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planet_buzz
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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 9:25 pm Post subject: 1 |
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What thirteen books are represented here?
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| "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. All children, except one, grow up. It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. Call me Ishmael. Call me Jonah. I am a sick man ... I am a spiteful man. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. 'To be born again,' sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, ‘first you have to die.’" |
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"I am a sick man ... I am a spiteful man." -Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via websearch  )
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." -The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
"Call me Ishmael." -Moby Dick, Herman Melville
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…" -A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
"All children, except one, grow up." -Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie
"Call me Jonah." -Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." -Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." -The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
"'To be born again,' sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, ‘first you have to die.’" -The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” -Paul Clifford, by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton.
"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." -One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
"The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended." -2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." -Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
[This message has been edited by planet_buzz (edited 01-30-2002 02:49 PM).] |
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ctrlaltdel
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 9:50 pm Post subject: 2 |
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you mean exact titles? like David Copperfield? or are there quotes from various books we are to identify?
...when is somebody going to host a puzzle dealing with my first language...pheeew... |
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tigg
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 10:01 pm Post subject: 3 |
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First sentence is Metamorphosis, by Kafka.
Call me Ishmael is Moby Dick.
Think I saw Oscar Wilde in there too. |
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tigg
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 10:03 pm Post subject: 4 |
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| "Best of times, worst of times" is Dickens Tale of Two Cities, i believe. |
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Quailman
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 10:08 pm Post subject: 5 |
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| "All children, except one, grow up" I'm reasonably confident that is from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. |
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Coyote
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 10:35 pm Post subject: 6 |
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'Call me Jonah'
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Best thing he's ever written, IMHO, though Jailbird comes pretty damn close.
Great puzzle, btw! What do you want to bet someone does a sequel?  |
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quercitron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:07 pm Post subject: 7 |
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Well, let's see..."It was a dark and stormy night" I think is from L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time , "It is a truth universally acknowledged..." is from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , "All happy families are alike..."...hmm...I think it's Tolstoy or Dostoevesky but unsure.
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Alter Ego
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:24 pm Post subject: 8 |
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Some that I got which haven't been mentioned yet
'If you really want to hear about it' Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger
'To be born again,' sang Gibreel Farishta Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie
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Quailman
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:30 pm Post subject: 9 |
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"It was a dark and stormy night.." - Snoopy
I think it's from some obscure (because he sucked) writer who never had anything else published. His one work has become the foundation for an annual literary award given to the worst example of published prose. I can't think of his name, but I got the winners in an e-mail a while back. I think his name is hyphenated. (I mean like Smythe-Jones, not Joseph Hyphenated). |
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ralphmerridew
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:38 pm Post subject: 10 |
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| I think dark & stormy is Bulwer-Lytton. |
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ralphmerridew
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:52 pm Post subject: 11 |
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Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dark & Stormy (Searched on Bulwer-lytton for this): Paul Clifford, by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (and he did write other books, most notably The Last Days of Pompeii
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tigg
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 12:54 am Post subject: 12 |
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| Hmm.. I thought "It is a truth universally acknowledged..." sounded like Oscar Wilde. Guess not. My bad. |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 1:04 am Post subject: 13 |
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"All happy families are happy alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way." Leo Tolstoy from "Anna Karenina"
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Suspence
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 1:08 am Post subject: 14 |
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"The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended."
Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey
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ralphmerridew
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 5:18 am Post subject: 15 |
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The remaining quote (sick / spiteful) is from (invised out as I used a websearch): Notes From Underground, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Endymion
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:34 am Post subject: 16 |
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I too thought that "It is a truth universally acknowledged" was Wilde and spent some time reading his works last night. I just happened to mention it to my wife this morning - instant answer Pride and Prejudice.
Invisible as I used a wifesearch.
Just noticed this has already been answered by quercitron.
[This message has been edited by Endymion (edited 01-30-2002 03:37 AM).] |
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