"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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> Just thought I'd post this 'cos it made me laugh.
>
> To explain:
> I'm trying to write a macro to place books on a shelf (I know such things
> already exist; it's more fun this way!). Rather than pick random titles
> from a long list, I thought I'd see if generating random titles given
> smaller lists of component strings was more efficient. To test it, I've
> taken about 36 words from titles of Larry Niven novels in two text files,
> and obtained a long list of 'Niven-esque' SF novel titles.
>
> Some of them sound hilarious, especially if you're familiar with Niven's
> work!
>
> (Only one is a correctly-named novel, although several others come 
> close...)
>

LOL This is great! It should inspire Larry Niven for a whole new set of 
novels!!!
I particularly like: Barsoom Ring; Inconstant Time; Inferno of Pride 
(amongst others, I must add)

Thomas

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