Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow, by Donald I. Rogers. If you want your own copy, you can buy it here.
Why Would You Want a Book of a Million Random Numbers?
Are you looking for a good book for this weekend? Let us tell you about one that will really hold your attention. It’s a little hard to describe the overall plot, but right from the start it took some unexpected twists. At the risk of giving away too much of the story, we were mesmerized…
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Opening Line
One of the most famous opening passages of any novel comes from a book that is hardly recognized today. George Bulwer-Lytton introduced the world to Paul Clifford in 1830 with the words, “It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust…
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The First Attempted Murder in Antarctica Was Because of Spoiling the Ending of a Book
We are generally a bunch of law-and-order types here at Commonplace Fun Facts, and we cannot condone the wanton violation of the law. That being said, there are times when even the most extreme acts of violence might be justified. For that reason, we cannot feel particularly outraged about Antarctica’s only case of attempted murder.…
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