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22 Feb 10 - 02:15 PM (#2846870) Subject: BS: The Diagram Prize: Your Reading List From: JohnInKansas Finalists for odd book title award Shortlist for Diagram Prize has been narrowed down to 90 finalists The Associated Press updated 9:03 a.m. CT, Mon., Feb. 22, 2010 LONDON - Worm hunters, lethal robots and Nazi spoons are in the running for Britain's quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for year's oddest book title. The six finalists are "Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter;" "Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich;" "Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots;" "The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease"; "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes"; and "What Kind of Bean is This Chihuahua?" The shortlist, announced Friday, was narrowed down from 90 entries, including "The Origin of Feces" and "Bacon: A Love Story." The Diagram Prize was founded in 1978 and is run by trade magazine The Bookseller. The winner, decided by public vote, will be announced March 26. Previous champions include "Bombproof Your Horse" and "Living With Crazy Buttocks." [Hurry down to your bookseller and get one of these to read while the ground thaws for spring planting.] John |
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22 Feb 10 - 02:24 PM (#2846883) Subject: RE: BS: The Diagram Prize: Your Reading List From: Emma B Love it! almost as much as the Ignoble and Darwin awards :) "Two special anniversary awards known as the "Diagram of Diagrams" (the name reflects the "Booker of Bookers") have been presented to honour both the 15th and the 30th anniversaries of the Diagram Prize. The nominations of the prizes were all of the previous winners up to that point in time. In 1993, the winner of the 15th anniversary award was "Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice", the winner of the first Diagram Prize. The second "Diagram of Diagrams", announced on 5 September 2008, was "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers", the 1996 winner. |
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22 Feb 10 - 05:41 PM (#2847065) Subject: RE: BS: The Diagram Prize: Your Reading List From: TheSnail Thanks, John. I've just ordered "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes" from Amazon. Sounds fascinating. |