Scrambled Stories

[Pendragon]

Actually, this revives a thread I had back before I got so sick with my kidneys and whatnot:

These are all Ghost or Weird Short Stories:
1.) 5 digits, (only five), one horror!
2.) One who does and those done to—
3.) Enticing Ghost
4.) The Hall was haunted by H2O
5.) Cursed object
6.) Granted wishes its own way—
7.) Old magics—
8.) The final ghost was a dissected man—
9.) They were griping about their homes in graveyards
10.) The Galloping Ghost was bogus…yes? The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
11.) The chamber warbled—
12.) Become immortal, not your picture—The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
13.) Scarlet price all men pay—
14.) The hills were insane—
15.) Actually, he’s mentioned in the Bible as God of the PhilistinesDagon by HP Lovecraft
16.) According to Charles L. Dodgson, the spirit was small
17.) Subtitled “The Feast of Blood” Varney the Vampire by James Malcom Rhymer
18.) The fake was haunting its own fake in a story by Twain
19.) Sometimes, two do equal one—
20.) It might be a bojum…


Have fun! Happy guessing!

[ntropyincarnate]

10. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

[Pendragon]

10. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
So true... One bogus? Ghost! :thumbs_up And that's how the game is played...

1 down 19 to go!

[Pendragon]

I would have thought some of these very obvious. Am I the only one who reads Ghost Stories? :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

[barbara0207]

11. Pit and Pendulum
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Pendragon]

11. Pit and Pendulum
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray

11: Nah. The word warble means "make a birdlike sound " not "swing".

12: Yeah! Way to Go! :thumbs_up

[ntropyincarnate]

15. Dagon
17. Varney the Vampire???

[Pendragon]

15. Dagon
17. Varney the Vampire???


Winner on both accounts! :wave:

[barbara0207]

Thanks for enlightening me on the word warble, Pen. :)

3. The Canterville Ghost?
4. Pets Sematary?

[Pendragon]

Thanks for enlightening me on the word warble, Pen. :)

3. The Canterville Ghost?
4. Pets Sematary?

Hee-hee! No, but my next list grows...

3>) Hint: The Ghost is Female
4>) Hint: H2) is the formula for what?

[Pendragon]

Here's a Given; #9 is A Courious Dream by Mark Twain

[Pendragon]

Here's the list: I quit! @#!!*&-%^><


The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey
The Haunter and the Haunted by Baron Edward B Lytton-Lytton
The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs
The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs
Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Curious dream by Mark Twain
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgeson
The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft
Dagon by HP Lovecraft
The Little Ghost by Lewis Carroll
Varney the Vampire (alternate author Thomas Presskett Prest)
A Ghost Story by Mark Twain
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll

[barbara0207]

Sorry, Pen, I've read a lot of horror stories, but most of the ones in your list are unknown to me. I should have hit upon The Red Death and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, however. What a pity. I was so happy when I saw that you had come up with a new list. But perhaps there are simply too many horror stories around.

[ntropyincarnate]

Yeah I should have gotten The Red Death...but isn't it called The Masque of the Red Death?

But I haven't really read a lot of ghost stories. I've only read about 3 of those. :(

[barbara0207]

Yeah I should have gotten The Red Death...but isn't it called The Masque of the Red Death.



Of course you're right about the title, ntropy. :)

[Pendragon]

Well, You Guys give me lists of stories you do k now and I will assent to hide them in mysterious ways. D'accord?

[barbara0207]

Wouldn't novels of world literature be easier, the way you did before? I think with stories the intersection is much smaller (I mean the probability that people have read the same stories as you or at least heard about them).

Plus, if we gave you a list, where would be the fun of guessing? :D

[ntropyincarnate]

I agree with Barbara. I think if you just did general literature, instead of a specific genre, it would work fine. :)

[Niamh]

I hadnt realised you have revived you tangled book titles Pen! been away!

[Pendragon]

New List, General Literature as requested. Have at thee!

1. Destroyed by Tornado Gone with the Wind
2. Man Made person speaks about himself I. Robot
3. “His is the house of Pain” Island of Dr. Moreau
4. The Rachel picked up the sole survivorMoby Dick
5. People remember me
6. Blood-colored scion of equines The Red Pony
7. House on the pond Walden
8. The Blanched Guests
9. The Ebony Shaft The Black Arrow
10. Insane Rabbit, Sleeping Rodent, and Crazy Haberdasher at tea Alice in Wonderland
11. 40 Days of Fishing The Old Man and the Sea
12. Venus de Milo said it A Farewell to Arms
13. The Carried Declaration The Bourne Ultimatum
14. They ate a shipmate
15. He could be called Gabriel. Perhaps Hornblower
16. He was marooned many years Robinson Crusoe
17. Grandfather lived on a mountainHeidi
18. He was on the way to heavenThe Pilgrim's Progress
19. The avenue was fogged in
20. Beach or Dessert form Dune

[barbara0207]

That's the spirit, Pen! :thumbs_up

16. Robinson Crusoe

[samercury]

2- I, Robot
6- The Grapes of Wrath
10- Alice in Wonderland
17- Heidi
?

Yay, the scrambled stories are back :D

[ntropyincarnate]

4. The Rachel picked up the sole survivor - Moby Dick
6. Blood-colored scion of equines - The Red Pony
9. The Ebony Shaft - The Black Arrow

[PabloQ]

1. Gone With the Wind
7. Mill on the Floss
11. The Old Man and the Sea
12. Farewell to Arms
18. Pilgrim's Progress

[Pendragon]

2- I, Robot
6- The Grapes of Wrath
10- Alice in Wonderland
17- Heidi
?

Yay, the scrambled stories are back :D

2: Sure thing! :thumbs_up
6: Surely you jest! :lol:
10: Indeed, The March Hare, The Dormouse, and The Mad Hatter! :thumbs_up
17: Quite correct! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

4. The Rachel picked up the sole survivor - Moby Dick
6. Blood-colored scion of equines - The Red Pony
9. The Ebony Shaft - The Black Arrow

Correct on all three! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

1. Gone With the Wind
7. Mill on the Floss
11. The Old Man and the Sea
12. Farewell to Arms
18. Pilgrim's Progress

All but 7, Q! :thumbs_up It may fit, I dunno, but not the one for which I'm looking. :)

[ntropyincarnate]

3. The Island of Dr. Moreau
7. The Fall of the House of Usher??

[Pendragon]

3. The Island of Dr. Moreau
7. The Fall of the House of Usher??


3: Yep, direct line from the book.

7: No, Usher's house was specifically by a "tarn". Think about a hermit who lived on ____________ Pond.

[djy78usa]

7: No, Usher's house was specifically by a "tarn". Think about a hermit who lived on ____________ Pond.

7: Walden?

15: Archangel?

20: Dune

[Pendragon]

7: Walden?

15: Archangel?

20: Dune

7: Indeed. Thoreau's House on Walden Pond.
20: What else? Dune it is!

15: Nah. Whole saga bears his name and rise to Lord in the navy of Britain.

[PabloQ]

15 Hornblower (any in the series)
Now a quibble (for those of who take this very seriously) ha
A dune is found in the desert, it is not dessert. Here I'm thinking cake, pie, tort, tart, and it's sand. Five yard penalty <--that way.

[Pendragon]

15 Hornblower (any in the series)
Now a quibble (for those of who take this very seriously) ha
A dune is found in the desert, it is not dessert. Here I'm thinking cake, pie, tort, tart, and it's sand. Five yard penalty <--that way.

