08-23-2012, 05:45 PM | #1201 |
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"Never be a pioneer. It's the Early Christian that gets the fattest lion."
"Quite a charming woman; separated from her husband --" "Incompatibility of income?" "Oh, nothing of that sort." "....and as we were coming home through some meadows she made a quite unnecessary attempt to see if her pony would jump a rather messy sort of brook that was there. It wouldn't. It went with her as far as the water's edge, and from that point Mrs. Nicorax went on alone." |
08-24-2012, 02:59 AM | #1202 | |
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It was my first and only time on a horse. The animal took off at a full gallop straight at the tree line of the woods. I told the beast to make a right turn, but it just ignored me. No matter how hard I pulled the reins to the right, it just kept on charging at those trees until it was within ten feet of them. That's when I discovered that horses had the unique ability to make a 90 degree turn at full speed. For my part I continued in the same direction as before. The critter stood there looking at me with laughter in his eyes. I got up, taught it some French, and got right back on. It was okay after that. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 08-24-2012 at 03:03 AM. |
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08-24-2012, 02:31 PM | #1203 |
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Well ... since I seem to have brought this thread to a screeching halt ... I'll enclose the answer in spoiler tags ... in case anyone wants to guess this weekend.
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08-24-2012, 07:22 PM | #1204 | |
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09-17-2012, 09:22 AM | #1205 | |
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Since no one seems to be taking this one. I'll make another effort to stump the panel:
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09-17-2012, 03:22 PM | #1206 |
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Hmmm -- haven't read it, but I could swear I can hear it!
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09-17-2012, 03:35 PM | #1207 |
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This is referencing a typist on a typewriter, I'm pretty sure. It seems so familiar, but I'm at a loss as to why...
Edit: Oops, wrong. Last edited by steven522; 09-17-2012 at 03:39 PM. |
09-17-2012, 03:58 PM | #1208 | ||
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A couple more quotes:
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And a couple of hints: Spoiler:
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09-17-2012, 07:46 PM | #1209 |
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Sounds like magical realism? Borges?
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09-17-2012, 07:47 PM | #1210 |
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Toni Morrison?
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09-18-2012, 08:18 AM | #1211 | |
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No to both of those. It is not magical realism.
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09-18-2012, 08:53 AM | #1212 |
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OK - Appalachian America? Deliverance?
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09-18-2012, 09:06 AM | #1213 |
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Right country, wrong location. More author hints:
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09-18-2012, 12:37 PM | #1214 |
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Not Deliverance. I have that on next year's required reading list.
Any other takers? If not it's yours poohbear_nc for the next book. Spoiler:
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09-18-2012, 01:00 PM | #1215 |
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I'd googled earlier to find out, and I've not read any of her stuff so wouldn't have got it. Agree that the film The Shipping News was excellent.
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