Any readers out there have any favorite book titles? Here's some I find unusual, fascinating, and/or plain memorable: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(McCoy),The Postman Always Rings Twice(Cain),A Confederacy of Dunces(Toole), Appointment in Samarra(O'Hara),Breakfast at Tiffany's(Capote), The Bride Wore Black(Woolrich),The Country of the Pointed Firs(Jewett),At-Swim-Two-Birds(O'Brien),and Swimming Man Burning(Kirkpatrick). tjoeb};>

Interesting...

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

all by Douglas Adams.

check out the thread "Reading is the Answer, Too!", there are a few in there

"Infinity welcomes careful drivers" - one of the Red Dwarf books.

Jesus on Mars
Mother was a Lovley Beast
To your Scattered Bodies Go

all by Philip Jose Farmer

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i think it is called

Zen and the ART of Motorcycle Maintanence.

I don't rmember who it is by but i am sure you uys have heard of it

ZAMM was written by Robert Pirsig, if memory serves.

Interesting book titles... I always thought Abbie Hoffmann's _Steal This Book_ had a nice ring to it.

R

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one of my perenial favorite is "Beacon of Alexandria" by Gillian BradShaw:

Here's my review on Amazon:
Set in the 4th century of Roman Empire on the eve of its military collapse, the story pits
a Greek/Roman noblewoman and a naturalized German prince against the arrogance,corruption and cruelty of an imperial culture they nontheless loved and hoped to preserve. A poignant classic told from the viewpoint of perpetual outsider.

BTW, I've vowed not to buy books from Amazon because of their stupid patents(see http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/index.html
)....

Di

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The brilliant humor writer Ring Lardner, Sr., wrote a story called "Shut Up, He Explained." Every time I think about it, I crack up. The title comes from a conversation in the story, wherein a family is driving cross-country. The child narrator wildly misuses metaphors, and stumbles mightily when trying to write coherently. The snippet of conversation related in this brilliant story, which I'll never forget, is this: " 'Daddy,' I asked tenderly, 'are we lost?' 'Shut up,' he explained."