Bookish Globetrotter Gifts

Man Puts His Seatbelt on for a Literary Journey

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

"I'm ready for summer vacation! A good book takes you where you've never been!"

"It was rated on all the travel websites. 'Best economy tour'."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"Some Debussy, Igor."

'They said 'write what you know.' So I didn't write anything.'

Good boy

Reading in the family.

"Wow - A flying Chaucer!!"

Man read's Newton's 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principa Mathematica' and says: 'Blimey Isaac, this is, er, pretty heavy stuff.'

"This medical dictionary has had it's appendix taken out. . . !"

Theory of Gravity

Major Poets, Minor Poets, Free Agents.

'They gave me a choice...they would either off-shore my job, or I could keep my job if I moved to India.'

"That's a beautiful poem, but of course, if you took the road less traveled, we'd make sure you have your GPS."

Academics at the Beach

Bestsellers have sold so well there are none at all on the shelves.

"As your first novel, it starts out badly and just falls away!"

Academics at the Beach: "Camus might agree with you. De Beauvoir? Maybe. But Sartre? Never."

The 'I'm Almost Finished With War And Peace' Bookmark

"Your manuscript is utter trash, of course. How does a half-million first printing sound to you?"

(The really ugly duckling)

Summer Reads - Fall Reads!

'I'm not a famous writer, but I do make enough money to travel the country and sleep in my car.'

"If that book is gonna deposit hundreds of grains of sand in our bed later tonight, it better be damn juicy."

Edna O'Brien

Book in library - 'Crash tests for dummies' (being read by a crash test dummy).

'I've just finished the Great American Grant Application.'

'And this is the small print in your travel insurance...'

'A cruise by air, sir, is called a 'tour'.'

"Shh, too much racket."