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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:11 PM
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First Person without a star (Round 3)
Edited on Mon Nov-15-04 02:48 PM by Caution
who can give me the title of the book I just finished gets a star.

Hint: Popular British fantasy author.

Hint: Very prolific author

Hint: Much more popular in the UK and Europe than in the US

Hint: There is No L-Space Cabal

Come on people!!!

Hint: "The river Ankh is probably the only river in the universe on which the investigators can chalk the outline of the corpse."
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:11 PM
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1. I have a star
...but I am guessing Order of the Phoenix.
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:12 PM
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2. Sorry, not JK Rowling.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:13 PM
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3. "Last Chance To See" by Douglas Adams?
nm
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:14 PM
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5. nope. But this author is often compared to Adams
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Celeborn Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:14 PM
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4. "LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring" ? n/t
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:17 PM
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8. Nope. But I am in sort of a constant state of reading these
I re-read them often
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Grown2Hate Donating Member (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:15 PM
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6. I have a star... but is it Salmon of Doubt? Douglas Adams?
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:16 PM
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7. Nope. But I love Adams' stuff and can't wait for the HHGTTG movie!
May 6th 2005 baby!
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Grown2Hate Donating Member (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:36 PM
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16. Wait, hold the damn phone here...
A HHGTTG MOVIE?!? Are you KIDDING ME? I thought that project died when Adams died (God rest his beautiful, beautiful soul)!? Please provide a link! You've made my day!!! :)
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:38 PM
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17. Yep the teaser trailer is out. Link:
http://www.hitchhikermovie.com

Production is complete and the film is now in post-production apparently.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:21 PM
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9. "Just A Couple Of Days" by Tony Vigorito?
nm
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:28 PM
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10. Never heard of it :) but that's good i'll have to check it out now!
Keep trying.
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sans qualia Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:31 PM
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12. I LOVED that book!
And you are incredibly awesome for having read it.
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sans qualia Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:30 PM
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11. Something by Philip Pullman?
The Amber Spyglass?
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:32 PM
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13. Nope but another I'll have to check out.
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sans qualia Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:33 PM
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14. "The Dreamthief's Daughter" by Michael Moorcock
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:34 PM
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15. I've never read any Moorcock
worthwhile?
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sans qualia Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:39 PM
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18. Absolutely
His writing runs the gamut from fairly standard fantasy fare to incredibly original and sometimes bizarre storytelling. Most people only know him for the Elric series, which is definitely worth checking out if you're into dark fantasy, but he's extremely prolific.
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:40 PM
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19. Cool, I've always been curious but never got around to reading any
I'll have to pick some up. Any particular suggestions?
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:49 PM
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20. Free star...still waiting to be had...
There must be a fan out there.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:52 PM
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21. "Men At Arms" by Terry Pratchett?
Edited on Mon Nov-15-04 02:53 PM by mac56
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:53 PM
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22. Now we're getting somewhere!
You didn't think i'd pull a quote from the actual book itself did you?
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:57 PM
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25. "Good Omens"?
The one with Neil Gaiman?

If not, I'm tapped...
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:59 PM
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27. One of my all time favorites!
God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players , to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:00 PM
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30. The convergence of two absolutely brilliant minds.
I really loved that book.
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:03 PM
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31. Yep...and since you did i figured what the hell...you can have a star too
Enjoy!
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:04 PM
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32. wow
Thank you!
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:06 PM
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33. You're welcome :)
The search function is where it's at...chances are anything remotely political you are looking for information about can be found in the archives.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:53 PM
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23. Uh...Terry Pratchett? Going Postal?
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:56 PM
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24. BINGO!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:58 PM
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26. YAY!! I feel so special!
:toast: :bounce: :party: :hi:
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:00 PM
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28. Enjoy your star
The best part of having one is the search.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:08 PM
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34. Thank you so much!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 03:00 PM
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29. I have a STAR!!!!
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