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Blind Date with a Book


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Don't judge a book by its cover ... judge them by these cryptic keywords, instead! A bookstore in Amsterdam wrapped a number of books in plain brown paper and taped hints like "Science-Fiction," "Ambiguous Utopia," "World Without Government," and "Brilliant Physicist" to help you guess the books inside.

"Try a blind date with a book!" The sign above the bin said, "With only the keywords as hints you can't judge these books by their cover. Purchase the book at the counter and unwrap. A great way to discover new books."

See if you can guess the titles of the books in the photo above.


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"Fantasy, Poker Tournament, Gambling demons and monsters, Underdog" Probably way wrong here but all I could think of was "Dungeons and dragons"...
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"Fevre Dream" is one of the worst books I have ever read. After having read Game of Thrones I was excited to find this book in a store and bought it. What a pot boiler. Had I read this book first I never would have read Game of Thrones.
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Exoskeletons vs Aliens may be "Starship Troopers", esp with Tom Cruise, although live/die/repeat sounds like Haldeman's "Forever War" series.
Mississippi Riverboat may be one of the "Riverworld" series.
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Fantasy, Mississippi, Riverboat, Pale Gentleman = George R.R. Martin's Fevre Dream?
Melted Arctic Icecap, Airship Pilot etc. = Tobias Buckell's Arctic Rising?
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Makes perfect sense that kids become murderers after playing Mortal Kombat, just like how kids were trained in cultural relations when they played cowboys and Indians and girls learned to become strippers by undressing Barbie. Seriously, the only thing Mortal Kombat did was screw up kids English skills by spelling the word with a K.
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I was a kid when the MK controversy was going on, so naturally, I didn't care. (I didn't care about the game itself, either) A restaurant I frequent has a MK game and now as an adult and parent, I have to laugh about it. I look at the Tom & Jerry style fighting and what passes for blood in that game (patches of red blobby goo that float away into the air? Really?)and wonder what parents were ever worried about. The big deal at the time was the 'realism' of the violence and honestly, it couldn't be more cartoony.
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We've been around long enough to know that we win some, we lose some in terms of covering stuff. There's simply no way to be the first in covering things that happen on the Web. ')
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