May 17th, 2009 / 4:01 pm
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Novel naming contest

*Update* Contest is over, pr won. The answers are Under the Volcano, Lord of the Flies, On the Road, As I Lay Dying, and A Farewell to Arms. Congrats pr!

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The drawing above depicts five titles of novels. These novels are all very well known. There are probably many other titles of novels inadvertently contained in the drawing, but the drawing was rendered with five specific novels in mind. The first person to guess all five correctly in the comment section wins. Multiple entrees allowed, but winning answers must be in one comment.

Keep in mind that the winner may be just someone who correctly collates other people’s semi-correct answers, so as important imagination is, so is judgement. The ‘first person’ will simply be assessed by the chronological comments. (If your comment does not link to your website/blog with your contact information accessible, please provide email in comment.)

PRIZE details (after the break):

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  • NO COLONY (Issue No. 1)
  • First 2 Volumes (6 issues) of MLP: by Shane Jones, Ken Baumann, Blake Butler, Nick Antosca, Brandi Wells, and myself. (See my review of BB, NA, BW’s here.)
  • Typewriter by Jimmy Chen
  • [unpictured] Hip Hop 5, a burned CD featuring Jay-Z, Nelly, Snoop, NAS, Too Short, Chris Brown, Digital Underground, among others, which I ‘found’ at a club and took home with me. The music makes me want to ‘slap bitches’ and I feel is ‘changing me,’ so I need to get rid of it. Great exercising music.

[I’m not trying to ‘hype’ my work, nor am I suggesting that my work constitutes as a ‘prize.’ I simply have multiple copies and they have no use sitting on my shelf. If this disclaimer seems unwarranted, just browse the archive of comments on this site, and you’ll see people are constantly in ‘attack mode.’ I’m sorry, but this disclaimer feels warranted.]

If nobody gets all five, then the person with the most wins. Winning answers will be announced at closure of contest, which will be sometime this week.

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105 Comments

  1. pr

      under the volcano
      on the road
      bee season
      lord of the flies
      farewell to arms

  2. pr

      death in venice
      the volcano lover
      the swarm
      men at arms
      vile bodies

  3. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      The road
      bee season
      a farewell to arms
      lord of the flies
      under the volcano

  4. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      The road
      bee season
      a farewell to arms
      lord of the flies
      under the volcano

  5. pr

      the road
      lost highway
      highway to hell
      fried green tomatos
      the fly

  6. pr

      escape from breast mountain
      cold mountain
      mountains beyond mountains
      the comedians
      magic mountain

  7. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      You should win for that. Seriously

  8. Lincoln

      the road
      lord of the flies
      a farewell to arms
      under the volcano
      on the road

  9. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      You should win for that. Seriously

  10. Lincoln

      the road
      lord of the flies
      a farewell to arms
      under the volcano
      on the road

  11. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      the road
      lord of the flies
      a farewell to arms
      under the volcano
      on the road

  12. pr

      brokeback mountain
      hunger mountain
      arms and hunger
      the lovely bones
      what is the what

  13. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      the road
      lord of the flies
      a farewell to arms
      under the volcano
      on the road

  14. Lincoln

      Semen Mountain
      Volcano Highway
      Dust Cloud Chest
      Goodbye, My Left Hand
      The Road Beneath the Bloody Mountains That Makes You So Tired You Lie Down Then Lose an Arm and Get Eaten by Bees: A Novel in Verse.

  15. Lincoln

      Semen Mountain
      Volcano Highway
      Dust Cloud Chest
      Goodbye, My Left Hand
      The Road Beneath the Bloody Mountains That Makes You So Tired You Lie Down Then Lose an Arm and Get Eaten by Bees: A Novel in Verse.

  16. pr

      When I was putting that one together, the word moutain started to look really wierd to me. I feel like it’s a very strange word now. I may never feel the same about it again.

  17. pr

      Many Mountains Moving
      The Devil’s Highway
      Essential Trout Flies
      Bloody Tracks on the Mountain Where the Wild Wind Blows
      Nude Men

  18. pr

      haha!

  19. pr

      Mountain Madness
      With Open Mouth
      Open Mouth Already a Mistake
      Man Eating Bugs
      Into My Arms

  20. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      The road
      On the road
      the movement of mountains
      under the volcano
      lord of the flies

  21. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Nicely played

  22. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      The road
      On the road
      the movement of mountains
      under the volcano
      lord of the flies

  23. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Nicely played

  24. pr

      maybe his mouth isn’t open? maybe that is his nose.

