Name that book? - Page 14

montsnmags · 02-15-2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Daephex

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Here's a toughie-- I once read (in hardback) a collection of early science fiction short stories that contained a really odd one featuring a boy whose family was perplexed by his inability to eat anything but beer. Furthermore, he saw things nobody else could see, and spoke in complete gibberish.

Sounds like the autobiography I haven't written yet.

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A plot point in the story was that the narrator recorded him with some sort of device, which he slowed down to reveal that the boy actually just spoke inhumanly fast.

Does anyone know what story this was? Bonus brownie points if you can tell me the collection-- I'd love to read this one again!

Sorry, nothing ringing other than my flippancy bell. Sounds interesting though.

Cheers,
Marc

Fringecup · 02-16-2010, 02:00 AM

I'm looking for a book or perhaps it was a short story that was set on a south Pacific island at the start of WW II. The main character that i remember was a Catholic missionary who had a small but wonderful garden there, which he had built up over many years of bringing soil from other islands in baskets. Anyway, the plot was about the Japanese soldiers arriving at the island, but I can't remember what happens and I'd like to reread it. Does this ring any bells out there?

c1yat · 02-18-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

My friend and I are trying to remember the title of a science fiction story in which an animal had evolved a symbiotic relationship with a plant with round seeds, using the seeds as a kind of crude wheel.
Anyone know what it was?

I am pretty sure there was a Robert A Heinlen book that has a story like this

c1yat · 02-18-2010, 03:38 PM

How about this one? It was a story about children who encountered a fantasy world of dwarves etc and caves (I think in Alderley Edge), read it at school 25 years ago. Sorry there isnt much to go on!

Sparrow · 02-18-2010, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by c1yat

How about this one? It was a story about children who encountered a fantasy world of dwarves etc and caves (I think in Alderley Edge), read it at school 25 years ago. Sorry there isnt much to go on!

Sounds like 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' by Alan Garner.

c1yat · 02-18-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Sounds like 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' by Alan Garner.

Read your suggested title and it all came flooding back. What a star!!!

Sparrow · 02-18-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

My friend and I are trying to remember the title of a science fiction story in which an animal had evolved a symbiotic relationship with a plant with round seeds, using the seeds as a kind of crude wheel.
Anyone know what it was?

Probably 'The Amber Spyglass' by Philip Pullman.

Mentioned in the "Wheeled" section of the Wikipedia article on "Rotating locomotion in living systems".

"The 2000 novel The Amber Spyglass, by English author Philip Pullman, features an alien race known as the Mulefa, who use large, disc-shaped seed pods as wheels. They grip the pods with two limbs, while propelling themselves with two other limbs. The Mulefa have a symbiotic relationship with the seed pod trees, which depend on the rolling action to crack open the pods and allow the seeds to emerge."

carmonli · 02-19-2010, 03:04 AM

I'm chiming in here with a forgotten book as well...

The story took place at the beginning of the Civil war - I think there was a woman who was supposed to marry one brother but was in love with another. The family was split between Northern and Southern sympathies. I think the elder brother had an illegitimate daughter with a colored woman (possibly a family slave?). It was actually more of a mystery than a romance.

I seem to remember that the story was in a hardcover book, with a collection of 4 or 5 novellas/condensed novels. I'm thinking it was something like Reader's Digest Condensed books, but I looked through the list and didn't see anything that seemed familiar. I think it was written by 2 authors.

dreams · 03-03-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by carmonli

I'm chiming in here with a forgotten book as well...

The story took place at the beginning of the Civil war - I think there was a woman who was supposed to marry one brother but was in love with another. The family was split between Northern and Southern sympathies. I think the elder brother had an illegitimate daughter with a colored woman (possibly a family slave?). It was actually more of a mystery than a romance.

I seem to remember that the story was in a hardcover book, with a collection of 4 or 5 novellas/condensed novels. I'm thinking it was something like Reader's Digest Condensed books, but I looked through the list and didn't see anything that seemed familiar. I think it was written by 2 authors.

