Vote for the oddest book title of 2009
Posted by Celia Walter | 26 Feb, 2010"Nazi spoons, murderous cyborgs and the musings of an invertebrate
hunter are among the subjects tackled in the books nominated for the
latest installment of the Diagram Prize.
The prize, which celebrates the oddest book title of the year, received
a record number of submissions in 2009, with 90 books suggested...
Voting has opened on the six books at www.thebookseller.com. The winner will be announced on 26th March". The shortlist:
* David Crompton's Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter (Glenstrae Press)From Peter Scott's Library blog
* James A Yannes' Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich (Trafford)
* Daina Taimina's Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes (A K Peters)
* Ronald C Arkin's Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots (CRC Press)
* Ellen Scherl and Maria Dubinsky's The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SLACK Inc)
* Tara Jansen-Meyer's What Kind of Bean is This Chihuahua? (Mirror)