Under the Covers and Between the Sheets: The Inside Story Behind Classic Characters, Authors, Unforgettable Phrases, and Unexpected Endings
Bibliophiles, grab your glasses! Here is a compendium of interesting—and often scandalous—facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien's Middle- earth to Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, you'll sections such as:\ You Don't Say?: Commonly-used words and phrases that were coined or popularized in classic words of fiction—sometimes with very different meanings. Gruesomely Ever After: The original endings of some of the world's...
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Bibliophiles, grab your glasses! Here is a compendium of interesting- and often scandalous-facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien's Middle-earth to Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, Under the Covers and between the Sheets includes sections such as: • You Don't Say: Commonly-used words and phrases that were coined or popularized in classic words of fiction-sometimes with very different meanings. • Gruesomely Ever After: The original endings of some of the world's most cherished fairy tales-Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and more. • Hip to be Square: Banned works of fiction and the controversy surrounding them. • Anthropomorphized Characters: The real-life stories and inspirations behind beloved "leading creatures." • Time to Make the Doughnuts: Odd jobs of famous authors. • Parental Guidance Suggested: Dahl's short stories, Seuss's political cartoons; the lesser-known, and sometimes shocking, adult writings of beloved children's authors. • The Long Con: Shocking (and sometimes shockingly long-lived) literary hoaxes: Frey, JT Leroy, The Education of Little Tree, The Day After Roswell, etc. • Science Fiction, Science Fact: If alien monoliths are ever found on the moon, the safer bet is that they would be translucent crystal; Sir Arthur C. Clarke is celebrated for making accurate predictions of various technologies, years ahead of their time. A look at which of his predictions held true and the same feats of other authors. • Screen Test: The truth about great works of fiction and the odd challenges that had to be surmounted to bring them to the silver screen. • The Secret Life of Kilgore Trout: True facts about fake characters (and the writers who created them). REVIEW
