Change One Letter

topic posted Sun, October 30, 2005 - 3:51 PM by 
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Change one letter of a book title, and create a new story!

Example: The Drapes of Wrath--concerns the exploits of a depression-era Okie who goes to Hollywood, becomes an interior designer and ends up in a brutal class conflict over a set of frilly checkered curtains.

The Old Man and the Pea: Several hundred pages of allegory about a lonely old farmer attempting to plant the last pea of his failed harvest. While he broods, a rat comes and eats his pea.
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    Sun, October 30, 2005 - 8:36 PM
    The Triad

    Kafka San at his best. A group of Buddhist Ninjas return as grasshoppers in the 6th reincarnation and are caged by a sect of secret pest controllers. Part 2 is Metamporphosix.

    I apologise for this:( I'm sure I can do better.
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      Mon, October 31, 2005 - 9:19 AM
      Baked Lunch - the hallucinogenic ravings of a potato addict

      Ono Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Yoko inspires the denizens of an asylum to break up.

      The Holden Notebook - After finally graduating, Caufield tries to keep the various strands of his life straight.

      The Crying of Lit 49 - A bunch of undergraduates bitch about being forced to read complicated novels.

      Promising, but couldn't get a good synopsis:
      Blond Assassin
      Massage to India
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    Sun, October 30, 2005 - 11:44 PM
    Gone With the Mind - a Southern belle's struggle with insanity
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      Mon, October 31, 2005 - 12:42 PM
      "A Farewell to ATMs" by Ernest Hemmingway - A small group of jet-setting expatriates find themselves unable to access their trust funds from Daddy and learn to live like "real people", by earning a paycheck...
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        Mon, October 31, 2005 - 1:20 PM
        _The Canterbury Tapes_: Hear Chaucer Live!!!

        _The Waste Band_: A Belt for a Bad Speller

        _Finnegan's Cake_: What the heck are we eating here??!?

        _Baiting For Godot_: Fishing Lessons That Seem to go Nowhere

        _The Adventures of Tom Lawyer_: A Naughty Kid Gets Filthy Rich Without Doing Any Real Work (I know that's not so different than the original...)
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          Tue, November 1, 2005 - 3:54 PM
          The Old Man and the Tea - oldtimer sits back over a brew and tells stories of the one that got away.

          Canterbury Sales - The version for women

          Stranger in a Strange Band - Telepathic musicians tales of great grok performances.
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    Wed, November 2, 2005 - 12:49 AM
    _the gin drum_ a midget [who appears to be eternally four years old] gets drunk during krystallnacht and other important events in the city of danzig during wwii.

    _travels with harley_ steinbeck ditches his poodle for one final road trip with his new favorite travel buddy: his hog.

    ~e.
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      Wed, November 2, 2005 - 10:52 AM
      I really like this thread, but I think it proves that the Tribe is appropriately named. :-)
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        Wed, November 2, 2005 - 8:27 PM
        I hate this thread, I can't leave it alone:(

        The Sipping Point - Don't wait for your business to go ballistic, relax with a cup of tea.
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          Wed, November 2, 2005 - 11:14 PM
          Yeah, you're right.

          Animal Firm - Barn animals get together to form a corporation and disaster ensues.
          Lord Jam - a guilt ridden man disappears into the trance music scene.
          The Call of the Mild - a bear gets kidnapped to the Hamptons and finds his inner meekness.

          Change TWO letters: Liberace Nerds.
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    Thu, November 3, 2005 - 2:18 AM
    The Bobbitt-Lorena's side of the story revealed
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      Thu, November 3, 2005 - 10:00 AM
      The Lion, the Bitch and the Wardrobe - the saga of a struggling stylist to a prima donna MGM Studios actress.
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        Thu, November 3, 2005 - 5:14 PM
        Ken and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Take off for adventure on a hog with Barbie as she talks about boys, clothes, and...um...like, whatever!
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          Tue, November 8, 2005 - 12:22 AM
          The Treat, Gatsby!

