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08-02-2005, 06:17 PM

Oh, I ADORE THE JIR! Someday, I'm going to have a paper published in it, I just know! So far though, some idiot somewhere on the top of Mt Everest or something always has managed to reproduce one of my results. I have high hopes for the space invasion come Thursday, though!

Happy Monkey · 08-02-2005, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Was it the Journal of Irreproducible Results ? I seem to recall having seen that in one of their anthologies many years ago.

No, though that's fun too. This was a large-format book, similar in size to some of those pressed-fairies-type books, but thicker. It had tons of illustrations as well.

wolf · 08-02-2005, 06:44 PM

I have this one, but the biology of Pernese dragons is different.

My favorite journal is the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity (which is not about what you might assume from the title).

Happy Monkey · 08-02-2005, 07:00 PM

I think I found it here. Fun book.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-03-2005, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Speaking of which, has anyone here ever read a book that gives a pseudoscientific dissertation on how dragons could have existed? A roommate from college showed it to me, and it was pretty fun. I think the basic premise was a) they were essentially hydrogen balloons with armored heads, which is why they hid in caves, b) they didn't hoard gold - their stomach acid was powerful enough to digest anything but gold, so if they ate a knight, they'd leave a pile of gold in their cave, c) they hunted using hypnotic eyes to lure prey towards the cave d) the eplosive power of the hydrogen combined with the high-powered acid explains why no skeletons remain.

Fun book.

The Flight Of Dragons, back in the late Seventies. I've got a copy around here somewhere...

Happy Monkey · 08-03-2005, 07:01 AM

Yeah, that's it.

08-02-2005, 06:44 PM	#18
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have this one, but the biology of Pernese dragons is different. My favorite journal is the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity (which is not about what you might assume from the title). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-02-2005, 07:00 PM	#19
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I think I found it here. Fun book. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-03-2005, 07:01 AM	#21
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah, that's it. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-02-2005, 06:17 PM	#16
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Oh, I ADORE THE JIR! Someday, I'm going to have a paper published in it, I just know! So far though, some idiot somewhere on the top of Mt Everest or something always has managed to reproduce one of my results. I have high hopes for the space invasion come Thursday, though!

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