Yet *Another* Quote Game [First line game]

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:28 pm

If there's a prologue, does the first line come from Chapter 1 or the prologue?

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:57 pm

I've been away for almost 2 weeks. I thought I put the next quote up but it isn't here. Did we have a forum glitch?

KeE · Post by **KeE** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:30 am

about a week's amnesia. Look here: http://ibdof.com/viewtopic.php?t=118079

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:38 pm

Jeremy Marsh sat with the rest of the live studio audience, feeling unusually conspicuous.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:01 pm

boing!

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:23 am

Boing boing!

Even taking account of time lost because posts disappeared, I think it is time for a hint....

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:51 am

Well, the name shown is the main character. I would guess that to be a huge hint. If you don't recognize the name, you haven't read the book?

Hint anyway: several of this author's books have been made into movies.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:54 pm

Well, clearly, I have not read this book (or, if ever I did, it did not leave me a lasting impression) since the name of the main character does not ring any bell for me.
Nor, apparently, to any other player.

Should we call it cold?

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:04 pm

This forum, as a whole, has been cold. I'm not sure anybody is stumped on this as much as I think nobody is even looking.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:33 am

Is it?

What about trying with:

"When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"

and MK cannot answer for five days.

Will noone else answer before that?

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:55 am

The quote is from MacBeth by William Shakespeare.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:10 am

Well, the question was not so much whether someone would recognize it

but rather whether anyone would even look at this thread...

Anyway, you get a

and the next quote is yours.
Maybe harder than mine, but hopefully recognizable in a reasonable amount of time.

BTW, Sue and all other players:
Remember that though only answering the current quote (Macbeth) gives the right to post a new one (thus, it is Sue's turn) answering any cold quote still brings a full sherlock, so it is still worth it to answer MK's quote.

MidasKnight wrote:
Jeremy Marsh sat with the rest of the live studio audience, feeling unusually conspicuous.

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:30 pm

New first line:

"A fox got in amongst the hens last night, and ravished our best layer."

Sue

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:18 pm

Sounds like "The Egg and I" by Betty McDonald?

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:18 pm

Sorry, that isn't the correct answer.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:20 pm

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:38 am

What is the time lapse before I should add a hint?

I ask this question JUST before I drive off to my annual March stitch-in. I shall be on the road all day today. I may not be able to check back to the board until about noon on Thursday; but the lodge has wi-fi, so I will keep in touch Thursday through Saturday.

Sue

Post by **rip8fan1** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:58 am

MidasKnight wrote:
Jeremy Marsh sat with the rest of the live studio audience, feeling unusually conspicuous.

From "True Believer" by Nicolas Sparks.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:25 pm

Correct!! You get a Sherlock!! ... but no quote rights since it was a cold quote.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:38 pm

Sue:
Personally I prefer hints early, after 3-4 days (and this is what I do when I ask the question). In principle I don't have to wait 5 days to answer, but I shall, anyway. So early hint would not be in my favor in this case.
Ghost is rather against too early hints.
Five days to one week seems a good compromise.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:50 pm

Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:05 pm

Sorry but that answer is incorrect.

HINT: This author invented the subgenre of which this book is an example.

Sue

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:07 pm

Hrm, it seems oddly familiar and yet I'm reminded of three very different authors: Modesitt, Steinbeck and one who's name I can't remember, but my 6th grade teacher would read it aloud after lunch.

/ramble

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:41 pm

NEW Hint:

Books by this author are again appearing on bookstore shelves, after a gap of at least 20 years.

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:54 am

NEW Hint:

The author is female.

The Internet Book Database of Fiction

Yet Another Quote Game [First line game]