BenStandeven
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BenStandeven wrote:
Let's try something moderately easy this time:

Lancelot's Joyous Gard was not a singularity in an age which has left us "Beaute", "Plaisance", or "Malvoisin" - the bad neighbor to its enemies - an age in which even an oaf like the imaginary Richard Coeur de Lion, who suffered from boils, could call his castle "Gaillard" and speak of it as "my beautiful one-year old daughter".

Not easy enough, evidently... It's from the fourth book of a quadrilogy, which is nowadays released as a single volume.

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The Candle in the Wind, fourth of the five parts of The Once and Future King by T.H. White, and the final of the four parts that come bundled together (as The Book of Merlyn was released posthumously and is traditionally released as a separate volume)?

((Just making a guess, of course, but...

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BenStandeven
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Hikari wrote:
The Candle in the Wind, fourth of the five parts of The Once and Future King by T.H. White, and the final of the four parts that come bundled together (as The Book of Merlyn was released posthumously and is traditionally released as a separate volume)?

((Just making a guess, of course, but...

That's right! I forgot about the fifth book.

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Jeez, and here I was hoping that was wrong... >.< OK, I need to find a book that's not terribly easy to google... Hmm.


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bdwing
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Is anybody still playing this?

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I think I killed it or something. Um... I'll just pass my turn as I've not read enough books lately to be able to come up with anything that's not extremely easily googlable.

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bdwing
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If anyone is still interested...

[note: I have no mod points to mod you up with.]

"By daylight, the Joy House is dull. Lately Morley has been open continuously, driven by some bizarre civic impulse that wants weeds and grass clippings made available to all. I was concerned. The place might start attracting horses."

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That's easily from Glen Cook's Garrett P.I. series. Probably the first book. That would be "Sweet Silver Blues".

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Wow. That went fast. Although it is actually from Deadly Quicksilver Lies.

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"A man uses the science he perfected to predict the grim future of the universe's most powerful entity and sows the seeds of the next great civilization to stand against the barbarism that will become of the universe".

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I'll give you antoher clue, it was originally a trilogy of a collection of novellas but then got a sequel and two prequels.

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Oh, and about the last topic, noodle means head.

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Snacko wrote:
Oh, and about the last topic, noodle means head.

Boy, you just don't get it, do you.

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Snacko's clearly playing for the ban. Can we expedite this now?

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Snacko wrote:
I'll give you another clue, it was originally a trilogy of a collection of novellas but then got a sequel and two prequels.

This is probably wrong, but...

Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy?

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Right! I honestly didn't think anyone would get that.

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"Great news, old mouse!
It's all falling into place. You're registered at the clinic as Torvin L. Pulmix. Arriving on the late train tonight. The Last Resort limo will meet you at the station. You're a linoleum dealer from Couver. It's downstate in the hill country near the border. You've come to lose weight and recover from a nervous condition. You'll need a suitcase and new clothes. So go shopping this afternoon.
I'll call tonight with more details.
Pup"

edit: That was from "Time Stops For No Mouse" by Michael Hoeye. It is part of the Hermux Tantamoq series.

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Snacko wrote:
I'll give you antoher clue, it was originally a trilogy of a collection of novellas but then got a sequel and two prequels.

Sorry to drag up old responses, but I believe it was two sequels and two prequels. Then three outside sequels to the prequels. (if that makes any sense).

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Hmm, I thought Foundations Edge was a prequel, probably could have researched it a bit more.

And I didn't count the third party additions.

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Prelude to Foundation
Forward the Foundation
((Foundation's Fear))
((Foundation and Chaos))
((Foundation's Triumph))
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth

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For those of you who didn't know, Robert Jordan died last month. But there is good news, there will still be a book #12. It survived in the form of computer files and recorded oral conversations.

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*cough*

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*hands Jason a handkerchief*

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"A respected southern lawyer stands in the face of the prejudice against one of his clients and must face the consequences while raising two children, considered a true classic of contemporary American literature".

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Snacko wrote:
"A respected southern lawyer stands in the face of the prejudice against one of his clients and must face the consequences while raising two children, considered a true classic of contemporary American literature".

To Kill a Mockingbird. Superb book.

"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you, he's the one. Or at least, as close as we're going to get." - try this one.

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Just remember: the enemy gate is down.



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silver wrote:
Just remember: the enemy gate is down.

A fine start to an ultimately disappointing series.

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card.



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jbluestein wrote:
A fine start to an ultimately disappointing series.

Hmm... The forum book : jbluestein's sector?

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Jason wrote:

jbluestein wrote:
A fine start to an ultimately disappointing series.

Hmm... The forum book : jbluestein's sector?

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't understand.

Josh

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Isa jokesum. Yousum don't understazum? Nevermindz.

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