      Goodby Yellow Brick Road
      Abbey Road
      Long Road Out of Eden
      The Long Road
      Car Wheels on A Gravel Road

  25. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      At The Mountains of Madness
      A River Runs Through It
      The Killer Inside Me
      The Bible
      The Koran

  26. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      At The Mountains of Madness
      A River Runs Through It
      The Killer Inside Me
      The Bible
      The Koran

  27. Mark Doten

      trick question. illustration of first, fourth and final story in altmann’s tongue.

  28. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      fuck

  29. Mark Doten

      also, pretty much the same thing happens at the end of daniel deronda.

  30. Mark Doten

      trick question. illustration of first, fourth and final story in altmann’s tongue.

  31. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      fuck

  32. Mark Doten

      also, pretty much the same thing happens at the end of daniel deronda.

  33. pr

      ameobas above melting ice cream
      man without penis has a funny nose, or his mouth is open
      good job with the road lines, very nice
      phantom limb syndrome begins NOW
      I like local honey, too, it helps with allergies, no joke

  34. pr

      oh, man, good job.

  35. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Thanks. I think I win, but lose.

  36. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Thanks. I think I win, but lose.

  37. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Mr. Overby is Falling
      Stygiophilia
      The Seven Days of Peter Crumb
      Pop. 1280
      The Stand

  38. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Mr. Overby is Falling
      Stygiophilia
      The Seven Days of Peter Crumb
      Pop. 1280
      The Stand

  39. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      The Dark Tower

  40. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      The Dark Tower

  41. pr

      Bad Behavior
      War and Peace
      Crash
      Twilight
      Alaska

  42. pr

      The Catcher in the Rye
      Of Mice and Men
      The Sun Also Rises
      Star Trek
      Milk

  43. pr

      Animal Farm part 2: The Flies
      The Metamorphosis
      There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
      Fly Fishing for Dummies
      Barfly

  44. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Shit. You’ve got me cold.

  45. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Barfly

  46. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Shit. You’ve got me cold.

  47. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Barfly

  48. pr
  49. crispin

      atlas shrugged
      the fountainhead
      battlefield earth
      lord of the rings
      to kill a mockingbird

  50. crispin

      atlas shrugged
      the fountainhead
      battlefield earth
      lord of the rings
      to kill a mockingbird

  51. crispin

      my answers as a poem

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      under the volcano
      things fall apart:
      the naked and the dead

  52. crispin

      my answers as a poem

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      under the volcano
      things fall apart:
      the naked and the dead

  53. pr

      Oh, man. That is toooooo good. I’m sad now. Like, you broke me heart with how good that is. You win. WAH.

  54. pr

      By Jimmy! Nate! Crispin!
      I leave now to drink martinis and eat enormous amounts of food.

      This was fun. But I feel this sort of sad darkness in my heart that crispin outdid me.

  55. crispin

      snakes slither up a giant’s face for pasta sauce and rose petals
      empty biscuit boxes
      fireflies wrestle to become nipples, eyes, shirt buttons
      a penis that looks like a leg
      two cockroaches try to reattach a man’s arm

  56. crispin

      snakes slither up a giant’s face for pasta sauce and rose petals
      empty biscuit boxes
      fireflies wrestle to become nipples, eyes, shirt buttons
      a penis that looks like a leg
      two cockroaches try to reattach a man’s arm

  57. crispin

      hello goodbye thank you good

  58. crispin

      hello goodbye thank you good

  59. Jonathan Kelly

      I’m going to guess that there are no titles of novels

  60. Jonathan Kelly

      I’m going to guess that there are no titles of novels

  61. jereme

      i like this contest.

      i immediately thought “the snows of kilimanjaro” but that’s a short story not a novel.

      i think crispin has the $$$ on this one

  62. jereme

      i like this contest.

      i immediately thought “the snows of kilimanjaro” but that’s a short story not a novel.

      i think crispin has the $$$ on this one

  63. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      there are no novels with titles that I am aware of

  64. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      there are no novels with titles that I am aware of

  65. pr

      Hi Jereme!

  66. pr

      Hi Jereme!

