Oh, HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! Yes, Yes, Yes! Book and author!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
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Oh, HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! Yes, Yes, Yes! Book and author!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
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5. I can't help but wonder if there's a book titled I Am Dying, because if there is, I fear I have never heard of it...
At this point, Robin, I am willing to give the credit to whomsoever comes closest. Therefore, you win. The book is As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Popcorn, Archer? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/er...smiley-007.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
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And We will give out a Bakers Dozen of our own:
1. Those Communist Revolutionaries might feel solitude when looking at the stars
2. Creatures that Vespucci might have worshipped -"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
3. The more chronologically gifted great-grandmother
4. Those freaks really know their Shakespeare.
5. A midget went shopping and came back again. "Hobbit or There and Back Again" by Tolkien
6. Some guy who likes big medieval noble houses.
7. Well, to kill people, what else?
8. By nothing, I will do it!
9. Nine people to rule over some resin. "Nine Princes of Amber"by Zelazny
10. This aria turns even the coldest hearts aflame.
11. A good reason why to create being.
12. Something that this kid Ronnie could come to.
13. A bit of tequila, a bit of lime juice - and an expert knowledge of how to mix it."Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov
Some of those are series, actually. And mostly they come from our bookshelves - that is, most of it is speculative fiction.
Pen's 11 is Lord Jim by Conrad, no?
Oh -scrub that, I've just seen how old it is.
Taliesin- Could number 3 be "My Grandmother's Clock" by Geraldine McCaughrean
WOW, I'm rusty...good choice of thread, though, Tal. I'll be losing sleep over these, for sure...
Tal, I do belive #9 is:
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelzany, a favorite! :)
Was a wrinkle in time a granny or a grandad?
and can I just ask is there any pratchet in there??
Taliesin: 2 might be "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Nope, we weren't thinking of this book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
Although this one is quite a hard one, in our opinion.
Requires knowing a certain fact about the book we are thinking about.
Actually, to be more correct, as we found out, it should be great-grandmother, not grandmother.
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
And you are correct!
Nanners:
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And it is so!Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
Good work!
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Night, yes, there is one Pratchett work here too, yes. Can you guess which one?
#3 Great-grandmother?
The Princess and Curdie by George McDonald, perhaps? (Also a favorite)
No, alas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
As a hint, there is another book to what we might refer to as "The Less Chronologically Gifted Great-Grandmother"
Taliesin 13 - Master & Margarita by Bulgakov?
number 8?? I dont know why but it rings a bell then this one could be that one with the dwarf writes the shakespeare plays , the one where nanny and granny weatherfax go to the theatre and get annoyes.
4. Those freaks really know their Shakespeare.
Waint wasnt theere one about a granny who just faded in and out of history ??
Yeah, there is to this set also. The Princess and the Goblin :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Correct!Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
Margarita is a coctail made of tequila, Triple Sec and fresh lime juice.
Expert is another word for master.
And thus we have Master and Margarita.
Nanners!:banana: :banana: :banana:
Might we offer you a margarita? :p
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Margarita.jpg
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Connecting number 8 with Pratchett is a good idea, Night.
The granny we are thinking about does not fade in and out of history, and we hope that it never will.
No 3. is not a sci-fi book. It is more like fantasy, but it can't be called fantasy either.
Is 8 small gods??
I think its a standalone though isnt it?
Ill just have to go stare at the shelves till it jumps out at me.
The Hobbit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Correctamundo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
Although We are not certain whether it is politically correct to call a hobbit a midget, but "There and Back Again" is another name for "The Hobbit".
Some mutated hobbits:
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Far more worrisome to me is your willingness to equate shopping with burgling! Surely the moral code of Estonians is made of sterner stuff than that? :p
Sorely tempted to say Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment...Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Ah, but we were merely taking the viewpoint of the hobbits who were left behind in the hobbiton. You see thins hobbit leaving with these dwarves and coming back with some chests of gold and stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
How do you think Bilbo explained his adventures to them - of course he said he had been on a shopping binge and had therefore been away so long.
Hummm. #4
Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb The brother and sister were nutty enough to be called "freaks".
Well, no 4 isn't really about Shakespeare. Just the title is a Shakespearean quote.
6: Not likely to be Hugh Walpole's "The Fortress" but might be Kafka's "Castle".
Edit: Equally, it might be Susan Hill's "I'm the King of the Castle" or Dodie Smith's "I Capture the Castle"
but, just for another banana, I'll go for the Kafka.
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Curious... could no. 1 be The Moon is Down by Steinbeck? Not sure if Commies applies, but it's worth a shot...
The "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George MartinQuote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
None of these, although the word "castle" is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
But there is other stuff in the title too.
Nope, didn't think of that book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Misscaroline
Correct!:banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
1 - Väinö Linna – “Here beneath the North Star” - Finnish trilogy, including an account of the civil war, from the "red" side. All right, clearly not, but if your clue were a crossword clue, the title would be something like "Lonely Astronomers of the Red Planet" and I can't think of any one like that.
6 again: How about Robert Silverberg - "Lord Valentine's Castle" or Philip K. Dick - "Man in High Castle." Both of these are notable works in the genres you say you favour.
6 - correct. We admit, the clue was quite ambiguous and had many variants. But we were thinking about "Man in High Castle"Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
:banana: :banana: :banana: anyway.
1. Actually, yes, there are no actual Communist Revolutionaries in that book. But the important question is not "what colour?" but "when"
Posting the questions on this page:
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1. Those Communist Revolutionaries might feel solitude when looking at the stars
2. Creatures that Vespucci might have worshipped -"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
3. The more chronologically gifted great-grandmother "Elder Edda"
4. Those freaks really know their Shakespeare. "Something wicked this way comes" by Bradbury
5. A midget went shopping and came back again. "Hobbit or There and Back Again" by Tolkien
6. Some guy who likes big medieval noble houses. "Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick
7. Well, to kill people, what else?
8. By nothing, I will do it!"Jingo"by Pratchett
9. Nine people to rule over some resin. "Nine Princes of Amber"by Zelazny
10. This aria turns even the coldest hearts aflame."Song of Ice and Fire" series by G. R. R. Martin
11. A good reason why to create being.
12. Something that this kid Roland could come to. Stephen Kings' "Dark Tower" series
13. A bit of tequila, a bit of lime juice - and an expert knowledge of how to mix it."Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov
#4 Conscience of the King by Alfred Duggan ?
Hints:
1. Why the Communist Revolutionaries? Why not just Communists?
3. Great-grandmother is how some people translate the title, although it is never translated so as the title of the book. Never.
How do you say "more chronologically gifted" in other words? And concering there is also a "less chronologically gifted great-granny"?
4. Those freaks are really freaks. Freakish freaks. Think about freaks. Circuses and whatnot. And the title is a Shakespearean quote.
7. "What is the - title of the book"-?" "Well, to kill people"
11. The title of the book refers to a good reason to create being - that is, existence. Universe, if you wish.
12. Oops. Made a mistake here. :blush: Sorry. Mixed up the names Ronald (Ronnie) and Roland.
#4 Sorry all I can think of is The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury