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Nabokov's "Likable Rapists," and other renamed books
By Ray RahmanAugust 13th, 2010, 11:14 amComments (9)
Ah, Friday. The weekend is impending, and you mentally clocked out of work yesterday anyway, so the last thing you want to do is mull over complex topics like "net neutrality" or "Justin Bieber." Luckily, The Rumpus has tipped us off to Dan Wilber's blog, Better Book Titles. Brilliantly simple, it takes your favorite books and gives them pithy titles that more accurately warn readers what they're getting themselves into.
We've included a number of our favorites below, so scroll away, you unproductive employee. When you're done, you should definitely go to Wilber's blog for more.








Commentarium (9 Comments)
My Friday was just made 500% better by this post. Well done, Nerve. Well done.
I enjoyed that, I really did, but I have some nitpicky quibbles, including this one: I don't think the rapist was supposed to be likable, per se, in Lolita!
"Why Didn't They Just Ride The Eagles To Mordor?" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Nice one, md.
How about this?
"Deus Ex Machina and Telepathy," by Stephen King, a series of 40-50 novels spanning roughly from 1973 to 2010 thus far. (I am a King fan, by the way, so I say this with love.)
"Religious Symbolism and Fake History Means I Don't Have to Use a Plot or Good Characters" by Dan Brown.
"Puberty With Wands And Stuff" by JK Rowling
That's not even 10 mnitues well spent!
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