The statistically improbable phrases game

[mmcirvin]

Guess which of my favorite books these are, from Amazon's Statistically Improbable Phrases (no peeking). Some of them will be easy if you've read the book, others not. Unfortunately, many of my favorite books don't have SIPs on Amazon, and I had to skip one because it was just too easy.

1. curriculum commission, six desserts, combination wheel
2. war sphere, ice ring, apostolic delegate
3. contour chair, real commanders, adhesive plaster
4. pig suit, pig mask
5. charming soubrette, seaside girls, quaker librarian (James Joyce, Ulysses - guessed by Crgre Jvyyneq)
6. borderline science, solar sailing, high surface temperature (Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain - guessed by mujib)
7. yes suh, post office corner (Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird - guessed by Ted Bunn's wife Ashley)
8. alef null, thought balloon, astral body (Rudy Rucker, White Light - guessed by factitiouslj)
9. mercury drum, singularity sphere, control booth
10. green bullet, brass pole

Comments

#5 = Ulysses

[(Anonymous)]

Does borderline cargo cult science require a complete set of Wang tiles?

--Crgre

Re: #5 = Ulysses

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Got it!