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 Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:31 am
Has anyone else seen this on the greater internet? (My info copied from the New York Times): Quote: The polls are open in the annual balloting for the Diagram Prize, honoring the world’s oddest book title, Agence France-Presse reported. Conducted by The Bookseller, a British trade magazine, the vote at www.thebookseller.com asks participants to choose from six mostly nonfiction titles on the shortlist, culled from titles submitted by publishers, bookstore workers and librarians around the world. The nominees are “I Was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen” by Jasper McCutcheon; “How to Write a How to Write Book” by Brian Paddock; “Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues” by Catharine A. MacKinnon; “Cheese Problems Solved” edited by P. L. H. McSweeney; “If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs” by Big Boom; and “People Who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Doctor Feelgood” by Dee Gordon. The winner is to be announced on March 28. The prize has been offered since 1978, when the winner was “Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.”These titles cracked me up!
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:04 pm
Haven't seen that....
I think the oddest I have in my library is Spanking Shakespeare.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:15 pm
In my personal collection, I've always been fond of Bimbos of the Death Sun, which is a mystery set at an 80s RPG convention.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:55 am
Well I don't have any as strange as that, but one I think is kind of funny (even if it is a children's novel) is I, Houdini: The Amazing Story of an Escape-Artist Hamster blaugh
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:10 pm
These books are all actually listed on Amazon xd
People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It" by Gary Leon Hill, "The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification" by Julian Montague , "The Big Book Of Lesbian Horse Stories" by Alisa Surkis and of course the invaluable "Bombproof Your Horse" by Rick Pelicano.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:55 am
I realize you said they were real, but how did you ever discover those titles in the first place? They're great!
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:49 pm
OliviaFalconer I realize you said they were real, but how did you ever discover those titles in the first place? They're great! Thanks heart I spend a lot of time on Amazon and I found most of them either randomly via the 'People who liked this also liked x" links or deep inside of the favourite book listings. This page has some pretty amusing titles as well.
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:00 am
This tread made me laugh!!!
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:42 am
mercurya OliviaFalconer I realize you said they were real, but how did you ever discover those titles in the first place? They're great! Thanks heart I spend a lot of time on Amazon and I found most of them either randomly via the 'People who liked this also liked x" links or deep inside of the favourite book listings. This page has some pretty amusing titles as well. This was good too! BTW: If anyone cares, I found out the winner of the contest I cited was If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs.
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:39 pm
“Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.” rofl Oh my goodness that me laugh.
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:32 pm
Biblical Lovemaking surprised ooh yeah: and it is written by a little Jewish man from Texas haha biggrin It is really good though IMO.
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