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Human Search Engine with a Twist
Dapat kasi pag nagising si Benny, walang sasagot. Saka kayo sumagot pag natulog na siya ulit. HAHAHA!
The Martian Way by Isaac Asimov- Terraforming of Mars using ice from the rings of Saturn.
The Snows of Ganymede by Poul Anderson
- Terraforming of Ganymede
Keyword: Devil
Speak of the Devil and he shall appear. >:D
TerraformingThe Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke - First instance of Martian terraforming. Clarkes fictional methods for terraforming the planet include generating heat by igniting Phobos into a second sun, and growing plants that break down the Martian sands in order to release oxygen.
The Martian Way by Isaac Asimov - Terraforming of Mars using ice from Saturn's rings.
Keyword: Fine Dining
^AYAN NA NGA BA SINASABI KO. Hahaha!
DevilThe Devil in Love by Jacques Cazotte - Published in 1772, this story finds the devil falling in love with a man and disguising himself as a woman to win his affection. Some people consider it a very early example of the fantasy genre.
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty - The movie version may be more frightening and visceral than the original novel, based on a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty had heard about, but the devil in this book will also mess you up pretty bad.
Next: genetic engineering
Genetic EngineeringOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- Genetic engineering is depicted as widespread in the civilized world of Oryx and Crake.
Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future by Dougal Dixon
- Genetic Engineering is an essential theme of this illustrated book by Dougal Dixon, where it is used to colonize other star systems and save the humans of earth from extinction.
Keyword: Repetition
RepetitionSource Code
- the last remaining minutes of a train before it crashed is repeated until the bomber is discovered
Groundhog Day
- one day gets repeated over and over again
Keyword: Kung movies lang to diba?! LOLS
TSE! ang taas taas na nga ng score mo nanghihingi ka pa ng deductions?! What is dupang?
di counted yung sagot ko. troll answer lang. hahaha sorrryyyyy naaaaa
^Dupang? Haven't heard that in ages! Suntukan na lang!
RepetitionThe Gathering by Anne Enright - MC repetitively imagines the scene of her grandparents' meeting (for around 50 pages).
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback - a modern version of that repetitive poem about an old lady who swallowed everything.
Next: alchemy
AlchemyFoucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
- The novel is full of esoteric references to Kabbalah, alchemy and conspiracy theory.
The Abyss by Marguerite Yourcenar
- The MC is an alchemist.
Keyword: Brevity
BrevityNovels in Three Lines by Felix Feneon - a list of all the three line items that the writer put into his newspaper to fill out the page. The brevity of the items intensified the emotion.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis - Davis's stories are acclaimed for their brevity and humour. Many are only one or two sentences. (I think all her stories are in this volume except for the ones in Can't and Won't.)
Next: maximalism
MaximalismGravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
- With a sprawling character list that number in the hundreds, Pynchon's masterpiece is often associated with maximalism.
2666 by Roberto Bolano
- Due to the nature of its multiple and interweaving plot and multiple characters, Bolano's last novel is considered a maximalist novel.
Keyword: Search
SearchGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Nick searches for his missing wife
Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Miles seek for his great perhaps.
Keyword: Panda
PandaPi-Shu the Little Panda by John Butler - Pi-Shu is a young panda who lives with his mother. He’s all cute and tiny and he’s new to life which he really enjoys.
Panda-Monium! By Cynthia Platt - Beckett is a little hungry panda. He gets so hungry that he goes on a long quest in search of the sweet juicy bamboo which is Pandas favourite food.
Next: volcanic eruptions
Volcanic EruptionThe Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian
- An underwater volcanic eruption opens the novel.
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Professor Lidenbrock and his companions begin their travels by descending into the crater of Snaefellsjokull volcano in Iceland and end by being erupted out of Stromboli volcano in Italy.
Keyword: Ennui
Benny, kumain ka muna! Tagalan mo. :P
EnnuiCouples by John Updike - Bed hopping in the American suburbs. Deemed scandalous and risqué at the time of its release in 1968, Couples — which tells the story of five twosomes in fictional Tarbox, Massachusetts — propelled Updike onto the cover of Time magazine under the headline “The Adulterous Society.” Hello, suburban ennui.
The Ice Storm by Rick Moody - Set in the affluent suburbs of Connecticut in 1973, Moody’s atmospheric novel centers on neighboring families — the Hoods and the Williams — in parallel states of decline. Redolent with the spirit and pop culture of the era, The Ice Storm is a bleak look at human failure, tragedy, and sex.
Keyword: Breakfast
BreakfastWaverley by Sir Walter Scott - At the home of Baron Bradwardine, Waverley enjoys a true Scottish breakfast: "The table loaded with warm bread, both of flour, oatmeal, and barleymeal, in the shape of loaves, cakes, biscuits, and other varieties, together with eggs, reindeer ham, mutton and beef ditto, smoked salmon, and marmalade." There's porridge with cream and buttermilk too.
