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[jazzfish]

The Man Who Melted Jack Dann.

("The Great Hunt Robert Jordan." woo-hoo! "Last Chance to See Douglas Adams." hey, that's not funny. and my favorite, "Complete Guide to Home Canning, Preserving, and Freezing The U.S. Department of Agriculture.")

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[vond.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can't believe no one listed:

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone J.K. Rowling

or hell, from a previous jazzfish post:

When Gravity Fails George Alec Effinger

[queue.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can't believe no one listed:

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone J.K. Rowling

Well, the problem with that is you actually have to change the title (by getting rid of the apostrophe) to make it work.

(And my copy is "Sorceror's Stone", but I think I remember the original (British) version being different.)

[vond.livejournal.com]

I suppose droppping the apostrophe knocks it out, not sure how tight the "rules" are about this, since it's only random silliness anyway.

I do know what the American release was titled, but I'm in Japan where they sell the British version. It bugs me that halfway through the American version, I said hey, they're talking about the Philosopher's Stone! Why didn't they just call it that?!?

[jazzfish]

*nod* When They published the American version, They decided to change it to Sorceror's Stone on the grounds that Americans are stupid and would have no idea what the Philosopher's Stone is. (Or, as some wit put it, "Americans don't want philosophy in their children's books.")

[vond.livejournal.com]

I normally hate to have long drawn out discussions in LJ replies, but I just had to point out:

Sorcery in children's books doesn't seem to have gone over much better!