librarian
> > >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> > >______________________________________________________
> > >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> > >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________
> > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
> >
FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:31 -0700
Some of these aren't so much funny as they are unusual, but:
They Used to Call Me Snow White, but I Drifted by Regina Barreca
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moor
What about a couple of YA titles:
Behaving Bradley by Perry Nodelman
Whistling Toilets by Randy Powell
Can You Teach Me to Pick My Nose by Martyn Godfrey
Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date by Todd Strasser
Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Arizona
....views are my own....
FROM: "J Heuer" <[removed]@itol.com>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 07:33:44 -0600
--
Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
[removed]@itol.com
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -anonymous
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>From: "Barb G." <[removed]@hotmail.com>
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Funny Titles.....
>Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2000, 10:17 AM
>
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
>>Nigel Brown
>>Reader Services Librarian
>>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>>______________________________________________________
>>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>>
>
> ______________________________________________________
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>
FROM: "Waznis, Betty" <[removed]@sdcl.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:19:01 -0800
Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself
If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a Quart Low
They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat
Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library
FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:24:04 -0600
Thanks!!!
Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale Arizona
Debra Eisert wrote:
> "Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the
> Mall" makes me - and most parents I hand it to - grin. Ruefully or
> otherwise.
>
> "How to Murder Your Mother in Law" seemed like an attention catching
> and amusing title when I saw it. Until my mother in law saw me reading
> it!
> */*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
> Debra Eisert The library is the temple of learning, and
> [removed]@iglou.com learning has liberated more people than all
> Cincinnati OH the wars in history. -- Carl Rowan
> /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:24:41 -0600
FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:25:21 -0600
Funny titles :
"If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him I'd be Out of Jail Now" by Sharyn McCrumb.
FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:25:46 -0600
Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale Arizona
Cheryl Cammenga wrote:
> Cynthia Heimel's titles have always made me laugh:
> "If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?"
> "Get your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you goodbye"
> "If you leave me, can I come too?"
>
> As the titles suggest, she writes non-fiction humourous reflections about
> relationships.
>
> Cheryl Cammenga, Manager "Opinions given above are
> Kentwood Branch personal and do not reflect
> Kent District Library official library policy or
> Grand Rapids, MI statements."
>
> "There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see
> yet small enough to solve." Mike Leavitt
FROM: Sharon Wendt <[removed]@yahoo.com>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:33:13 -0800 (PST)
My husband said he need more space, so I locked him
outside
by McCullough, Cynthia Walker
NY Simon&Schuster 1998
Sharon Wendt
Wolfville Memorial Library
Nova Scotia, Canada
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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:39:03 -0600
There's also the following :
Gismondi, Helen, : A UFO Appears in Pennsylvania, 1930; Many Tragedies
Occur...the Same UFO Appears in Michigan, 1996; Trade Paper, Helen Gismondi,
VG, New, Parapsychology / UFO's
This is undoubtedly one of the worst books I've ever read & the title does
not give any indication of the true contents... ramblings on philosophical
views of the world.
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (juvenile, excellent book)
FROM: "Cathy J. Neil" <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:46:11 -0500 (EST)
Cathy Neil
Highland Twp Public Library
[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us
FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:46:56 -0600
and I know you weren't looking for children's titles
but this is too good to pass up,
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly
naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the
subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchroom
zombie nerds) by Dav Pilkey
Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
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FROM: Jennifer Obee <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:03:21 -0700
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Wendt [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 3:33 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles
I am so glad this came up on the list. Just yesterday
I came across this title and laughed out loud. You
have given me the perfect reason to share it!
My husband said he need more space, so I locked him
outside
by McCullough, Cynthia Walker
NY Simon&Schuster 1998
Sharon Wendt
Wolfville Memorial Library
Nova Scotia, Canada
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FROM: "Marti Kaye" <[removed]@getnet.com>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:23:14 -0700
marti
Subject: Re: Funny Titles.....
