Posts Tagged ‘Parody’

Library Addition: Three Half Price Books Purchases

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

Here are three books I bought in Austin-area Half Price Books stores. (The books I bought over Thanksgiving week in the Metroplex will be coming later.)

  • Chabon, Michael. A Model World and Other Stories. Morrow, 1991. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Chabon, with review slip laid in. Short story collection, and Chabon’s second book. Bought for $10.

  • Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Flamingo, 1997. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Booker Prize winner. Bought for $7.99.
  • Weinstein, Sol. Loxfinger: A Thrilling Adventure of Hebrew Secret Agent Oy-Oy-7. Pocket books, 1965. First edition trade paperback original, a Very Good copy with two quarter-sized sticker pulls on front cover, the top one affecting the letters “ER” at the end of the title. The first in a series of Jewish James Bond parodies, published during a boom for Bond parodies. Weinstein was evidently a gag writer for several well-known comedians in the 1960s. This looks so silly that ever since I saw this title in a book catalog some quarter century ago, I’ve wanted to own a copy, and $5 seems like a fair price to pay. But I should probably read Goldfinger first to really appreciate it…

  • LANDBOAT!

    Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

    Or should I say, L.A.N.D.B.O.A.T. Imagine someone entering the Bulwer Lytton contest trying to win the Men’s Adventure category, but instead of a single sentence, you get an entire chapter.

    Grid sat backwards on the bike, slinging Lily onto the seat in front of him like a sack of hamburger meat. Brick grimaced. He knew she was a prime cut of USDA Choice Angus steak. He wanted to put her in his mouth and taste her juices. But the steak would have to be for desert, because the main course was revenge. And that meal was about to be served. Cold. Like a chef salad or some other cold entrée.

    It’s pretty much all like that. It comes from Blood & Tacos, a site that celebrates Men’s Adventure.

    (Hat tip: Karl Rehn.)

    “Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says”

    Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

    This is pretty much pitch-perfect. For the cherry on top, page through the hundreds of comments…

    (Hat tip: Instapundit. )

    Cthulhu for Old Spice

    Sunday, September 19th, 2010

    This one is amusing enough to share. Especially the “unspeakable horror” bit.