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List of oddest book title finalists

March 28th 2009 01:36
Professor Philip Parker has come out on top in one of the most keenly contested competitions in the literary meritocracy calendar. We refer, of course, to The Bookseller's Oddest Book Title of the Year.

Professor Parker, already famous for being most prolific author in the galaxy and for being mentioned twice previously before on Chris Champion's blogs here and here, beat off some stern challenges for the 2009 odd title title.


The list of 2009 finalists is as follows:

  • Baboon Metaphysics, Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth
  • Curbside Consultation of the Colon, Brooks D Cash
  • Strip and Knit with Style, Mark Hordyszynski
  • The Large Sieve and its Applications, Emmanuel Kowalski
  • Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring, Lietai Yang
This year's winning title by Professor Philip Parker:
  • The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais
A list of some previous winners:

  • The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today
  • The Theory of Lengthwise Rolling
  • American Bottom Archaeology
  • High Performance Stiffened Structures
  • Greek Rural Postmen and their Cancellation Numbers
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Comment by Norm

March 28th 2009 02:01


Consumption Malfunction
Equal and Opposite
Arses and Elbows
Footy Power
The drummer from Def Leppard did the drumroll, please.

Comment by Morgan Bell

March 28th 2009 17:21


Science News
Deep Pencil
Business News
Movie Train
Artist Quirk
strip and knit!

how could that not be the winner!

Comment by Chris Champion

March 28th 2009 20:21


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Newly Old
Nah, I would have chosen Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring. I'm surprisied it hasn't appeared on the best-seller lists yet. I know for a fact that Norm has read it seven times and actually memorised Chapter 11: Rust and Religion

Comment by Janet Collins

March 29th 2009 13:28


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They sound more like some PHD thesis titles rather than books.

...And how many people actually read a PhD thesis?

Comment by Chris Champion

March 29th 2009 19:10


LettersToNorm
moneywhither
Vyoos
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Janet, you mean to tell me you aren't a regular reader of PhD theses? You surprise me!

Comment by Jeanne Dininni

July 20th 2009 21:21


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Chris,

I love "The Large Sieve and its Applications." It sounds so...important!

And never before has mere marmalade enjoyed such historical significance! LOL!

Thanks for sharing this fascinating list!
Jeanne

P.S. Sorry to be so late reading this post, but glad I finally came across it!

Comment by Chris Champion

July 20th 2009 21:58


LettersToNorm
moneywhither
Vyoos
Zoomies
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The Blog of Lists
Newly Old
Hi Jeanne,

Glad you found it at last

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