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janeite · 06/09/2008 19:32

A colleague heard about this on the radio and it sounds great fun. You have to think of a book title that be changed into another potential book title by removing the final letter:

Eg - Of Mice And Me
Three Men In A Boa
The Sound And The Fur
etc

Can anybody think of more? Personally I would love to read Three Men In A Boa!

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janeite · 07/09/2008 15:30

LOVE David Copperfiel - sounds much better than the original!

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UnquietDad · 07/09/2008 15:40

I like Black Beaut. The Australian edit, obviously!

The Satanic Verse (abridged)

London Field (also abridged)

And the dull brown sci-fi classic, Dun.

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 15:40

Five Go To Smuggler's To
Five Go off to Cam
Five Have A Wonderful Tim
Five Go to Mystery Moo
Five Have Plenty of Fu
Adventures of the Wishing Chai
Brer Rabbi
The Enchanted Woo

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 15:42

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Tim

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 15:43

Chitty Chitty Bang Ban

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 15:45

Jaw

UnquietDad · 07/09/2008 15:47

This reminds me of the old Grauniad feature, "Lost Consonants", of which my favourite was "Andrew Lloyd Webber writing another hit musical."

Another good one is to change the entire potential tone of the book by swapping two letters around, e.g.:

Bridget Jones's Dairy.

Hard Mites.

About A Yob.

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 15:48

Under the Ski

I'm going to switch the computer off now - this is seriously addictive

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 15:51

Winnie the Hoop
The Dairy of a Nobody

Jacaranda · 07/09/2008 15:56

A Room with a Vie
198
The Lord of the Ring
Gone with the Win
A Prayer for Owen Mean
The Satanic Verse

Jacaranda · 07/09/2008 16:01

Charlotte's We
The Twit
The Borrower
The BF

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/09/2008 16:06

ha ! you've been looking at the top 100 book list too !
I remember Lost Consonants too - was a hoot..good illustrations with them too

Psychobabble · 07/09/2008 16:18

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balmain · 07/09/2008 16:21

Howard's En
The Spare Roo

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/09/2008 16:28

The Thorn Bird - biog of Everything But the Girl

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 16:47

How I Live No
The Plague Dog

Sobernow · 07/09/2008 17:30

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oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 17:45

The Plague Gods
The Dog of Small Things
Who to Eat
Blake House
Who to Cook
Horton Hears a How
A Moor with a View
How I Evil Now
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Rife
Horton Shear a Who

oggsfrog · 07/09/2008 17:47

The Room's Last Sigh

BBBee · 07/09/2008 19:07

Nigella Lawson's Feas

Sobernow · 07/09/2008 19:24

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BecauseImWorthIt · 07/09/2008 20:08

Where's Wall

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janeite · 07/09/2008 20:14

Lol to some of these.

Some of you are cheating though The only thing you change is to remove the final letter of the final word of the title in order to create a new, interesting or amusing title. And just removing an "S" is usually not interesting or amusing!

The Stan (d)
Avocado Bab (y) - The Brummy version?
Guess How Much I Love Yo (u) - P Diddy's latest?

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janeite · 07/09/2008 20:15

Ah - sorry; just seen UQD's post.

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Swedes · 07/09/2008 20:23

The Skis and other stories (Anton Chekhov)

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