  67. Heath

      Goodnight Moon
      Escape to Witch Mountain
      A Snowy Day
      The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
      The Little Prince*

      *as translated by Quentin Tarantino (“when I drew a smoking P-51 Mustang that had been swallowed by boa constrictor except for a piece of the propeller the grown-ups all told me to put away my drawing of a misshapen hat with the hatband fallen off it because they found it somehow very disturbing”)

  68. Heath

      Goodnight Moon
      Escape to Witch Mountain
      A Snowy Day
      The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
      The Little Prince*

      *as translated by Quentin Tarantino (“when I drew a smoking P-51 Mustang that had been swallowed by boa constrictor except for a piece of the propeller the grown-ups all told me to put away my drawing of a misshapen hat with the hatband fallen off it because they found it somehow very disturbing”)

  69. Jack

      Mulligan Stew
      Scorpions
      2010: Odyssey Two
      The Double
      Motorman

  70. Jack

      Mulligan Stew
      Scorpions
      2010: Odyssey Two
      The Double
      Motorman

  71. V

      The Last Day Before Pompeii
      Andy Goldsworthy’s Collaboration with Nature Gone Awry
      Kafka On the Shore
      As I lay Dying
      Written on the Body

  72. V

      The Last Day Before Pompeii
      Andy Goldsworthy’s Collaboration with Nature Gone Awry
      Kafka On the Shore
      As I lay Dying
      Written on the Body

  73. barry

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      a farewell to arms
      under the volcano
      in cold blood

      if anyone said these or if the contest is over i apologize. im not reading through all these right now. my eyes hurt.

      i love you jimmy.

  74. barry

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      a farewell to arms
      under the volcano
      in cold blood

      if anyone said these or if the contest is over i apologize. im not reading through all these right now. my eyes hurt.

      i love you jimmy.

  75. jereme

      what up prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  76. jereme

      what up prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  77. Jimmy Chen

      *all 5 novels have been named, just not in ONE comment.*

  78. Jimmy Chen

      *all 5 novels have been named, just not in ONE comment.*

  79. dave c

      on the road
      the road
      farewell to arms
      lord of the flies
      cold mountain

  80. dave c

      on the road
      the road
      farewell to arms
      lord of the flies
      cold mountain

  81. jereme

      on the road
      as I lay dying
      a farewell to arms
      lord of the flies
      The Last Day Before Pompeii

  82. jereme

      on the road
      as I lay dying
      a farewell to arms
      lord of the flies
      The Last Day Before Pompeii

  83. jereme

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      a farewell to arms
      in cold blood
      lord of the flies

  84. jereme

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      a farewell to arms
      in cold blood
      lord of the flies

  85. jereme

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      a farewell to arms
      twilight
      lord of the flies

  86. jereme

      as i lay dying
      on the road
      a farewell to arms
      twilight
      lord of the flies

  87. pr

      Under the Volcano
      On The Road
      As I Lay Dying
      Farewell to Arms
      Lord of the Flies

  88. pr

      Under the Volcano
      On The Road
      As I Lay Dying
      Farewell to Arms
      Lord of the Flies

  89. pr

      Under the Volcano
      The Road
      Crash
      Farewell to Arms
      Bee Season

  90. pr

      Under the Volcano
      The Road
      Crash
      Farewell to Arms
      Bee Season

  91. Jimmy Chen

      you win pr!!!
      email me your mailing address

  92. Jimmy Chen

      you win pr!!!
      email me your mailing address

  93. pr

      YEAHHHH!!!!!
      I’m so happy my hangover is cured.
      I love you jimmy-

  94. pr

      YEAHHHH!!!!!
      I’m so happy my hangover is cured.
      I love you jimmy-

  95. jereme

      this shit is rigged!

  96. jereme

      this shit is rigged!

  97. pr

      I’m going to write a book called-
      Four strange looking breasts with nipples cut off, squirting blood

  98. pr

      I’m going to write a book called-
      Four strange looking breasts with nipples cut off, squirting blood

  99. jereme

      i’m thinking sam pink probably has already written it.

  100. jereme

      i’m thinking sam pink probably has already written it.

  101. pr

      good point.

  102. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Obviously rigged (winking here). Congrats PR

  103. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Obviously rigged (winking here). Congrats PR

  104. pr

      Thanks Nate. I got 4 out of 5 on my first try. Wierd.

      That was so fun that Jimmy and I are collaborating on another one soon- he’ll do the drawing and I’ll send out the prize (and so can’t enter, obviously, but I might fuck around again with fake crap..so fun).

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