(March 2013)
Drawn & Quarterly,
2013 Series
Published in English
(Canada)
- Price
- 19.95 CAD; 19.95 USD
- Pages
- 168
- On-sale Date
- 2013-05-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Brand
-
D+Q
- ISBN
-
978-1-77046-104-8
- Barcode
- 9781770461048
- Editing
- ?
- Binding
- hardcover
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Short Story
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A man asks a publisher to print his comic; the publisher refuses.
The Mouse, the Bird and the Difficult Novel
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A mouse is reading James Joyce's Ulysses instead of gathering food for the winter; the mouse dies when winter arrives, Ulysses still unfinished.
Night in the Consulting Room
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- At night, a therapist's chair tries to psychoanalyze the therapist's couch.
1592, William Shakespeare Addresses His Cast
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- William Shakespeare; Mister Wibbly-Wobbly
- Synopsis
- On opening night, Shakespeare cuts Mister Wibbly-Wobbly from Romeo & Juliet.
Controls for 'Rhett Butler: The Video Game'
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Wii controls for a Rhett Butler video game which approximates Butler's behavior in 'Gone with the Wind.'
Why Have You Time-Travelled Back to Vienna in 1913?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Five time travelers each have a different reason for visiting Vienna in 1913.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you noticed that the farmer has been using...
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- Two pigs on a farm learn what ham, bacon and sausages are.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Institute of Neologisms
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A series of buildings which represent languages.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lucy has fallen wildly in love with handsome local squire...
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lucy; Mr. Davenport
- Synopsis
- Lucy discovers Mr. Davenport doesn't want her as a Facebook friend, but as a wife.
The Street Tom Waits Grew Up on
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at the eclectic buildings supposedly found where Tom Waits grew up.
Fragments of Dickens's Lost Novel 'A Megalosaur's Progress'
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The story of a megalosaur protagonist supposedly from a Charles Dickens novel who endures a very typically Dickens-like account.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're all just jealous of my jetpack.
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A jetpack-wearing science fiction hero chides authors of 'proper literature,' believing them jealous of his jetpack.
The Owl and the Seasick Pussycat
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- The Owl; The Pussycat
- Synopsis
- The Owl tries to serenade the Pussycat, but Pussycat is seasick.
Coming Soon: Brontë Sisters - the Videogame
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Screen from a video game starring the three Brontë sisters in a very Super Mario Brothers-style adventure.
The Moon
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A time lapse of the barren moon, including the very brief lapse where humans visited it.
The Great Author Considers His Response to the Question
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A diagram of an author's brain which demonstrates the very rare section which holds a 'straightforward answer.'
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Francis Bacon works on his list...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Francis Bacon
- Synopsis
- Bacon puzzles out which three inventions transformed the modern world.
The Serious Rock Critic
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A rock critic looks down on a young person, only to find the young person is a rock musician and has no interest in the critic's work.
Drunk Classics
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Scenes from great literature are revisited with additional alcohol.
Selected Scenes from The Smell: A Mystery
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- The Maid; Uncle Victor; Mrs. Banvard; Professor Rigby; Lucy; Arthur
- Synopsis
- A summary of a supposed Victorian novel about an odor.
The Modern Condition
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at one's modern condition versus the idealized 'olden days.'
Lost Scenes from Quadrophenia
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Supposed missing scenes from the film 'Quadrophenia.'
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How's your invisibility serum coming along?
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A man seeking invisibility has made most of his body vanish.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you have strong feelings about the legacy of Thatcherism?
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Suggestions for how a reader can make their own cartoon about the legacy of Margaret Thatcher using a dog, a sausage and a chair.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before Deciding on Ratty, Mole and Mister Toad...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Prawny; Spoon; Madame Aubergine; Eggy; XLP-222; Monseigneur Finch; Penne; Spongebob; Princess Pebble; Wormy; Bilbo; Viscount Stoat
- Synopsis
- A look at characters who almost became the stars of 'The Wind in the Willows.'
