# Write Your Book-a-Minute Summarization Here!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-book-a-minute-summarization-here/153643>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 8, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-book-a-minute-summarization-here/153643 "2003-02-08T03:23:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-book-a-minute-summarization-here/153643/82 "2003-02-14T13:40:20Z")

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**The Great Gatsby** :

Man and woman fall in love. Man and woman get thrown apart, woman marries Man2. Man comes back and wants to get back woman. Doesn’t work, man gets shot.

**The Hitchhiker’s Guide** :

A lot of strange things happen, and a lot of seemingly everlasting mysteries get solved.

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-book-a-minute-summarization-here/153643/83 "2003-02-14T14:06:12Z")

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**The Wealth of Nations** :

If everybody were egotist enough, we’d have a perfect world.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-book-a-minute-summarization-here/153643/84 "2003-02-14T20:50:32Z")

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**Starship Troopers** , by Robert A. Heinlein:  
RICO: “I’ll join the army so I can vote in elections.”

AUTHOR: “Corporal punshment is good!”

RICO: “Hey, check out this neato-keen powered armour suit!”

ARMY: “Giant alien bugs are bad. Kill them.” (Rico does.)

AUTHOR: “Let this be a lesson to you. My political philosophy is the only one that works. So there. Join your local military.”

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