> If whoever started this discussion of Funny Titles is making a list, could
> you please post it?!
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Sarah Herlache
> Foothills Branch Library
> Glendale Arizona
>
>
> Debra Eisert wrote:
>
> > "Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the
> > Mall" makes me - and most parents I hand it to - grin. Ruefully or
> > otherwise.
> >
> > "How to Murder Your Mother in Law" seemed like an attention catching
> > and amusing title when I saw it. Until my mother in law saw me reading
> > it!
> >
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> > Debra Eisert The library is the temple of learning,
and
> > [removed]@iglou.com learning has liberated more people than
all
> > Cincinnati OH the wars in history. -- Carl Rowan
> > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
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FROM: Gayle Richardson <[removed]@spl.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:43:29 -0800 (PST)
FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:39:22 -0600
-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
[[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of Sharon Wendt
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:33 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles
I am so glad this came up on the list. Just yesterday
I came across this title and laughed out loud. You
have given me the perfect reason to share it!
My husband said he need more space, so I locked him
outside
by McCullough, Cynthia Walker
NY Simon&Schuster 1998
Sharon Wendt
Wolfville Memorial Library
Nova Scotia, Canada
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FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:46:01 -0700
*Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love* by Jill Conner Browne and
*Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging* by Louise Rennison
Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ
...my views are my own...
FROM: Gayle Richardson <[removed]@spl.org>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:03:09 -0800 (PST)
PS John Welter titles were mentioned, but not, I think, I WANT TO BUY A
VOWEL.
FROM: "Closs, Roben Bradford" <[removed]@co.fairfax.va.us>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:16:03 -0500
Roben in Virginia
FROM: "Bessie Makris" <[removed]@acpl.lib.in.us>
DATE: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:42:08 +0000
NEVER HEAVE YOUR BOSOM IN A FRONT HOOK BRA
NEVER SLEEP WITH A FAT MAN IN JULY
Bessie Makris
[removed]@acpl.lib.in.us
FROM: [removed]@pcpls.lib.in.us (PCPLS SHRef)
DATE: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 09:54:36 -0600
Barbara Borg-Jenkins
South Haven Public Library
Valparaiso, IN 46385
Lisa Colcord wrote:
> A couple more titles I just ran across:
>
> *Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love* by Jill Conner Browne and
> *Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging* by Louise Rennison
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public Library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ...my views are my own...
FROM: Zaheera Jiwaji <[removed]@v-wave.com>
DATE: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 10:15:01 +0000
Cynthia Heimel's book: -Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You
Good-Bye!-
Zaheera Jiwaji
Books Editor
BlueEar.com: Global Writing Worth Reading
http://www.blueear.com/index1.html
Blue Ear Books:
http://www.blueear.com/books/books.html
FROM: "Diane Krall" <[removed]@nspl.lib.in.us>
DATE: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 14:11:59 -0500
Diane Krall
Noblesville Southeastern Public Library
Noblesville, Indiana
FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:24:43 PDT
>From: MILLS Kirby D <[removed]@ci.eugene.or.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org'" <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: RE: Funny Titles.....
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:49:49 -0800
>
>One I liked was DWARF RAPES NUN, FLEES IN UFO by
>Arnold Sawislak, and the book itself was amusing,
>a novel about tabloid journalism. And the title
>phrase really happens!!
>
>
How about "Alien Pregnant by Elvis"? It's a thematic collection of
tabloid-type sf & fantasy stories, by Martin H. Greenberg et al.
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DATE: 2 Apr 00 18:16:37 EAT
Anjan Ray
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
DATE: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 11:17:34 -0500
AUTHOR: Brunner, John, 1934-
TITLE: A hastily thrown-together bit of zork /
EDITION: 1st ed.
PLACE: London :
PUBLISHER: Square House Books,
YEAR: 1974
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 24 p. ; 21 cm.