15 Yes, indeed

and OOPS! ;););)

[barbara0207]

13. The Bourne Ultimatum?

I wanted to write 'Heidi' but then I thought certainly people in America wouldn't know that book! :D

[Pendragon]

13. The Bourne Ultimatum?

I wanted to write 'Heidi' but then I thought certainly people in America wouldn't know that book! :D

13: Certainly. And why not "Heidi"? I knew and have read it, and it was in fact on the list! And I seldom leave VA! :) :nod: :wave:

[Niamh]

Is 14; (long shot here!) Lord of the Flies? dont they eat one of the boys in that? been a Looooong time since i've even remotely read that!

[Pendragon]

No.

Helpful Hints

5. People remember me (greatly remembered people become what?)
8. The Blanched Guests (blanched means _________ and guests are _______.)
14. They ate a shipmate (by Poe)
19. The avenue was fogged in ( fog is basically a _________ too low in the sky and an avenue is a ________

[djy78usa]

5: I am Legend

14: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

[Pendragon]

5: I am Legend

14: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

5: Yes, indeed.

14: Quite true!

[Pendragon]

Only two left...

Going once... :) :crash:

[Pendragon]

Going twice...

:crash::crash:

[PabloQ]

8 The White Company by Doyle
The other one's nagging me to death. Seems like it should be Cloud Street, but that doesn't ring a bell.

[barbara0207]

8 The White Company by Doyle
The other one's nagging me to death. Seems like it should be Cloud Street, but that doesn't ring a bell.

Yes, that's what I thought. Or Cloudy Road or something like that. But Amazon doesn't show any results ...

[Pendragon]

8 The White Company by Doyle
The other one's nagging me to death. Seems like it should be Cloud Street, but that doesn't ring a bell.

8: is correct!

And have more faith in yourself:

19: is Cloudstreet : A Novel by Tim Winton

Congrads!

[Pendragon]

NEW LIST! GOOD LUCK!

1. He could converse with animals
2. Subtitled “The Silver Skates”
3. Wooden boy lives
4. Subtitled “The Modern Prometheus”
5. It might go past the RJ Reynolds plant…
6. Not being guilty, they left to see the world
7. Liquid Children
8. A hook and pan clash
9. Hidden growing spot
10. Entropy has a fold
11. This novel gives HIM not the world but a tiny parcel of it
12. Watch out windmills…
13. Creeping towards the dawn…
14. Climb forty less one
15. Week in the life of Holden Caulfield
16. Hey, Jude!
17. “You can’t pray a lie.”
18. Opposite of greeting the sun
19. “You wouldn’t leave Old Pew, mates! Not Old Pew!”
20. They ran into Smog? Almost...

[Nightshade]

NEW LIST! GOOD LUCK!

1. He could converse with animals
2. Subtitled “The Silver Skates”
3. Wooden boy lives
4. Subtitled “The Modern Prometheus”
5. It might go past the RJ Reynolds plant…
6. Not being guilty, they left to see the world
7. Liquid Children
8. A hook and pan clash
9. Hidden growing spot
10. Entropy has a fold
11. This novel gives HIM not the world but a tiny parcel of it
12. Watch out windmills…
13. Creeping towards the dawn…
14. Climb forty less one
15. Week in the life of Holden Caulfield
16. Hey, Jude!
17. “You can’t pray a lie.”
18. Opposite of greeting the sun
19. “You wouldn’t leave Old Pew, mates! Not Old Pew!”
20. They ran into Smog? Almost...



Niamh, Papayhed and I think the following:
1) doctor Doolittle
3) Pinochio
4) Frankenstein
5) Tobacco Road
6) innocents abroad
7) Water babies
8) peter pan
9) Secret garden
10) A wrinkle in time
12) Don Quixotic
14) 39 steps
16) jude the obscure
17) hucklberry finn
18) Goodnight moon>>> aka knock out your kids book!
19) treasure Island
20) The hobbitt

** and someone hurry up and tell us what creeping towards the dawn is because it is bugging us!
{edited by Niamh to Add}
13:
Is it Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Myers?

[ntropyincarnate]

2. Hans Brinker

[Pendragon]

Niamh, Papayhed and I think the following:
1) doctor Doolittle
3) Pinochio
4) Frankenstein
5) Tobacco Road
6) innocents abroad
7) Water babies
8) peter pan
9) Secret garden
10) A wrinkle in time
12) Don Quixotic
14) 39 steps
16) jude the obscure
17) hucklberry finn
18) Goodnight moon>>> aka knock out your kids book!
19) treasure Island
20) The hobbitt

** and someone hurry up and tell us what creeping towards the dawn is because it is bugging us!
{edited by Niamh to Add}
13:
Is it Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Myers?

Um, that went swiftly! Right except for 13. :eek::eek::eek:

[Pendragon]

2. Hans Brinker

True dat!

[Nightshade]

Um, that went swiftly! Right except for 13. :eek::eek::eek:

hehe:D:D right so a couple of questions about that one is it to do with world war one?
I keep thinking it was somthing on my WWI novels reading list but the only titles I can think of are the Pat barker regeneration trilogy and birdsong?

and do we get a hint? :D

[djy78usa]

11: are you putting "HIM" in caps to emphasize, as an acronym, or something else?

13: I know there is a song called "Crawling Towards the Sun" which would fit the clue. Any chance this song is a reference to a story of the same name?

15: The Catcher in the Rye

[Niamh]

11: are you putting "HIM" in caps to emphasize, as an acronym, or something else?


I said the same thing to Nightie....

[PabloQ]

11 God's Little Acre
13 The Sun Also Rises?

[Pendragon]

11: are you putting "HIM" in caps to emphasize, as an acronym, or something else?

13: I know there is a song called "Crawling Towards the Sun" which would fit the clue. Any chance this song is a reference to a story of the same name?

15: The Catcher in the Rye

15: Yep!:thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

11 God's Little Acre
13 The Sun Also Rises?

11: Certainly!

13: Would fit, but it was Journey to the End of Night


Next list will be by Q!

[PabloQ]

With the blessing of the great Pendragon, I have the honor of posting the next list. After this, you might have to call me Pundragon.:lol: I have a little more twisted sense of humor.
1. It goes right through town Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
2. Patty Hearst? Kidnapped
3. Burger King theme? As You Like It
4. Soda Jerk CEO?
5. Once it burns to the ground...
6. "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone." Tom Jones
7. Worn out shoes?
8. On the menu under appetizers: Buffalo Squab?
9. You like him, I like him.
10. Eva, Magda, and Zsa Zsa The Three Sister by Chekhov
11. For Everything there is a season - tern, tern, tern
12. Dear Mom stop Pops bit it stop Love ya and I really mean it stop Eddie Oedipus Rex
13. A disease you catch at the bus station?
14. He has a rake...
15. Loam
16. Sergeant York, for one
17. Where do kittens sleep? Cat's Cradle by the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, JR.
18. "Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! You in the schooner..."
19. "Sir, I've got Oscar on line 2."
20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it."
Not quite as sophisticated as Mr. P, but enjoy.

[Bitterfly]

1. Main Street by S. Lewis?
2. Tom Jones by Fielding?

[papayahed]

11. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

4. Coke Head:lol::lol:

[Nightshade]

18 Robinson Crusoe

[Nightshade]

17- Cats cradle

[Nightshade]

2- Kidnapped

[djy78usa]

3: As You Like It - William Shakespeare
10: The Sisters - James Joyce
11: The Birds - Daphne du Maurier (or Aristophanes)

[papayahed]

10. the three sisters by anton checov

[djy78usa]

10. the three sisters by anton checov

Yeah, I guess that's a little more precise than mine...:thumbs_up

[Nightshade]

16) All the kings men?

[PabloQ]

1. Main Street by S. Lewis?
2. Tom Jones by Fielding?
1. Correct
2. Nope

[PabloQ]

11. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

4. Coke Head:lol::lol:

11. Good guess, but not what I had in mind.
4. Nope, but I so enjoyed that book.

[PabloQ]

Nightshade - Good job on 2 and 17 (source of my signature quote. No non 16 and 18
djy78usa - 3 is correct, 11 and 10 incorrect, but Papayahead catches your rebound and scores. However, he's been penalized 15 yards for avatar abuse. My main man would never trade his classic curl for a red Mohawk, unless that little red-haired girl....

[Pendragon]

16: Heroes
11: Turn of the Screw

[Bitterfly]

I meant 6. Tom Jones!
And 12. Oedipus Rex? (or a modern re-writing!)

[PabloQ]

Pendragon goes 0-2.
Bitterfly nails it.
Good to know I've challenged y'all.

[Nightshade]

18- is it captain courageous?

[PabloQ]

18- is it captain courageous?

Sorry, but no. This schooner might not be seaworthy.

[Nightshade]

three men in a tub?

[Pendragon]

13: Terminal Illness
15: A Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial

[PabloQ]

Nightshade, Are you thinking of "Three Men in a Boat"? Even so, alas no.
Pen, you're giving me way to much credit. 0-2 again. Keep batting like that and you'll have to change your name to The Cubs.

[PabloQ]

Your first hint, albeit obscure:
Nine works are American (including 18)
Six are from the UK
Three are Russian
One is French
And of course Eddie Rex is Greek

[Bitterfly]

15. La Terre, by Zola?

[Bitterfly]

14. The Constant Gardener?

God, they're hard! :p

[Pendragon]

Nightshade, Are you thinking of "Three Men in a Boat"? Even so, alas no.
Pen, you're giving me way to much credit. 0-2 again. Keep batting like that and you'll have to change your name to The Cubs.
Well, perhaps it is not my batting. Keep pitching like this and you may sit the bench next round! :lol::lol::lol:

[PabloQ]

These are predominantly plays on words, puns. I work a lot of crossword puzzles, so they really lack the sophistication of Pendragon's clues. Really, these are groaners.
Helpful hints.
If it ends with an ellipsis (...), adding the work will complete the sentence.
A question mark indicates a play on words - a homonym, a synonym. Like clue 2.
Trust me you are going to groan when you see the answers.
Because I'm feeling generous, I'm going to give Papayahead credit for getting The Seagull as the answer to number 11. (Although I don't think it had a name).
I honestly thought number 3 was the most obscure one on this list and that was guessed immediately.

[Pendragon]

Hints or answers, Q! You've brought my simple game to a standstill! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Newest/aHummm.jpg

[Niamh]

yeah i havent a clue.

[PabloQ]

4. Soda Jerk CEO? The Fountainhead
5. Once it burns to the ground... What if it was your house - American
7. Worn out shoes? Dead Souls
8. On the menu under appetizers: Buffalo Squab? What do we slather buffalo sauce on in this country? American
9. You like him, I like him. 19th century British, big name.
11. For Everything there is a season - tern, tern, tern The Seagull
13. A disease you catch at the bus station? What's another name for bus station - French
14. He has a rake... Ivanhoe
15. Loam - I learned what concubine was from this one - American
16. Sergeant York, for one Two cars in every garage - British
18. "Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! You in the schooner..." Praire schooner - American
19. "Sir, I've got Oscar on line 2." British playwright on the telephone? - American
20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." Try saying got another way - American
There are some clues. You'll groan. Answers Tuesday night.

[Pendragon]

4: The Fountainhead

[Nightshade]

8) cant be chicken wings surely?
19) is somthing to do with Oscar Wilde
14) Ivanhoe ?
:D

[Bitterfly]

7. isn't Dead Souls, is it? If so, what an APPALLING pun!!!!!!!!!! :D

[PabloQ]

4: The Fountainhead

Now we're talking.

[PabloQ]

8) cant be chicken wings surely?
19) is somthing to do with Oscar Wilde
14) Ivanhoe ?
:D

8. You're on the right track, but what's a squab?
19. Ok...so far so good...one more step
14. uh huh, you bet.

[PabloQ]

7. isn't Dead Souls, is it? If so, what an APPALLING pun!!!!!!!!!! :D

I believe you were adequately warned at the beginning that these are some real groaners. Correct!!

[Niamh]

well i would say 19 has something to do with oscar wilde too although hes irish not British.

there are like seven american ones there. As i dont read american lit, i forfit this round. The clues dont help me.

but 14) is Ivanhoe

[Nightshade]

20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." Try saying got another way - American


Is this to do with baseball somehow?

[PabloQ]

well i would say 19 has something to do with oscar wilde too although hes irish not British.

there are like seven american ones there. As i dont read american lit, i forfit this round. The clues dont help me.

but 14) is Ivanhoe

I stand corrected. Irish playwright. However, you don't have to have read any of these books to get the clues. You merely need to have heard of them. I haven't read half the books on this list.

[PabloQ]

Is this to do with baseball somehow?

No it has to do with playing around with the verb of which "got" is a form.

[ntropyincarnate]

I miss Pen. :bawling:

[Niamh]

I stand corrected. Irish playwright. However, you don't have to have read any of these books to get the clues. You merely need to have heard of them. I haven't read half the books on this list.

There are still more of a chance of you hearing of them than me considering i'm on the other side of the atlantic.

although just looking at 19) again....
Call of the Wild.
9) our mutual friend.

[Bitterfly]

13. A disease you catch at the bus station? What's another name for bus station - French

Could it be Germinal, by any chance? Germ+ terminal, groan :p

[Pendragon]

I miss Pen. :bawling:Well, Nightshade is going to post the next list, but to quote a movie, I'll be back! :):D

[PabloQ]

1. It goes right through town Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
2. Patty Hearst? Kidnapped
3. Burger King theme? As You Like It
4. Soda Jerk CEO? The Fountainhead
5. Once it burns to the ground... You Can't Go Home Again
6. "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone." Tom Jones
7. Worn out shoes? Dead Souls
8. On the menu under appetizers: Buffalo Squab? The Wings of the Dove
9. You like him, I like him. Our Mutual Friend
10. Eva, Magda, and Zsa Zsa The Three Sister by Chekhov
11. For Everything there is a season - tern, tern, tern The Seagull
12. Dear Mom stop Pops bit it stop Love ya and I really mean it stop Eddie Oedipus Rex
13. A disease you catch at the bus station? Germinal
14. He has a rake... Ivanhoe
15. Loam The Good Earth
16. Sergeant York, for one The Good Soldier
17. Where do kittens sleep? Cat's Cradle by the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, JR.
18. "Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! You in the schooner..." O Pioneers
19. "Sir, I've got Oscar on line 2." The Call of the Wild
20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." To Have and Have Not

Goes to show just how good at this is Mr. Pendragon. Sorry to have sucked the fun out of it.

