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I was just thinking and I thought it would be neat to figure out what books were mentioned in Odyssey?? They can be real books or fake books. I'd like to know the titles, obviously, (and authors if possible)...and the episode they were mention (if you can remember).

Books Mentioned in Odyssey wrote:Fake Books in Odyssey (as far as I know)
  • Everybody Can Have God by Dr. Victor Rutledge (AIO #065: Bad Company)
  • Evangelism Made Easy (AIO #069: Go Ye Therefore)
  • Happiness Is a State, but You Can't Get There from Here by Dr. Vincent Van Schpeele (AIO #110: A...is for Attitude)
  • The Second Coming by Henry Fernbank (AIO #145: The Second Coming)
  • Through The Prism of Change by Josh Guthrie (AIO #164: Sixties-Something)
  • Tales of Moderation (AIO #183: Tales of Moderation)
  • The Essential Hawaiya (AIO #256: Aloha Oy! Part 1)
  • The Terminus Factor by Seth Kryrick (AIO #352: Memories of Jerry)
  • The Success of Failure by John Whittaker (AIO #385: It's a Pokenberry Christmas)
  • Universal Trivia by Universal Press Association (AIO #417: Not-So-Trivial Pursuits)
  • Dare to Let Go by Dr. Febis McCain (AIO #445: No Boundaries)
  • All Things to All People by Dr. Vernon Quackenbush (AIO #522: All Things to All People)
  • Meet Him on the Rooftops (AIO #522: All Things to All People)
  • The Real America: A Short Story Collection (AIO #580: Tales of a Small-Town Thug)
  • Tales of a Small-Town Soda Jerk by Connie Kendall (AIO #580: Tales of a Small-Town Thug)
  • The Exhaustive Guide to Turnips (AIO #585: The Poor Rich Guy)
  • The Dramatic Life (AIO #579: Always)
Real Books in Odyssey (there are a few I'm not sure about..)
  • The Bible
  • The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (AIO #073: A Bite of Applesauce)
  • Love Must Be Tough by Dr. James Dobson (AIO #167: Dobson Comes To Town)
  • Parenting Isn't for Cowards by Dr. James Dobson (AIO #167: Dobson Comes To Town)
  • Preparing for Adolescence by Dr. James Dobson (AIO #167: Dobson Comes To Town)
  • The Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson (AIO #167: Dobson Comes To Town)
  • The Dare to Discipline by Dr. James Dobson (AIO #167: Dobson Comes To Town)
  • Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (AIO #213: Best Intentions)
  • Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan AIO (AIO #213: Best Intentions; AIO #250: Pilgrim's Progress Revisited, Parts 1&2)
  • Confessions by St. Augustine (AIO #232: Thy Kingdom Come)
  • Paradise Lost by John Milton (AIO #232: Thy Kingdom Come)
  • New Testament History by F.F. Bruce (AIO #232: Thy Kingdom Come)
  • Symbols in the Bible and their Meaning by Hoffstetler (AIO #232: Thy Kingdom Come)
  • The Basics of Christian Faith by James Stuart (AIO #232: Thy Kingdom Come)
  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (AIO #352: Memories of Jerry)
  • Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (AIO #384 Amazing Grace, AIO #420: Telemachus, 1&2, AIO #439: B-TV: Grace)
  • The Imitation of Christ by Sir Thomas A Kempis (AIO #384 Amazing Grace)
  • The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (AIO #412: A Lesson From Mike)
  • The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton (AIO #464-465: The Triangle 1&2)
  • The Allegory of Love by C.S. Lewis (AIO #464-465: The Triangle 1&2)
  • Beyond Personality by C.S. Lewis (AIO #464-465: The Triangle 1&2)
  • The Four Million by O. Henry (AIO #511-512: The Pact 1&2)
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (AIO #511-512: The Pact 1&2)
  • Taxes Made Easy (AIO #511-512: The Pact 1&2)
  • The Good Investment Guide (AIO #511-512: The Pact 1&2)
  • Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (AIO #638-639: The Triangled Web 1&2)
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The Chronicles of Narnia/The Silver Chair was mentioned in AIO #412 A Lesson From Mike.
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Obviously the key to the computer room is in The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis, as referenced in "A Bite of Applesauce", and tons of Dr. Dobson's books were mentioned in "Dobson Comes To Town."

