A meme? Yes, a meme!

[dr_whom]

It's me! And here's a meme taken from q10. The idea is, you pick ten of your favorite novels, look them up on Amazon.com, and find the list of Statistically Improbable Phrases for those novels. Pick a few SIPs from each novel, list them here, and then have people guess what books they are. All clear? Just so:

1. barn cellar, grey spider, old sheep

2. boy with the purple socks, tomato sandwich

3. chewing pellets, beech hanger, other rabbits

4. gatehouse study, nutbrown ale, big badger

5. little hairy man, black silk top hat, fallen star

6. madhouse attendants, little stone figure, extraordinary revival

7. pea shooters, peace march, pickle barrel

8. purple waves, wax dummy

9. scarlet kimono, quarter past one, communicating door

10. tangents paper, rarefying engine, cabinet noir


Most of those look pretty easy, actually. Ah, and as for the previous meme, well.... I haven't officially abandoned it yet, but.

Comments

[jcberk.livejournal.com]

And I can't believe I failed to immediately realize what 7 was. I love that book. I was exceedingly excited to find it in a bookstore a couple years ago and now wish it wasn't hidden away in a box. Don't think anyone else I know has ever mentioned hearing of it, so thanks for the memories. :)