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Topic: Guess who I'm going to see tomorrow! (another one!)
Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 02:55 PM
Hints: It's an author. I get to go to a booksigning dinner and lecture. You can use yes-or-no questions to narrow it down if you wish. [ April 26, 2005, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
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Noemon
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posted April 20, 2005 02:56 PM
Is this author bigger than a breadbox?
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Beanny
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posted April 20, 2005 02:56 PM
Send my regards to Orson Scott Card.
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Da_Goat
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posted April 20, 2005 02:57 PM
Is the author currently living?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 02:57 PM
Noemon: yes! Beanny: I wish. Uncle O doesn't venture out this way much, though I made a point of telling him he should last time I saw him.
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 02:59 PM
Goat: Yes! I will not be having dinner with a corpse! Though, if they had a corpse booksigning, that might have its own sort of intrigue. Dang, you guys are good.
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Da_Goat
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posted April 20, 2005 03:00 PM
Not a corpse! That's gross! I was thinking of an urn, really. Um...let's see... is the author male or female?
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Portabello
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posted April 20, 2005 03:01 PM
I'll bet the answer to that question is "yes". edit: edit2: Man, we are thinking alike today. [ April 20, 2005, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: Portabello ]
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rivka
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posted April 20, 2005 03:01 PM
I can answer that one! Yes. [addit: ] [ April 20, 2005, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
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Da_Goat
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posted April 20, 2005 03:04 PM
Oh, right. Is the author male?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:04 PM
yes.
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no. 6
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posted April 20, 2005 03:05 PM
It's Steven King, isn't it?
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starlooker
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posted April 20, 2005 03:05 PM
Is it a science fiction author?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:05 PM
Edit: No.6: No. Starlooker: No. [ April 20, 2005, 03:06 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
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posted April 20, 2005 03:06 PM
It's not an S.F. author? It's Dean Kootz, isn't it?
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TMedina
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posted April 20, 2005 03:08 PM
Has this author released a book in the last three months? -Trevor
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:08 PM
No. 6: A very mean-looking "No." And it's not Dan Brown, either, in case you want to guess any other authors I despise.
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IanO
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posted April 20, 2005 03:08 PM
:looks around innocently: Robert Jordan? Jackie Collins? Dan Brown? Carrot Top?
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Da_Goat
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posted April 20, 2005 03:09 PM
Is the author female? I know you said he was male, but, you know, you can never be too sure...
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rivka
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posted April 20, 2005 03:09 PM
Porter, get out of my head! It's crowded enough in there already. Annie, is this author a sf&f writer? [oops, took too long to post] [ April 20, 2005, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
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posted April 20, 2005 03:09 PM
It's Jackie Collins. I knew it!!!
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IanO
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posted April 20, 2005 03:10 PM
its the time cube guy isn't it. He's gonna learn ya, you educated singularity stupid ? [ April 20, 2005, 03:11 PM: Message edited by: IanO ]
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:11 PM
Trevor: If so, I am a bad fan and am unaware of it.
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rivka
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posted April 20, 2005 03:12 PM
Is the author Mormon?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:12 PM
I just realized that just because this author is big time in my region doesn't mean he's neccessarily big time anywhere else. Maybe this game is too esoteric. Umm.... start trying to figure out genre/subject matter.
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posted April 20, 2005 03:13 PM
19th century farming practices?
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TMedina
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posted April 20, 2005 03:13 PM
Does this author write primarily fiction? -Trevor
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Zalmoxis
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posted April 20, 2005 03:13 PM
I was just going to ask if he was a regional author. Does this author write Western novels?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:14 PM
Rivka: No Trevor: Yes
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:15 PM
Zal: Umm.... as in Louis L'Amour? No. As in set in the West? Yes.
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HesterGray
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posted April 20, 2005 03:15 PM
Does he write books of a spiritual/religious nature? Mystery? Action? Horror? History? Children's books?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:17 PM
Farmgirl is a cheater and is disqualified.
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Farmgirl
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posted April 20, 2005 03:17 PM
Okay _ i'll delete the link so they can keep guessing
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no. 6
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posted April 20, 2005 03:17 PM
Porn?
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rivka
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posted April 20, 2005 03:18 PM
Farmgirl cheats far more successfully than I. And having read her link, I say, Who?
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:18 PM
Hester: There are elements of spiritualism in them. It's not the main focus.
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TMedina
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posted April 20, 2005 03:18 PM
Tony Hillerman. -Trevor
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:20 PM
Trevor: No, but you're getting warmer. More literary than Hillerman. quote: And having read her link, I say, Who? Oh, do I need to send you some books, Rivka! And don't tell me you haven't seen the movie!
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posted April 20, 2005 03:20 PM
quote: Hester: There are elements of spiritualism in them. It's not the main focus. So, it is porn then.
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:21 PM
Eslaine loses the game.
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rivka
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posted April 20, 2005 03:21 PM
Yay! Books! And I have no idea if I've seen the movie. I don't recognize the author's name, remember?
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posted April 20, 2005 03:22 PM
*kicks stones*
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:22 PM
if you can still go to the link, it mentions the movie. Look it up, and then get thee to Netflix.
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Farmgirl
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posted April 20, 2005 03:23 PM
I've never heard of the author either. Or the Smoke Signals movie. But after reading this, I'm intrigued...
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Zalmoxis
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posted April 20, 2005 03:24 PM
Hey -- no fair! I was just going to ask if any of his novels have been made into movies. I missed the linkage spoliage -- I'm going to assume that the answer is -- yes. Thus my guess is: Norman Maclean.
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IanO
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posted April 20, 2005 03:24 PM
:serious: Graham Green?
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IanO
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posted April 20, 2005 03:24 PM
Cormac McMurtry?
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TMedina
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posted April 20, 2005 03:25 PM
Ahhh, got it. I would never have guessed the author. -Trevor
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Annie
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posted April 20, 2005 03:26 PM
quote: Graham Green Isn't he an actor? And Zal, No. Actually I thought you might be one to guess right off. Rats. I guess I'm not as high-connected as I thought.
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Zalmoxis
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posted April 20, 2005 03:27 PM
Aargh. More spoilage. Fine. So let me just say that I have heard of Sherman Alexie. I haven't read any of his novels, but I did read his short story "What You Pawn I Will Redeem", which was published in The New Yorker. It's a very, very good story. EDIT: Added a "Very" -- AND!!!! The New Yorker has posted What You Pawn I Will Redeem online. [ April 20, 2005, 03:30 PM: Message edited by: Zalmoxis ]
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