Name That Book!

Post by **wayfriend** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:32 pm

The Wasp Factory ?

Post by **StevieG** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:38 am

Ding ding!! Correct!

Well, that lasted all of 20 minutes! Your turn Wayfriend.

Post by **wayfriend** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:00 pm

Sorry. Don't normally play, but I saw it and knew the answer. I am a slave to impulse.

Should I be obscure and impossible, or main stream but cleverly disguised ... hmmm ....

This story, which happens before history begins, takes place on a pirate planet, where a ghost and a dwarf and several peg-legged people struggle with a doomsday equation.

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:11 am

Sounds like it could be an episode of Doctor Who. Don't think I've read it, whatever it is.

Post by **michaelm** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:17 pm

Sorus wrote:Sounds like it could be an episode of Doctor Who. Don't think I've read it, whatever it is.

That's what I thought too, but too far back in my memory to even remember which doctor.

Post by **wayfriend** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:45 pm

Nothing related to Dr Who, or any other profession/pronoun combination.

In one passage, a crowd of people enter a dead whale to listen to a blind story-teller. All the best story-tellers are blind, so everyone knows he is a good one.

Post by **StevieG** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:34 am

The Annals of Klepsis?

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:46 pm

Winnah.

( Did you google it? )

Post by **StevieG** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:19 pm

Yes, I had to google it, I haven't read it unfortunately.

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 3:49 pm

StevieG wrote:I haven't read it unfortunately.

Too bad.

Oh come to Klepsis to claim your share
And breathe the rank and lawless air.

Post by **StevieG** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:31 am

OK, an easy one. A group of boys become stranded on an island and must work together to survive.

I was subjected to this damn book at school!

Post by **michaelm** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:49 pm

Lord of the Flies I would think

Post by **StevieG** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:55 pm

Yes, and it still haunts me. Maybe I should read it as an adult and see if it has the same impact...

Over to you michaelm.

Post by **michaelm** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:08 pm

Hmmm, OK I'll try not to make it too easy but not impossible to guess either.

A singer under the influence of drugs is trying to avoid the police with the help of a young girl. When he is finally captured, the police think he is part of a plot involving a secretive group and let him go to follow him. Eventually he is recognized by people, but not before an accidental drug overdose takes place. The chief of police who was involved in the investigation has a nervous breakdown.

Post by **wayfriend** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:34 pm

Les Misérables!

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:54 am

michaelm wrote:Lord of the Flies I would think

one of my favorite books.

Post by **michaelm** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:11 pm

wayfriend wrote:Les Misérables!

Perhaps if it wasn't for the drug element of the book...

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:05 pm

michaelm wrote:Hmmm, OK I'll try not to make it too easy but not impossible to guess either.

A singer under the influence of drugs is trying to avoid the police with the help of a young girl. When he is finally captured, the police think he is part of a plot involving a secretive group and let him go to follow him. Eventually he is recognized by people, but not before an accidental drug overdose takes place. The chief of police who was involved in the investigation has a nervous breakdown.

the Wind in the Willows?

Post by **StevieG** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:36 pm

sgt.null wrote:
michaelm wrote:Lord of the Flies I would think
one of my favorite books.

Well Sarge, if you liked it, I'll put it on my list to try again (I was probably 15 when I first read it).

As to michaelm's book - I don't know!

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:32 am

stevie - I reread every few years. highly recommended.

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Name That Book!