I’ve been outdone. By a mile.
A couple of posts ago I commented on some published books with odd titles and subjects. Today a friend posted a link to a story about a new book that features dozens of awkward and confusing titles. It’s called Do-It-Yourself Brain Surgery and Other Implausibly Titled Books, and features 96 pages of winners like Fabulous Small Jews, Knitting with Dog Hair, The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories and I Was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen.
A book about bad books. How come I never get ideas like that?
Here’s a link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/12/knitting-with-dog-hair-and-other-unfortunate-book-titles.html
Yea!!! Let’s hear it for self publishing! And I WANT a copy of the lesbian horse story book for Christmas!
By: jonzech on December 17, 2009
at 1:52 am
Joe, if you collect enough of Henry’s hair, I’ll knit you something :)
By: cpurcel1 on December 17, 2009
at 12:07 pm
You know, a real study of bad literature might be a worthy pursuit. Just as trends in literature are reflective of social movement, so too should bad literature be studied for an understanding of what is happening in the social psyche. And then, of course, one can argue for a definition of bad lit..sure we could fall back on the old reliable: “I don’t know what makes literature good or bad, but I know good or bad when I see it.” And since this is relative, who can really judge? Considering my own writing, I say “thank god”.
By: ssternberg on December 18, 2009
at 4:22 pm