Just a guess.... maybe North and South by John Jakes ?

desertgrandma · 03-04-2010, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by carmonli

Don't know if anyone is still looking for this (Desertgrandma?), but I think what you were looking for is The HAB Theory by Allan Eckert.

ding ding ding!!! Karma to you for this. Sounds exactly like the book I was looking for, and the pub date is right.......How did you know this?

carmonli · 03-05-2010, 01:34 AM

re: The HAB Theory

Well, I read it myself and it absolutely stayed with me (I think I still have the PB copy floating around somewhere...). That was the type of book I read a lot of as a young adult - one of the more readable and gripping books of the genre, IMO.

carmonli · 03-05-2010, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Just a guess.... maybe North and South by John Jakes ?

Nope, I've read that. It was definitely a short story/novella length, and I'm almost positive that it was written by two authors.

phenomshel · 03-12-2010, 03:58 PM

Famous poetry anthology. Well, famous enough to be in a pocket sized edition at Waldenbooks ten years ago, anyway...

Had all my favorite poems in it: Patterns, Flanders Fields, Annabelle Lee...

I've Googled 'Poetry anthologies' til my fingers are sore and can't find it. All I remember is it was somebody's treasury of poems (and I don't remember if that was the actual title, either - but I Googled that too with no luck).

Any help appreciated...

Ea · 03-12-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Famous poetry anthology. Well, famous enough to be in a pocket sized edition at Waldenbooks ten years ago, anyway...

Had all my favorite poems in it: Patterns, Flanders Fields, Annabelle Lee...

I've Googled 'Poetry anthologies' til my fingers are sore and can't find it. All I remember is it was somebody's treasury of poems (and I don't remember if that was the actual title, either - but I Googled that too with no luck).

Any help appreciated...

You've probably seen this already.... But just in case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...ry_anthologies

Patricia · 03-12-2010, 05:04 PM

Not Palgrave's Golden Treasury?
(which is available at PG).

03-05-2010, 01:34 AM	#206
carmonli Member Posts: 19 Karma: 2136808 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle	re: The HAB Theory Well, I read it myself and it absolutely stayed with me (I think I still have the PB copy floating around somewhere...). That was the type of book I read a lot of as a young adult - one of the more readable and gripping books of the genre, IMO. Last edited by carmonli; 03-05-2010 at 01:36 AM.

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02-16-2010, 02:00 AM	#197
Fringecup Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 127588 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Campbell River, BC Device: Sony Reader 600 Touch Edition	I'm looking for a book or perhaps it was a short story that was set on a south Pacific island at the start of WW II. The main character that i remember was a Catholic missionary who had a small but wonderful garden there, which he had built up over many years of bringing soil from other islands in baskets. Anyway, the plot was about the Japanese soldiers arriving at the island, but I can't remember what happens and I'd like to reread it. Does this ring any bells out there?

02-18-2010, 03:38 PM	#199
c1yat Member Posts: 16 Karma: 102 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS505	How about this one? It was a story about children who encountered a fantasy world of dwarves etc and caves (I think in Alderley Edge), read it at school 25 years ago. Sorry there isnt much to go on!

02-19-2010, 03:04 AM	#203
carmonli Member Posts: 19 Karma: 2136808 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle	I'm chiming in here with a forgotten book as well... The story took place at the beginning of the Civil war - I think there was a woman who was supposed to marry one brother but was in love with another. The family was split between Northern and Southern sympathies. I think the elder brother had an illegitimate daughter with a colored woman (possibly a family slave?). It was actually more of a mystery than a romance. I seem to remember that the story was in a hardcover book, with a collection of 4 or 5 novellas/condensed novels. I'm thinking it was something like Reader's Digest Condensed books, but I looked through the list and didn't see anything that seemed familiar. I think it was written by 2 authors.

03-12-2010, 03:58 PM	#208
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Famous poetry anthology. Well, famous enough to be in a pocket sized edition at Waldenbooks ten years ago, anyway... Had all my favorite poems in it: Patterns, Flanders Fields, Annabelle Lee... I've Googled 'Poetry anthologies' til my fingers are sore and can't find it. All I remember is it was somebody's treasury of poems (and I don't remember if that was the actual title, either - but I Googled that too with no luck). Any help appreciated...

03-12-2010, 05:04 PM	#210
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Not Palgrave's Golden Treasury? (which is available at PG).