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  1. 26th Mar 2015, 8:10 PM #1
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    Default Describe a book's plot in only 10 words...

    Hi everyone,

    Spotted this idea on another forum, and thought it might be fun for us to give it a try. Rules are simple - pick a book, and describe it's plot in only 10 words or fewer.

    To kick things of, I'm going to try Terry Pratchett's Mort:

    Death gets apprentice. Apprentice breaks causality - can they save everything?
    We ride tornadoes. We eat tomatoes.
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  2. 26th Mar 2015, 9:18 PM #2
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    Nazi's Allies Won. Japanese power struggles. Reclusive Author Tells Truth.

    The Man In The High Castle- Philip K. Dick.

    Have I got this right?
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    Man wearing pyjamas hunts in vain for cup of tea.


    That would be The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, of course.
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    Surprised boy Wizard defeats evil at school that killed parents.

    Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone.
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    Hobbit saves world by throwing a ring into a volcano.

    Lord Of the Rings



    British spy investigates Caribbean; enemy drowns in his own guano.

    Doctor No, surprisingly


    It's the end of the world as we know it!

    REM describing Hitch-hiker's guide to the Galaxy
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Wallis View Post
    It's the end of the world as we know it!

    REM describing Hitch-hiker's guide to the Galaxy
    Nice.
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    Amateur illustrator has facial growth spurt, his life falls apart.

    The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil- Stephen Collins.
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    Moon arriving scares lizard folk - mankind wakes them up later

    Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters of course!
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    Another bet - make record, reach number one. Easy... isn't it?

    Tony Hawks - One Hit Wonder

    (I also had ideas for Round Ireland with a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, but they didn't expand much upon what the title already says!)
    We ride tornadoes. We eat tomatoes.
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    Mafia, CIA and FBI against Castro - Then they kill JFK

    James Ellroy - American Tabloid
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    Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits, more rabbits, grass, rabbits, rabbits, fight, rabbits

    Watership Down.
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    Children meet a talking lion and defeat a wintery witch.

    C S Lewis - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
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    Or anything by William S. Burroughs, put like that...
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    Yes. Yes! YES! YES! YEEEESSSS!!!

    I'll have what she's having!

    The Joy of Sex. (And no I can't believe I just did that either!)
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