9 Blurbs For 9 Books

Movies have them, so do comics. Why not books?

The one movie blurb that has stuck at the top of my mind goes like this:

Once in a lifetime comes a movie that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.

This is from The War Of The Roses, a dark comedy. (You haven't see it yet; get a DVD today!)

Or consider Spiderman - I tell this to myself, every time I start My SUV:

With great power comes great responsibility.

So here are 9 blurbs for 9 books:

1) The Black Swan:

All you need is a one single black bird

2) The Purple Cow:

Safe is risky

3) Survival of the sickest:

Somewhere in your genetic code is the tale of every plague, every predator, every parasite, and every planetary upheaval your ancestors managed to survive

4)Illusions:

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

5) The Goal:

Management, Schmanagement. It is all about constraints

6) Fooled By Randomness:

You can't explore your future. Or your past. It is completely random.

7) The Harry Potter series:

That scar on your forehead could be magic

8) The DaVinci Code:

The blood of Jesus is alive and amongst you

9) The Long Tail:

You know it is modern economy when the tail wags the dog

10) This is for you. Come up with something.

But books do not have blurbs. Just as well. I would hate to read a book with a blurb.

Picture courtesy: Ana Labate