Comments on: Fiction Mash-Ups

By: Nix

Nix — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 14:10:15 +0000

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Looking Up: replicant technology turns out to ruin the environment. All die. Oh, the embarrassment.

By: chris borthwick

chris borthwick — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:13:26 +0000

And how about very different books with exactly the same name? Plato’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Watership Down – helicopter carrying refreshments to US marines in Fallujah hit by rpg Carry On Jeeves Sid James as Jeeves, Charles Hawtrey as Wooster While we’re on Wodehouse, Suddenly Last Summer Lightning Lord Emsworth’s sister Connie seeks to have Galahad Threepwood lobotomized to prevent him writing his memoirs The Rights of Man Ho, Jeeves Gussie Fink-Nottle gives a rabblerousing attack on the British Monarchy at the Market Snodgrass prizegiving Herbie Hancock’s Half-Hour Sid James on sax, Hattie Jacques on bass

By: GeekLethal

GeekLethal — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:17:37 +0000

2001: A Hunt for Red October: An ancient alien intelligence cleverly leaves a monolith on Earth, which is later commandered by defecting Soviet sailors and given to the CIA. The Lovely Bones of Electric Sheep: The spirit of a murdered little girl watches from Heaven as those she loved grapple with the fact that she was actually a replicant.

By: chris borthwick

chris borthwick — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:40:28 +0000

I capture “The Castle” The Little Mermaid of Orleans Withnail and I, Robot American Beauty and the Beast with Five Fingers The Long Goodbye, Mr. Chips Now we are very young Torless

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 06:17:25 +0000

regret to inform that “Gone with the wind in the willows” has already been done – on the original list I linked to.
Oh dear. How embarrassing. Also, suggested by a friend: Gone with the Wind in the Door.

By: tim

tim — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 03:09:47 +0000

On the other hand, Inherit the Wind in the Willows still needs a plot and exposition…

By: jholbo

jholbo — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 01:50:55 +0000

I regret to inform that “Gone with the wind in the willows” has already been done – on the original list I linked to. Their tag line was: ‘frankly, mole, I don’t give a dam’ or something like that. (Perhaps this is a sign that we have gotten them all the closed the circle. No more jokes to be found.) Seriously, “Gaudy night of the living dead” is quite funny. Good, good.

By: spacetoast

spacetoast — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:40:34 +0000

hehe…Gaudy Night of the Living Dead is great, Julia, but I can’t believe you forgot to mention the scene where Peter Wimsey quotes Dante while trying to bite Harriet’s neck.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:17:59 +0000

The King and I Capture the Castle
Upon Anna's urging, the King of Siam to removes his family to a crumbling castle in England for safekeeping. Once there, he falls in love with her materialistic sister. (Alternately, The King and I, Robot)
Gone with the WInd in the WIllows
Southern belle, Scarlett O'Hara embarks on an adventure with Mr. Toad, a different kind of rebel.
Gaudy Night of the Living Dead
Harriet Vane returns to Oxford only to find it overrun with zombies.

By: novalis

novalis — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:28:39 +0000

Trouble and Her Friends on Triton: Gender-bending queer hackers in space. Object Oriented Perl of Great Price: Damien Conway's introduction to Mormon software development. Gather, Heart of Darkness!

By: novalis

novalis — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 19:05:47 +0000

Last Call of the Wild – Alaskan sled dogs play poker with tarot cards on a boat in the middle of a lake. The Invisible Man Month (Brooks, Wells, Ellison) – A botched experiment turns Fred Brooks into a black man for a month.

By: Johno

Johno — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:04:12 +0000

Ham On Catcher In The Rye: Charles Bukowski?s autobiographical memoir about youth, anomie, and banging prostitutes. The Man from U.N.C.L.E Vanya: Retired secret agents sit around the samovar griping about lost love, old age, and declining property values. The Wonder Boys of Summer: The sentimental tale of a past-his-prime Brooklyn novelist and the talented rookie who reminds him of his faded glory. A dog is shot, a car is stolen.

By: plover

plover — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:09:49 +0000

erm, that should be: Permutation City of God – Augustine on cellular automata…

By: Belle Waring

Belle Waring — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 07:20:29 +0000

What about an all Enid Blyton run? The Magic Mountain of Adventure: Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack, and their parrot Kiki all get TB, have to eat 5 nourishing meals a day at the International Sanatorium Berghof. Into the Valley of the Dolls of Adventure: The kids discover drugs. Can Bill Smugs bail them out? The Secret Seven Sharer: guilt-ridden sea captain must conceal six children and an excitable dog in his cabin. Will his steward catch on?

By: plover

plover — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 04:09:07 +0000

Being and Time Enough for Love This may have the virtue of being the most unreadable proposal presented so far…— Permutation City of God -Aquinas on cellular automata… Soldier of the Mists of Avalon The Velveteen Rabbit at Rest Uncle Tom Jones’ Cabin The Horse and His Boy and His Dog Darwin’s Black Box of Most Dangerous Ideas Naked Came the Bonfire of the Manatees The Third Man of La Mancha