Large Margherita for Blood Castle
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A king orders pizza, but the delivery man is killed by a dragon en route to Blood Castle.
A Sunny Day in the Park
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Various activities folks perform while in the park.
The Time-Travellers Have Arrived in 1895
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Time travelers are very annoyed by the historical inaccuracies found in visiting 1895.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How's your novel coming along?
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A novelist decides to compromise his vision and instead pours his soul into a ringtone.
Samuel Beckett's Adventures of Tintin
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Tintin; Snowy
- Synopsis
- Tintin experiences an existential crisis.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A performer speaks of the truth of cinema while standing in what is clearly a sound stage.
Homes of the Future
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at homes of the future from the minimalist cuboid to the ninth dimension.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy! I can't believe I've been bought by a famous writer!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A computer is bought by a famous writer but is quickly covered up by other items and ignored.
Some of the Things That We Will Be Adding in the Movie Version of Your Novel
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A compilation of things which Hollywood likes to see in films regardless of the original work's content.
Level One: Misty Marshes
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations' as a video game.
Mao Discusses the 'Little Red Book' with His Editor
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mao Tse-Tung
- Synopsis
- Mao Tse-Tung's editor forces him to remove all the jokes from his 'Little Red Book.'
Philip Pullman Is Out Walking When the Lord Speaks to Him
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Philip Pullman
- Synopsis
- Philip Pullman is contacted by God, who has ideas about his next novel.
Eric Gill's Busy Day
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Eric Gill
- Synopsis
- A day in the life of Eric Gill, separated by "censored" moments.
Servants in an Upper-Class Household
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The different kinds of servants, separated by "usual" and "less usual."
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aaagh! Frankenstein!
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Frankenstein's Monster
- Synopsis
- Frankenstein's Monster takes the time to clear up the confusion surrounding his name.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So this is the end?
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Michael; Barbara
- Synopsis
- Barbara can't make her relationship with Michael work because she's a complex literary character and he's a science fiction character.
New Year's Resolution: Worship a Made-Up God
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Lord Borax; Urt; Haahou; Unit333
- Synopsis
- Various made-up gods, ready to be worshiped.
Once There Was an Incomplete Crossword
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- An incomplete crossword finds new meaning as a work of modern art.
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Rogers; Simpson; Dan Brown
- Synopsis
- Rogers and Simpson investigate the pyramid on the moon to discover Shakespeare's plays were actually written by Dan Brown.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nobody knows what is in the mysterious box.
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Various people comment upon a mysterious box.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What delightful music!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A moth enjoys a pianist's music. The pianist kills and displays the moth.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- London's first underground railway was built by Charles Dickens...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Charles Dickens
- Synopsis
- Revelations about Charles Dickens' career as a crime fighter.
- Keywords
- Dickensmobile
The Unorphaned Children's Book Heroine
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Sally
- Synopsis
- Sally is the heroine of an epic fantasy adventure but as she's not an orphan she can't go on adventures unless her parents permit her to.
If You Like Urban Music You May Also Enjoy
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Helpful music suggestions for people who like urban music.
Display Case 401: Two Clay Figurines, Circa 2,000 BC.
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Two clay figurines get into an argument about whether it's better to be in the museum or not.
Evolution of the Poetry Receptacle
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at the continued evolution of poetry tomes.
Professor Ian Rigby: Academic Stunt Driver
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Ian Rigby
- Synopsis
- Ian Rigby drives his car through dangerous stunts while dealing with daily academic life.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 2042 AD: Science and religion decide to put aside...
- Genre
- humour; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Science and religion put aside their differences in 2042, but the resulting war over what to call the combined discipline leads to a break-up in 2049.
Cricket Books
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Various books about cricket, including surreal, heroic and future-based titles.