[Nightshade]

I wouldnt go as far as to say that you've sucked the fun out of it or that they were bad even I just reckon we all got used to Pen's particular brand of scrambled. So if they are all answered I will post the next 20

1)An analysis of Mrs R. Butler
2) The gatherer
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) Hefner is not the original
5) Offspring of the Industrial age
6) Of Milton and Helstone
7) A raging cyclone
8) The goddess’s name is putrid
9) He just couldn’t say no
10) Settlment in the bend of a river
11) a dreary dwelling place
12) Needed so others can understand
13) Sewer rat in two cities
14) Misplaced royal heir
15) Cold Monarch
16) She wore widow’s weeds
17) Debate on unbalance
18) Pretentious pageant
19) The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
20) The silent grotesque

Good luck and all that :D

[Bitterfly]

Yours were fun too, PabloQ. Don't beat yourself up!! :thumbs_up

1)An analysis of Mrs R. Butler - Gone with the wind, Michell
2) The gatherer - The Collector, Fowles
4) Hefner is not the original - The playboy of the western world, Synge
11) a dreary dwelling place - Bleak House, Dickens
14) Misplaced royal heir - The lost prince Burnett
18) Pretentious pageant - Vanity Fair, Thackeray

[Nightshade]

Yours were fun too, PabloQ. Don't beat yourself up!! :thumbs_up

1)An analysis of Mrs R. Butler - Gone with the wind, Michell
2) The gatherer - The Collector, Fowles
4) Hefner is not the original - The playboy of the western world, Synge
11) a dreary dwelling place - Bleak House, Dickens
14) Misplaced royal heir - The lost prince Burnett
18) Pretentious pageant - Vanity Fair, Thackeray

1) nope but think more about gone with the wind and Mrs Butler in particular youll get the second part of the answer. :D
2) Not the one I was thinking of but Ill accept as it is a fitting answer- I was actually looking for the harvester by gene Stratton-porter
4) 11) 14) and 18) all right!
:D

[Nightshade]

so the list as it now stands is:


1)an analysis of mrs r. Butler>>> A study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle
2) the gatherer >>>the collector by fowles ( or the harvester by stratton-porter)
3) parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) hefner is not the original>>> the playboy of the western world by synge
5) offspring of the industrial >>>> The railway children by Nesbit
6) of milton and helstone
7) a raging cyclone>>>> The tempest by Shakespeare
8) the goddess’s name is putrid
9) he just couldn’t say no
10) settlment in the bend of a river
11) a dreary dwelling place>>>>>>>bleak house by dickens
12) needed so others can understand
13) sewer rat in two cities
14) misplaced royal heir>>>>>>the lost prince by burnett
15) cold monarch
16) she wore widow’s weeds
17) debate on unbalance
18) pretentious pageant>>>>>>vanity fair by thackeray
19) the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
20) the silent grotesque

[Pendragon]

1: Scarlett. by Alexandra Ripley :)

[PabloQ]

1. A Study in Scarlet - Doyle
7. The Tempest - Wee Willy Shakespeare
19. Three Men in a Boat - Jerard

[Nightshade]

1. A Study in Scarlet - Doyle
7. The Tempest - Wee Willy Shakespeare
19. Three Men in a Boat - Jerard

yupp except the last isnt by Jerard... wrong author :p :D#

sorry pen :( :)

[Bitterfly]

5. The railway children!
12. Notes from the underground?

[Nightshade]

5. The railway children!
12. Notes from the underground?

5. yepp 12 sorry thats a no
:D

[Nightshade]

1)an analysis of Mrs R. Butler>>> A Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle
2) The Gatherer >>>The Collector by Fowles ( or the Harvester by Stratton-Porter)
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) Hefner is not the original>>> The playboy of the western world by Synge
5) Offspring of the industrial age>>>>>The railway children by Nesbit
6) of Milton and Helstone>>>>North and South By Gaskell
7) a raging cyclone>>>> The Tempest by Shakespeare
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid
9) He just couldn’t say no
10) Settlment in the bend of a river
11) A dreary dwelling place>>>>>>>Bleak house by Dickens
12) Needed so others can understand
13) Sewer rat in two cities
14) Misplaced royal heir>>>>>>The lost prince by Burnett
15) Cold monarch>>>>>The Ice Queen by Hoffman
16) She wore widow’s weeds
17) Debate on unbalance
18) Pretentious pageant>>>>>>Vanity fair by Thackeray
19) The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker>>>>>>Three men in a boat by Jerome
20) The silent grotesque

[Taliesin]

15 -Snow Queen

[Niamh]

Not bad! :)

[Bitterfly]

6. North and South, Gaskell
19. Three men in a boat, Jerome K. Jerome
17. Erasmus, the praise of folly??

I love this game! :D

[Pendragon]

9: Oliver Twist? He wanted more... :D

[Nightshade]

15 -Snow Queen
Yes!

6. North and South, Gaskell
19. Three men in a boat, Jerome K. Jerome
17. Erasmus, the praise of folly??
I love this game! :D
6. YEs
19) wasnt this one already answered did I forget to put it on the list? sorry! but yes!
17) No sorry!

9: Oliver Twist? He wanted more... :D

Sorry pen...

[PabloQ]

12 Persuasion

[Nightshade]

nope :D

[Nightshade]

I was wondering if you wanted clues?
Only youd have to give me a day or so because Id have to think of some..:D

[Pendragon]

Clues, YES! :D

[PabloQ]

but First some real stabs in the dark:
10 Hannibal?
12 Sense and Sensibility?
16 Ahab's Wife?

[Pendragon]

UH, Nighty:idea::idea::idea:? Bump!:yawnb::yawnb:

[Nightshade]

yes I know Pen, I just really struggled with the clues... :( and Im afraid pabloQ they are all wrong

3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid>>> think a book that niamh keeps talking about!
9) He just couldn’t say no>>> Nonfiction book that both I an niamh raved about a couple of months ago
10) Settlment in the bend of a river>>>> this is the definition of
12) Needed so others can understand>>> lost in ........ ?
13) Sewer rat in two cities>>>>> what are THE two cities? ( this will answer the second part of the title and hopefull prod you onto the first!)
16) She wore widow’s weeds>>>> What colour are widows weeds?
17) Debate on unbalance>>> A non fiction book, written by the same person who wrote the work that is thought to have sparked the french revoloution. (its available in the lit net!)
20) The silent grotesque>>> what is another word for someone who is completly silent? somthing that is grotesque is somthing that is .....? the first book in a fantasy trilogy published in 2001

[Niamh]

I'm really surprised that no one has answered no.10 yet. that to me was one of the easiest on the list.

[Pendragon]

16: The Woman in Black

[Bitterfly]

12) Lost in Translation?
13) Down and out in Paris and London? Orwell.
17) Discourse on the origin of inequality, Rousseau

[Nightshade]

16: The Woman in Black
yes !:D :banana:

12) Lost in Translation?
13) Down and out in Paris and London? Orwell.
17) Discourse on the origin of inequality, Rousseau

13 and 17 are right, as to 12 no I just wanted the word in the ..... and then look at the original clue and congicate accordingly :D

OKay Im going to be computer deprived until sunday afternoon, so dont get mad if I dont get back before then, Ill try and figure somthing out:D

[Nightshade]

all that is left:




3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.>>> forgot the clue for this one earlier, so the clue is : Hugh Laurie played Berty.
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid>>> think a book that niamh keeps talking about!
9) He just couldn’t say no>>> Nonfiction book that both I an niamh raved about a couple of months ago
10) Settlment in the bend of a river>>>> this is the definition of
12) Needed so others can understand>>> lost in ........ ?
20) The silent grotesque>>> what is another word for someone who is completly silent? somthing that is grotesque is somthing that is .....? the first book in a fantasy trilogy published in 2001

[Pendragon]

12: Thoughts
3: Jeeves and Wooster

[Niamh]

No.12 is wrong. go back to what bitterfly said, and then read the hint. :)
3 is wrong but you are on the right track....me thinks. :)

[Pendragon]

No.12 is wrong. go back to what bitterfly said, and then read the hint. :)
3 is wrong but you are on the right track....me thinks. :)
Hey, I thought Nighty was running this! :lol:

12: Translations
3: Really?! It collects all of the Jeeves and Wooster stories! Hummmmm.....

