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Friday, January 22, 2010

Fun with Mad Libs, the science fiction way

Ever think to yourself after reading the inside flaps of a couple dozen books in the same genre that it seems like you're reading the summary of the same five books over and over?  Probably not, because if you've picked up the book in the first place, it's unlikely you'll stop reading before you hit the title page.  But if you, like I do, have the occasional nutty moment when it comes to books, you may have noticed this, and there's a reason for it.  The short summary on the back of a book cover or on the inside of a dust jacket is essentially the "elevator pitch": the book is trying to sell itself to you in between the ground floor and the fifteenth.  To that end, there are several effective tactics that get employed.  See if you can guess what those tactics are -- and what book this summary was pulled from -- in the science fiction Mad Lib below the jump.


The Mythological lost world Noun

Modern technology has spotted impossibly adjective noun along the adjective form of country name  geographical feature.

World famous profession and second profession given name surname knows this could mean only one thing: The mythological lost world has been found.  Verb ending in -ing from a noun verb ending in -ing his adjective noun and noun, he present tense verb across plural geographical feature and second plural geographical feature to confirm this adjective noun.

But he is not adjectiveSurname must present tense verb a adjective and adjective noun hidden deep within the religious organization noun; a adjective type of fringe group that believes the secrets of mythical lost world will present tense verb the religious organization's noun, related noun, and third related noun for being.

Verb ending in -ing the mythical lost world's adjective noun requires a adjective noun and surname's unique command of adjective plural noun.  A series of past tense transitive verb plural noun holds the noun to this otherwise adjective noun, and surname present tense verb headlong into a race to find the adjective plural noun -- each containing an adjective noun that will lead surname to other plural noun and into adjective plural noun...and, at last, to mythical lost world itself.

Or perhaps to adjective noun.

Only one thing is adjective: Whoever present tense verb the mythical lost world same present tense verb the world.
 

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