The Indecisive Novelist's Characters Converse
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Ben; Keith
- Synopsis
- Ben and Keith discuss the ways their lives have changed as the author keeps revising the work.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh dear!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Jane Austen; Harrison Ford; Red Baron; Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
- Synopsis
- A game to connect various instruments with their owners.
The Adapted Novel
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- An author sends his novel out to Hollywood; when the novel returns 5 years later, it has been beaten up and stitched back together.
A Mouse Recalls Pulling Cinderella's Carriage
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A mouse talks about what it was like being a horse for Cinderella's carriage.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the original story...
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at how the descriptions of characters change when their story receives a sequel.
A Mars Rover Sends a Poem Home
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A Mars rover sends back poems instead of soil analysis.
- Keywords
- Mars; Mars rover
Where Will You Be Spending the Weekend?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Four people discuss their weekend plans, which all seem to be trapped somewhere.
Science News: New Particle Discovered!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Scientists hope the "fame particle" may attract the "God particle."
The Court of King James I, 1611
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- King James I
- Synopsis
- King James jokes about killing people if he doesn't like the new Bible; everyone takes his joke seriously.
Apocryphal Bible Stories
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mary; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ
- Synopsis
- Made-up adventures for Bible characters.
What Did You Write Today, Mister Hemingway?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ernest Hemingway
- Synopsis
- Hemingway writes something completely different each day of the week.
Order Now for Christmas Delivery
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A machine with a large variety of features.
Boruk Oreg: Caveman Detective
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Boruk Oreg
- Synopsis
- Boruk Oreg is on the case, investigating a dead body found in a tar pit.
Some of the Errors in Dan Brown's New Book
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A look at the reported inaccuracies of a new Dan Brown novel, including the Oval Office's "haunted wishing well," rabbits who make phone calls and "mysterious eggs" from the moon.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The crazed author cackles as he peppers his prose...
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- An author's prose marks him as a public menace.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...And now we'll move on to our collection of women's art
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The gallery wing devoted to women's art is noticeably meager compared to other wings.
The Origin of Swearing
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Scientists attempting to eavesdrop on cavemen in the past become angry and their profanity is learned by the cavemen.
The Gigantic Sculpture
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Depiction of an immense statue which has mostly gone to ruin over the centuries.
South Bank, London, 1950
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A lion statue in London is knocked down to make way for a modern art sculpture.
Science vs. Religion
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- God; Stephen Hawking; Richard Dawkins
- Synopsis
- Science battles religion while art battles commerce, God battles genes, Stephen Hawking battles Richard Dawkins and man battles nature.
Innovations at the British Library
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- New library innovations include robo-shushers, combos and reading pods.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guide the Metropolitan intellectual back to his Ivory Tower...
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A mock maze where the intellectual must return home without encountering his countrymen.
The Family of Writers
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Everyone in the family is writing a novel about how they hate the others, including the cat and dog.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greetings! I am Fimple of Bimlap.
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Fimple
- Synopsis
- The miniature man Fimple wants to have a grand fantasy adventure but the fly he encounters only wants to drink spilled soda.
Mister Victorian Novel
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mister Victorian Novel; Mister Victorian Painting
- Synopsis
- Mister Victorian Novel and Mister Victorian Painting loathe each other.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha ha! Main entrance gallery here I come!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A dinosaur skull boasts to other museum exhibits.
Reader Offer!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Fake advertisement for vacation in various dystopian futures.
Nocturnal Goings on in the Saltmarshes
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at the many secret goings-on in the salt marshes.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are five errors in this cartoon about Martin Amis...
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Martin Amis
- Synopsis
- A cartoon where Martin Amis is a penguin.
The Great Artists' Collaboration
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at how artistic collaborators go from hating each other, fighting with each other, then go back to hating each other.
Some of the Symbols in My Epic Novel
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Some examples of items with supposed symbolic significance in novels.
