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Narzack Admin
Posts : 477 Join date : 2010-11-20 Age : 41 Location : Orlando
| Subject: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:39 am | |
| Inspired by Jim Halpert's first(and likely, only) meeting with the Finer Things Club, I thought it would be fun to select a well known book that you've never read and, based on the title and/or artwork, theorize the content.
I'll start.
Angela's Ashes During the many clashes of the IRA and the English, a young boy's mother is blown to bits. What follows is his quest to give her a proper burial in the Catholic way. He has to journey across the wartorn country to bury her at her family plot.
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell A fratboy inherits the throne of Hell. Hilarity ensues.
Alright, so there are my rather weak examples. Show me up! | |
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Mama Jen
Posts : 262 Join date : 2010-11-29 Age : 103
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:35 pm | |
| Angela's Ashes:
Sounds like a sad story. The setting maybe takes place in during war time or the after effects of war. I think Angela is a sister or a mother that died with a terminal illness or killed in the war. Or Angela might of not died. Maybe ashes could be a representation of a deeper meaning or a common universal theme, like a motif or something. I wouldn't think that the story would be told in the view point of Angela. Most likely her child, father, husband, or sister.
I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell:
The title doesn't sound like a novel at all to me. I doubt there is a plot. Sounds like a title of a book with a collection of short stories on it, maybe poems. Or maybe it's one of those political books. Doesn't sound like something I would read. | |
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Kanucult Guest
| Subject: aojfqphf Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:30 am | |
| On the Road
A man goes for a drive.
Les Miserables
Some people in France experience hard times.
Of Mice and Men
An ogre pets his dog too hard.
Into the Wild
A guy goes into the wildnerness and dies.
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Narzack Admin
Posts : 477 Join date : 2010-11-20 Age : 41 Location : Orlando
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:03 am | |
| War of the Roses Badass plant-life from a far off galaxy invades Earth, instigating a huge interstellar war.
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Haley Admin
Posts : 313 Join date : 2010-11-20 Age : 82 Location : The Aether
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:15 pm | |
| The Lovely Bones
An archeologist in Ireland uncovers a female skeleton from the early 1500's and, as he researches more about the bones, he learns about the life she lead and begins to fall in love with her. | |
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darkflameofhavok
Posts : 14 Join date : 2010-12-10 Age : 40 Location : Houston, TX
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:44 pm | |
| The Handmaiden's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
There is a handmaiden. She likes to tell stories. She tells you one.
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
There's a place called Suttree. It's full of fucked up people who, most likely, rape and eat each other. Possibly not in that order.
Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
An extreme amount of flatulence.
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Autophoric
Posts : 241 Join date : 2011-04-05 Age : 81 Location : Sacramento
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:37 am | |
| The Thin Man About a man who moves to Australia to work for Telstra. After settling down he starts to get involved with a girl, she turns up dead and he is blamed, the only description the police have is that he is The Thin Man.
Gravity's Rainbow This is a book about the refraction of light as it enters the exosphere and goes through the magnetosphere and ionosphere. Due to the lack of gravity as compared to earth the typical spectrum of the Rainbow (ROY G BIV) is instead seen as VIB G YOR
Twilight This is a novel penned by Denton Von Zan, it is the definitive reference for Dragons. "You see they have great vision during the day, and even better vision at night. But in the failing light, they can't focus. Magic hour." | |
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Mastervolo
Posts : 162 Join date : 2010-12-10 Age : 33 Location : Canada
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:53 am | |
| The Crippled God God was driving around heaven in his honda civic at high speeds. Being a supreme being, he wasn't wearing his seat belt when he hit the speed bump and flew through the windshield. He wakes up 6 months later to find his legs are broken and he requires a wheelchair in this non-wheelchair accessible heaven. This story chronicles his crusade to get his legs back.
The Stand After a terrible prank gone wrong, a man finds himself glued to a chair, unable to stand up straight. This story chronicles his struggle to free himself from his comfy prison. | |
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Narzack Admin
Posts : 477 Join date : 2010-11-20 Age : 41 Location : Orlando
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Sun May 20, 2012 9:26 pm | |
| House of Leaves
A lonely homeless man begins a lawn mowing business and builds himself a new place to live with the cuttings. | |
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spikemartinez
Posts : 9 Join date : 2012-04-13
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:16 pm | |
| Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close People are recorded invading the personal space of strangers while yelling. Even during sex, the closeness is oddly uncomfortable. | |
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Narzack Admin
Posts : 477 Join date : 2010-11-20 Age : 41 Location : Orlando
| Subject: Re: Guess the Plot of a Book You've Never Read Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:00 pm | |
| - Haley wrote:
- The Lovely Bones
An archeologist in Ireland uncovers a female skeleton from the early 1500's and, as he researches more about the bones, he learns about the life she lead and begins to fall in love with her. I want to read this book. The Egg and IA brave sperm and a fast talking egg are forced to strike up an alliance when the evil hormones of menopause begin to ravage the land. | |
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