Ulysses by James Joyce - Leopold Bloom sees breakfast in the butcher's shop window. "A kidney oozed bloodgouts on the willowpatterned dish: the last." We see and smell it cooking in butter and pepper, almost burnt when it goes upstairs to his wife, but just saved. "He tossed it off the pan on to a plate and let the scanty brown gravy trickle over it."
Next: wushu
After a quick look at this thread after a nice Internet-free Sunday & Monday...
Heniway, bukas na lang ako magta-tally uli. -_-
The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung-Fu by Adam Hsu- Written by the founder of Traditional Wushu Association and is dedicated to codifying elements of kung fu within wushu.
Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman
- The author includes a scene in which he interacts withs a famed wushu practicioner Pan Qingfu
Keyword
forgery
ForgeryFaking It by Jennifer Crusie - forged art pieces are involved here
Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale - autobiographical account of a big-time fraud and forger
Keyword: Paper dolls
Marie, magtally ka na! Tumambling ang rankings, for sure. :P
Paper dollsThe Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson - A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens.
Fun with Grandma Paper Dolls - When Grandma was a little girl, she played with paper dolls. Now, this wonderfully nostalgic paper doll book makes it easy for Grandma to pass on her favorite childhood pastime to her granddaughter.
Next: semaphores
Pavane by Keith RobertsOne of the settings is part of a semaphore network.
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Describes a system of 8-shutter semaphore towers which acts like a medieval internet
keyword sonnet
SonnetShakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare - This book is an important and complete collection of the Sonnets of William Shakespeare.
Canzoniere: Selected Poems by Francesco Petrarca - This is a translation of 60 poems from Petrarch's Canzoniere, readable as English verse but also faithful to Petrarchan technique and structure, with a mixture of full rhyme and half-rhymes. The selection includes poetry from the first and second parts of the Canzoniere (known as 'in vita' and 'in mote') and includes samples of all the various forms - the dominant sonnet and canzone, and also the sestina and the madrigal, as well as the love poetry.
Next: metallurgy
MetallurgyThe Trial of Magneto by Chris Claremont
- The MC is an expert in metallurgy.
House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
- Magneto, one of the MCs, is an expert in metallurgy.
Keyword: Game Theory
Jane Austen, Game Theorist by Michael Suk-Young ChweEconomics book that posits that game theory is engaged in Jane Austen's plots about marriage and moving up in the world.
Thinking Strategically by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff.
Game theory explained with examples drawn from politics, economics, sports, and movies.
keyword barrister
BarristerBridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding - Male protagonist is a barrister.
Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason - Ditto.
Keyword: Taxidermy
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving- A taxidermied armadillo plays a small role in the plot.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- "And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuff'd, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes;" - from the apothecary's office.
Keyword: Diplomacy
DiplomacyThe Laughing Diplomat by Daniele Varè - Varè captures the excitement of representation, and the elegance of diplomacy as a profession in the days when diplomacy was glamorous.
The Search for Peace by Douglas Hurd - a bit of a modern primer, which explains the techniques of bilateral diplomacy as well as multilateral diplomacy, and really deals with the failures and successes of the last century.
Next: exhumation
Tutankhamun: The Untold Story by Thomas Hoving Famous exhumation by Howard Carter
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Medieval mystery involving the exhumation of a saint
keyword creole
Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color by Sybil Kein- A comprehensive history and analysis on the creole people living in Louisiana.
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
- A collection of short stories that explores Creole identity.
Keyword: Basque
Basques in the Philippines by Marciano R. De BorjaHistory of Basque emigres to the Philippines
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky
Pop history through the lens of worldwide Basque immigration.
keyword arsenic
Arsenic4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
- A mass arsenic poisoning is a major event in the plot.
Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers
- Murder through arsenic is a major plot point in the novel.
Keyword: Death of the Author
Image-Music-Text by Roland BarthesEssay collection containing the first essay about the "death of the author" theory.
Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac
Novella used by Barthes to illustrate his theory in his iconic essay about the death of the author
keyword terza rima
Prometheus Unbound with Other Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley- The poem Ode to the West Wind included in the collection is written in terza rima.
The Complete Poems by William Carlos Williams
- The poem The Yachts, which is included in the book, is written in terza rima.
Keyword: Laureate
Averno by Louise GluckPoetry collection by the 2003-2004 US Poet Laureate
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
Written by the author who won as Nobel Laureate.
keyword jazz
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The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
- Tells the founding of facebook
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
- Characters connect through torrent sites and social networks
Keyword: Terraforming