The Enchanted Taxicab
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Enchanted Taxicab
- Synopsis
- A man catches the Enchanted Taxicab which can travel anywhere in space or time, but the passenger only wants a mundane ride through London.
Awaiting Our New Prime Minister on His Desk
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- An examination of curious items found on the Prime Minister's desk when he takes office.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A terrible and vivid depiction of a bleak future dystopia.
- Genre
- humour; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A painting of the future is considered bleak in contemporary times, but men of the future see a lot of themselves in the painting.
The Realist Novel and the Experimental Novel
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A realist novel and experimental novel argue with each other.
Characters Guaranteed to Improve Your Story
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Characters to improve stories, such as drunk time-traveller and one-armed pianist.
The Great Automaton Strike of 2029 Saw the Birth of the Robot Protest Song
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The robot protest song is sung in binary characters.
La Traviata
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A parody version of 'La Traviata.'
The Ethics of War
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A soldier reads 'The Ethics of War' while bashing his opponent in the head.
Withdrawn
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A withdrawn library book waxes philosophically about life outside the library.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Colour key
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A picture in which everyone is either a journalist, spy or double agent.
Secret Gang Tattoos
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at body art for gangs such as the Women's Institute and Royal Horticultural Society.
A Metaphorical Cartoon
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A pig, bird and worm discuss what metaphors they each represent.
Lost in Venice
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A mock game board simulating a trip through the many familiar tropes of fiction set in Venice.
Dream Critics
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Critics meet to chat endlessly about the material they're reviewing.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From the ruins of civilisation, one group rose up and seized power.
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- In a post-apocalyptic world, the time of the Morris Men has arrived.
Inspector God: Omniscient Detective
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; detective-mystery; satire-parody
- Characters
- Inspector God; Dr. Wadkins
- Synopsis
- Being omniscient, God solves his cases immediately.
An Ant Remembers the Making of 'Un Chien Andalou'
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- An ant recalls his time performing in the film 'Un Chien Andalou.'
Elements for a Railway Murder Mystery
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Some familiar stock elements for mysteries set aboard trains.
The Flayed Hand
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A man unwisely chooses a flayed hand for a conversation piece.
Indexer Notes
Parody of Guy de Maupassant's 'The Flayed Hand.'
Book Cover Design Is Easy
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A series of very obvious book genre covers.
Wilderness. Broken Cable. Important Message.
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A telegraph wire breaks, leaving the tapping noise to be heard coming from the strand of wire.
2016: The Age-Appropriate Music Act Comes into Force
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A 43 year old man is arrested for playing music too young for his age group.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On my holiday
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at how a real vacation is different from a novelized version.
Feminist Fairy Godmother
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Fairy Godmother
- Synopsis
- A feminist Fairy Godmother offers her charge a fulfilling career and bank account.
Against Whom Have You Sworn Vengeance?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A variety of genre characters discuss their object of vengeance.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Illicit love: D7, E7
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A chess board charts kinds of stories.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Queen Victoria, camouflaged by her mourning clothes...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Queen Victoria
- Synopsis
- Queen Victoria evades her would-be alien abductors.
Lost Chapters of Emile Zola's 'Germinal'
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Elements not seen in Zola's 'Germinal,' such as a discotheque, vampire and time machine.
Various Scenes Involving Pudding
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Eight dramatic situations involving pudding.
Reasoned Scientific Debate
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A scientist wins his debate by inviting everyone to the pub with him.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Telly.
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Telly
- Synopsis
- A book wants to talk with a television set but the TV is always out partying.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Key
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A look at people judging their neighbors based on the books they read.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Music, eh?
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- One person complains about the music the other person is listening to.
Our Season of Innovative Shakespeare Productions
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Various unusual alterations to Shakespeare to attract contemporary audiences, such as "Action Hamlet" and "King Lear on Ice."
A Tourist's Guide to Our Islands
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A map of islands and their unusual features.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You shouldn't take it so personally, Dad.
