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Stealing Authorship

StarfoxStarfox
edited May 2010 in Forum Game
Say you could be the author of any one work in history, instead of the true author. What do you steal?

I pick the Principia. Bonus points if you take the Zero Wing translation.
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  • ElJoe0ElJoe0
    I pick Harry Potter, I would be crazy rich with a line of fan girls waiting for me :P
  • RochelleRochelle
    The Bible and make it even more ridiculous.
  • whateverwhatever
    The Bible
    This is really the only way to go.
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    I think the authorship of the bible has already been stolen.
  • CremlianCremlian
    I think the authorship of the bible has already been stolen.
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  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    Lord of the Rings. It's about as close to the Bible as you can get.
  • SovaSova
    The dune series.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    All of it?
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
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  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    Nice one.
  • GreyHugeGreyHuge
    The Necronomicon.
  • SovaSova
    The Necronomicon.
    Too awesome, I could picture you writing something like that actually.

    As for that comic, PURE GENIUS! I can't stand the crazy conventions for current these days. It makes things really weird to know that the electrons are actually flowing the opposite way than you would expect, making electrical engineering courses even more confusing.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    Well, it doesn't really matter until you get to semiconductors.
  • SovaSova
    It's just stupid and irritating. Intuitive design is a good thing, or in this case intuitive conventions, and the way things are now is totally unintuitive, at least to me.
  • SailSail
    The Sun Also Rises?
  • StarfoxStarfox
    The Bible and make it even more ridiculous.
    I don't know if you get to change it, you might just get to be the author. I thought about The Bible, but I think you would need to get The Torah and Koran too to make it worth it.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    You wouldn't have to change it. If you were the author and had a way of proving it, that would be awesome.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I would probably pick either The Count of Monte Cristo or Sherlock Holmes
  • ElJoe0ElJoe0
    Wait, can I repick and choose Comos, because then I would be Carl Sagan and that would be awesome!
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited May 2010
    Wait, can I repick and choose Comos, because then I would be Carl Sagandead and that would be awesomesuck!
    Post edited by lackofcheese on
  • ElJoe0ElJoe0
    Wait, can I repick and choose Comos, because then I would beCarl Sagandeadand that wouldbe awesomesuck!
    But would of lead his life!
  • JasonJason
    The Godfather.
  • ChurbaChurba
    Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas.
  • WyattWyatt
    Kama Sutra
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    The Godfather.
    I think this book is widely regarded to be one of the worst novels to ever be made into a good movie. I've never read it, but it seems a strange choice by reputation.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    I think this book is widely regarded to be one of the worst novels to ever be made into a good movie. I've never read it, but it seems a strange choice by reputation.
    It doesn't matter. Your royalties would be HUGE.
  • ......
    The Dick and Jane series...

    in Yiddish.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    The Godfather.
    I think this book is widely regarded to be one of the worst novels to ever be made into a good movie. I've never read it, but it seems a strange choice by reputation.
    Well, the OP states it as the author of a work, so Jason could mean the movie rather than the book.
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    An author is generally considered to be a writer of prose. If they write poetry they are called a poet, lyricist for song lyrics, playwright for plays, screen writer for screen plays, etc.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited May 2010
    True, it's most often associated with written work only, but the term also has a more general meaning.
    Post edited by lackofcheese on
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