aidan Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Ylvtor' post='1652901' date='Jan 18 2009, 00.14']The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut? (don't have an english version of the book here so I may be wrong)[/quote] Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrana Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='SwiftSnowmane' post='1653041' date='Jan 18 2009, 17.07'][b]There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. [/b][/quote] Guessing: Jane Eyre? Can I play too? :P [b]I repeat to you gentlemen, that your inquisition is fruitless. Detain me here forever if you will; confine me or execute me if you must have a victim to propitiate the illusion you call justice; but I can say no more than I have said already. [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrja Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Vrana ~ Correct, its [i]Jane Eyre[/i]. I know that was easy, but I just love that as a first line. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrana Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='SwiftSnowmane' post='1653055' date='Jan 18 2009, 17.46']Vrana ~ Correct, its [i]Jane Eyre[/i]. I know that was easy, but I just love that as a first line. :)[/quote] To be honest I've never read the book. I've picked it up a zillion times and read the first chapter but I just couldn't get into it. Saw the series though, thinking of giving Bronë another chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubies & Jade Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Errant Bard' post='1653011' date='Jan 18 2009, 09.23']4 should be that short story by JG Ballard about that abandoned beach city and dead astronauts, I think, been a long time since I read it.[/quote] Its High Rise, by Ballard. (but its not about an abandoned beach city or dead astronauts!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='BJT' post='1653060' date='Jan 18 2009, 17.51']Its High Rise, by Ballard. (but its not about an abandoned beach city or dead astronauts!)[/quote]I think I may have mixed up several stories by Ballard hardcore. Damn memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkemikk Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1653001' date='Jan 18 2009, 14.48']I'll give you a bunch: 2. "Look, Thomas, I know you've probably been asked this question a million times before, but what was it like to be Stephen Abbey's--"[/quote] I know this one :) Jonathan Carroll's The land Of Laughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Ylvtor' post='1653086' date='Jan 18 2009, 12.30']I know this one :) Jonathan Carroll's The land Of Laughs[/quote] High Rise and Lang of Laughs are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Damn you Charlie, [i]I cannot get number nine[/i]. I have no idea what I've recced you over the years beyond Cordwainer Smith and the recent ones :( Even google cheating doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Vrana' post='1653053' date='Jan 18 2009, 11.43'][b]I repeat to you gentlemen, that your inquisition is fruitless. Detain me here forever if you will; confine me or execute me if you must have a victim to propitiate the illusion you call justice; but I can say no more than I have said already. [/b][/quote] This seems really familiar ... damnit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubies & Jade Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1653088' date='Jan 18 2009, 12.35']High Rise and Lang of Laughs are correct.[/quote] ok then, here are some new ones: --It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me. --When shall we three meet again/ In thunder, lightening, or in rain? --It was a dumb thing to do but it wasn't that dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [b]When shall we three meet again/ In thunder, lightening, or in rain? [/b] Macbeth, by good old Will Shakespeare :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellis Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='BJT' post='1653148' date='Jan 18 2009, 14.31']--When shall we three meet again/ In thunder, lightening, or in rain?[/quote] Macbeth! Yay! I was waiting to recognize one to write: [b]The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone.[/b] If you don't immediately recognize this one, you really need to get this book stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrana Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Lord of the North' post='1653123' date='Jan 18 2009, 19.44']This seems really familiar ... damnit!![/quote] I don't know if hints are allowed but I'll just say that it's a short story, found in a collection - which might make it harder. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellis Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Vrana' post='1653156' date='Jan 18 2009, 14.38']I don't know if hints are allowed but I'll just say that it's a short story, found in a collection - which might make it harder. :P[/quote] I googled it. It was pretty unexpected. Tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='BJT' post='1653148' date='Jan 18 2009, 14.31']--When shall we three meet again/ In thunder, lightening, or in rain?[/quote] That's Macbeth, by Shakespeare. My favourite of his works. Here is mine; "First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubies & Jade Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Errant Bard' post='1653074' date='Jan 18 2009, 12.10']I think I may have mixed up several stories by Ballard hardcore. Damn memory.[/quote] I believe he had a short story called "the dead astronaut", but I'm blanking on it--it might have taken place in Florida, maybe that's what you're thinking about. High Rise is the one that takes place entirely in a big apartment building where something happens to the rest of the world and all services from the outside stop. Its a modern sort of "lord of the flies" where the whole building reverts to gangs and fending for themselves kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote name='Bellis' post='1653154' date='Jan 18 2009, 14.37'][b]The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone.[/b] If you don't immediately recognize this one, you really need to get this book stat.[/quote] The Last Unicorn, Beagle. Next; "His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god." ETA; Knowing that it is a short story doesn't help ... blarrrrgh! Must. Not. Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [b]The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone.[/b] The Last Unicorn? [b]It was a nice day[/b] [b]She put her chin on the wood below the window [/b] [b]On the day the armada went off to war, on the last day of life as we know it, I was invited to a party.[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [b]"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god."[/b] Zelazny, Lord of Light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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