Name that book? - Page 7

pilotbob · 02-26-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

?????????

You know.. Prof. Plum, Ms Scarlet, the lead pipe in the conservatory?

BOb

Ea · 02-26-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

You know.. Prof. Plum, Ms Scarlet, the lead pipe in the conservatory?

BOb

Had to google it - see what you mean

Well, that was all I could remember

I've never played clue though, not sure you can get in Denmark.

lilac_jive · 02-26-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Clue?

BOb

BenG · 02-26-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Had to google it - see what you mean

Well, that was all I could remember

I've never played clue though, not sure you can get in Denmark.

Can you get the movie version with Tim Curry?

Ea · 02-26-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BenG

Can you get the movie version with Tim Curry?

Found it. Looks fun, looking forward to watch it, thanks

Still not the book, though...

mjh215 · 02-26-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

There's several couples, a single older or middle-aged countess (or something like that) and an older man, who is, I think American or British. He's the one I remember best. He's an atheist and self-awoved cynic, and talks a great deal about this. At some point, during an outing, he talks about being an atheist and a roller-coaster feeling of falling through space it gives to imagine not having some god to hold his hand under one. There's a young woman, too, I think she may be a daughter or niece of one of the other characters.

I think the author may be Italian or perhaps French, but that could be because of the story.

Atheism was just a Red Herring...

Sorry, now PilotBob has Clue running thru my head...

(And the song Sh-Boom)

-MJ

Ea · 02-26-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mjh215

Atheism was just a Red Herring...
...
-MJ

That roller-coaster ride that the old man describe really stuck in my head. Was great, too. I have gone back to the library, looking for the book, I have tried exploring my memories as best I can, but... to no avail.

GBC · 03-30-2009, 10:39 PM

I'm looking for a book that my mother read when she was a child. The only thing she remembers about the book is the main characters name is Orbie Ann or possibly Arbie Ann.

sirbruce · 04-02-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HappyMartin

Thanks for that. Can't find the book but I did find some other interesting titles by the same author at Baen and have purchased two.

Starquake was the sequel.

Mnementh · 05-05-2009, 08:12 PM

Hoping somebody can help me with this one, i'm trying to find a book (or possibly a series of books) that i remember reading as a kid. The only really standout thing I can remember about it/them is the main character started out as a rejected unwanted kid because he was deformed (Kind of like a hunchback). The story goes through his younger years of life and the trials and tribulations he has to endure. As he gets older it turns out that the deformation on his back is due to him being a member of a little known winged alien race. He then goes about searching out his home planet and people, yada yada. It's this bit that makes me unsure as to whether it was one book or a series of them.

Sorry it's not much to go on I don't even know if it was a kids book ar an adult one as I've been reading adult fiction since i was six.

TIA for any help

igorsk · 05-05-2009, 09:37 PM

Sounds like Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton (Book 3 in Moonsinger series).

Mnementh · 05-05-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

Sounds like Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton (Book 3 in Moonsinger series).

That's the one that was quick. Thank you very much, now I just need to find it as an ebook somewhere.

spiggo89 · 05-10-2009, 02:43 AM

I'm looking for a book that was about some kind of space/time travel. The main character goes on a ship that heads out to space, they find another ship with cocoons of humans in deep sleep on it, or something similar. At the end the character ends up back in time and tries to kill their past self before they board the ship but doesn't (maybe pulls out handkerchief instead of a gun?).

ChipnDale · 06-02-2009, 04:41 PM

Help with this please:
The artist (photographer maybe) is somewhat of an outcast, his art isn't very good. He meets a girl and after a night together finds out that she has a genetic disorder that makes her bruise very easily but the marks are gone the next day. Together they come up with a plan to write poems and draw pictures on her body and then photograph/paint them. His art takes off and he is in high demand. It is a very interesting love/hate relationship. I think it was set in Seattle or Portland. I was a teenager or in my early 20's when I read this. I thinking it was probably published in the late 80's or early 90's, could be older than that but I doubt newer.

pshrynk · 06-02-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ChipnDale

Help with this please:
The artist (photographer maybe) is somewhat of an outcast, his art isn't very good. He meets a girl and after a night together finds out that she has a genetic disorder that makes her bruise very easily but the marks are gone the next day. Together they come up with a plan to write poems and draw pictures on her body and then photograph/paint them. His art takes off and he is in high demand. It is a very interesting love/hate relationship. I think it was set in Seattle or Portland. I was a teenager or in my early 20's when I read this. I thinking it was probably published in the late 80's or early 90's, could be older than that but I doubt newer.

Don't know what that one is, but it sounds interesting!

03-30-2009, 10:39 PM	#98
GBC Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 165 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Gainesville, Florida Device: Sony PRS 500, PRS 505, Kindle 3, Kindle Touch	I'm looking for a book that my mother read when she was a child. The only thing she remembers about the book is the main characters name is Orbie Ann or possibly Arbie Ann. Last edited by GBC; 03-31-2009 at 10:43 AM.

05-05-2009, 08:12 PM	#100
Mnementh Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 3633418 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra	Hoping somebody can help me with this one, i'm trying to find a book (or possibly a series of books) that i remember reading as a kid. The only really standout thing I can remember about it/them is the main character started out as a rejected unwanted kid because he was deformed (Kind of like a hunchback). The story goes through his younger years of life and the trials and tribulations he has to endure. As he gets older it turns out that the deformation on his back is due to him being a member of a little known winged alien race. He then goes about searching out his home planet and people, yada yada. It's this bit that makes me unsure as to whether it was one book or a series of them. Sorry it's not much to go on I don't even know if it was a kids book ar an adult one as I've been reading adult fiction since i was six. TIA for any help Last edited by Mnementh; 05-05-2009 at 08:12 PM. Reason: typo

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05-05-2009, 09:37 PM	#101
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Sounds like Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton (Book 3 in Moonsinger series).

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ChipnDale Rescue Rangers Posts: 109 Karma: 2144082 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Visitor from another planet Device: IPad	Help with this please: The artist (photographer maybe) is somewhat of an outcast, his art isn't very good. He meets a girl and after a night together finds out that she has a genetic disorder that makes her bruise very easily but the marks are gone the next day. Together they come up with a plan to write poems and draw pictures on her body and then photograph/paint them. His art takes off and he is in high demand. It is a very interesting love/hate relationship. I think it was set in Seattle or Portland. I was a teenager or in my early 20's when I read this. I thinking it was probably published in the late 80's or early 90's, could be older than that but I doubt newer.

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