          Hilarity ensues when a plucky Chow and his rehab-addicted trainer get fuzzy at the Westminster dog Show!
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            Wed, November 9, 2005 - 5:40 PM
            Setting Free the Tears - 2 guys, 1 motorcycle and 1 sidecar get in touch with their feelings

            Taran Panderer - Based on Welsh mythos of the boy who would be king learning to sell sex on street corners.

            *Changing (or adding) 2 letters:*

            Of Price and Men - Bob Barker comes out of the closet. All those sexual harrassment cases were to throw off the public from the truth.

            East of Sweden - Twisted and complex tale of two families in Finland.

            I Will Fear No Weevil - Man with a rare insect phobia has brain transplanted into woman's body and overcomes it.

            Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas - Darn! They forgot the stash and hang out by the pool instead.
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    Wed, November 9, 2005 - 6:10 PM
    One Day in the Wife of Ivan Denisovich, By Mrs. Shukhova. Spend a day with Mrs. Shukhova as she goes about her daily routine while her husband whiles away the years laboring in the gulag.
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    Wed, November 9, 2005 - 6:14 PM
    The Hoarse Whisperer, by Bob Knight. After months of yelling at his losing basketball team, coach Knight loses his voice, and finds his true power as he quietly leads his team to the championship.
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    Wed, November 9, 2005 - 6:23 PM
    The Mower and the Glory. Hank Hill's riveting account of the 2002 West Texas Lawn Mower Racing Championships.
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      Thu, November 10, 2005 - 1:15 AM
      "A Pinter's Tale" -- an alcoholis modernist's diatribe against the chill tyranny of Shakespeare's comedies.

      "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ma'm" -- great story of the first and greatest female writer of all time and her struggles against ignorant male domination.

      "Madame Ovary" -- the great story of a woman in France trying to conceive her destiny amidst the shallowness of the 19th century.

      "The Tale of Benji" -- ancient Japanese novel (first ever written) about the life of a wonderful dog who later appears in films in the 20th century.

      "The Bothers Karamazov" -- insipid and long-winded tale of two rather dull close relatives who tend to draw out their narratives well beyond the point of boredom.

      "Winnegans Fake" -- a story of counterfeiting, fraud, deception and lies which culminates in the reader being forced to reread this purely nonsensical work.

      "Dad Kapital" -- a historically significant account of how it is best to take money from the father when it is offered.

      "The Renal Colony" -- a story of histologists' and pathologists' investigation of a kidney infection in an oversize cockroach.

      "Elmer Pantry" -- the wonderful story of a priest who is compelled to over-eat, and his salvation.

      "The Once and Future Kine" -- a tale set in the 6th century AD, relating the adventures of King Arthur's favorite cow.

      "The Part Recaptured" -- Marcel Croust's story of an aging actress who was allowed to act in the second movie version of her own original film.
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        Thu, November 10, 2005 - 11:01 AM
        bravo, nicholas! i might want to read "madame ovary" now.
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          Thu, November 10, 2005 - 11:16 PM
          "On the Read"
          Young Sal Paradise goes on an epic journey...through a book! In this sequel, he meets up with Lamar Burton, going to Reading Rainbow.

          hooray.
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            Fri, January 13, 2006 - 10:32 AM
            Okay - it's Friday - and this seems fun. . .



            Charlottes E-Web : The heart warming story of a young spider's desire to control the business of the farm owner through a well-designed e-business involving campain slogans for Vegetarian Political Activists.

            A Kale of Two Cities : A story of political intrigue as two small towns get involved in a bloody dispute over the border lines of a farmer's winter green field.

            Still Lies with Woodpecker: The autobiography of the man who really created the character of Woody the Woodpecker - originally an explicit sexually charged character who stared with Sandy the Nuthatch - involving his quest for copywrite infringment and compensation for the falsehoods involved in stealing his intellectual property.

            Nickel and Dimmed: The story of a real life waitress who was told that she was too stupid to have any other job and her quest for intellectual validation.

            The Sun Also Rices: The story of a young japanese overlord who must hide his penchant for cooking to avoid being overthrown in fuedal Japan.