[Niamh]

Hey, I thought Nighty was running this! :lol:

12: Translations
3: Really?! It collects all of the Jeeves and Wooster stories! Hummmmm.....

She asked me to look after it! :p
besides, i came up with some of them!
12 is right! Its is Translations by Brian Friel.

3) well like i said, me thinks. maybe think of a certain title that would make sense? I thinks its Woodhouse.

[Niamh]

1)an analysis of Mrs R. Butler>>> A Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle
2) The Gatherer >>>The Collector by Fowles ( or the Harvester by Stratton-Porter)
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) Hefner is not the original>>> The playboy of the western world by Synge
5) Offspring of the industrial age>>>>>The railway children by Nesbit
6) of Milton and Helstone>>>>North and South By Gaskell
7) a raging cyclone>>>> The Tempest by Shakespeare
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid
9) He just couldn’t say no
10) Settlment in the bend of a river>>>>>>>>>Hamlet by Shakepeare
11) A dreary dwelling place>>>>>>>Bleak house by Dickens
12) Needed so others can understand>>>>>>>>>Translations by Brian Friel
13) Sewer rat in two cities>>>>>>>Down and out in London and Paris
14) Misplaced royal heir>>>>>>The lost prince by Burnett
15) Cold monarch>>>>>The Ice Queen by Hoffman
16) She wore widow’s weeds>>>>>>>>The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
17) Debate on unbalance>>>>>>Discourse on the origin of inequality, By Rousseau
18) Pretentious pageant>>>>>>Vanity fair by Thackeray
19) The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker>>>>>>Three men in a boat by Jerome
20) The silent grotesque
Whats Left.

Originally Posted by Nightshade
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.>>> forgot the clue for this one earlier, so the clue is : Hugh Laurie played Berty.
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid>>> think a book that niamh keeps talking about!
9) He just couldn’t say no>>> Nonfiction book that both I an niamh raved about a couple of months ago
10) Settlment in the bend of a river>>>> this is the definition of
20) The silent grotesque>>> what is another word for someone who is completly silent? somthing that is grotesque is somthing that is .....? the first book in a fantasy trilogy published in 2001
8) for this one think of an ancient greek goddess that is only associated with a childrens book by name.
9)oppisite of no is?
10) i'm sure theres one in Denmark
20)ugly and could not speak.

[PabloQ]

10 Hamlet?

[Niamh]

10 Hamlet?

Weldone! :D

[Pendragon]

20: Monstrous Regiment by Terry Prachett?

[Niamh]

20: Monstrous Regiment by Terry Prachett?

Nope!
Look at the clue i left Pen.
(Ugly) and (could not speak)

Only four left!

[PabloQ]

I, for one, surrender.

[Niamh]

3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.>>> forgot the clue for this one earlier, so the clue is : Hugh Laurie played Berty.
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid>>> think a book that niamh keeps talking about!
9) He just couldn’t say no>>> Nonfiction book that both I an niamh raved about a couple of months ago

20) The silent grotesque>>> what is another word for someone who is completly silent? somthing that is grotesque is somthing that is .....? the first book in a fantasy trilogy published in 2001

okay some final clues to help!
3)Aunts cant be this
8) for this one think of an ancient greek goddess that is only associated with a childrens book by name. or think, the hunter and the chicken
9)opposite of no is? if he could not say no, he could only affirm, which made him the .........
20)ugly and could not speak or she was caught in a bitterbynde

[Nightshade]

Ok so Im back sorry folks, and thanks niamh,
re: number 3 to clarify , yes Jeeves and Wooster is the right answer sort of looking for a specific title published in the 1970s.
If your fathers sister is a lady she can not be a ? that is the answer.
:D

[Nightshade]

Ok so Im back sorry folks, and thanks niamh,
re: number 3 to clarify , yes Jeeves and Wooster is the right answer sort of looking for a specific title published in the 1970s.
If your fathers sister is a lady she can not be a ? that is the answer.
:D

[Nightshade]

Well if everyone given up here is the full list ....:D


1)an analysis of Mrs R. Butler>>> A Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle
2) The Gatherer >>>The Collector by Fowles ( or the Harvester by Stratton-Porter)
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.>>>Aunts aren't Gentlemen By Wodehouse
4) Hefner is not the original>>> The playboy of the western world by Synge
5) Offspring of the industrial age>>>>>The railway children by Nesbit
6) of Milton and Helstone>>>>North and South By Gaskell
7) a raging cyclone>>>> The Tempest by Shakespeare
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid>>>>>>Artemis Fowl by Colfer
9) He just couldn’t say no>>>>Yesman by Wallace
10) Settlment in the bend of a river>>>>Hamlet by SHakespeare
11) A dreary dwelling place>>>>>>>Bleak house by Dickens
12) Needed so others can understand>>>>Transaltions by Frail
13) Sewer rat in two cities>>>>>Down and Out in Paris and London by Orwell
14) Misplaced royal heir>>>>>>The lost prince by Burnett
15) Cold monarch>>>>>The Ice Queen by Hoffman
16) She wore widow’s weeds>>>>The woman in Black by HIll
17) Debate on unbalance>>>>>Discourse on Inequality by ROusseau
18) Pretentious pageant>>>>>>Vanity fair by Thackeray
19) The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker>>>>>>Three men in a boat by Jerome
20) The silent grotesque>>>>The Ill- made mute by Dart-Thornton

[Pendragon]

Fairly Easy list.

1.) Russian Siblings The Brothers Karamazov
2.) Sometimes called the "Ides" Middlemarch
3.) Wrong doing leads to justice Crime and Punishment
4.) No one saw him coming The Invisible Man
5.) Deceased Costermonger Death of a Saleman
6.) Needed to play checkers The Red and the Black
7.) Primitive dads were more than slightly perverted Clan of the Cave Bear
8.) Haunted by four spirits A Cristmas Carol
9.) The groom went back for a second kiss
10.) Janet Jackson Black Beauty
11.) Two shows, not one
12.) Deity over little stuff The God of Small Things
13.) My smart-butt penguin, almost The Godfather
14.) Things seem to be looking brighter
15.) The world was destroyed to make way for a new spaceroute The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
16.) In another language, this word is death Mort, by Terry Pratchett
17.) Tic-Tack-Toe Noughts and Crosses
18.) Rodentia and Homo Sapiens Of Mice and Men
19.) One brother murdered the other originally Of Kane and Able
20.) Checkmate! I take your rook! The Castle by Kafka

Good Luck, as usual! :)

[Bitterfly]

1.) Russian Siblings - Three sisters?
2.) Sometimes called the "Ides" - Friday the 13th, ha ha!
4.) No one saw him coming - The invisible man?
5.) Deceased Costermonger - Death of a salesman?
12.) Deity over little stuff - The God of small things
15.) The world was destroyed to make way for a new spaceroute - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
18.) Rodentia and Homo Sapiens - Of mice and men

[PabloQ]

Aaaahhhh!! He returns. Missed ya.
1. The Brothers Karamazov
2. Middlemarch
3. Crime and Punishment
6. The Red and the Black
19. Kane and Abel

[Nightshade]

Is 8 Dickens'christmas carol pen
and 17 Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman
? :D


( Im glad I didnt completly kill off the thread :blush: )

[PabloQ]

20. Ender's Game

[Pendragon]

1.) Russian Siblings - Three sisters?
2.) Sometimes called the "Ides" - Friday the 13th, ha ha!
4.) No one saw him coming - The invisible man?
5.) Deceased Costermonger - Death of a salesman?
12.) Deity over little stuff - The God of small things
15.) The world was destroyed to make way for a new spaceroute - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
18.) Rodentia and Homo Sapiens - Of mice and men

Right for everything except #1 & #2 :thumbs_up:)

[Pendragon]

Aaaahhhh!! He returns. Missed ya.
1. The Brothers Karamazov
2. Middlemarch
3. Crime and Punishment
6. The Red and the Black
19. Kane and Abel

Congratulations on every one right! :) :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

Is 8 Dickens'christmas carol pen
and 17 Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman
? :D


( Im glad I didnt completly kill off the thread :blush: )

Both correct! :) :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

20. Ender's GameNope Think about that "rook"

[Niamh]

Is no.13 about Jeeves???