My all-time favorite publisher for funny/pathetic titles was American
Classical College Press of Albuquerque, NM, which produced short and
vastly overpriced vanity press books with terrible production values
(cheap bindings, typefaces that were faint and sometimes looked
handwritten, etc.) judging by the two or three we ordered by mistake
many years ago. They specialized in right-wing rants and also published
under one or two other names. Here's a few from WorldCat:
AUTHOR: Elliott, R. N. (Ralph Nelson), 1871-1947.
TITLE: Nature's law and its application to the understanding of the
universe and the mastering of the stock market /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1979
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 1 v. (varous pagings) : ill. ; 29 cm.
SUBJECT: Speculation.
Stocks.
OTHER: Institute for Economic & Financial Research.
AUTHOR: Vickensburg, Allan Constant.
TITLE: The stupid, preposterous and worthless art of Pablo Picasso /
EDITION: New and expanded ed.
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1985
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 1 v. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Cover title: Picasso.
Illustrations are pasted onto pages.
With: A collection of strange, intuitive, and contemporary
artists with critical commentaries / Alfred Ranke. Albuquerque,
N.M. : American Classical College Press, 1985?â
ISBN: 0866500413
AUTHOR: Prokachieff, Austin.
TITLE: The fraud of materialism, positivism, empiricism, mechanicism,
naturalism, sensationalism, & sensualism :
the fraud of all evolutionary theories and the anti-culture of
the intellectual /
EDITION: New & expanded ed.
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1984 uuuu
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 164â p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
NOTES: A research study sporsored by the Seminar for Human Development.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 0892663030
TITLE: Degenerations in the racial composition of the United States as a
primary cause of cultural decay & world chaos :
a special study /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: distributed by American Classical College Press
YEAR: ? 1900 1983
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 7 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: With: Power anatomy of the economic forces dominating the
business & political world / C.M. Flumiani. Albuquerque, N.M.â :
American Classical College Press 1975â
AUTHOR: De Maestri, Victor.
TITLE: Life, oneself, and the conquest of the universe /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M.â :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1979
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: leaves 9-26, 5â leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Cover title.
ISBN: 0892661852
AUTHOR: Wilcox, Elliott.
TITLE: The failure of the greatest 20th century conspiracy for the
economic & political restructuring of the world & the unexpecte
incredible developments resulting from such a failure /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1977
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 34 leaves ; 28 cm.
and my all-time favorite, under one of their other names:
AUTHOR: Robillard, James Homer.
TITLE: Abortion, divorce, vasectomy, extra-marital affairs, concubinage,
promiscuity, sexuality, and their impact upon the management of
the firm /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: Institute for Economic & Financial Research,
YEAR: 1980
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 36 leaves, 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
NOTES: Cover title.
ISBN: 0918968429
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
FROM: Kate Kehoe <[removed]@umich.edu>
DATE: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 13:44:08 -0400
FROM: Kathryn Shaw <[removed]@brantford.library.on.ca>
DATE: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:17:55 -0400
FROM: Jennifer Obee <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
DATE: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:57:54 -0600
See also Bizarre Books by Russell Ash
Myth series by Robert Asprin
Gregory Maguire series starting with Seven Spiders Spinning
Sarah Shankman titles
Jill Churchill titles
Hot wireless sets, aspirin tablets, the sandpaper sides of used matchboxes,
and something that might have been Castor oil by Compton, D. G.
A hastily thrown-together bit of zork by Brunner, John
Nature's law and its application to the understanding of the universe and
the mastering of the stock market by Elliott, R. N.
