So I was stumbling through a bunch of terrible sites earlier when one caught my eye. It was an article about a Washington Post contest in which readers were invited to send in their best "merged book title" ideas, along with a bit of a synopsis to serve as explanation.
Now, you're probably confused as to what I mean by any of this. Understandable. Here are a few choice examples:
- Machiavelli's The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's tale as presented by Machiavelli. The whimsy of human nature is embodied in many delightful and intriguing characters, all of whom are executed.
- Green Eggs and Hamlet
Would you kill him in his bed? Thrust a dagger through his head? I would not, could not, kill the King. I could not do that evil thing. I would not wed this girl, you see. Now get her to a nunnery.
- Where's Walden?
Alas, the challenge of locating Henry David Thoreau in each richly-detailed drawing loses its appeal when it quickly becomes clear that he is always in the woods.
- Catch-22 in the Rye
Holden learns that if you're insane, you'll probably flunk out of prep school, but if you're flunking out of prep school, you're probably not insane.
I hope that made things a bit more clear. If not, you really have no right submitting one, anyway. But for those of you who do get it, please, submit your own. This could be interesting if people actually put a wee bit of effort into it. It's a long shot, I know, but here goes nothing.
Enjoy.
Jam it back in, in the dark.