(np) mistranslated (or simply misstated) science fiction book titles

[Richard Ryan]

"A Pile of Sand" is my personal favorite, but there are many hilarious
ones.  Thanks.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes....and here's one with possible AtD resonance:
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> Lew Basnight
> Against a Dark Background
>        * In Relief -- (Zara Bee)
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> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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> Subject: (np) mistranslated (or simply misstated) science fiction book titles
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> some of these are hilarious, I thought.
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> "The general agreement is that language should be a kind of honey.  I
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