Serial Enthusiast Pillows

A misunderstanding between two passengers

'I know that it's her favourite serial, but I wish your mother would get her own TV repaired.'

'Will the Buffo cure Gwendolyn's headache? Will it upset her stomach? Tune in to tomorrow's commercial and find out!'

The Computer Bore

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

Thomas Mann.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Meet the author"

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"You and your, 'why bother to learn another language. Everyone in the known universe speaks, Zarconian'!"

Television Readers.

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

Silence of the Chickens...

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

Characters jumping out of a book.

'Actually, we were hoping you guys would have the solution to all our problems.'

Audio Books

'Is that where you keep the banned books?'

I.T. Fear

Iris Murdoch

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

'Dad's bedtime story was decent, but the special effects were non-existent.'

Ant story: 'and so they worked all day and they worked all night and then they worked some more, the end.'

"If I Can Make One Critic Smile..."

Science fiction fans on other planets

"Swiping won't cut it sonny-boy, you have to physically walk to the next painting."

"We think it has something to do with your genome."

"Regarding the plot of your novel ... what on earth were you thinking?"

"We're so proud. Only 5 months old and already knows how to scroll and swipe."

"I'm not angry, but in the future I’d prefer it if you chewed up her Sue Graftons, not my P.G. Wodehouses."

"I'm sad to hear everybody lived happily ever after. That means no sequels to this story."

"Greetings, Earthling - Are you a worker or a drone?"

"Those are the failed attempts at my first novel."

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."