[Pendragon]

Is no.13 about Jeeves???

No. Remember my penguin I use from time to time? This guy? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/DaGodfeather.jpg

He is the ________________. almost the book title. :)

[Bitterfly]

3.) Wrong doing leads to justice- Crime and Punishment!!!
7.) Primitive dads were more than slightly perverted -Why I ate my father? :D
16.) In another language, this word is death: Mort, by Terry Pratchett?

[PabloQ]

20 The Raven

[Pendragon]

3.) Wrong doing leads to justice- Crime and Punishment!!!
7.) Primitive dads were more than slightly perverted -Why I ate my father? :D
16.) In another language, this word is death: Mort, by Terry Pratchett?
Two out of three.

3: Yep! :)
7: Nope, not in this clan
16: Yep! :)

[Pendragon]

20 The RavenNo, you were on the right track before, a rook in chess has another name... :rolleyes:

[djy78usa]

7: The Clan of the Cave Bear?

[Pendragon]

7: The Clan of the Cave Bear?

Oh, yeah. I mean Your Own Daughter! Yuck!

[PabloQ]

Ok, Pen, I flipped a coin and took a stab with the Raven.
20. The Castle by Kafka.
14. The Sun Also Rises

[Pendragon]

Ok, Pen, I flipped a coin and took a stab with the Raven.
20. The Castle by Kafka.
14. The Sun Also Rises

20: Good catch!
14: No, the cards are bad for that one...

[Pendragon]

Hints:

9.) The groom went back for a second kiss. The groom kisses what part of the body?
10.) Janet Jackson. Ms Jackson is lovely and Negro so she is a ______ _______.
11.) Two shows, not one. Think theater two performances.
13.) My smart-butt penguin, almost. I call my snarling penguin "The Godfeather".
14.) Things seem to be looking brighter. The Gods smile upon us!

Good luck!

[PabloQ]

10. Black Beauty
11. Double Feature?
13, The Godfather

[Pendragon]

10. Black Beauty
11. Double Feature?
13, The Godfather


10: How true! :thumbs_up
11: Oooh, close. Broadway, for example... :idea:
13: Eyep! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

OK let's end this one:

9) Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
11) Double act by Jacqueline Wilson
14) Good Omens by Terry Prachet

Not often that I have three people do not get! :)

New List:

1. He preceded true science The Alchemist
2. The player behind home is in a grain field The Catcher in the Rye
3. Sorcery has iridescence The Colour of Magic
4. Isolated from humanity’s insane gatherings Far from the madding crowd
5. Cavities in the ground Holes
6. Peer of the realm over circular metal Lord of the Rings
7. Columns that support Terra The Pillars of the Earth
8. Smugness plus Bigotry Pride and Prejudice
9. Royalty keeps a journal The Princess Diaries

10. Hermit crabs, for example
11. What everyman hopes his daughter finds A Suitable Boy
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul A Tale of Two Cities
13. Tessie of famen Tess of the d'Urbervilles
14. Hunting catbirds To Kill a Mockingbird
15. The heroine of Wonderland becomes as a metropolis A Town like Alice

16. One-legged villain Treasure Island
17. The rabbits had a wife problem Watership Down
18. Hostilities plus Harmony War and Peace
19. Piglet’s best friend Winnie the Pooh
20. Birds plus frightening women Swallows and Amazons

Good luck! :D:p:D

[Bitterfly]

1. He preceded true science - God, ha ha (sorry:blush:)
4. Isolated from humanity’s insane gatherings - Far from the madding crowd
6. Peer of the realm over circular metal - Lord of the Rings (funny :p )
7. Columns that support Terra - The Pillars of the Earth
8. Smugness plus Bigotry - Pride and Prejudice
9. Royalty keeps a journal - erm, The Princess Diaries?
11. What everyman hopes his daughter finds - A Suitable Boy
13. Tessie of fame - Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
15. The heroine of Wonderland becomes as a metropolis - A Town like Alice
17. The rabbits had a wife problem - Watership Down?
18. Hostilities plus Harmony - War and Peace
19. Piglet’s best friend - Winnie the Pooh

[Bitterfly]

2. The player behind home is in a grain field - The Catcher in the Rye

[Pendragon]

1. He preceded true science - God, ha ha (sorry:blush:)
4. Isolated from humanity’s insane gatherings - Far from the madding crowd
6. Peer of the realm over circular metal - Lord of the Rings (funny :p )
7. Columns that support Terra - The Pillars of the Earth
8. Smugness plus Bigotry - Pride and Prejudice
9. Royalty keeps a journal - erm, The Princess Diaries?
11. What everyman hopes his daughter finds - A Suitable Boy
13. Tessie of fame - Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
15. The heroine of Wonderland becomes as a metropolis - A Town like Alice
17. The rabbits had a wife problem - Watership Down?
18. Hostilities plus Harmony - War and Peace
19. Piglet’s best friend - Winnie the Pooh


All correct expept number 1, which is true, of course! :):D

[Pendragon]

2. The player behind home is in a grain field - The Catcher in the Rye
Absolutely! ;)

[Bitterfly]

All correct expept number 1, which is true, of course! :):D

Goodness, you've got a lovely sense of humour for a man of God (I posted my little joke, then remembered you were a pastor and was afraid you'd be hurt!!).:thumbs_up

Edit: 16. One-legged villain: Treasure Island?

[Pendragon]

Goodness, you've got a lovely sense of humour for a man of God (I posted my little joke, then remembered you were a pastor and was afraid you'd be hurt!!).:thumbs_up

Edit: 16. One-legged villain: Treasure Island?
Oui, mademoiselle! :thumbs_up I try to have a sense of humor, it isn't all hellfire and brimstone! :D

[Nightshade]

number one is the alchemist, yes?
3 light magic? :confused: -- the colour of magic what was that other book called in that seroies pratchett anyway :D
20 somthing to do with a witch?
:D

[Pendragon]

number one is the alchemist, yes?
3 light magic? :confused: -- the colour of magic what was that other book called in that seroies pratchett anyway :D
20 somthing to do with a witch?
:D

#1: Yes! :thumbs_up
#3: The Colour of Magic, correct! :thumbs_up
#20 No, think warlike women :idea:

[djy78usa]

5. Cavities in the ground - Holes
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul - A Tale of Two Cities?
14. Hunting catbirds - To Kill a Mockingbird
20. Birds plus frightening women - Swallows and Amazons

[Pendragon]

5. Cavities in the ground - Holes
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul - A Tale of Two Cities?
14. Hunting catbirds - To Kill a Mockingbird
20. Birds plus frightening women - Swallows and Amazons
All correct! :thumbs_up

I will explain to others about that catbird, it is known as a mockingbird because it sings other birds' songs, Yet it makes it's own distinct cry, like a cat mewing. Good catch there, DJ! :)

[Pendragon]

Hint on #10: Hermit crabs have no natural home and must search for them. :D

[Bitterfly]

Tramps like us, by Westmoreland?
or
Nomad, by George Smith?
or
The wanderer (either by Alain-Fournier or by Frances Burney)?
or
Wanderers (by Knut Hansen)?
or
The Usurpers (by Ayala)?
or
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest? :p

I've put a lot of research into this, so I hope one at least will be correct. :D

[Pendragon]

Tramps like us, by Westmoreland?
or
Nomad, by George Smith?
or
The wanderer (either by Alain-Fournier or by Frances Burney)?
or
Wanderers (by Knut Hansen)?
or
The Usurpers (by Ayala)?
or
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest? :p

I've put a lot of research into this, so I hope one at least will be correct. :D
One more hint. What sort of homes do hermit crabs search for?

