# So, when's the next book coming? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 8, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663 "2001-02-08T18:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/1 "2001-02-08T18:36:02Z")
Isn’t it about time? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/2 "2001-02-08T23:32:18Z")
That’s a damned good observation, Biggirl. Hell, Jenkins and LaHaye have, what, **nine** books in the Left Behind series out now? **And** a friggin’ movie! C’mon Cecil, yer gonna have to step up the pace there, buddy. The beasts of ignorance are kickin’ in the door. It’s time to lay some righteous whoop ass on them boys. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/3 "2001-02-09T01:13:29Z")
Wow, what a thought! Straight Dope: The Movie. Cecil and his team of ignorance fighting buddies kicking ass and taking names. I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/4 "2001-02-09T02:55:22Z")
I think that the subtlety and wit of Cecil Adams would be much better served in the theatre, more specifically guerilla theatre. A group of actors bursts into a public square and starts fighting ignorance in an unrehearsed performance. A crowd gathers and instant rioting ensues. I can see it now. Tony awards here we come! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/5 "2001-02-09T04:26:07Z")
Want a new book? Cecil says y’all have to clean out the warehouse and buy all the old books first. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/6 "2001-02-09T05:50:53Z")
Consarnit, Tuba, we’re not gonna do his Spring Cleaning for him! Well, okay, I’ll head to the bookstore tomorrow and pick up one or two… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/7 "2001-02-09T15:45:06Z")
I have, in my house, a copy of each one of The Straight Dope books, which I bought. I have also purchased many other copies which I have given as gifts to those I thought were either a)smart enough to enjoy of b)ignorant enough to need them. Don’t tell anybody, but I try not to read the column here because I enjoy the books so much and I don’t want to spoil the fun of reading them. What happened to the 2 year schedule Little Ed promised in the last book? ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/8 "2001-02-09T17:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*What happened to the 2 year schedule Little Ed promised in the last book? \*\* “We have vowed to bring books out every two years henceforth” appeared in _The Straight Dope Tells All_, but when _Triumph of the Straight Dope_ came out a year later, the official word was now: “We hope at some point to settle into the biennial schedule previously contemplated, but time will tell”. If they still plan to average every two years, then the next book would be about a year from now, i.e. a three year gap after _Triumph_, to average out the one year interval between _Tells All_ and _Triumph_. ## If someone wants to set up a pool for the publication date of the next Straight Dope opus, I predict April 30, 2002 – the 213th anniversary of George Washington’s first inauguation as U.S. president. Also, I predict the name of the book will be _The Straight Dope Goes to Hawaii_. And – for the tiebreaker – the cover will be dark green. 1984 - _The Straight Dope_ (mass market edition) 1986 - _The Straight Dope_ (trade edition) 1988 - _More of the Straight Dope_ 1994 - _Return of the Straight Dope_ 1998 - _The Straight Dope Tells All_ 1999 - _Triumph of the Straight Dope_ 2002? - _The Straight Dope Goes to Hawaii_? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/9 "2001-02-09T18:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whitetho \* > \*\*1984 - _The Straight Dope_ (mass market edition) > 1986 - _The Straight Dope_ (trade edition) > 1988 - _More of the Straight Dope_ > 1994 - _Return of the Straight Dope_ > 1998 - _The Straight Dope Tells All_ > 1999 - _Triumph of the Straight Dope_ > 2002? - _The Straight Dope Goes to Hawaii_? > \*\* Please someone shoot Cecil before we get _The Straight Dope: Mission to Moscow_. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/10 "2001-02-09T21:00:16Z")
> [@](#): > > 2002? - The Straight Dope Goes to Hawaii Oh good, we need something to get us over the loss of _Baywatch Hawaii_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/11 "2001-02-09T21:24:48Z")
What, no _Straight Dope: Cecil Does Dallas_? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/12 "2001-02-10T00:08:26Z")
Well, if they get a new book out this year, they can call it _The Straight Dope Millennium_. I don’t supposed they can work that out, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/13 "2001-02-10T01:15:18Z")
2001! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/14 "2001-02-10T01:41:03Z")
What about _Straight Dope: Voyager_? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/15 "2001-02-10T05:42:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juniper200 \* > \*\*What, no _Straight Dope: Cecil Does Dallas_? \*\* Not if I can help it. I live in Fort Worth, and the city rivalry is something fierce. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/16 "2001-02-10T07:30:21Z")
2001!\* \*\*a Straight Dope Odyssey.[i/] (Somebody had to say it.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/17 "2001-02-10T07:35:22Z")
2001!\* \*_a Straight Dope Odyssey._ (Somebody had to say it.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/18 "2001-02-10T18:35:45Z")
I think:_The Straight Dope: Thanks For Reminding Me, Biggirl_ has a certain ring to it. What? You don’t like it? ---
**Author:** ![spark\_applied\_to\_powder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@spark\_applied\_to\_powder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spark_applied_to_powder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-next-book-coming/53663/19 "2001-02-10T23:47:28Z")
Works for me. And just to make it more applicable, they could tack on all the posts you’ve made here (in alphbetical order and crossreferenced by the the initials of the OP). 😃