Modern Literature in Five Words

Posted by Davezilla 25 January, 2005 Latest: Mandy, Petezilla, Lace Valentine, ali, Nikki,

Swann’s Way — Marcel Proust
“I just can’t fall asleep.”

Lo! — Charles Fort
“It’s raining cats and frogs.”

Mists of Avalon — Marion Zimmer Bradley
“Ew! With your own brother?”

The Prophet — Kahlil Gibran
“You’re all just lazy peasants.”

The DaVinci Code — Dan Brown
“Fine. Blame Leonardo for everything.”

Angela’s Ashes — Frank McCourt
“Irish boys have dreadful lives.”

Finnegan’s Wake — James Joyce
“They’ll never figure this out.”

Little Birds — Anaïs Nin
“Girls have naughty thoughts, too!”

The Age of Spiritual Machines — Ray Kurzweil
“Yes, computers will take over.”

Against All Enemies — Richard A. Clarke
“War on terror? Good one!”

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18 comments:

  1. rust, 25, January 2005, 0:13 |  

    Superman — DC COMICS
    “Strange Visitor From Another Planet”

     
  2. Moxie, 25, January 2005, 0:23 |  

    Girl With A Pearl Earring ~ Tracy Chevalier

    “The Dutch have been horny for centuries”

     
  3. jen, 25, January 2005, 0:30 |  

    Less than Zero
    Whiny rich kids with “problems”.

    Fellowship of the Ring
    God, are they singing again?

     
  4. Vicus Scurra, 25, January 2005, 2:00 |  

    Less modern:
    War and Peace - French are crap at war.
    King Lear - Teenage daughters are a problem.
    Treasure Island - Don’t talk to strange men.

     
  5. Anna, 25, January 2005, 3:29 |  

    “Men are from Mars, women are from Venus” - Invasion of the :boobs::boobs:-grabbers.

    Although I heard it once said: “Men are from Earth, women are from earth. Deal with it!”

    PS Thank you Moxie … I’ve been wondering what that feeling was.

     
  6. Spud, 25, January 2005, 5:57 |  

    :idea::idea::idea::idea:

    Coff-ee

    ~ Joe Schmo

    THE definitive history on “Oraly Transmitted Diseases, their causes, effects and what you can do to stop.”

    $29.95*

    :idea::idea::idea::idea:

     
  7. Spud, 25, January 2005, 6:07 |  

    On the other hand, on I had a good laugh over your original list Dave.

    Great idea

    :grin:

     
  8. VenusManTrap, 25, January 2005, 8:26 |  

    Catcher In The Rye ~J.D. Salinger

    Boy Interrupted.

     
  9. frisko, 25, January 2005, 8:50 |  

    “Popcorn. It’s what’s for dinner.”
    Davezilla

     
  10. Mandy, 25, January 2005, 12:26 |  

    The Vagina Monologues — Eve Ensler
    “Men know nothing about pussy”

     
  11. Petezilla, 25, January 2005, 13:45 |  

    Fight Club — Chuck Palahniuk
    “Self-improvement is masturbation”

     
  12. Lace Valentine, 25, January 2005, 15:12 |  

    The Stranger– Albert Camus
    Malaise? Go shoot an Arab.

    Nausea –Jean-Paul Sartre
    I’m more morose than you.

    Flowers of Evil — Baudeliare
    Praise the beautiful wicked.

    The Genealogy of Morals–Nietzsche
    Civilization. Bah! A junk heap.

    Catcher in the Rye–Salinger
    Adolescents make holy rebels.

    On the Road–Kerouac
    Keep moving with happy restlessness

    Women–Bukowski
    Whenever possible, shag the ladies

    Wuthering Heights–Emily Bronte
    Love’s comeback: incestuous reincarnation

    Manfred Park–Jane Austin
    Wit above all else

    The Poems of Emily Dickinson–E.D.
    A discursive depression questions glory

     
  13. Mandy, 25, January 2005, 15:50 |  

    LOL! Those are great, Lace! :mrgreen:

     
  14. ali, 25, January 2005, 17:00 |  

    Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
    Fireman burns books; changes mind.

     
  15. Nikki, 25, January 2005, 20:53 |  

    Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
    Locked upstairs? Incest is best.

     
  16. Lace Valentine, 25, January 2005, 22:38 |  

    Thanks Mandy, by the way, I thought your Vagina Monologues screamingly funny, quite succinct, and the best of the bunch. :smile:

     
  17. Mandy, 25, January 2005, 23:09 |  

    Thx! :kiss: (curtsies)

     
  18. Lace Valentine, 26, January 2005, 11:19 |  

    I haven’t a clue where I came up with the title, “Manfred Park.” :wtf: Jane Austin’s book is actually called “Mansfield Park.”