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Diagram delights
Friday, February 26, 2016 4:19
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By Brian Clegg
It's time for my favourite book prize of the year. Forget the Booker. Ignore the Nobel. This is the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of the year.
The shortlist has been published and it's a strong list indeed. So rather than say any more, I'm just going to let you relish those titles.
- Reading the Liver: Papyrological Texts on Ancient Greek Extispicy (Mohr Siebeck)
- Too Naked for the Nazis (Fantom Films) by Alan Stafford
- Paper Folding with Children (Floris Books) by Alice Hornecke
- Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns from Outer Space: A Consideration of Cult Film (MKH Imprint) by Mark Kirwan-Hayhoe
- Behind the Binoculars: Interviews with Acclaimed Birdwatchers (Pelagic Publishing) by Mark Avery and Keith Betton
- Soviet Bus Stops (Fuel) by Christopher Herwig
- Reading from Behind: A Cultural History of the Anus (Zed Books) by Jonathan Allan
If I have a personal favourite, it would be the Biker Nuns, except this is clearly constructed specifically to be bizarre, so I rather incline (so to speak) to Reading from Behind.
You can find out more at the prize's administrative home, The Bookseller.
Now Appearing is the blog of science writer Brian Clegg (www.brianclegg.net), author of Inflight Science, Before the Big Bang and The God Effect.
Source: http://brianclegg.blogspot.com/2016/02/diagram-delights.html