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- God; Jesus Christ
- Synopsis
- God is upset by Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion.'
The Multifaceted Mister Dickens
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Charles Dickens
- Synopsis
- The many sides of Charles Dickens, from "cosy" to "weird dream."
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 25,000 BC
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Having just invented the prawn cocktail, a paleolithic man is frozen in ice.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mike, we're so excited to see these new D. H. Lawrence...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Mike
- Synopsis
- Mike the artist gives D. H. Lawrence readers the kind of book covers they want: drawings of sexy ladies.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A deer!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The connection between the words deer, deor and dear.
Henry David Thoreau and Friends
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Henry David Thoreau
- Synopsis
- Thoreau refuses to have fun with his friends.
Psychiatric Action Stories
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Psychiatrists attempt to do their jobs even while thrust into a two-fisted adventure tale.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where we live
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A map showing how people define the spaces outside of their own property.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...It was quiet as the grave then suddenly all hell broke loose!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Fiction Police
- Synopsis
- An author is arrested by the Fiction Police for indulging in cliches, simile abuses, excessive adverbage and exclamation mark offences.
Mechanical Space-Horse
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A mechanical space-horse wins the Moon Derby.
Baseball Explained
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A chart explaining how the baseball field works.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you unsure who/what to worship?
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The reader is encouraged to pick a random figure to worship, ranging from God to Tom Cruise.
A Monument to a Great Man
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The life of a statue from being erected, to ignored, to campaigned against, to removed and finally replaced.
Attitudes Toward Sex in the Middle Ages
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Improbably, a man in 1370 is singing 'Sex Machine.'
The Backwards Novel Seen Backwards
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The creation of a backwards novel, shown in reverse.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The surrealist architect considers it his masterpiece...
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A real estate agent has difficulty selling homes designed by a surrealist architect.
The Modern Poet Is Assisted with Royal Commissions by the LOR-E-8 Automatic Poem Generator
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A machine helps poets craft formulaic poems.
The Slightly Vain but Reasonable Queen, the Magic Mirror and the Blossoming Step-Daughter
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A queen is not especially disturbed when the magic mirror informs her that her step-daughter is more beautiful than her.
- Keywords
- magic mirror
Indexer Notes
Parody of Snow White.
The Papers of a Great Writer
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A stack of boxes contains the works of a writer, with very little of it being of any particular interest.
Some of My Forthcoming Mystery Novels
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- The novels 'Easily-Distracted Cowboy Detective,' 'Overly-Dramatic Astronaut Detective,' and 'Catty Unicycling Detective.'
Robot Bully
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A robot bully beats up other robots then prints a report to explain its actions.
Four Obstacles to Writing
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Obstacles to writing include a pram in the hall, bees in the room, nothing in the bank and poltergeist in the house.
- Keywords
- poltergeist
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the event of my death I would like...
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Different monuments for the departed such as a colossal ziggurat or network of secret tunnels.
3-D Friends
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Three 3-D objects are friends but the cone feels they are alone in a cold, uncaring universe.
The Reason I Was Late Explained in a Diagram
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A complex diagram to explain lateness which includes the excuse "drawing this diagram."
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tell me a scary story grand-pere.
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A grandfather tells a scary story about a strange man who eats British food.
Are You Happy?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A worm refuses to answer whether it's feeling happy. A bird eats the worm and feels happy.
In the Wine Cellar
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A guide to the many icons found on wine bottles to explain which are poisoned, which are hallucinogenic and which are sparkling.
A Busy Day on the Boating Lake
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A chart explaining which people on the lake are lovers and which is a murderer.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My awesome castle: A poem by the king.
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A king can't finish his poem about his "awesome castle." When the castle is destroyed he writes a poem about "the beautiful ruin."
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Endpapers]
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2.
Short Story
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3.
[Title Page & Credits]
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4.
[Dedication]
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5.
The Mouse, the Bird and the Difficult Novel
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6.
