# PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH Translation Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881 "2001-05-09T15:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/21 "2001-05-14T02:40:16Z")
Very much still available. I was just in B&N on Thursday, and they not only have a paperback but nice shiny new reproductions of the hardcover original, _mit_ forward from Maurice Sendak in honor of TFT’s 35th anniversary. And of course, part of the charm that we can’t illustrate here are the illustrations - Feiffer:Juster as Tenniel:Carroll, an essential part of the experience. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/22 "2001-05-14T04:24:55Z")
Probably the only time in his career that Feiffer’s illstrations could be called _gentle_. ---
**Author:** ![438579088](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/ad7895/32.png) [@438579088](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/438579088)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/23 "2020-07-03T16:58:34Z")
'Tis Haiku: DEAR AZAZ, THE PROBLEMS WITH WORDS FORMED IN NUMBERED LETTERS ARE THEY’RE SIMPLY OBSCURE BEST REGARDS, MATHEMAGICIAN Er, the last word might be absurd rather than obscure, my polynomial function conversion is kinda rusty. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/24 "2020-07-03T17:03:49Z")
Welcome to the SDMB! I wonder if this sets a record for time between question and answer-well done. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/25 "2020-07-03T18:52:35Z")
I’m impressed, how did you arrive at this? ---
**Author:** ![438579088](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/ad7895/32.png) [@438579088](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/438579088)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/26 "2020-07-03T22:11:33Z")
Thought about it for 19 years. ---
**Author:** ![TheKingOfSoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@TheKingOfSoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKingOfSoup)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/27 "2020-07-04T12:45:37Z")
I take your point, but would direct you to his dancer series (for lack of a better term).[Some images](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01mqFQ015AE96myGZKBfYixh-YSAA:1593866655755&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=jules+feiffer+dancer&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQmtf-z7PqAhUumuAKHXySBnUQsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=1524&bih=724&dpr=2.5) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881/28 "2020-07-20T23:19:22Z")
You are correct that I had neglected his dancer. OTOH, many of those, (individual Sunday panels), were painted in extreme sarcasm. And while he did paint non-sarcastic dancers, this was the only entire book of which I am aware that was done gently. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-tollbooth-translation-question/64881.md?page=1)