Statistically Improbable Phrases, the lightning round

[mmcirvin]

Following ronebofh, I've added extra clues (where possible) for the still-unguessed books. Where Amazon came up dry, I've added phrases picked manually (with asterisk):

1. curriculum commission, six desserts, combination wheel, cargo cult science (Richard Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - guessed by ckd)
2. war sphere, ice ring, apostolic delegate, sidereal engineering (Stanisław Lem, Fiasco - guessed by uniformedlayman)
3. contour chair, real commanders, adhesive plaster, space eternal
4. pig suit, pig mask, abreaction research facility* (Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow - guessed by an anonymous commenter)
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 Ashley Silverburg)
8. alef null, thought balloon, astral body (Rudy Rucker, White Light - guessed by factitiouslj)
9. mercury drum, singularity sphere, control booth, telemann works
10. green bullet, brass pole, mechanical hound* (Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - guessed by plorkwort)

Comments

Ted Bunn's wife Ashley

[(Anonymous)]

does have a last name: Silverburg. I guess I should have mentioned it in my earlier post, to provide you with a way of referring to her that has less of a chattel vibe. (In case you were wondering, she's not particularly fond of "Goody Bunn" either.)

After realizing that we weren't going to get anything besides "To Kill a Mockingbird," I cheated and googled some of the others, so I can't play in the lightning round. As a physicist, I really should have gotten #1, but I didn't.

-Ted Bunn

Re: Ted Bunn's wife Ashley

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wasn't sure.