Titles That Don't Quite Make It

Background art: Metz's "Planetary Porpoises."

For the last couple of days, Dan and I have been kicking back and forth a little Twitter game under the tag #TitlesThatDontQuiteMakeIt. We're not the only ones out there playing it, and the game appears to have originated on Salman Rushdie's Twitter. It's been a bit of a distraction from writing college recs (I have something like twelve left to go), and we're having a little too much fun with it. Here's a few of my favorites so far:

Kafka's Mega-Porpoises: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic cetacean."

Joseph Heller's absurdist tale of the Golden Retriever who didn't know where to bring the ball: Fetch-22.

Edgar Allen Bro's "The Telltale Popped Collar."

Shakespeare's Brothello.

Krakauer's Into Thin Hair (truly a harrowing read).

There are lots more on Dan's and my feeds if you're amused and want to read more, and definitely join the game if it sounds like fun to you. Just tag your tweet with #TitlesThatDontQuiteMakeIt and add @tippyunbound and/or @CPTRooster to make sure we see it.