The book dialog game - Page 23

anjirlly · 09-10-2011, 11:28 AM

Slavoj Zizek? Some contemporary cultural critic...?

poohbear_nc · 09-10-2011, 02:11 PM

No - a work of fiction.

"The future is there," Cayce hears herself say, "looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become. And from where they are, the past behind us will look nothing at all like the past we imagine behind us now."

poohbear_nc · 09-12-2011, 08:20 AM

OK - I guess I've killed the thread.

The quotes are from William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition" - the first of a trio of books examining/predicting the interaction of computer technology with consumerism/advertising/trend setting - taken to the limits.

Would some one like to set the new question?

pdurrant · 09-12-2011, 08:27 AM

"Well", said he, "I've heard tell that in the old days those that could not buy bright hauberks out of the Southlands would stitch steel rings on a leather shirt and be content with that. Let's see what can be done in that line!"

A 1949 book, probably never been out of print.

poohbear_nc · 09-12-2011, 02:55 PM

Sounds Tolkien-ish to my elven ears!

Not sure which one though.

pdurrant · 09-12-2011, 06:00 PM

You are correct. Let me give some more.

"Get back to bed and don't be a fool!" said his wife. "And drown that dog in the morning. There is no call to believe what a dog says; they'll tell any tale, when caught truant or thieving."

poohbear_nc · 09-12-2011, 07:39 PM

It ain't The Hobbit.

And it doesn't sound like any of the Ring books that I remember.

One of the fairy tales?

Daithi · 09-12-2011, 08:37 PM

Roverandom?

Daithi · 09-12-2011, 08:39 PM

Damn! I just Googled it (couldn't help myself). I got it wrong.

pdurrant · 09-13-2011, 03:34 AM

I must admit I thought the mention of the dog might give it away (but no, not Roverandom). I haven't given you any words by the hero yet, and I won't in this clue, either.

"Give me my sword!" shouted the King, finding his voice, but forgetting his plural.

issybird · 09-16-2011, 05:04 PM

I think people need more help here. I'm sitting drooling and gibbering myself.

pdurrant · 09-17-2011, 06:18 AM

Well. OK, this should give the game away. And if you don't know it, you should go and read it. It's good fun!

"Now what have you been a-doing this time?" said Giles, throwing a sausage at him.
"Nothing," panted Garm, too flustered to give heed to the sausage.
"Well, stop doing it, or I'll skin you," said the farmer.
"I've done no wrong. I didn't mean no harm," said the dog. "But I came on a dragon accidental-like, and it frightened me."

poohbear_nc · 09-17-2011, 07:42 PM

Ahhhh .... Farmer Giles of Ham?

pdurrant · 09-18-2011, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Ahhhh .... Farmer Giles of Ham?

Yes, indeed. I had no idea it would be that tricky. Your turn!

poohbear_nc · 09-18-2011, 09:54 AM

I haven't read it in years! Was clueless until you provided a clue with the character's name in it.

OK - Let's start again:

"I thought I could escape the wickedness of the city by moving to the country. The fields that are green, the singing of the birds, the faces smiling and friendly. Huh! The fields that are green are the secret burial places of the victims of murders most hideous; the birds sing only briefly before some idiot in tweeds shoots them, and the faces all smiling and friendly: what do they conceal?"

09-13-2011, 03:34 AM	#340
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,064 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I must admit I thought the mention of the dog might give it away (but no, not Roverandom). I haven't given you any words by the hero yet, and I won't in this clue, either. "Give me my sword!" shouted the King, finding his voice, but forgetting his plural. Last edited by pdurrant; 09-13-2011 at 03:36 AM.

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09-10-2011, 11:28 AM	#331
anjirlly Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 58410 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SE Michigan Device: Kindle on Android phone; PB360; Sony 950	Slavoj Zizek? Some contemporary cultural critic...?

09-10-2011, 02:11 PM	#332
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	No - a work of fiction. "The future is there," Cayce hears herself say, "looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become. And from where they are, the past behind us will look nothing at all like the past we imagine behind us now."

09-12-2011, 08:20 AM	#333
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	OK - I guess I've killed the thread. The quotes are from William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition" - the first of a trio of books examining/predicting the interaction of computer technology with consumerism/advertising/trend setting - taken to the limits. Would some one like to set the new question?

09-12-2011, 08:27 AM	#334
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,064 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	"Well", said he, "I've heard tell that in the old days those that could not buy bright hauberks out of the Southlands would stitch steel rings on a leather shirt and be content with that. Let's see what can be done in that line!" A 1949 book, probably never been out of print.

09-12-2011, 02:55 PM	#335
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Sounds Tolkien-ish to my elven ears! Not sure which one though.

09-12-2011, 06:00 PM	#336
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,064 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	You are correct. Let me give some more. "Get back to bed and don't be a fool!" said his wife. "And drown that dog in the morning. There is no call to believe what a dog says; they'll tell any tale, when caught truant or thieving."

09-12-2011, 07:39 PM	#337
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	It ain't The Hobbit. And it doesn't sound like any of the Ring books that I remember. One of the fairy tales?

09-12-2011, 08:37 PM	#338
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Roverandom?

09-12-2011, 08:39 PM	#339
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Damn! I just Googled it (couldn't help myself). I got it wrong.

09-16-2011, 05:04 PM	#341
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,331 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I think people need more help here. I'm sitting drooling and gibbering myself.

09-17-2011, 06:18 AM	#342
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,064 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Well. OK, this should give the game away. And if you don't know it, you should go and read it. It's good fun! "Now what have you been a-doing this time?" said Giles, throwing a sausage at him. "Nothing," panted Garm, too flustered to give heed to the sausage. "Well, stop doing it, or I'll skin you," said the farmer. "I've done no wrong. I didn't mean no harm," said the dog. "But I came on a dragon accidental-like, and it frightened me."

09-17-2011, 07:42 PM	#343
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Ahhhh .... Farmer Giles of Ham?

09-18-2011, 09:54 AM	#345
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I haven't read it in years! Was clueless until you provided a clue with the character's name in it. OK - Let's start again: "I thought I could escape the wickedness of the city by moving to the country. The fields that are green, the singing of the birds, the faces smiling and friendly. Huh! The fields that are green are the secret burial places of the victims of murders most hideous; the birds sing only briefly before some idiot in tweeds shoots them, and the faces all smiling and friendly: what do they conceal?"