Conversely, "Dare To Let Go" was a fake book that was a spoof of Dobson's in "No Boundaries". I believe it was by Dr. Vernon Quackenbush, but I'd check. There was the Attitude book featured on the Opera Geralehue show in "A... is for Attitude."
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I just added The Last Battle.

I actually didn't realize there was so many books mentioned in Odyssey. but I'm finding that there has actually been a lot.
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In "Memories of Jerry" Connie mentions she is looking for

"Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis

And in the same episode Jason finds

"The Terminus Factor" by Seth Kryrick. (Not a real book)
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Whit mentions The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson when talking with Aubrey in episode #418, "Opening Day".

This is a really fun idea, snubs! It'll be interesting to see all the books that have been mentioned on AIO through the years.
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Sparrow wrote:Whit mentions The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson when talking with Aubrey in episode #418, "Opening Day".
Is that a book? I thought that was just the title of a poem..? :-k
Sparrow wrote:This is a really fun idea, snubs! It'll be interesting to see all the books that have been mentioned on AIO through the years.
I know. =] It's really fun researching it.
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snubs wrote:
Sparrow wrote:Whit mentions The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson when talking with Aubrey in episode #418, "Opening Day".
Is that a book? I thought that was just the title of a poem..? :-k
Yeah, it is actually a poem, but it's quite long, so I thought it might count. :)

EDIT: While on the subject of poetry, there's also "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde (Train Ride, episode #142).
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Sparrow wrote:
snubs wrote:
Sparrow wrote:Whit mentions The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson when talking with Aubrey in episode #418, "Opening Day".
Is that a book? I thought that was just the title of a poem..? :-k
Yeah, it is actually a poem, but it's quite long, so I thought it might count. :)
Oh yeah. I guess that makes sense then. :)

I'm trying to remember the title of the book mentioned in Go Ye Therefore. Isn't something like Five Steps to Salvation/Christianity??
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs is mentioned in AIO #384 Amazing Grace.
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Oooh yeah!! I remember that one now, Laurie!
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snubs wrote:Oooh yeah!! I remember that one now, Laurie!
It took me a while and I had to look it up and Amazing Grace is one of my favorite episodes too.
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I suppose we could also include Connie Kendall's book, Tales of a Small-Town Soda Jerk.
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs was obviously also in Telemachus, as that's what sparked the story. It's also mentioned again in BTV-Grace, because John Bunyan had it with him in jail. On the subject of Amazing Grace, though, The Imitation of Christ by Sir Thomas Akempis (or however you spell his name) was in there of course.
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Was there a book that Aubrey was using when Seth was teaching her how to evangelize?
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I believe there was...maybe. But I don't remember.
snubs wrote:I'm trying to remember the title of the book mentioned in Go Ye Therefore. Isn't something like Five Steps to Salvation/Christianity??
I know what the book (fake book) is now after going back and listening to the episode. It's Evangelism Made Easy by somesuchpersonIcan'tspell. And in Bad Company another made up book was mentioned, Everybody Can Have God by Dr. Victor Rutledge.
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The Essential Hawaiya!
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Eugene-"Well, the sequence of events occured with extreme rapidity, but I shall attempt to recall them. I was powering my two-wheeler along this concrete pathway, when your personnage suddenly appeared directly in front of me blocking my course. My reflexes immediately sprang to life in an attempt to navigate an evasive manouveur around you while still maintaining course and speed, but I evidently over-compensated, and my Schwinn careened off the hardened path, taking me with it, and up-ended us both in this shrub, a Rhododendron of the heath family I believe, deducing from the leathery evergreen leaves, as distinguished from the deciduous Azalea, which as we all know is..."
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In Thy Kingdom Come (232) Connie runs into Eugene at the Library and he has:

Confessions by St. Augustine
Paradise Lost by John Milton
New Testament History by F.F. Bruce
Symbols in the Bible and their Meaning by Hoffstetler
The Basics of Christian Faith by Stuart

(can't find the last two to find out if they are real or not.


Also I know Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis was mentioned somewhere, I just can't remember where.

Various plays by Shakespeare

Hamlet
Merchant of Venice
Othello
Macbeth
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempist
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Christian A. wrote:Was there a book that Aubrey was using when Seth was teaching her how to evangelize?
Could it have been All Things to All People, or is that merely the title of the episode? :? Also, in 'All Things to All People' (the episode) I believe Aubrey mentions a book called Meet Him on the Rooftops.
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Yes, I believe that was the name of the episode. Thanks. =)
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