Bad Astronomy II: Armageddin outta this cinema?

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Worst! Astronomy! Ever! (in my Simpsons Comic Book Guy voice)

More Bad Astronomy or MBA for short.

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Bad Astronomy II


The Further Adventures of The Bad Astronomer

or

How I had to shut down the BABB to have enough time to write this book.

(with five pages of dedications, of course (right, Humphrey?))

8)

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An overlooked but obvious follow up to
"Bad Astronomy":

"Dangerous Astronomy"

That sounds like the title for a bad summer action movie:

:P

Good ones, centsworth_II and Lycus!

There was a movie called Dangerous Moonlight, but the title was about the only thing that had to do with astronomy.

Hmmm, perhaps that title could be used for a new chapter on Hoagland, et al? 8)

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What? No one's gone with:

Bad Astronomy II: Attack of the WooWoos

How about

Bad Astronomy 2: The Search for Sanity

BA 2005: A space apology

Through the Looking Glass: The Bad Astronomer in WooWooland

Bad Astronomy: Return of the BA

Bad Astronomy Reloaded

Bad Astronomy: Judgement Day

E.T the Extra Terristrial and other Bad Astronomy.

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Apollo: The History and the Hoax
Enter the World of Athran

Don't know if this will survive the auto-censor here:

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"Don't know if this will survive the auto-censor here" -- kucharek

There's a censor?

centsworth/kucharek:

Read the FAQs and revise as appropriate. Remember, the use of "***"s to replace sections of unacceptable words is also frowned upon.

[edit to reflect edit in quoted post]

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Sorry, I had a Bart Simpson moment. ops:

I used to work at a Catholic high school whose motto was 'Omnia Omnibus' - supposedly meaning 'Opportunity for all'. I preferred my translation, which was "Always the bus".

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I like your thinking, but, more simply..."The Worst Astronomy". You have to be "Badder than Bad".

You may want to try combining good and bad, using the "bad" as "bad examples". Then it might be "Good and Bad Astronomy" plus throw in the audio CD for a few books more and do what Bryson did.

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kucharek, whom were you quoting? That's in bad taste, and I'd prefer it were edited out.

Confusing as heck, that is... :-?

What about charging a few bucks for an audio download version of the orignal? I still have not heard your voice BA. Most everyone has a burner now and there is, likely, some service that could accomodate this idea. You might want to add a bonus section of recorded Bad Astronomy sessions you recently have added to the forum.

I paid about $30 for Bryson's 5 cd's and I am now on my 3rd round. For those who travel, like me, it beats today's music and talk shows.

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Rather than ripping of movies, maybe we should think more like astronomers.

Bad Astronomy Refocused

Bad Astronomy Resolved

Bad Astronomy: Long Exposure

High Energy Bad Astronomy

Bad Astronomy with Barlow lens

Bad Astronomy with heavy weight microscopes

Or, it could be named like a probe:

Really Unbelievably Maddening Bad Astronomy
Everybody RUMBA!

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Badder Astronomy

Just because the astronomy is bad, doesn't mean the grammar can't be too.

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Bad Astronomy II: They Aren't Serious, Are They?

Or, with the pun:

Bad Astronomy II: They Aren't Sirius, Are They?

*Runs*

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Bad Astronomy: When the Internet Goes Bad
Bad Astronomy, And Other Things That Waste My Time
Bad Astronomy: Dot-Com!

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Here are the next six books (a couple are slightly revisionist):


Bad Astronomy I: The Fandom Menace
Bad Astronomy II: Attack on the Clowns
Bad Astronomy III: Mirth of the Astronomer
Bad Astronomy IV: A New Scope
Bad Astronomy V: The Cosmic Umpire Strikes Back
Bad Astronomy VI: Revenge of T Tauri


("Back" might be replaced with "Bart" as appropriate)

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Astronomy that hurts

It's a subtitle maybe

Not to douse this topic with cold water, but the next book already has a title.

And yes, you can ask. But no, I won't tell.

Then, I guess this just became a guessing game

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woo-hoo, "astronomy that hurts" is still in the running as a subtittle...

Hey, BA, what's the title of the next book going to be?

(What? He said we could.)

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