# new Cecil book this century?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-book-this-century/150623>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 24, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-book-this-century/150623 "2003-01-24T16:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-book-this-century/150623/1 "2003-01-24T16:19:08Z")

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This is probably not the right place to post this, but I dont know what is.

We were last blessed with a Straight Dope book in 1999. Especially with the reduced page count (which allowed the book in 1999 to be released just a year after the previous one) I am beginning to think there is some reason other than lack of material holding up a new book.

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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-book-this-century/150623/2 "2003-01-24T16:27:37Z")

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There is, it’s **THE MAN**!!

The man is always getting in the way of our entertainment. He punishes Cecil every chance he gets.

You wanna know why?

Because **the Man** loves ignorance. He feasts on it, it is a fine dish, that goes well with wine.

Cecil has fought bravely in order to overcome the cone of ignorance on this county, but unfortunately, because of Enron, OJ, and **the Man** , the battle for brillance is being pushed off.

Currently **the Man** is bringing Cecil towards himself. A bunch of evil ignorant buffoons are dragging the chained Adams toward Mt. Stupid, in a desperate attempt to claim the power of intelligence and to throw it away in a pit of molten magma.  
**The Man** is Evil and nearly undefeatable, but fear not brave intellectual warrior! This is all part of Cecil’s brilliant plan. Once Cecil has gotten to Mt. Stupid, he will push **the Man** into the molten pit and unleash a magnificant book of wonderful knowledge and learning to all of us mortals on Old Earth…

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-book-this-century/150623/3 "2003-01-24T18:17:16Z")

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The next book hasn’t been published yet because the last one hasn’t sold yet. There are backlogs of it in the warehouses. Everyone needs to buy more books.