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Belisarius
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For those who don't have time to read the relevant Heaven or Purgatory threads.
Starting off (originally in National Lampoon):
The Old Testament
God creates Man and everything Man does makes God angry.
[ 12. February 2012, 01:07: Message edited by: Imaginary Friend ]
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The New Testament
Nice bloke and mates try to help God calm down.
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Jahlove
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Heart of Darkness
Psycho gets the horrors in the jungle and goes madder.
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Firenze
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Pride and Prejudice
Girl with silly mother marries morose man with scary aunt.
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Belisarius
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Jane Eyre
Woman with much psychological baggage finally marries former aspiring bigamist.
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Firenze
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Great Expectations
Boy fancies haughty totty but finds fortune comes from jailbird.
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Cottontail
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Les Miserables
Criminals can change; prostitutes can love; posh boys die gloriously.
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Belisarius
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Look Back In Anger
Alison returns to an obnoxious asshole after losing their baby.
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Jahlove
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Othello
Bloke kills wife and self through believing fibs about hankies.
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QLib
Bad Example
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Moby Dick
One-legged humo(u)rless obsessive with motley crew hunts very big whale.
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Sioni Sais
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Hotel du Lac
Woman goes on holiday, gets a headache, needs a fuck.
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crynwrcymraeg
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Note to self -
remember to read Hotel du Lac
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by crynwrcymraeg:
Note to self -
remember to read Hotel du Lac
I'm truly sorry if I have inadvertently encouraged anyone to read Hotel du Lac.
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Dafyd
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Nun remembers former teacher with doubtful morals in her prime.
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Uncle Pete
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A Christmas Carol Little cripple turns old man into blithering idiot.
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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Anna Karenina
Unhappy Russian beauty shacks up with Officer, causes train delay.
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"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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The Odyssey
Homecoming warrior encounters interesting beings: either shags or kills them.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Gravity's Rainbow
Chase a rocket. Have weird sex. Go insane.
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Jahlove
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Dune
Family emigrate to the desert. Grandson turns into Top Worm.
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bad boy precipitates great joy after dalliance with bitchy ice queen.
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A careless shoestring in whose tie
I see a wild civility
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Welease Woderwick
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Goodbye Mr Chips
Old schoolteacher remembers then pops his clogs.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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QLib
Bad Example
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The Crying of Lot 49
If I told you, they would have to kill you.
(but contains top analysis of Jacobean drama!)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Lord of the Rings
Small person tries to lose a piece of jewellery.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Sir Kevin
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Kafka on the Shore Run away from home. Have an affair with older woman.
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Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Bob Two-Owls
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The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
Mexican finds large pearl but ends up losing everything else.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Kid befriends boy. Kid copies friend. Identity not spotted. Dies.
(Dire warning: this whole thread is a spoiler alert! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) )
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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A Kestrel for a Knave
Teenage twitcher has a rough day.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Welease Woderwick
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The Old Man and the Sea
Old man catches big fish, other fish eat it.
(Codefix. -AA)
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Welease Woderwick
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Aside to Hosts - sorry about the bad code!
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Tale of Two Cities Penny a word author's character loses head in expiation of sins.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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That was 11 words. Mind you, your previous one was 8, so it (almost) evens out.
Sense and Sensibility
Sisters suffer romantic setbacks silently or spectacularly according to taste.
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Belisarius
Lord Bountiful of Admin (Emeritus) Delights
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2012
People who thought the Sun craved human hearts taken seriously.
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Andrew Knoll
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Dracula
Romanian Count turns out to be a vampire. Hilarity ensues.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Belisarius
Lord Bountiful of Admin (Emeritus) Delights
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Tangent: Sometimes it does.
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Andrew Knoll
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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1984
Last vestige of human spirit crushed. Our future is doubleplusungood.
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Bob Two-Owls
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A Clockwork Orange
Alex enjoyed ultraviolence and Ludwig Van until he got caught.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Unknown heir commits murder using dog. Surprisingly effective.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Moving exploration of personal development related through insectoid lifecycle parable.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Birdseye
I can see my house from here!
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Cider with Rosie
Precocious and experimental country lad THOROUGHLY enjoys rural upbringing
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Life is what happens whilst you're busy making other plans.
a birdseye view
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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David Copperfield
Orphan makes good. Baddies lose. Micawber emigrates.
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Sioni Sais
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Oliver Twist
Hungry orphan becomes pickpocket. Rescued, beaten. Nancy murdered. Baddies die.
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Brave New World
Henry Ford somehow gets linked to sex and drug orgies.
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I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Crime and Punishment
Russian student kills pawnbroker, meets prostitute, and turns himself in.
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Gone With the Wind
Confederacy apologetics undergirding tale of spoiled debutante and three husbands.
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Jahlove
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The Name of the Rose
Two monks explore mediaeval library; more than books are illuminated.
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Jahlove
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Gormenghast
Never ending mystery. Became a metaphor for *never ending mystery*
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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A Confederacy of Dunces
The unemployed, badly dressed bum actually is a philosopher.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Moving exploration of personal development related through insectoid lifecycle parable.
That's longer than the book!
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Belisarius
Lord Bountiful of Admin (Emeritus) Delights
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Citizen Kane
Hearst's alleged nickname for his mistress's unmentionables becomes a sled.
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Andrew Knoll
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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The Joy of Sex
Comfort's tale of mustachioed lothario Charles Raymond's amazingly athletic genitals.
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