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Recently it was mentioned in the comments somewhere that the titles of Cassie Edwards's books might be improved if you replaced Savage with Sausage. I have decided to test this theory.

For those who are not familiar with what I'm talking about, Cassie Edwards is a romance novelist who was caught plagiarizing earlier this year. When confronted, she stated that she didn't realize she was supposed to credit her sources. While the absolute wrongness should already be apparent, it's made even worse by the fact that her books are, well, absolutely terrible. Click here for more details, as well as my enduring absolute pain as I read and liveblogged one of her books to see if the plagiarism was as obvious as reports made it sound. (Oh, how it was...)

BTW, as far as legal action goes, as far as I know, the only thing that's happened is that one of her publishers is no longer publishing her books. Somehow, I suspect the people she stole from are too dumbfounded by someone using the text for their serious research articles as post-coital conversation fodder to do anything else.

ON TO THE FUN! I was going to poke at some of them, but it was just too easy.  I'll let you do that.

Trust me, you don't want to let your eyes glaze over from too many sausages.  Some of the best are near the end.

Sausage Obsession (1983) 
Sausage Innocence (1984) 
Sausage Heart (1985) 
Sausage Torment (1982) 
Sausage Paradise (1987) 
Sausage Surrender (1987) 
Sausage Eden (1988) 
Sausage Splendor (1991) 
Sausage Whispers (1991) 
Sausage Bliss (1990) 
Sausage Dream (1990) 
Sausage Dance (1991) 
Sausage Persuasion (1991) 
Sausage Promise (1992) 
Sausage Mists (1992) 
Sausage Sunrise (1993) 
Sausage Pride (2000)
Sausage Illusion
(1993) 
Sausage Spirit (1994) 
Sausage Secrets (1995) 
Sausage Passions (1996) 
Sausage Longings (1997) 
Sausage Tears (1997) 
Sausage Heat (1998) 
Sausage Wonder (1998) 
Sausage Joy (1999) 
Sausage Embers (1994) 
Sausage Shadows (1996) 
Sausage Fires (1999) 
Sausage Grace (2000) 
Sausage Devotion (2000) 
Sausage Thunder (2001) 
Sausage Honor (2001) 
Sausage Moon (2002) 
Sausage Love (2002) 
Saasage Destiny (2003) 
Sausage Hero (2003) 
Sausage Trust (2004) 
Sausage Hope (2004) 
Sausage Courage (2005) 
Sausage Vision (2005) 
Sausage Arrow (2006) 
Sausage Beloved (2006) 
Sausage Tempest (2006) 
Sausage Quest (2007) 

Some non-Savage gems:

Portrait of Desire (1982)
Rapture's Rendezvous (1982)
Silken Rapture (1983)
Passions Web (1984)
Elusive Ecstasy (1984)
Island Rapture (1985)
Desire's Blossom (1985)
Passions Fire (1986)
Beloved Embrace (1987)
Passion in the Wind (1988)
A Gentle Passion (1989)
Passion's Embrace (1990)
When Passion Calls (1990)
Rolling Thunder (1996)
Flaming Arrow (1997) 

 
Well, I don't know about an improvement, but it's sure more honest.  Because those books are all about the White Woman's education via the Mighty Wang.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] desdenova.livejournal.com
"Sausage Quest" sounds like something that should be on the Food Network.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
That has to be the only one there that could lead to an innocent interpretation.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sienamystic.livejournal.com
*still laughing about Sausage Honor

Date: 2008-08-21 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
Which, interestingly enough, is the one I read...

Date: 2008-08-21 04:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com
If you replace the noun in the non-Savage titles with "Sausage," they're pretty good:

Sausage of Desire (1982)
Rapture's Sausage (1982)
Silken Sausage (1983)
Passions Sausage (1984)
Elusive Sausage (1984)
Sausage Rapture (1985)
Desire's Sausage (1985)
Passions Sausage (1986)
Beloved Sausage (1987)
Sausage in the Wind (1988) (alt: Passion in the Sausage)
A Gentle Sausage(1989)
Sausage's Embrace (1990)
When Sausage Calls (1990)
Rolling Sausage (1996)
Flaming Sausage (1997)

....

Dangit, now I'm hungry!

Date: 2008-08-21 04:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] chomiji


I daresay that during the summer, at campsites, one finds quite a number of Flaming Sausages ... with result that many nearby find themselves detecting Sausage in the Wind. (And man-o-manischewitz, doesn't that last one just cry out to be the title of a filk of the Elton John/Bernie Taupin weeper "Candle in the Wind"?)


Date: 2008-08-21 05:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com
So Flaming Sausage was her trying her hand at gay romance? XD

Date: 2008-08-21 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
No, that would be Sausage Dance

Date: 2008-08-21 06:01 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] chomiji


XD



Naughty, naughty ... but very apropos!


Date: 2008-08-21 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
EXCELLENT POINT!

I was busy recovering from a few that I already had...

Date: 2008-08-21 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nutmeg3.livejournal.com
Sausage Thunder scares me. Bad enough that it's greasy. I don't want it to be noisy, too.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] singsonggirl.livejournal.com
Sausage Hero would be a delicious title for a video game...

Date: 2008-08-21 04:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] swanjun.livejournal.com
To me it sounds like a sandwich. :)

Date: 2008-08-21 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madame-manga.livejournal.com
To misquote Bismarck -- Romance novels are like sausages; it's better not to know how they're made.

Date: 2008-08-21 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] surgingshark.livejournal.com
Sausage Thunder, starring Ben AFfleck and Robert Downey Jr

Date: 2008-08-21 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lotuseyes.livejournal.com
she was dropped by her publisher, but we just got a new book of hers (i forget the title. it was awful like the others) in my review group from Dorchester earlier this week so SOMEONE is still willing to sell her books.

Date: 2008-08-21 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
The thing is that most "common" readers aren't going to know about this, and aren't going to care.

Janet Dailey was caught taking Nora Roberts's books and just changing the dialogue and names and got sued, but she's still getting published, and is still a best selling romance novelist.

Date: 2008-08-21 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] swanjun.livejournal.com
Sometimes the crap that's popular makes me despair for humanity.

Date: 2008-08-21 06:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vivacious-dan.livejournal.com
Sausage Torment (1982)

Sounds like it could be a possible title for the next installment of Hostel..

*is danyellalot*

Date: 2008-08-21 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chinftw.livejournal.com
Sausage Devotion makes me think of yaoi fangirls.

Re: *is danyellalot*

Date: 2008-08-21 09:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
Did you miss Sausage Dance and Flaming Sausage?

Re: *is danyellalot*

Date: 2008-08-21 09:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chinftw.livejournal.com
Ah, let me rephrase that.
Sausage Dance and Flaming Sausage remind me of yaoi.
Sausage Devotion reminds me what gender characters are the most loved.

Date: 2008-08-21 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fourthage.livejournal.com
I like Sausage Shadows the best. It's a sink-in-slowly horror.

Date: 2008-08-22 01:09 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] smillaraaq.livejournal.com
*splorfles*

I am so, so glad you rolled with the idea so thoroughly. This is a thing of beauty, because there can never be too much sporking of Whines-When-Caught-Stealing. XD

(If only I had a Toki Wartooth "I loves sausage festival!" macro handy!)

Date: 2008-08-22 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
Hey, I'm the one who can barely restrain herself because of JKR's "I didn't know I was writing fantasy until it was out and someone told me." And she, to my knowledge, has ethics, and her work has redeeming value. Cassie Edwards has neither of those going for her. Not to mention committing a far more heinous offense. Many offenses, actually. As far as I'm concerned, it should be a free-for-all on her.

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