The stupid, preposterous and worthless art of Pablo Picasso by Vickensburg,
Allan Constant
The fraud of materialism, positivism, empiricism, mechanicism, naturalism,
sensationalism, & sensualism: the fraud of all evolutionary theories and the
anti-culture of the intellectual by Prokachieff, Austin
Degenerations in the racial composition of the United States as a primary
cause of cultural decay & world chaos: a special study
Life, oneself, and the conquest of the universe by De Maestri, Victor
The failure of the greatest 20th century conspiracy for the economic &
political restructuring of the world & the unexpected incredible
developments resulting from such a failure by Wilcox, Elliott
Abortion, divorce, vasectomy, extra-marital affairs, concubinage,
promiscuity, sexuality, and their impact upon the management of the firm by
Robillard, James Homer
Alien Pregnant by Elvis by Martin H. Greenberg
When My Love returns From the Ladies' Restroom, Will I be Too Old to Care?
by Lewis Grizzard
Hey, cowboy, wanna get lucky? by Baxter Black
Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-Bye! By Cynthia Heimel
Never Heave Your Bosom In A Front Hook Bra by Modine Gunch
Never Sleep With A Fat Man In July by Modine Gunch
West Of Venus by Judy Troy
The End Of Vandalism by Tom Drury
I Want To Buy A Vowel by John Welter
Kinky Friedman's Armadillos and Old Lace and Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola
Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts
Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne and
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Sex Toys Of The Gods by Christian McLaughlin
Island Of The Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
You're so fine I'd drink your bathwater by Stephan Dweck
My husband said he need more space, so I locked him Outside by McCullough,
Cynthia Walker
Farm West of Mars by Justin Isherwood
Banana Cat by Christopher Hood
Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones by Lana Witt
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly naughty cafeteria
ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of the equally evil
lunchroom zombie nerds) by Dav Pilkey
A UFO Appears in Pennsylvania, 1930; Many Tragedies Occur...the Same UFO
Appears in Michigan, 1996 by Gismondi, Helen
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Don't Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining by Judge Judy Sheindlin
Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray by Randy Powell
Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog, The Tetherballs of Bougainville, and others by
Mark Leyner
I Hope You're Living As High on the Hog as the Pig You Turned Out to Be by
Bill Anderson
Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself, If Love Were Oil, I'd Be
About a Quart Low, They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat by
Lewis Grizzard
They Used to Call Me Snow White, but I Drifted by Regina Barreca
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moor
Behaving Bradley by Perry Nodelman
Whistling Toilets by Randy Powell
Can You Teach Me to Pick My Nose by Martyn Godfrey
Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date by Todd Strasser
George Bush, dark prince of love by Lydia Millet
Night Of The Avenging Blowfish: A Novel Of Covert Perations, Love, And
Luncheon Meat by John Welter
Babies And Other Hazards Of Sex and Dave Barry Is From Venus And Mars by
Dave Barry
If you leave me, can I come too? and If you can't live without me, why
aren't you dead yet? by Cynthia Heimel
Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him I'd Be Out of Jail By Now by Sharon McCrumb
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
Last Manly Man by Sparkle Hayter
What's a girl gotta do by Sparkle Hayter
Revenge of the Cootie Girls by Sparkle Hayter
If the gods had meant us to vote they would have given us candidate by Jim
Hightower
Lose Weight Through Great Sex With Celebrities (the Elvis Way) by Colin
McEnroe
Joy of Sects by Peter Occhiogrosso
Dwarf Rapes Nun, Flees In Ufo by Arnold Sawislak
Is Sex Necessary? by James Thurber and E.B. White
Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall by
Anthony Wolf
How to Murder Your Mother in Law by Dorothy Cannell
I Worship the Very Dirt She Treats Me Like by Raphaelson
No Nudes Is Good Nudes by PG Wodehouse
Alamo House: Women Without Men, Men Without Brains by Sarah Bird
Bimbos of the Death Sun and Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb
Jennifer [removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us
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Standley Lake Branch Arvada, CO 80005
Jefferson County Public Library (303)456-0806
FROM: Madeline Guzman <[removed]@capaccess.org>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 1972 14:29:38 -0500 (EST)
--Armadillos and Old Lace
--Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola
Madeline
Madeline T. Guzman
Rockville, Maryland
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