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« Reply #90 on: February 18, 2009, 02:36:25 pm » |
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"By the time anyone noticed that the carrier was overdue, no one cared."
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« Reply #91 on: February 18, 2009, 05:59:22 pm » |
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Hints: "The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all." Written in 1910, set in Italy and England. 1985 movie starred Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Day Lewis. , EM Forster?
Polly sighed and laid her book face down on her bed.
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« Reply #92 on: February 19, 2009, 09:57:50 am » |
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Hints: "The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all." Written in 1910, set in Italy and England. 1985 movie starred Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Day Lewis. , EM Forster? Yes! (edited for code fail) |
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« Reply #93 on: February 19, 2009, 03:25:14 pm » |
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31) It was a rainy, grey day, and Jill Pole was crying behind the gym. I knew one! Woo! The Silver Chair, C. S. Lewis. 33) "We should start back," Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. "The wildlings are dead." Took me a while to figure this one out, which is a shame, because I really like this series. The Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. "I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other." |
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« Reply #94 on: February 20, 2009, 02:57:31 am » |
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Now for some wild guesses:
"I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other."
The Scarlet Letter? "By the time anyone noticed that the carrier was overdue, no one cared."
The Postman?  I doubt I'm right, so not posting a line unless confirmed. |
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« Reply #95 on: February 21, 2009, 01:43:35 pm » |
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About to die.
Two of these words also appear in the title of this book, by a well-regarded feminist SF author.
We Who are About To by Joanna Russ? I have not read it so that is a guess based on the clue. Hint for 3) Of course the house is haunted. This one is from an anthology, not a novel. And a new one: 59) Veldt to scrub to fields to farms to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth. |
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He invented the Fuse Box Dwarf, a little man who popped out at you from behind the paint cans in the cellarway and screamed, "Dreeb! Dreeb! I am the Fuse Box Dwarf!" Lewis was not scared by the little man, and he felt that those who scream, "Dreeb!" are more to be pitied than censured.
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« Reply #96 on: February 21, 2009, 07:40:25 pm » |
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About to die.
Two of these words also appear in the title of this book, by a well-regarded feminist SF author.
We Who are About To by Joanna Russ? I have not read it so that is a guess based on the clue. Yes! Now go read the book. *g* |
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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« Reply #97 on: February 21, 2009, 09:21:42 pm » |
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Now for some wild guesses:
"I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other."
The Scarlet Letter? "By the time anyone noticed that the carrier was overdue, no one cared."
The Postman? I doubt I'm right, so not posting a line unless confirmed. Your doubts appear correct. Neither guess is right.  |
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« Reply #98 on: February 22, 2009, 12:05:03 am » |
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I haven't got a clue as to any of them, but I thought I'd drop in three more. Some of my favorite First Lines.
60) The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
61) This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
62) It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
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« Reply #99 on: February 22, 2009, 12:22:15 am » |
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Can I get away with answering one, and use one of makito's three first lines instead of coming up with one myself? "I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other."
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« Reply #100 on: February 22, 2009, 02:31:01 am » |
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I haven't got a clue as to any of them, but I thought I'd drop in three more. Some of my favorite First Lines.
60) The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
The Gunslinger by Stephen King. "The flotillas of the dead sailed around the world on underwater rivers." |
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« Reply #101 on: February 22, 2009, 02:32:19 am » |
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61) This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
On second glance, I'm going to suggest that this is The Princess Bride, but I'll wait for confirmation before posting another. |
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« Reply #102 on: February 22, 2009, 04:03:58 am » |
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62) It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. 63) No one sends for a niece they've never seen before just to annoy her family and ruin her life. |
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He invented the Fuse Box Dwarf, a little man who popped out at you from behind the paint cans in the cellarway and screamed, "Dreeb! Dreeb! I am the Fuse Box Dwarf!" Lewis was not scared by the little man, and he felt that those who scream, "Dreeb!" are more to be pitied than censured.
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« Reply #103 on: February 22, 2009, 10:51:08 am » |
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63) No one sends for a niece they've never seen before just to annoy her family and ruin her life.
The Privilege of the Sword. |
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"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living."
L. Annaeus Seneca, Epistles
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« Reply #104 on: February 22, 2009, 01:31:59 pm » |
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61) This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
On second glance, I'm going to suggest that this is The Princess Bride, but I'll wait for confirmation before posting another. Yep, that's right. It's technically the beginning of a sort of Chapter 0, since that section is technically part of the story of the book. Also right is The Gunslinger and The Bell Jar. |
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