In my alien story, four aliens are conversing in a Pizza Hut when the topic of favorite books comes up. The first character, Bart, panics because he's never read a human book before (the others have.) So he picks out a title he's heard of and makes up the plot on the spot. I need real book titles with plot summaries that sound like they were written by an alien who's never read the book. It shouldn't be similar to the other characters' books. For reference: The second character, Woppo, says his favorite book is Harry Potter. He describes it as being a tragic farce about "a wizard who punishes the world for failing to see him as the genius he is by destroying his enemies and creating objects which give him the immortality he deserves before, in an arbitrary twist of fate, a baby accidentally assassinates him." He says the sixth book is his favorite because the main character, Tom, is relatable in that installment especially. No one is in the least creeped out by this. The third character, Fred, says his favorite book is Darwin's Origin of the Species, which he describes as being a story about aliens on a far off world attempting to survive the harsh nature of their planet, before realizing his mistake, correcting himself and saying it's about monkeys. Nobody notices his unmistakable slip of the tongue. The fourth character, Monica, says his favorite book is the menu he's reading right at that very moment. He especially enjoys the character development. He's serious.
Have bart make up a sloppy title and wing it. Maybe translate a show he watched or some place he went into a book. Like Rather babes from Burbank And then go into some made of adventure involving booze, hookers and blackjack. This is also an awesome idea
The Chronicles of Narnia Being the collection of journals a man named Narnia wrote while incarcerated aboard a pirate vessel piloted by rogue Russians. His works touch on a variety of deep subjects such as life in a time of cholera, zombies, twilight vampires, and pizza.
They could mention The Catcher in the Rye. Some guy named Catcher wants to catch kids in a wheat field but for some reason he never gets there, he's in a city the whole time. Also, I love the menu thing haha
May I have fries with those? Thomas the Train Books that kids like. XD Make it weird and funny. A man named Train writes a story about a man named Thomas "who could" XD Or you could say the newspaper and he's reading about a murder and he thinks it's fake. Says he thinks it's lame how the author just puts it all out there for the reader to not have any fun with. Lacks suspense and red herrings if you know what I mean.
How about a dictionary. “It’s about this guy called Oxford English. At the beginning he found this Aardvark, and near the end he returned it to the Zoo.”
IT by Stephen King - about an evil school computer that literally eats children for breakfast. Lord of the Flies - an alien could easily make the mistake of taking that title way too literally.
Make it a simple book. Like Green Eggs and Ham. A small furry peddler harassing a taller furry man, that tries to persuade him into eating irradiated food. That turns out to be laced with mind altering substances.
He chooses the Kama Sutra. It's a historical guide to calisthenics and cardio workouts. Kind of a P90x sort of deal.
Another thing I was thinking, if he is on the spot, he may just look around and make up a story on the fly. "The adventures of...... Veronica the waitress.... I mean.... Salad chef in..... Ford... Ford land" Edit: btw, Veronica the Salad Chef is O.C., do not steal.
The Girl on the Train -- it's about a girl ... on a train. Rabbit, run -- The downfall of a rabbit who lost a race to a tortoise and became an alcoholic wreck before pulling himself together and demanding a rematch.