Night in the Consulting Room
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7.
1592, William Shakespeare Addresses His Cast
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8.
Controls for 'Rhett Butler: The Video Game'
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9.
Why Have You Time-Travelled Back to Vienna in 1913?
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10.
["Have you noticed that the farmer has been using..."]
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11.
["Institute of Neologisms"]
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12.
["Lucy has fallen wildly in love with handsome local squire..."]
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13.
The Street Tom Waits Grew Up on
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14.
Fragments of Dickens's Lost Novel 'A Megalosaur's Progress'
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15.
["You're all just jealous of my jetpack."]
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16.
The Owl and the Seasick Pussycat
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17.
Coming Soon: Brontë Sisters - the Videogame
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18.
The Moon
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19.
The Great Author Considers His Response to the Question
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20.
["Francis Bacon works on his list..."]
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21.
The Serious Rock Critic
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22.
Drunk Classics
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23.
Selected Scenes from The Smell: A Mystery
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24.
The Modern Condition
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25.
Lost Scenes from Quadrophenia
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26.
["How's your invisibility serum coming along?"]
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27.
["Do you have strong feelings about the legacy of Thatcherism?"]
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28.
["Before Deciding on Ratty, Mole and Mister Toad..."]
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29.
Large Margherita for Blood Castle
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30.
A Sunny Day in the Park
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31.
The Time-Travellers Have Arrived in 1895
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32.
["How's your novel coming along?"]
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33.
Samuel Beckett's Adventures of Tintin
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34.
["Cinema is truth twenty-four times a second."]
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35.
Homes of the Future
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36.
["Oh boy! I can't believe I've been bought by a famous writer!"]
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37.
Some of the Things That We Will Be Adding in the Movie Version of Your Novel
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38.
Level One: Misty Marshes
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39.
Mao Discusses the 'Little Red Book' with His Editor
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40.
Philip Pullman Is Out Walking When the Lord Speaks to Him
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41.
Eric Gill's Busy Day
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42.
Servants in an Upper-Class Household
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43.
["Aaagh! Frankenstein!"]
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44.
["So this is the end?"]
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45.
New Year's Resolution: Worship a Made-Up God
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46.
Once There Was an Incomplete Crossword
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47.
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
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48.
["Nobody knows what is in the mysterious box."]
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49.
["What delightful music!"]
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50.
["London's first underground railway was built by Charles Dickens..."]
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51.
The Unorphaned Children's Book Heroine
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52.
If You Like Urban Music You May Also Enjoy
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53.
Display Case 401: Two Clay Figurines, Circa 2,000 BC.
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54.
Evolution of the Poetry Receptacle
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55.
Professor Ian Rigby: Academic Stunt Driver
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56.
["2042 AD: Science and religion decide to put aside..."]
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57.
Cricket Books
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58.
The Indecisive Novelist's Characters Converse
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59.
["Oh dear!"]
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60.
The Adapted Novel
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61.
A Mouse Recalls Pulling Cinderella's Carriage
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62.
["In the original story..."]
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63.
A Mars Rover Sends a Poem Home
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64.
Where Will You Be Spending the Weekend?
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65.
Science News: New Particle Discovered!
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66.
The Court of King James I, 1611
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67.
Apocryphal Bible Stories
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68.
What Did You Write Today, Mister Hemingway?
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69.
Order Now for Christmas Delivery
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70.
Boruk Oreg: Caveman Detective
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71.
Some of the Errors in Dan Brown's New Book
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72.
["The crazed author cackles as he peppers his prose..."]
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73.
["...And now we'll move on to our collection of women's art"]
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74.
The Origin of Swearing
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75.
The Gigantic Sculpture
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76.
South Bank, London, 1950
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77.
Science vs. Religion
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78.
Innovations at the British Library
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79.
["Guide the Metropolitan intellectual back to his Ivory Tower..."]
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80.
The Family of Writers
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81.
