FabSwingers.com forum: Coolest EVER book titles...

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My vote goes to..

A Walk in the Sun.

(a 1948 book title)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I havnt read it but love the title - 'My shit life so far' by Frankie Boyle

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By *uicy jonesMan
over a year ago

near a big hill in s/ shropshire NOT in

Tell Me how long the trains been gone

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

The Custard Stops at Hatfield: Kenny Everett

The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth: Malcolm Pryce

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Prisig, difficult read but worth it.

And a cool title

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Wet Floor by I.P.Squinty

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By *lowersandcarsCouple
over a year ago

Aylesbury

"The Wet Floor by I.P.Squinty "

I read that as IP Squirty

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Colin furze

this book isn't safe

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

‘Fuck, yes! A guide to the happy Acceptance of Everything’

The reverend Wing F. Fing

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

Stephen Clarke's trilogy could be a description for this year...

A year in the merde,

Merde actually,

Merde happens.

Merde is French for shit by the way

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I havnt read it but love the title - 'My shit life so far' by Frankie Boyle

Frankie also had a great title for his tour: Hurt like you've never been loved.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine has to be 'Hairy gutter and the philosopher's bone'

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By *penbicoupleCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

A Confederacy of Dunces

Of Madness and Folly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Wet Floor by I.P.Squinty "

Almost on a par with The Arctic Ocean by I.C. Waters

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By *othin 2 proveCouple
over a year ago

Blackpool

"The Wet Floor by I.P.Squinty

Almost on a par with The Arctic Ocean by I.C. Waters"
And not forgeting! Rusty bedsprings by I P Nightly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seven habits of highly effective people!

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

"My vote goes to..

A Walk in the Sun.

(a 1948 book title)"

I'm a huge fan of the a lovely work of non fiction

"The arctic ocean"

The author seemed to have an empathy and insight rate to find

Anyway if you get the chance

A sub zero book

The "arctic ocean"

By I C WATERS

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Dead Men wear big shoes.

By Tecumseh.

(A 1873 book Title)

Sadly out of print.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Art of happiness

By 14th Dalai Lama

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

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By *sianmale89Man
over a year ago

Stockport

The Wisdom Of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton

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By *V-AliceTV/TS
over a year ago

Ayr

You Only Live Twice

The Day of the Triffids

The Satan Bug

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Fridges For Dummies

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

There is an annual award for Oddest Book Title. Winners have included:

Unsolved Problems of Modern Theory of Lengthwise Rolling by A. I. Tselikov, G. S. Nikitin and S. E. Rokotyan (1983)

How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer (1994)

Bombproof Your Horse by Rick Pelicano and Lauren Tjaden (2004)

The 2009–2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais by Philip M. Parker (2008)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookseller/Diagram_Prize_for_Oddest_Title_of_the_Year

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Snow Crash and

Cryptonomicon: both Neal Stephenson.

The Forever War: Joe Haldemann

The 13th Valley: John M delvecchio

A Reckoning For Kings: (I'll have to find out again)

A cool title with 'cool' characters and a great story is some recipe.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

I blame the scapegoats

John O'Farrell

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By *ncemoreroundthesunCouple
over a year ago

A town and place not in the UK

"don't tell mum I work on the oil rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a white house" and it's also very funny

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

""don't tell mum I work on the oil rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a white house" and it's also very funny

Oh yes I've read that

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

The hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

""don't tell mum I work on the oil rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a white house" and it's also very funny

Oh yes I've read that"

Although it should read whore house

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Knitting with Dog hair

Better a sweater from a Dog you know and love than from a sheep you'll never meet

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Dead Men wear big shoes.

By Tecumseh.

(A 1873 book Title)

Sadly out of print.

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...a joke in reference to certain clowns on the thread.

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By *V-AliceTV/TS
over a year ago

Ayr

"Snow Crash and

Cryptonomicon: both Neal Stephenson.

The Forever War: Joe Haldemann

The 13th Valley: John M delvecchio

A Reckoning For Kings: (I'll have to find out again)

A cool title with 'cool' characters and a great story is some recipe.

I've read the last three of those. The Forever War is a classic.

As for Vietnam War related books, have you tried Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, Once A Warrior King by David Donovan and Fields Of Fire by James Webb?

I'm guessing you might have. Worth it if you haven't.

P.S. A Reckoning For Kings - Chris Bunch and Allan Cole. The bit with the NVA Col. and the elephant - brilliant!

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

A favourite from our collection is,

The Dog with the Bakelite Nose

By Ian Hutson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bake in Black

A cookbook with metal / rock music themed recipes

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By *ncemoreroundthesunCouple
over a year ago

A town and place not in the UK

""don't tell mum I work on the oil rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a white house" and it's also very funny

Oh yes I've read that

Although it should read whore house"

Stupid autocorrect

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By *ilsaGeorgeCouple
over a year ago

kent

"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe."

Ooh good choice. Bonfire Of The Vanities and A Man In Full are also great. Wolfe is great at titles.

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By *ilsaGeorgeCouple
over a year ago

kent

Gravity’s Rainbow or Inherent Vice, both by Thomas Pynchon

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By *mileysimieMan
over a year ago

tewkesbury

Spank the monkey lends a hand by

Bimisi tayanita

Just watched the fb post of it, it’s hilarious

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read a Dutch book soe time ago called 'Het gevaar' (the danger)

and it is a brilliant book about an accident in a nuclear plant, but it follows the affected people and how they deal with it.

And yes, I can speak Dutch

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By *eddynAngelCouple
over a year ago

Tamworth

Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

Do Robots count computerised sheep?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Snow Crash and

Cryptonomicon: both Neal Stephenson.

The Forever War: Joe Haldemann

The 13th Valley: John M delvecchio

A Reckoning For Kings: (I'll have to find out again)

A cool title with 'cool' characters and a great story is some recipe.

I've read the last three of those. The Forever War is a classic.

As for Vietnam War related books, have you tried Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, Once A Warrior King by David Donovan and Fields Of Fire by James Webb?

I'm guessing you might have. Worth it if you haven't.

P.S. A Reckoning For Kings - Chris Bunch and Allan Cole. The bit with the NVA Col. and the elephant - brilliant!"
Where on the same pages lol...yes, read the ones you mentioned.

Phony from fields of Fire and Blind Pig from A Reckoning.. two great characters!

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