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Things are moving fast, after I was here yesterday, we have already 'passed' the second book.

Torybear, you have certainly earned your Sherlock :)
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Just so you know this is killing me....
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Eschaton... think I've seen the word, but...
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torybear wrote:Just so you know this is killing me....
As you know, I know the feeling, and I feel for you. Perhaps we should think up yet again another quote game to while away the time?
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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Frederick Pohl has an Eschaton series, but it's not from any of those.
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:wall:
Come on guys......my brain is going to explode...
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Taking a guess based on the people, I swear it has to have something to do with Modesitt, since torybear, you seem to hang there a lot.

Since I have read 5 books of his in total, and my mind is a sieve anyway, I don't thyink I could pull this one off, even if I hav read the book before.

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So I can guess tommorow right.....please tell me I am right...my brain is starting to pulse and it is scaring the people at work.
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Yes you can - in fact, I'm willing to let you guess now - any objections?

(since the rest of you have absolutely no clue)
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THE ILLUMINATUS! TRILOGY
Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson

fnord!!!
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Okay total Genre flip...just warning you.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
Okay...I promise this is a very very very well known book. I promis that the character name I left in the quote is not cruel and obscure.

I am going with a 36 hour rule. If by noon on saturday there aren't any warm guesses I am throwing out a hint unless anyone objects.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
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Ding Ding

Batter up
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Thanks, Torybear !

Okay, here's mine:
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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way ...
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Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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You got it, Sue !

Your turn ...


Edit: You also got your first Sherlock Point, Sue - Congratulations !
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laurie wrote:Thanks, Torybear !

Okay, here's mine:
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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way ...
You know, I've never managed to read that book simply because I can't get past the opening paragraph without laughing ass off.... it's just so cheesy!
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XXXXXX XX XXX met the High One's harpist one autumn day when the trade-ships docked at Tol for the season's exchange of goods.
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I think this is The Riddle-Master of Hed, by Patricia McKillip (?).
It's a long time since I read the books, but I remember the High One's harper was a very important character.
when the floppy-eared Spaniel of Luck sniffs at your turn-ups it helps if you have a collar and piece of string in your pocket.
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Correct; You're up. I'll post your Sherlock as soon as I figure it out.
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:roll: It pays to come here quite often, so many books that I have not read and then suddenly Alcott and Dickens that I would have known! :cry: I had been away under 24 hours.
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I know that feeling, Ausfi. I literally jumped for joy when I saw the Alcott quote:

"FINALLY I KNOW ONE !!!"
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Oops - sorry I haven't been back for a few days.
However, here's my offering:

"That was where I saw the Pendulum.
The sphere, hanging from a long wire set into the ceiling of the choir, swayed back and forth with isochronal majesty."
when the floppy-eared Spaniel of Luck sniffs at your turn-ups it helps if you have a collar and piece of string in your pocket.
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Foucault's Pendulum?
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Well done, clong - Foulcault's Pendulum it is.
when the floppy-eared Spaniel of Luck sniffs at your turn-ups it helps if you have a collar and piece of string in your pocket.
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