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Summarise a novel in 20 words or less
by bdw on Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:03 pm
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by fluffy on Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:14 pm
Harry Potter
boy wizard has homoerotic leanings with headmaster. bad guy dies. everyone is happy
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dev ksereis, alla eimai trella erotebmevei mazi sou..
boy wizard has homoerotic leanings with headmaster. bad guy dies. everyone is happy
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dev ksereis, alla eimai trella erotebmevei mazi sou..
dev ksereis, alla eimai trella erotebmevei mazi sou..
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by DrAlex on Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:32 am
The Tell Tale Heart
The eye vexes; heart's like a watch in cotton. Corpse under the floorboards. It's the beating of the hideous heart!
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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
The eye vexes; heart's like a watch in cotton. Corpse under the floorboards. It's the beating of the hideous heart!
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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
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by Jen the Phantom Hobbit of on Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:44 am
Phantom of the Opera
WARNING - HERE BE SPOILERS
Everyone hates ugly Erik. Erik seeks revenge, kidnaps Christine. Christine loves Raoul. Erik feels guilt, realises Christine. Erik dies. END!
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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.
WARNING - HERE BE SPOILERS
Everyone hates ugly Erik. Erik seeks revenge, kidnaps Christine. Christine loves Raoul. Erik feels guilt, realises Christine. Erik dies. END!
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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.
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by DrAlex on Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:51 am
The Lord of the Rings (the films)
One ring; it's evil. Fellowship goes to destroy it. Creatures come: fighting! Repeat. Frodo succeeds. Eagles? Deus Ex Machina perhaps.
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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
One ring; it's evil. Fellowship goes to destroy it. Creatures come: fighting! Repeat. Frodo succeeds. Eagles? Deus Ex Machina perhaps.
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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
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by Duffman on Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:44 am
Atonement
Half of it didn't happen, they died in the war! Old lady made it up to make herself feel better!
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Don't dream too far,
Don't lose sight of who you are.
Half of it didn't happen, they died in the war! Old lady made it up to make herself feel better!
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Don't dream too far,
Don't lose sight of who you are.
Don't dream too far,
Don't lose sight of who you are.
Don't lose sight of who you are.
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by Duggeh on Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:46 am
War and Peace:
People with unpronounceable names multiply like bacteria inside 800 previously empty pages. Reader much older and very bored at end.
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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies
People with unpronounceable names multiply like bacteria inside 800 previously empty pages. Reader much older and very bored at end.
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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies
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by Duggeh on Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:49 am
The Fifth Elephant:
Vimes goes to Uberwald. Scone ground to dust. King is a girl. Anguas brother blown up. Lady Sybil is pregnant.
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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies
Vimes goes to Uberwald. Scone ground to dust. King is a girl. Anguas brother blown up. Lady Sybil is pregnant.
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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies
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by Duggeh on Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:52 am
The Day Of The Jackal:
Anonymous Englishman spends whole book getting to Paris without detection. Fails to assassinate General De Gaulle. Gets killed by police.
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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies
Anonymous Englishman spends whole book getting to Paris without detection. Fails to assassinate General De Gaulle. Gets killed by police.
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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies
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by novium on Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:30 am
Fahrenheit 451:
A fireman decides not to burn books. hilarity ensues. the world must end to begin again.
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Neither the storms of crisis, nor the breezes of ambition could ever divert him, either by hope or by fear, from the course that he had chosen
A fireman decides not to burn books. hilarity ensues. the world must end to begin again.
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Neither the storms of crisis, nor the breezes of ambition could ever divert him, either by hope or by fear, from the course that he had chosen
Neither the storms of crisis, nor the breezes of ambition could ever divert him, either by hope or by fear, from the course that he had chosen
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by Gealle on Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:16 am
A Christmas Carol
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Redemption
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Funky flunky munky...
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Redemption
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Funky flunky munky...
So someone asked me "What is it you do?". I thought about it for a minute. Then I thought about it a little more. All the while I probably looked like I was staring in to space, struggling for an answer. And I was. There was only one response I could really give.
"I make sure the shit stays off the fan."
"I make sure the shit stays off the fan."
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by Mehmsy on Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:47 am
Neuromancer: Ex-hacker employed by shady figure to perform daring cybertheft with the help of gun-toting minx battles AI.
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by Midget on Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:25 am
Jurassic Park
"God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs...Dinosaurs eat man."
(I know its a quote from the significantly less good film adaptation of the book)
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"God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs...Dinosaurs eat man."
(I know its a quote from the significantly less good film adaptation of the book)
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by Mr Comedy on Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:01 am
The Da Vinci Code:
Grizzled academic and improbably hot french girl run round Europe solving clues. Jesus's missus buried in the Louvre.
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"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
Grizzled academic and improbably hot french girl run round Europe solving clues. Jesus's missus buried in the Louvre.
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"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
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by Mr Comedy on Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:11 am
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Old man doesn't look old. When he looks at his picture, he does.
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"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
Old man doesn't look old. When he looks at his picture, he does.
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"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
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by Mr Comedy on Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:13 am
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
4 kids in a wardrobe defeat wicked witch, meet a lion and become kings and queens. Kids and LSD don't mix.
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"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
4 kids in a wardrobe defeat wicked witch, meet a lion and become kings and queens. Kids and LSD don't mix.
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"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
"I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea. " -Lu Tung
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