["Greetings! I am Fimple of Bimlap."]
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82.
Mister Victorian Novel
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83.
Where Should I Bury It?
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84.
["Ha ha! Main entrance gallery here I come!"]
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85.
Reader Offer!
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86.
Nocturnal Goings on in the Saltmarshes
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87.
["There are five errors in this cartoon about Martin Amis..."]
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88.
The Great Artists' Collaboration
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89.
Some of the Symbols in My Epic Novel
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90.
The Enchanted Taxicab
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91.
Awaiting Our New Prime Minister on His Desk
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92.
["A terrible and vivid depiction of a bleak future dystopia."]
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93.
The Realist Novel and the Experimental Novel
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94.
Characters Guaranteed to Improve Your Story
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95.
The Great Automaton Strike of 2029 Saw the Birth of the Robot Protest Song
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96.
La Traviata
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97.
The Ethics of War
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98.
Withdrawn
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99.
["Colour key"]
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100.
Secret Gang Tattoos
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101.
A Metaphorical Cartoon
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102.
Lost in Venice
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103.
Dream Critics
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104.
["From the ruins of civilisation, one group rose up and seized power."]
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105.
Inspector God: Omniscient Detective
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106.
An Ant Remembers the Making of 'Un Chien Andalou'
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107.
Elements for a Railway Murder Mystery
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108.
The Flayed Hand
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109.
Book Cover Design Is Easy
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110.
Wilderness. Broken Cable. Important Message.
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111.
2016: The Age-Appropriate Music Act Comes into Force
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112.
["On my holiday"]
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113.
Feminist Fairy Godmother
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114.
Against Whom Have You Sworn Vengeance?
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115.
["Illicit love: D7, E7"]
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116.
["Queen Victoria, camouflaged by her mourning clothes..."]
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117.
Lost Chapters of Emile Zola's 'Germinal'
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118.
Various Scenes Involving Pudding
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119.
Reasoned Scientific Debate
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120.
["Hello, Telly."]
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121.
["Key"]
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122.
["Music, eh?"]
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123.
Our Season of Innovative Shakespeare Productions
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124.
A Tourist's Guide to Our Islands
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125.
["You shouldn't take it so personally, Dad."]
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126.
The Multifaceted Mister Dickens
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127.
["25,000 BC"]
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128.
["Mike, we're so excited to see these new D. H. Lawrence..."]
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129.
["A deer!"]
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130.
Henry David Thoreau and Friends
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131.
Psychiatric Action Stories
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132.
["Where we live"]
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133.
["...It was quiet as the grave then suddenly all hell broke loose!"]
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134.
Mechanical Space-Horse
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135.
Baseball Explained
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136.
["Are you unsure who/what to worship?"]
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137.
A Monument to a Great Man
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138.
Attitudes Toward Sex in the Middle Ages
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139.
The Backwards Novel Seen Backwards
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140.
["The surrealist architect considers it his masterpiece..."]
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141.
The Modern Poet Is Assisted with Royal Commissions by the LOR-E-8 Automatic Poem Generator
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142.
The Slightly Vain but Reasonable Queen, the Magic Mirror and the Blossoming Step-Daughter
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143.
The Papers of a Great Writer
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144.
Some of My Forthcoming Mystery Novels
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145.
Robot Bully
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146.
Four Obstacles to Writing
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147.
["In the event of my death I would like..."]
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148.
3-D Friends
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149.
The Reason I Was Late Explained in a Diagram
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150.
["Tell me a scary story grand-pere."]
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151.
Are You Happy?
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152.
In the Wine Cellar
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153.
A Busy Day on the Boating Lake
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154.
["My awesome castle: A poem by the king."]
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155.
Several Characters Falling from a Clifftop
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156.
[Special Thanks]
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157.
[Endpapers]
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158.
["Praise for Tom Gauld's Goliath"]
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- Michael Hoskin
- Steven Samuels
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