The book dialog game - Page 11

poohbear_nc · 08-20-2011, 03:09 PM

Nope .... think more modern

poohbear_nc · 08-20-2011, 07:09 PM

And ....

"He is solid; immovable, iron-willed. He showed me one day his killing bottle. I'm imprisoned in it. Fluttering against the glass. Because I can see through it I still think I can escape. I have hope. But it's all an illusion.
A thick round wall of glass."

HomeInMyShoes · 08-20-2011, 09:04 PM

John Fowles, The Collector?

poohbear_nc · 08-20-2011, 10:42 PM

Yes! A truly creepy tale of obsession! A favorite of Stephen King too - an influence on "Misery".

Take it away HIMS!

orlok · 08-21-2011, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

John Fowles, The Collector?

Beat me to it. Quite a good movie too.

HomeInMyShoes · 08-21-2011, 07:30 AM

Woohoo!

"And before we judge of them too harshly we must remember what
ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only
upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its
inferior races."

Hamlet53 · 08-21-2011, 08:11 AM

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells maybe?

poohbear_nc · 08-21-2011, 09:36 AM

Day of the Triffids?

HomeInMyShoes · 08-21-2011, 09:56 AM

Hamlet53 has it. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. I love the opening bits of that book.

"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth
century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by
intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as
men busied themselves about their various concerns they were
scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a
microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and
multiply in a drop of water."

Take it away Hamlet53

Hamlet53 · 08-21-2011, 06:02 PM

Such was the impression of strength I gathered from this man who paced up and down. He was firmly planted on his legs; his feet struck the deck squarely and with surety; every movement of a muscle, from the heave of the shoulders to the tightening of the lips about the cigar, was decisive, and seemed to come out of a strength that was excessive and overwhelming. In fact, though this strength pervaded every action of his, it seemed but the advertisement of a greater strength that lurked within, that lay dormant and no more than stirred from time to time, but which might arouse, at any moment, terrible and compelling, like the rage of a lion or the wrath of a storm.

poohbear_nc · 08-21-2011, 07:16 PM

The Sea Wolf?

Hamlet53 · 08-21-2011, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

The Sea Wolf?

Yes by Jack London. Over to you.

poohbear_nc · 08-21-2011, 09:38 PM

Wow! Another book I haven't read in years! But Wolf Larsen was the only captain I could think of that smoked a cigar, and who fit that description.

OK:

"Now, that bird is, maybe, two hundred years old, Hawkins--they live forever mostly; and if anybody's seen more wickedness, it must be the devil himself. She's sailed with England, the great Cap'n England, the pirate."

issybird · 08-21-2011, 10:27 PM

I haven't read it, but I know Hawkins is a character in Treasure Island.

poohbear_nc · 08-22-2011, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

I haven't read it, but I know Hawkins is a character in Treasure Island.

You are correct - I debated removing the name to see if anyone remembered the parrot!

You're up Issybird!

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08-20-2011, 03:09 PM	#151
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,862 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Nope .... think more modern

08-20-2011, 07:09 PM	#152
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,862 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	And .... "He is solid; immovable, iron-willed. He showed me one day his killing bottle. I'm imprisoned in it. Fluttering against the glass. Because I can see through it I still think I can escape. I have hope. But it's all an illusion. A thick round wall of glass."

08-20-2011, 09:04 PM	#153
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	John Fowles, The Collector?

08-20-2011, 10:42 PM	#154
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,862 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Yes! A truly creepy tale of obsession! A favorite of Stephen King too - an influence on "Misery". Take it away HIMS!

08-21-2011, 07:30 AM	#156
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Woohoo! "And before we judge of them too harshly we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races."

08-21-2011, 08:11 AM	#157
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells maybe?

08-21-2011, 09:36 AM	#158
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,862 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Day of the Triffids?

08-21-2011, 09:56 AM	#159
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Hamlet53 has it. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. I love the opening bits of that book. "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water." Take it away Hamlet53

08-21-2011, 06:02 PM	#160
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Such was the impression of strength I gathered from this man who paced up and down. He was firmly planted on his legs; his feet struck the deck squarely and with surety; every movement of a muscle, from the heave of the shoulders to the tightening of the lips about the cigar, was decisive, and seemed to come out of a strength that was excessive and overwhelming. In fact, though this strength pervaded every action of his, it seemed but the advertisement of a greater strength that lurked within, that lay dormant and no more than stirred from time to time, but which might arouse, at any moment, terrible and compelling, like the rage of a lion or the wrath of a storm.

08-21-2011, 07:16 PM	#161
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,862 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	The Sea Wolf?

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08-21-2011, 09:38 PM	#163
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,862 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Wow! Another book I haven't read in years! But Wolf Larsen was the only captain I could think of that smoked a cigar, and who fit that description. OK: "Now, that bird is, maybe, two hundred years old, Hawkins--they live forever mostly; and if anybody's seen more wickedness, it must be the devil himself. She's sailed with England, the great Cap'n England, the pirate."

08-21-2011, 10:27 PM	#164
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,229 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	I haven't read it, but I know Hawkins is a character in Treasure Island.