There’s a lovely website – I’m on a “lovely” kick right now :p – that has some pretty funny summaries of books.
Like the collected work of Marion Zimmer Bradley:
Heroine
I am a strong, independent women. Well, maybe I’m not that independent. Wait, yes I am.
THE END
Or Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card:
Ender
The government let my parents conceive me because they hope to mold me into the ultimate military commander.
Government
Ender, become the ultimate military commander and go defeat the buggers.
(He does.)
Ender
Horror. I’m only nine years old, and I have already eradicated an entire species. I thought it was a game, but it was for real. I will fret about this in the sequels.
THE END
Then there was The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton…
Scientists
A deadly virus that turns blood into a fine powder has been brought to Earth by a fallen space probe. We must contain the area and study the virus in our impenetrable fortress-like laboratory.
(They do.)
Horror! The virus is loose in our impenetrable, fortress-like laboratory. We are trapped by our own ingenious defenses! We are going to die!
(They don’t.)
Oh. The virus has inexplicably mutated into a non-fatal form. It now eats rubber instead of turning blood to powder. We aren’t going to die after all.
Reader
COP OUT! COOOOOOOOOP OUT!
THE END
Um, yeah. Pretty much. 😀
Check them out. They’ve got SF/F covered, as well as bedtime, classics, and movies…
Did you check out the website? The rest of what’s there – and it’s a LOT – is just as funny and accurate. 🙂
Having read (or seen the screen adaptations of all of those), those were perfect synopses. Absolutely delicious (and lovely).