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Baby Got Books » Blog Archive » TOB Update — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:32:56 +0000

[...] The 2006 Tournament of Books is finally underway, with two rounds having been completed. So far, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss has bettered The Time in Between by Dave Bergen and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer pummeled Veronica by Mary Gaitskill. To recap: The books that we have read: 2. The books we have not read: 0. Which validates something or another. You can read the judges reviews at the Morning News. Our takes on History of Love are here and here; our takes on Extremely Loud are here, here, and here. Their review of the History of Love round was pretty insipid. Anyway, the next round will feature Krauss vs. Foer, which is interesting because they are married – I doubt they are losing sleep over it. I’d go with Extremely Loud, but they are not asking me. That round is being judged by Jessa from Bookslut, and I predict that she will hate them both. Gambling Tip: She will pick Krauss because she hates Foer more. Tomorrow’s match up pits Never Let Me Down by Ishiguro (our comments here and here) vs. The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole by Stephanie Doyan. Gambling Tip 2: We’ve read Ishiguro’s book but not Doyan’s – and our record speaks for itself. Gamble accordingly. [...]

By: swizzle d

swizzle d — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:37:41 +0000

O.k., so maybe it wasn’t entirely an original plot but there is always the remake ( Bad News Bears, Willy Wonka…blaspheme !) however, maybe we could work in a “Gattaca” angle where you are actually considered slave material if you are not genetically engineered. Yeah, that works. We’ll cast Tom Cruise as the inferior who overcomes his caste by reading L. Ron Hubbard and cloning himself but as a more perfect version i.e. not interested in the lead singer of Matchbox 20 and more gracious in interviews with Matt Lauer.

By: DJ Cayenne

DJ Cayenne — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:18:44 +0000

Shit. On several levels.

By: DJ Cayenne

DJ Cayenne — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:17:06 +0000

See, a little Sci-Fi can go a long way. How about this? Harrison Ford is conflicted because his blind daughter finally got to see when she got her eyeball transplant from Keanu’s now also limbless friend in France. Before we discuss this any further, I think we need some representation to line up a meeting with Warner Bros. so we can pitch our treatment.

By: swizzle d

swizzle d — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:16:50 +0000

I agree with your “Handmaid’s Tale” analogy although I also thought the plot mirrored some of the elements in “Blade Runner”..the replicants and all that and I guess a little Matrix thrown in there. O.K. how about we get Harrison Ford to be the bounty hunter chasing the rogue clone, Keanu Reeves, who refuses to donate his organs because he has insider info that the recipient is also really a clone ? Damn, that’s good.