News and Politics | February 23, 2009 | 5 comments

Forget the Oscars! Shortlist for Oddest Book Title of the Year released.

source: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/oddest-book-title-of-the-year-awa...

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Now that we all know Kate Winslet did win with her sixth nomination and that Mickey Rourke never got the chance to test the 7-second broadcast delay with a typically colourful speech, we can put this year's Oscars to bed and move onto another absurd awards competition for ... the "Oddest Book Title of the Year" award has announced it's short-list.

Here's a couple of gems; "Baboon Metaphysics," "The Large Sieve and its Applications" and perhaps most bafflingly; "The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais."

Click through on the link to peruse some previous winners of this mighty accolade, and some oddities that didn't quite make the grade this year - what's your favourite?
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5 comments // Forget the Oscars! Shortlist for Oddest Book Title of the Year released.

  • nazbags
  • afishlikeme
  • alv782
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      alv782  

    • i hope the people who sit on the panel of these bizarre awards ceremonies make alot of money to justify their utter waste of time judging. can anyone tell me a sound economic reason for holding such a competition? and who writes a whole book about shitting in the woods (1989 winner). odd world we live in. very odd.

    • 4 years ago
  • ClareW
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      ClareW  

    • Is it some kind of important tradition that every book with an odd title has to be about something incredibly dull?

    • 4 years ago
  • mattbrawn
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