This is a spin off of the Movie strips. Post a comic of a book done in 3 panels here.

I love Dune in 3 panels by Graehe, he must have read this stuff.

It's more of an excerpt than a condensation.

And Endgame is more of a play than a book.

Oh well.

An Excerpt from Beckett's Endgame by evil_d 1-22-01

At left, Nagg. At right, Nell. Can you hear me? Yes. And you? Yes. Our hearing hasn't failed. Our what? It's actually not that much funnier in context. Our hearing. No.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal 3-Panel Version by kaufman 9-06-01

It all began when Johann Sebastian Bach was called upon to compose a fugue. Egad! Unlike Gautama Unless Finally the question is unasked, am I. MUsic to my ears unless you can break my unbreakable record player. This sentence is false. False to say we are that far from achieving true artificial intelligence. How did we ever get this far? It all began when Johann Sebastian Bach was called upon to compose a fugue.

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Also, the requirement for Comic Contest 8 was to make some sort of play on a scene from [u]A Christmas Carol[/u].

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

Ender's Game by gabe_billings 9-06-01

How's your schedule look today? Can you squeeze in a conquest of Earth? I've got a handball game at eleven, but after that I'm free. Form up, Toons! Anyone late for practice has to wear underwear on his head. And Bean, take notes. We need to write a whole book about you. Yes sir, Ender sir. Is it true you ganked Bonzo with a shiv and took out his heart? Well there goes the planet. I told you this hive mind idea was shit. "But look at the Borg!" you said. Oh blow me.

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Cliff Notes in 3 panels Vol. 1 -- The Metamorphosis by Drexle 6-02-01

My name is Gregor Samsa. I've metamorhposed into a bug. Mmmyep. I am you Father! I throw apples at you! You're worthless and I hate you! Sister, please stay here with me! I love you and appreciate you, not like those roomers. And look, my room has become a trashpile for all their old junk! Yeah, they're right bastards! They're even refusing to pay for room all because of you! We must get rid of you! You're not my Brother! Well, he starved himself to death, and Dad kicked out the roomers. Mom, Dad, and I rode away and then at the end of the ride I stretched my beautiful body! (Author's Note -- Dear god this comic sucked ass.... *Drexle*)

Dune continued...

Only part of a book, really. You don't expect to fit the whole bloody Lord of the Rings into three panels, do you?

Lord of the Ring-piece by itsclark 9-06-01

I Sauron will be invincible with the magic ring of invisibility I copped from the elves! Ha! I gotses his ring, now! What a pantses he is! How that boob Gollum failed to notice a dragon sneaking in the window I'll never know. Anyway, I got the ring now! Say, what was that noise? Nothing! Nobody here; go back to sleep!... Uh, oops. That ring surely enhances your wardrobe, cousin Frodo! How do you like it? It's great, Bilbo!... fell off the back of a truck, you say? That's good. No offense, but I half-way expected someone to come looking for it.

There! That should boost the geek quotient of this forum to acceptable levels.

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HHGTTG in five panels by BigEvilDan 9-06-01

We're approaching Earth, sir. Good. Let's blow it up, and make sure the cooks don't let anybody on, or I'll read some poetry. Now why did I just ruin my presidency just to steal a spaceship? Oh well. I guess I'll just look for mythical planets. Hi there Earthling. We're having some computer trouble. Can we pick your brain for a second? Uhh...I really have to be somewhere else right now...

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III

I'm sure joft could fit LOTR in there, but ill give it a shot.

Awesome.

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

It's been a long time since I read it...

BTW WTF is HHGTTG???

HHGTTGIABWBDA, WJRPA...

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

Man you sound like one of Anthony Daniels old colums in the Star Wars insider... Full of "...TMICOATM told me that he wanted GDARD to do stuff for TESB which IHANPITA..."

HHGTTGIABWBDA, WJRPA...

YAACM,IJCTTBSAM.

Pretty good! You know, I'd read alot more books except that I'm waiting for the comics to come out.

That's a cleverly done Zaphod, Big Evil. I find your HHGTTG much more convincing than the made-for-TV version.

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

How silly of me. I just realized that.
That "Hitchiker" crap is some "excelent" sci-fi there... never read it.

Why is it that the silly books are always the most popular? Kinda like music...

HHGTTGIABWBDA, WJRPA...

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Genesis by kaufman 9-06-01

YOU'VE GOT CLOTHES ON! GET OUT OF THE GARDEN! NOW!!!! Snakes. Why'd it always have to be snakes? YOU HAVE IN YOUR VANITY BUILT HIGH TOWERS. I SHALL MAKE YOU SPEAK IN DIFFERENT TONGUES! Caiga sus bragas, Don Guillermo Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist von den Aalen voll. WAIT! HERE'S A RAM FOR YOU TO SACRIFICE INSTEAD OF YOUR SON. Bleat.

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HHGTTGIABWBDA, WJRPA...

YAACM,IJCTTBSAM.

Did you just call me a cock monkey?

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

I think the larger issue is whether you just raped panda ass. In third person, no less.

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

Another literary classic in 3 panels by kaufman 9-07-01

Hey, how about some of this green eggs and ham? No way, I don't like it, Sam-I-Am. I will not eat it on a wall, I would not with dog-on-a-ball. Hey, what do you think of that meal you had? This green eggs and ham stuff ain't half bad!

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OED (I3P) by kaufman 9-07-01

airplane, ball, chair, dog, elephant, flight, green, helpless, ivory, Jesus, kangaroo, lieutenant, machine gun, nails, ordnance, posthumous, quagmire, road, sidewalk, trees, undershirt, vice president (peeking through the window), Washington, Xero, yellow, Zoe

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Thanks. I didn't steal it from DexX at all. ;)

Goodbye Douglas Adams - we will miss you by DexX 5-13-01

Why have we all been called together? What's the occasion? Hey, isn't that Zaphod Beeblebrox? I thought he'd been arrested for stealing The Heart of Gold... Shut up and listen! He's saying something! Ladies, gentlemen, neuters, transexuals, and beings for whom gender is irrelevent, as President of the Galaxy, it is my sad responsibility to tell you all that Douglas Adams has died. His wit, wisdom, imagination, and inspiration will be missed by all of us. Mr Adams, wherever you are, may you always know where your towel is. Now, to play a song, here is Disaster Area... B O O O O O O O O M ! ! ! ! ! ! ARGH! ARGH!

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III