September 13th, 2009 / 4:11 pm
Snippets

Book titles, if they were written today; including:

ThenWalden
Now:  Camping with Myself: Two Years in American Tuscany

EDIT: And here are a lot more.

34 Comments

  1. Bill Ford

      Agreed and then some. Getting ‘foreword’ wrong–ouch.

  2. Bill Ford

      Agreed and then some. Getting ‘foreword’ wrong–ouch.

  3. Ken Baumann

      I’d love to see submissions for more.

  4. Ken Baumann

      I’d love to see submissions for more.

  5. reynard seifert

      then: 1984

      now: 2016

  6. reynard seifert

      then: 1984

      now: 2016

  7. Matt

      I think ‘foreward’ is right, right? (or did they fix it from ‘forward’?)

  8. Matt

      oh, duh. I meant ‘foreword’ and misread. Carry on – good catch!

  9. Matt

      I think ‘foreward’ is right, right? (or did they fix it from ‘forward’?)

  10. Matt

      oh, duh. I meant ‘foreword’ and misread. Carry on – good catch!

  11. Erik Stinson

      then: the sun also rises

      now: killing spain softly: after one american man speaks plainly and drinks heavily, a bull must die violently

  12. Erik Stinson

      then: the sun also rises

      now: killing spain softly: after one american man speaks plainly and drinks heavily, a bull must die violently

  13. panoptican

      Henderson the Rain King = Drink, Pray, Travel: One Man’s Journey to Become a Religious Icon
      Catch 22 = The Paradox of War
      Catcher in the Rye = Teenage Riot: Holden Caulfield as a Young Man, A Prequel
      U.S.A. Trilogy = America (with music by Philip Glass)
      All the King’s Men = Who’s the Boss?
      Nostromo = Les Nostromo
      On the Road = A Space of Time Filled with Moving
      A Clockwork Orange = Ultra Violence! A Novel
      At Swim Two Birds = Concepts of Fiction or: The Author’s Author, A Meta Experience
      The Call of the Wild = A Dog’s Life: The Story of a Yukon Bred Domesticated Dog

  14. panoptican

      Henderson the Rain King = Drink, Pray, Travel: One Man’s Journey to Become a Religious Icon
      Catch 22 = The Paradox of War
      Catcher in the Rye = Teenage Riot: Holden Caulfield as a Young Man, A Prequel
      U.S.A. Trilogy = America (with music by Philip Glass)
      All the King’s Men = Who’s the Boss?
      Nostromo = Les Nostromo
      On the Road = A Space of Time Filled with Moving
      A Clockwork Orange = Ultra Violence! A Novel
      At Swim Two Birds = Concepts of Fiction or: The Author’s Author, A Meta Experience
      The Call of the Wild = A Dog’s Life: The Story of a Yukon Bred Domesticated Dog

  15. Adam R

      hahaha, too true, too true.

  16. Adam R

      hahaha, too true, too true.

  17. Kevin O'Neill

      Then – The Sheltering Sky
      Now – Arabian Fights: Falling Out of Love Under a Foreign Sun

      Then – Speedboat
      Now – New York Memories: My Life in Anecdotes

  18. Kevin O'Neill

      Then – The Sheltering Sky
      Now – Arabian Fights: Falling Out of Love Under a Foreign Sun

      Then – Speedboat
      Now – New York Memories: My Life in Anecdotes

  19. Matthias Rascher

      Then: Robinson Crusoe
      Now: Lost – The Book

      Then: A Streetcar Named Desire
      Now: The Wrath of Grapes

      Then: Ulysses
      Now: #Bloomsday – A Twitter novel in 17,500 tweets

  20. Matthias Rascher

      Then: Robinson Crusoe
      Now: Lost – The Book

      Then: A Streetcar Named Desire
      Now: The Wrath of Grapes

      Then: Ulysses
      Now: #Bloomsday – A Twitter novel in 17,500 tweets

  21. Ryan Call

      then: The Idiot
      now: The Retard

  22. Ryan Call

      then: The Idiot
      now: The Retard

  23. Ken Baumann

      then: On The Road
      now: Get Your Kicks: Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll Across America

  24. Ken Baumann

      then: On The Road
      now: Get Your Kicks: Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll Across America

  25. Ryan Call

      from ken’s updated link:

      Then: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe
      Now: Harry Potter and the whatever the fuck

      i laughed at that one

  26. Ryan Call

      from ken’s updated link:

      Then: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe
      Now: Harry Potter and the whatever the fuck

      i laughed at that one

  27. Ryan Call

      is it possible to go the other way around?

      now to then?

  28. Ryan Call

      is it possible to go the other way around?

      now to then?

  29. reynard seifert

      now: the adderall diaries
      then: the teatime chronicle

  30. reynard seifert

      now: the adderall diaries
      then: the teatime chronicle

  31. Matt Cozart

      I’m trying to figure out a witty way to reference Confessions of an English Opium Eater.

      (Sorry… I guess this will have to do.)

  32. Matt Cozart

      I’m trying to figure out a witty way to reference Confessions of an English Opium Eater.

      (Sorry… I guess this will have to do.)

  33. Matt Cozart

      now: Shoplifting from American Apparel
      then: Shoplifting from Abercrombie and Fitch Back When They Actually Sold Camping Supplies and Guns

  34. Matt Cozart

      now: Shoplifting from American Apparel
      then: Shoplifting from Abercrombie and Fitch Back When They Actually Sold Camping Supplies and Guns