[Pendragon]

OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher

New List:

1. The Container Kicked the Bucket
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here "Cities of SalT"
4. Desire for Food "Hunger"
5. Childhood, for Example "The Age of Innocence"
6. We Don’t Know Him "The Stranger"
7. Litigation "The Trial"
8. Sires and Male Offspring"Fathers and Sons"
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well "The Scarlet Letter"
10. Gilded Writing Pad "The Golden Notebook"
11. USA Calamity "An American Tragedy"
12. Friday Did All the Work "Robinson Crusoe"
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth
14. Could Have Been Blood
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine "The Grapes of Wrath"
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man "Oblomov"
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep "The Awakening"
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters "Herzog"
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” "Nostromo"
20. Could Be Alaska, I Suppose

[Bitterfly]

[QUOTE=Pendragon;641587]OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher
I was missing these! :thumbs_up

3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - The 120 days of Sodom?
4. Desire for Food - Gluttony
8. Sires and Male Offspring - Sons and Lovers
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well - The Scarlet Letter
10. Gilded Writing Pad - The Golden Notebook
11. USA Calamity -An American Tragedy
12. Friday Did All the Work - Robinson Crusoe
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters - Portnoy's Complaint?
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” - Nostromo

[Pendragon]

[QUOTE=Pendragon;641587]OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher
I was missing these! :thumbs_up

3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - The 120 days of Sodom?
4. Desire for Food - Gluttony
8. Sires and Male Offspring - Sons and Lovers
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well - The Scarlet Letter
10. Gilded Writing Pad - The Golden Notebook
11. USA Calamity -An American Tragedy
12. Friday Did All the Work - Robinson Crusoe
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters - Portnoy's Complaint?
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” - NostromoLet's see here:
3: has more to do with what she turned into and
4:Gluttony is overeating, not desire
8: um, you might want to check on the meaning of "Sires"
9, 10, 11, 12: Very correct! :thumbs_up
18: No, the man's last name only is the title of the book
19: Correct! :thumbs_up

[Bitterfly]

Sorry,:blush:, I went too fast!
Fathers and Sons (Turgenev, no?) for 8.
And Herzog!! for 18.
And Hunger (Hansen), for 4.

[Pendragon]

Sorry,:blush:, I went too fast!
Fathers and Sons (Turgenev, no?) for 8.
And Herzog!! for 18.
And Hunger (Hansen), for 4.Yes! :thumbs_up

[PabloQ]

7. The Trial by Kafka?

[Pendragon]

7. The Trial by Kafka?Indeed! :thumbs_up

[PabloQ]

5. The Age of Innocence

[Pendragon]

5. The Age of Innocence
Right! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

I will post hints as soon as I fix my home computer. :(

[Pendragon]

OK, um, hints:

1: It could be tin or aluminum but deceased
2: So who lives up there?
3: Lot's Wife became what mineral?
6: If we don't know him he is a __________.
13: Slumber is known as ___________,
14: If it splatters on your lapels...
15: You stomp what to make wine?
16: Google the phrase...
17: First this happens in the morning to everyone living
20: It would be very cold there...

Hope these help!

[Bitterfly]

3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here: Salt Mine?
6. We Don’t Know Him: The Stranger?
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth: The Big Sleep?
14. Could Have Been Blood: The Human Stain?
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine: The Grapes of Wrath!!!
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man: Oblomov (thanks, Google :p )

[Pendragon]

3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here: Salt Mine?
6. We Don’t Know Him: The Stranger?
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth: The Big Sleep?
14. Could Have Been Blood: The Human Stain?
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine: The Grapes of Wrath!!!
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man: Oblomov (thanks, Google :p )

Let's see here:

3: Right mineral, wrong book, and one doesn't live in a mine!
6: Yep! :thumbs_up
13: Right track wrong train, but you might look for a synonym for refer to
14: Um, think honor
15: Of course! :thumbs_up
16: Right! :thumbs_up

[Bitterfly]

1. The Container Kicked the Bucket: hum, the Tin Drum (note that I am not even convincing myself ;))
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven - Their Eyes were watching God?
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - Salt Town? (that one could live in, no? :p )
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth - is there a play on the first sound (sl)?
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep - The Awakening!!

Are these extraordinarily difficult or am I just slow-witted? :D

[Pendragon]

1. The Container Kicked the Bucket: hum, the Tin Drum (note that I am not even convincing myself ;))
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven - Their Eyes were watching God?
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - Salt Town? (that one could live in, no? :p )
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth - is there a play on the first sound (sl)?
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep - The Awakening!!

Are these extraordinarily difficult or am I just slow-witted? :DHum... Let's see

1: No. There is a heavy play on words here... Deceased container reversed may get it for you...
2: Absolutely correct! Good catch! :thumbs_up
3: Close enough. It was Cities of Salt by Abd al-Rahman Munif :thumbs_up
13: Try Nous Appelé Le Sommeil as a clue...
17: Yes! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

1. The Container Kicked the Bucket Candide
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here "Cities of Salt"
4. Desire for Food "Hunger"
5. Childhood, for Example "The Age of Innocence"
6. We Don’t Know Him "The Stranger"
7. Litigation "The Trial"
8. Sires and Male Offspring"Fathers and Sons"
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well "The Scarlet Letter"
10. Gilded Writing Pad "The Golden Notebook"
11. USA Calamity "An American Tragedy"
12. Friday Did All the Work "Robinson Crusoe"
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth
14. Could Have Been Blood
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine "The Grapes of Wrath"
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man "Oblomov"
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep "The Awakening"
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters "Herzog"
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” "Nostromo"
20. Could Be Alaska, I Suppose

[PabloQ]

Pen, Way too groanable...
1. Candide

[Pendragon]

Pen, Way too groanable...
1. Candide

Ain't it though! Right answer! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

13: Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
14: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
20: Snow Country by Kawabam Yasunari


Note on this new list: Every Book is a name. Every clue is an actual book blurb. Good luck!

1. the adventures of the inept knight and his humble squire. 1. Don Quixote
2. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom 2. Ulysses
3. this book was harpooned at the time of its 1851 publication by critics 3. Moby Dick
4. beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. 4. Madame Bovary
5. the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly 5. Emma
6. three families also represent three very different societal and physical locations in Russia 6. Anna Karenina
7. "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him;”
7. Huckleberry Finn
8. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book. 8. Fanny Hill
9. one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, 9: Tristam Shanty
10. It portrays the downfall (already announced in the subtitle, Decline of a family) of a wealthy mercantile family of Lübeck over four generations. 10. Buddenbrooks
11. She begins honing the skill of passing herself off as a fortuned widow to attract a man who will marry her and provide her with security. 11. Moll Flanders
12. about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. 12. Tom Sawyer
13. the narrator and protagonist, Humbert Humbert, becoming obsessed with a 12-year-old girl 13. Lolita
14. Her Family attempt to force her to marry a rich but highly uncultured and unrefined man (Roger Solmes) against her will
15. it has yellow, watery eyes, translucent skin, black lips, long black hair and is around 8 feet (2.4 m) in height.
16. Carfax Abbey was his hiding place.
17. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
18. She received her education at Lowood School.
19. His father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr Edward Murdstone:
20. "Please, sir, I want some more."

