The book dialog game - Page 50

poohbear_nc · 11-02-2011, 09:53 AM

I have no earthly (or unearthly) idea on this one.
Genre?

HomeInMyShoes · 11-02-2011, 10:34 AM

Fantasy, although MythPunk has been jokingly coined by the author.

HomeInMyShoes · 11-02-2011, 11:34 AM

Hints. Hmmm...

Spoiler:

HomeInMyShoes · 11-02-2011, 04:55 PM

Only one person with a response of any sort?

Quote:

Originally Posted by guessTheBook

“She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright and demanding. You can't ignore orange things. She once saw an orange parrot in the pet store and had never wanted anything so much in her life. She would have named it Halloween and fed it butterscotch. Her mother said butterscotch would make a bird sick and, besides, the dog would certainly eat it up. September never spoke to the dog again — on principle.”

Quote:

Originally Posted by guessTheBook

“Shoes are funny beasts. You think they’re just clothes, but really, they’re alive. They want things. Fancy ones with gems want to go to balls, big boots want to go to work, slippers want to dance. Or sleep. Shoes make the path you’re on. Change your shoes, change your path.”

Hamlet53 · 11-02-2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Fantasy, although MythPunk has been jokingly coined by the author.

This tells me that I almost certainly have never read the book. Sorry.

WT Sharpe · 11-02-2011, 06:39 PM

HomeInMyShoes · 11-02-2011, 08:39 PM

It's a book everyone should read. The author was joking when she (another hint) said she wrote MythPunk.

Another hint:

Spoiler:

HomeInMyShoes · 11-02-2011, 08:40 PM

And another quote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by guessTheBook

One ought not to judge her: all children are Heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb high trees and say shocking things and leap so very high grown-up hearts flutter in terror. Hearts weigh quite a lot. That is why it takes so long to grow one. But, as in their reading and arithmetic and drawing, different children proceed at different speeds. (It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.) Some small ones are terrible and fey, Utterly Heartless. Some are dear and sweet and Hardly Heartless At All. September stood very generally in the middle on the day the Green Wind took her, Somewhat Heartless, and Somewhat Grown.

afa · 11-03-2011, 02:07 AM

Gotta be Macbeth!

pdurrant · 11-03-2011, 04:10 AM

I think I can safely say that I haven't read this one.

HomeInMyShoes · 11-03-2011, 06:45 AM

Do I win something for stumping the panel?

WT Sharpe · 11-03-2011, 08:07 AM

So wot's the answer?

HomeInMyShoes · 11-03-2011, 08:45 AM

The answer is: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente.

It was originally published serialized online and paid for by donation. There was a discussion on MobileRead when she took the book offline. It won a Nebula Award (The Andre Norton Award) and was the first on-line serialized book to win such an award.

I discovered her work this year. I had seen The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden somewhere and figured it was a sure bet for someone that loves folklore and folktales. I was not disappointed. While the Orphan's Tales are definitely more grown up, there is a lot to love in her writing in Fairyland for adults and the diction is certainly not the usual young adult faire in which it is classified. I will be reading more by this author in the future.

I'll leave the floor open to anyone that wants to puzzle us with the next book.

HomeInMyShoes · 11-04-2011, 10:00 AM

No takers. Okay, I'll try and get us back to actually guessing with this one.

And a hint to start, although a strange hint perhaps, this is a Canadian author.

Quote:

Originally Posted by guessTheBook

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

Quote:

Originally Posted by guessTheBook

But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated - not with the same joy. Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.

Quote:

Originally Posted by guessThebook

After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.

WT Sharpe · 11-04-2011, 06:09 PM

I haven't the foggiest, but I love that line you quoted.

Quote:

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

11-02-2011, 11:34 AM	#738
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Hints. Hmmm... Spoiler: This book was in the news because it was available for free (donation) at one time and it is no longer that way. My opinion is that the book was way undervalued at free.

11-02-2011, 08:39 PM	#742
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	It's a book everyone should read. The author was joking when she (another hint) said she wrote MythPunk. Another hint: Spoiler: This book is an Andre Norton Award winner

11-03-2011, 08:45 AM	#748
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	The answer is: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente. It was originally published serialized online and paid for by donation. There was a discussion on MobileRead when she took the book offline. It won a Nebula Award (The Andre Norton Award) and was the first on-line serialized book to win such an award. I discovered her work this year. I had seen The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden somewhere and figured it was a sure bet for someone that loves folklore and folktales. I was not disappointed. While the Orphan's Tales are definitely more grown up, there is a lot to love in her writing in Fairyland for adults and the diction is certainly not the usual young adult faire in which it is classified. I will be reading more by this author in the future. I'll leave the floor open to anyone that wants to puzzle us with the next book. Last edited by HomeInMyShoes; 11-03-2011 at 08:47 AM.

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11-02-2011, 09:53 AM	#736
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,653 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I have no earthly (or unearthly) idea on this one. Genre?

11-02-2011, 10:34 AM	#737
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Fantasy, although MythPunk has been jokingly coined by the author.

11-02-2011, 06:39 PM	#741
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.

11-03-2011, 02:07 AM	#744
afa The Forgotten Posts: 1,136 Karma: 4689999 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dubai Device: Kindle Paperwhite; Nook HD; Sony Xperia Z3 Compact	Gotta be Macbeth!

11-03-2011, 04:10 AM	#745
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I think I can safely say that I haven't read this one.

11-03-2011, 06:45 AM	#746
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Do I win something for stumping the panel?

11-03-2011, 08:07 AM	#747
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	So wot's the answer?