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sun-star · 05-16-2002, 02:13 PM

Yes! I thought no one was going to guess!
Your turn...

Treebeard's apprentice · 05-16-2002, 10:17 PM

I have one. I really like this book. This one is different, because its actually from a series of novels (hint hint).

"Three. This is the number of your fate. "
Three?
"Yes, three is mystic. Three stands at the heart of the mantra "
Which three?

Imladris · 05-18-2002, 09:29 AM

I honestly don't know... but maybe a premature hint would help...???

***Khamûl*** · 05-19-2002, 10:31 PM

*does his best Ben Stein impression*

Anyone...anyone...Bueller...Bueller... Sorry. Ferris Bueller moment.

Perhaps a hint? I have no clue.

Treebeard's apprentice · 05-20-2002, 08:33 PM

It is the second book in a series by a famous author who lives in Maine.

***azalea*** · 05-20-2002, 08:47 PM

Is it from the Bachman Books?

***Khamûl*** · 05-20-2002, 10:41 PM

Is it "The Drawing of the Three" from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King?

Treebeard's apprentice · 05-23-2002, 05:06 PM

Yes Khamul, you are right.

The guess of the Bachman Books is close (the are the same author in case anyone doesn't know). The Bachman Books are not actually a series, though.

Next question? . . .

***Khamûl*** · 05-24-2002, 12:48 AM

Alright.

"In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend’s friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result."

Imladris · 05-27-2002, 07:44 AM

No idea.

***Khamûl*** · 05-27-2002, 02:28 PM

OK. Here's a hint: I think you would consider it a short story, but it was written by a famous American humorist from Hannibal, Missouri. It must be a fairly well-known story, because I read it in my high school literature book. Hope that helps.

***azalea*** · 05-27-2002, 07:25 PM

The only two short stories I remember by Mark Twain right off the top of my head are My Grandfather's Goat and The Jumping Frogs of Calavaris County (forget quite what that one's called).

***Khamûl*** · 05-27-2002, 11:19 PM

Yes, it's The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain. Since that was a bit tough, and it was one of the ones you named azalea, I'll give it to you.

Your turn.

***azalea*** · 05-28-2002, 01:12 PM

This one might be too easy, but it's a great book.
" 'Where's Papa going with that ax?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

***Khamûl*** · 05-28-2002, 06:26 PM

"Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White.

***azalea*** · 05-29-2002, 01:56 PM

Whoa, that was easy! Your turn!

***Khamûl*** · 05-30-2002, 01:07 AM

In my younger days, I watched the cartoon enough to know that anything having to do with Fern, an ax, and Papa had to be Charlotte's Web.

"In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon."

Imladris · 05-30-2002, 12:27 PM

A Study In Scarlet, A.C. Doyle.
It's a brilliant book!

Imladris · 05-30-2002, 12:30 PM

I've just checked and I no i'm right, so here goes,...

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,"

sun-star · 05-31-2002, 01:51 PM

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott.
I need to find a book that hasn't been used now...

05-16-2002, 02:13 PM	#61
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Yes! I thought no one was going to guess! Your turn... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-18-2002, 09:29 AM	#63
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	I honestly don't know... but maybe a premature hint would help...??? __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

05-19-2002, 10:31 PM	#64
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	does his best Ben Stein impression Anyone...anyone...Bueller...Bueller... Sorry. Ferris Bueller moment. Perhaps a hint? I have no clue. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-20-2002, 08:33 PM	#65
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	A Hint It is the second book in a series by a famous author who lives in Maine.

05-20-2002, 10:41 PM	#67
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Is it "The Drawing of the Three" from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-16-2002, 10:17 PM	#62
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	I have one. I really like this book. This one is different, because its actually from a series of novels (hint hint). "Three. This is the number of your fate. " Three? "Yes, three is mystic. Three stands at the heart of the mantra " Which three?

05-20-2002, 08:47 PM	#66
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Is it from the Bachman Books?

05-23-2002, 05:06 PM	#68
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Yes Khamul, you are right. The guess of the Bachman Books is close (the are the same author in case anyone doesn't know). The Bachman Books are not actually a series, though. Next question? . . .

05-24-2002, 12:48 AM	#69
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Alright. "In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend’s friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result." __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-27-2002, 07:44 AM	#70
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	No idea. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

05-27-2002, 02:28 PM	#71
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	OK. Here's a hint: I think you would consider it a short story, but it was written by a famous American humorist from Hannibal, Missouri. It must be a fairly well-known story, because I read it in my high school literature book. Hope that helps. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-27-2002, 07:25 PM	#72
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	The only two short stories I remember by Mark Twain right off the top of my head are My Grandfather's Goat and The Jumping Frogs of Calavaris County (forget quite what that one's called).

05-27-2002, 11:19 PM	#73
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Yes, it's The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain. Since that was a bit tough, and it was one of the ones you named azalea, I'll give it to you. Your turn. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-28-2002, 01:12 PM	#74
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	This one might be too easy, but it's a great book. " 'Where's Papa going with that ax?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

05-28-2002, 06:26 PM	#75
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	"Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-29-2002, 01:56 PM	#76
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Whoa, that was easy! Your turn!

05-30-2002, 01:07 AM	#77
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	In my younger days, I watched the cartoon enough to know that anything having to do with Fern, an ax, and Papa had to be Charlotte's Web. "In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon." __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-30-2002, 12:27 PM	#78
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	A Study In Scarlet, A.C. Doyle. It's a brilliant book! __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

05-30-2002, 12:30 PM	#79
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	I've just checked and I no i'm right, so here goes,... "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

05-31-2002, 01:51 PM	#80
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Little Women, Louisa May Alcott. I need to find a book that hasn't been used now... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

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