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01-22-2012, 12:59 AM | #1 |
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Books so bad they're good: the Inklings laughed
Wasn't sure where to put this- keep reading till you get to the Inklings part:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...via=siderecent
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01-22-2012, 06:28 AM | #2 |
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Darn, I'm almost -almost- tempted to hunt a copy of those books down. But I kind of like my sanity intact, if the samples are anything to go by!
Though I like the ideas of doing readings until you can't read on because of the laughter, and have to pass the text on.
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01-22-2012, 10:06 PM | #3 |
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Thoroughly entertaining! Thanks for the link. I shall pass however on the recommended reading past what I enjoyed here.
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03-07-2012, 04:32 AM | #4 |
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Brilliant article!
I once bought a mate a paperback I found in a second hand book shop, because it was so brilliantly rubbish. It was called 'The Devil's Post Office', written in the 50s. It was about a communist plot to overthrow the UK. Via the cover of a post office. I kid you not.
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06-10-2012, 05:50 PM | #5 |
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Had been a while since I'd read "Eye of the Argon," but gosh it's still great!
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