Book Ideas We Couldn’t Make Up, Even If We Wanted To, Which We Actually Don’t
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
1. A yacht sails into a BLACK HOLE (?) populated by CANNIBALS (??!!!?) and emerges in an ISLAND KINGDOM where the enterprising crew of aforementioned yacht encounter a former U.S. army general, who has likewise sailed through aforementioned black hole a number of years earlier, and conquered aforementioned island kingdom. Trains of nubile slave girls ensue. Also, treasure.
2. A just-barely-future world in which liberals have turned into flesh-eating zombies, governed by “President Yomama” (we were about to feel sorry for this gentleman until he threw that one in), who is also secretly a zombie, and in league with an ARMY of nuclear-family-hating traditional-value-crushing liberal flesh-eating zombies who are trying to keep the white man down and take over the world, except they can’t do it, because liberals are such bumbling incompetents. We will bet our entire Support Team this dude is voting Palin in 2012. Whether or not she’s running. OOOOH, SNAP.
3. A secretary in a multinational pharmaceutical corporation discovers she is actually a PRINCESS FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE and subsequently embarks on an interplanetary voyage of self-discovery. We were kind of excited about this one, as we have always secretly suspected we, too, are a princess from another universe; but we’ll never know if it’s good, because, uh, it’s written in Sanskrit. No, really.
*blinks* WOW.
That is...WOW. *is bumfuzzled*
Yikes @ the second one. And I'm a conservative. The third one actually might not be too terrible. If only it weren't written in Sanskrit.
Is it me, or does number one have some crazy parallels to Apocalypse Now slash Heart of Darkness?
You can *be* a zombie in secret? That's possible?
Is it wrong of me that I actually might want to read each of these? Just goes to show why I'm a lowly novelist and travel guide author - and NOT an esteemed literary agent. What fun I would have then!
Rosemary, I can totally see the Heart of Darkness stuff. Haven't read Apocalypse Now so I wouldn't know on that one.
The third one could actually have some potential if written in English.
Oh, yeah, I like the princess from another universe thing. For me, that is. Assuming it's a nice universe.
Thank you for making me chuckle... now do you know where I can sign up to join the Army of Zombie Liberals?
I'm not sure what throws me about #3 more, Sanskrit or "interplanetary voyage of self-discovery".
Wow.
Actually, the alien princess thing has already been done, and in English, too! It's a children's book, and a pretty good one at that. I don't remember the name of it, but last school year one of my nieces read it to me as part of her homework.
I'm trying to think of some comment to make regarding the second one, but I'm speechless. And scared!
Wait up ... the princess one has already been done in some form with Sailor Moon.
We are still trying to figure out 1. how a black hole got in the ocean and 2. how cannibals got in the black hole.
So, I suppose you think #2 was a bit theme-heavy?
I have to agree that #3 didn't sound too bad, if one could actually read it.
Re: the second one... I wonder if this is the same author who's been posting questions on another blog about how to market a book that is "unlikely to be viewed sympathetically by PC person"?
Also, the author clearly does not understand what makes zombies cool if s/he thinks that anyone could "secretly" be a zombie.
Finally... the black hole is populated by cannibals, but the yacht eventually emerges into an island kingdom? So, the black hole is like a tunnel o' cannibals, but you're safe on the other side? I think this could be a Disney theme park ride, but not a novel.
Muahahaha. I'm sorry . . .it's just so horribly wonderful.
I think I would like to get into a debate with author of manuscript #2, so I could have a giggle fit. I've been needing one of those.
I suddenly feel so much better about every idea I've ever had in my entire life.
Thanks for sharing! That totally brightened my day.
... O_o
President YOMAMMA?
I am at the same time discombobulated and tickled by these examples. Also, I feel much better about a few manuscripts that are collecting dust in the closet.
you are totally a princess from another universe. except, the other universe is secretly new york.
I have an award for you over at my blog: http://rebeccaknightbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/award-season-is-upon-us.html.
Thanks for always kicking ass! :)
I am very tired due to small daughter teething last night, and for one brief moment, actually thought that PRINCESS FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE lady's writings were actually written in, you know, Sanskrit. The language. Not the font.
Help me, I need sleep.
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