[Bitterfly]

I should be working but I can't resist....

[I]1. the adventures of the inept knight and his humble squire. - Don Quijote
2. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom - Ulysses
3. this book was harpooned at the time of its 1851 publication by critics - Moby Dick? (nice joke!)
4. beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. - Mme Bovary
5. the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly - Emma
9. Tristam Shanty one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, hmmm, Tristram Shandy? :p
10. It portrays the downfall (already announced in the subtitle, Decline of a family) of a wealthy mercantile family of Lübeck over four generations. Buddenbrooks
12. about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer?
13. the narrator and protagonist, Humbert Humbert, becoming obsessed with a 12-year-old girl - Lolita
15. it has yellow, watery eyes, translucent skin, black lips, long black hair and is around 8 feet (2.4 m) in height. Frankenstein
16. Carfax Abbey was his hiding place. Dracula
17. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" - Rebecca
18. She received her education at Lowood School. - Jane Eyre
19. His father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr Edward Murdstone: - David Copperfield
20. "Please, sir, I want some more." - Oliver Twist?

[Pendragon]

I should be working but I can't resist....

[I]1. the adventures of the inept knight and his humble squire. - Don Quijote
2. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom - Ulysses
3. this book was harpooned at the time of its 1851 publication by critics - Moby Dick? (nice joke!)
4. beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. - Mme Bovary
5. the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly - Emma
9. Tristam Shanty one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, hmmm, Tristram Shandy? :p
10. It portrays the downfall (already announced in the subtitle, Decline of a family) of a wealthy mercantile family of Lübeck over four generations. Buddenbrooks
12. about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer?
13. the narrator and protagonist, Humbert Humbert, becoming obsessed with a 12-year-old girl - Lolita
15. it has yellow, watery eyes, translucent skin, black lips, long black hair and is around 8 feet (2.4 m) in height. Frankenstein
16. Carfax Abbey was his hiding place. Dracula
17. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" - Rebecca
18. She received her education at Lowood School. - Jane Eyre
19. His father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr Edward Murdstone: - David Copperfield
20. "Please, sir, I want some more." - Oliver Twist?
Right on all of them, and I cannot believe I did that on #9! :blush::blush:

[PabloQ]

7. Huckleberry Finn (has to be)
11. Vanity Fair
14. Clarissa

[Bitterfly]

Right on all of them, and I cannot believe I did that on #9! :blush::blush:

You must be slipping. ;)

6. War and Peace?
8. The Decameron?

[Pendragon]

You must be slipping. ;)

6. War and Peace?
8. The Decameron?No, no. Proper names, recall...

[Pendragon]

7. Huckleberry Finn (has to be)
11. Vanity Fair
14. Clarissa

7 and 14, absolutely. :thumbs_up

11: No, a lady here.

[Bitterfly]

8. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book - Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a woman of pleasure?

[Pendragon]

8. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book - Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a woman of pleasure?

Quite so! :)

[Pendragon]

For the record, 11 was Moll Flanders :D

New List: All these are top 100 novels and all clues are direct quotes or book seller blurbs.

1. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess. The Great Gadsby
2. A tale of the Compson family's pathology and love and incest and general tragedy. The Sound and the Fury
3. This splendid novel is set in the tumultuous Soviet Union of the 1930s during the treason trials Darkness at noon
4. In this novel that bond is reciprocated by a son whose entire being is directed by, even dependent on mom.
5. "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto. Brave New World
6. Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania 1984
7. Revolves around various members of the Ramsay family during visits to their summer residence
8. The heroine is the strange young girl, Mick Kelly
9. Revealed the pain of a black man's existence in a white world. The Invisible Man
10. The novel examines the midlife crisis of Eugene Henderson, an unhappy millionaire. Henderson the Rain King
11. Depicts the strange, secret lives of the inhabitants of a small town. Winesberg, Ohio
12. What really happened in the Marabar caves? A Passage to India
13. Recounts the continental journey of Louis Lambert Strether--a fifty-something man of the world.The Ambassadors
14. Transformed the conventional "fallen woman" story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900.
15. Jack Burden is the former newspaperman who learns from Gov. Willie Stark. All the King's Men
16. Set during World War II in a bleak area of West Africa, the novel concerns the moral dilemmas facing Scobie. The Heart of the Matter
17. The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state’s most remote white-water river awaits. Deliverance
18. Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows a platoon of Marines who are stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. The Naked and the Dead
19. The novel is based on the lives of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy and his vicar Father Joseph Machebeut.
20. Alex, the protagonist, has a passion for classical music and is a member of a vicious teenage gang. A Clockwork Orange

[PabloQ]

1 The Beautiful and Damned
5 Animal Farm
6 1984
13 The Ambassadors
15 All the King's Men
17. Deliverance
20 A Clockwork Orange

[Pendragon]

1 The Beautiful and Damned
5 Animal Farm
6 1984
13 The Ambassadors
15 All the King's Men
17. Deliverance
20 A Clockwork Orange
1: Gad, no!
5: Brave try, but no.
6, 13, 15, 17, 20 Yes indeed! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

Um, BUMP? :(

[PabloQ]

1. The Great Gatsby
9. Invisible Man
18. The Naked and the Dead

[Pendragon]

1. The Great Gatsby
9. Invisible Man
18. The Naked and the Dead
1: Gad, yes! :D
9: True dat! :thumbs_up
18: Of Course! :)

[djy78usa]

2. A tale of the Compson family's pathology and love and incest and general tragedy. The Sound and the Fury

3. This splendid novel is set in the tumultuous Soviet Union of the 1930s during the treason trials Darkness at Noon

5. "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto. Brave New World

12. What really happened in the Marabar caves? A Passage to India

16. Set during World War II in a bleak area of West Africa, the novel concerns the moral dilemmas facing Scobie. The Heart of the Matter

[Pendragon]

2. A tale of the Compson family's pathology and love and incest and general tragedy. The Sound and the Fury

3. This splendid novel is set in the tumultuous Soviet Union of the 1930s during the treason trials Darkness at Noon

5. "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto. Brave New World

12. What really happened in the Marabar caves? A Passage to India

16. Set during World War II in a bleak area of West Africa, the novel concerns the moral dilemmas facing Scobie. The Heart of the MatterVery very good! Yes to all! :thumbs_up:)

[PabloQ]

10 Henderson the Rain King
11 Winesburg, Ohio (?)

[Pendragon]

10 Henderson the Rain King
11 Winesburg, Ohio (?)
Yes to both, although I would have accepted Shadow over Innsmouth for number 11, after rethinking my post. Sherwood Anderson was from this area, and is, in fact, buried here in town! :):)

[Pendragon]

These are still up for grabs.

4. In this novel that bond is reciprocated by a son whose entire being is directed by, even dependent on mom.
7. Revolves around various members of the Ramsay family during visits to their summer residence
8. The heroine is the strange young girl, Mick Kelly
14. Transformed the conventional "fallen woman" story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900.
19. The novel is based on the lives of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy and his vicar Father Joseph Machebeut.

[Pendragon]

sigh... I suppose I shall have to post hints. Google might help... :(

[PabloQ]

Ok, I cheated and Googled
7. To the Lighthouse
8. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
19. Death Comes to the Archbishop

[Pendragon]

Ok, I cheated and Googled
7. To the Lighthouse
8. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
19. Death Comes to the Archbishop


Correct all three, and I don't consider Google cheating! :D

[Pendragon]

4: Was Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
14: Was Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

I shall make a new list soon. :D

[Pendragon]

Someone help me out here and make a new list... :(