            Wet the Living: A story that takes place in a future society after the last ice age has ended as they learn that communism may not be the best way to successful live in a high ocean environment.

            The Idiots: A story about life in Washington, D.C.

            Stuff: A hard look at the reality behind pack-rats and the proffessionals who have to deal with them on a day in day out basis.

            Guns, Grams and Steel: A series of portrats of Grandmothers set during the time of the War Between the States. A hard look at how mature matriarchs changed the outcome of the largest military action to take place in the New World.

            Cut on a Hot Tin Roof: A sad story of a poor family that must deal wit hthe hardships involved in repairing a serious break in their roof. The water causes toxic mildew, and gives their youngest daughter TB. The family must find a way to repair the roof and still afford medical care. Through their despair - they must prevail - or loose their daughter, as well as suffer from life-long asthma and mental issues.


            Okay. . . this is WAYYYYY too much fun.

            I'll do some more later. :)

            ~smile~
            Meredith
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              Fri, January 13, 2006 - 11:26 AM
              The Jingle: Upton Sinclair's harrowing expose' of the cut-throat world of commercial songwriting.

              Hula: Toni Mirrison's touching tale of friendship between two young Polynesian women competing for the title of Big Wahine.

              Mrs. Calloway: Hidee, hidee, hidee ho! Mrs Calloway is having party!
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                Fri, January 13, 2006 - 11:36 AM
                Like Walter for Chocolate - tales of a chocoholic gay man's search for the perfect truffle.
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                  Fri, January 13, 2006 - 1:47 PM
                  Okay - I am back - this was so much fun I wanted to do some more. :)



                  I know Why the Caged Bard Sings: A frollickingly good time story set in the fair medeival time. A thief impersonates a traveling bard to avoid imprisonment and becomes so famous that after his requisite recapture - he is placed in a traveling prison to continue to sing to the country that loves his voice so much. A humorous and well-written story about music, lore and redemption.

                  Ye Old Curiosity Shot: A story about the owner of a small amusement store who is gunned down in the middle of a crowded street. Yielding mystery and action - this heart stopping thriller will bring more than just an answer to the question of the shop owners death - but also reveal the value of the mysterios key on display in his window and the treasure it conceals!

                  For Whom the Belt Tolls : the coming of age story of 2 thirteen year olds who run away from home and hitchhike through Western Pennsylvania.

                  Death is Venice: The history of the canals in Venice and the health issues they've caused over the history of the city.

                  Lady Chatterley's Dover: The tale of 2 sisters and their love lives in Deleware.

                  ~smile~
                  Meredith
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                    Fri, January 13, 2006 - 3:59 PM
                    Lorna, Goon: She's big, she's clumsy, she's the good-but-homely girl in a family of outlaw bows. She's Lorna Goon, and she's looking for love.

                    To Fill A Mockingbird: The DIY craze comes full circle with this guide to small-scale taxidermy

                    The Rage of Innocence: Ellen Olenska is a virgin, and she's pissed off - Gilded Age NY, look out!
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                      Sat, April 22, 2006 - 3:52 AM
                      Rabit Rut - an ethologist's first person account of a lonley year spent observing the wild hare

                      Invisible Tan - 17 year old Sheila's summer in San Francisco
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                        Mon, May 8, 2006 - 6:12 AM
                        This thread just makes me smile. The "Gone with the Mind" crack just makes me laugh. Thank you.
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                          Sat, May 13, 2006 - 6:42 PM
                          The Mount Of Monte Cristo – An anthology of literary horses through the times

                          Watershit Down – How couples avoid truth to keep the peace

                          The Wine in the Willows – tourism guide to napa county
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                            Sun, May 14, 2006 - 1:43 PM
                            THIS is why I love literary people!
                            -Wicker: tale of a witch who learns to control her anti-social behaviors by creating wicker furniture.

                            -The Grades of Wrath: story of students who run afoul of an irate professor and how their scholarship suffers for it

                            -The Modfather: touching saga of a man in 60s England who returns to his family after abandoning them 20 years previously and tries to atone for his sins

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