The following are entries from a Washington Post contest in which
readers were asked to combine the works of two authors and provide
a suitable blurb:

"Machiavelli's The Little Prince" -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery's
classic children's tale as presented by Machiavelli. The whimsy of human
nature is embodied in many delightful and intriguing characters, all
of whom are executed. (Erik Anderson, Tempe, Ariz.)

"Green Eggs and Hamlet" -- Would you kill him in his bed? /
Thrust a dagger through his head? / I would not, could not, kill the
King. / I could not do that evil thing. / I would not wed this girl,
you see. / Now get her to a nunnery. (Robin Parry, Arlington)

"Fahrenheit 451 of the Vanities" -- An '80s yuppie is denied books.
He does not object, or even notice. (Mike Long, Burke)

"2001: A Space Iliad" -- The Hal 9000 computer wages an insane
10-year war against the Greeks after falling victim to the Y2K bug.
(Joseph Romm, Washington)

"Curious Georgefather" -- The monkey finally sticks his nose where it
don't belong. (Chuck Smith, Woodbridge)

"The Hunchback Also Rises" -- Hideously deformed fellow is
cloistered in bell tower by despicable clergymen. And that's the good
news ... (John Verba, Washington)

"The Maltese Faulkner" -- Is the black bird a tortured symbol of Sam's
struggles with race and family? Does it signify his decay of soul
along with the soul of the Old South? Is it merely a crow, mocking his
attempts to understand? Or is it worth a cool mil? (Thad Humphries,
Warrenton)

"The Silence of the Hams" -- In this endearing update of the Seuss
classic, young Sam-I-Am presses unconventional foodstuffs on his
friend, Hannibal, who turns the tables. (Mark Eckenwiler, Washington)

"Portnoy's Choice": A man is forced to choose between his right and
left hand. (Tom Witte, Gaithersburg)***

"Jane Eyre Jordan": Plucky English orphan girl survives hardships to
lead the Chicago Bulls to the NBA championship. (Dave Pickering, Bowie)

"Nicholas and Alexandra Nickleby" -- Having narrowly escaped a
Bolshevik firing squad, the former czar and czarina join a troupe of
actors only to find that playing the Palace isn't as grand as living in
it.
(Sandra Hull, Arlington)

"Catch-22 in the Rye" -- Holden learns that if you're insane, you'll
probably flunk out of prep school, but if you're flunking out of prep
school, you're probably not insane. (Brendan Beary, Great Mills)

"Tarzan of the Grapes" -- The beleaguered Okies of the dust bowl are
saved by a strong and brave savage who swings from grapevine to
grapevine. (Joseph Romm, Washington)

"Where's Walden?" -- Alas, the challenge of locating Henry David
Thoreau in each richly detailed drawing loses its appeal when it
quickly becomes clear that he is always in the woods. (Sandra Hull,
Arlington)

"Looking for Mr. Godot" -- A young woman waits for Mr. Right to enter
her life. She has a looong wait. (Jonathan Paul, Garrett Park)

"Rikki-Kon-Tiki-Tavi" -- Thor Heyerdahl recounts his attempt to prove
Rudyard Kipling's theory that the mongoose first came to India on a
raft from Polynesia. (David Laughton, Washington)

"As I Lay Winesburg, Ohio" -- William Faulkner and Sherwood
Anderson tell the unforgettable story of one man's ambitious quest to
nail every woman in his home town. (Grady Norris, New Bern, N.C.)