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Random Hour #10: The Ultimate Book

The other day, I was going through some notes from my old film classes (belated spring cleaning, you could say) and came upon a familiar concept: “X meets Y.” Traditionally, film producers use an “X meets Y” format to pitch an idea for a movie (for example, “The Princess Diaries” meets “Spiderman” would give you a pretty interesting and vivid idea of what the movie is about). But I started thinking—wouldn’t it be fun to do the same for books? Harry Potter meets Likely Story? Twilight meets Stargirl? Imagine the possibilities…

Obviously, it’s doubtful that J.K. Rowling and David Van Etten will team up and write a book together, but it’s still fun to think about. Personally, I’d love to read a book that was a combination of Madapple and Sweet Valley High. I know the combination is a little jarring, but I’d love to see how the Wakefield sisters cope in such a drastically different world. I could see this either as a funny fish-out-of-water scenario or as a deeper, more serious and more complex journey as the Wakefield sisters interact with Aslaug and grow as human beings.

What about you—what two books would you like to see combined to create your “ultimate book”?

Posted Jul 16, 2008 by je55 | 19 Comments |

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Comments:

By Mistwraith on July 16, 2008 at 12:36:52 PM [Rating: +1]

Oooh, that's a really good question. Hmmm, let's see, maybe Redwall meets The Alchemyst. That could be interesting.....

By bookreader4 on July 16, 2008 at 12:41:34 PM

Midnighters meets Summer Intern. That would be entertaining.

By bballchica1106 on July 16, 2008 at 02:11:53 PM

I think I would like to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phionex crossed with The Clique: Sealed With a Diss. That would make for a good laugh.

By bookgrobie on July 16, 2008 at 02:25:09 PM

Hmmmm... maybe Sabriel meets Pride and Prejudice. I'd love to see Elizabeth Bennett deal with dead creatures!

By TheBookworm on July 16, 2008 at 02:37:04 PM [Rating: +1]

Don't know. The Children of the Red King Series (Charlie Bone) and maybe Keys to the Kingdom Series.

When I read a book I am transported to that new world. Each book is a new world, and I have problems just trying to think of combining two totally different amazing worlds into one. Just another one of my quirks I guess. ( I seem to be quite full of them )

By purple_summer on July 16, 2008 at 05:11:20 PM

How about Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen meets Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer? Don't know how that would work exactly... but it'd be cool!

By wuzzup on July 16, 2008 at 06:34:51 PM

How about Huckleberry Finn meets Lord of the Rings? That'll be awesome.

By face_in_book on July 16, 2008 at 07:39:05 PM

Ender Wiggin from Xenocide meets Tally Youngblood after Extras on a new planet... perhaps?

By Ladytron on July 16, 2008 at 11:29:10 PM

Jane Eyre meets Harry Potter. Haha.:D

ebrithil_bjartskular on July 17, 2008 at 04:16:59 PM [Rating: +1]

I would like to see the Ranger's apprentice meets Harry Potter.

Maybe even the The warriors heir meets the inheritance cycle.

By theafricanbookworm on July 17, 2008 at 05:13:16 PM [Rating: +1]

I 100% support Twilight meets Stargirl. That would be hilarious. Those books are 2 of my favorites. I also would like to see Jumper meets Twilight. I want to know whether Edward would win a race with Davy. That would be a fair race!

swenson on July 17, 2008 at 11:02:11 PM [Rating: +1]

Eragon meets LotR. It'd be interesting. I just wanna see what would happen when Paolini's elves meet up with the originals, and how Sauron reacts to the dragons! Also maybe Redwall (any/all of the books) meets the Warriors series. Mice vs. cats, who wins??

By suzizzle on July 18, 2008 at 06:51:33 AM