Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512792 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #2720 on:** September 16, 2012, 03:18:43 PM »

BLANKO

Welcome to our newest brain teaser

The rules are simple:

The Challenger posts either a title or the name of an author, not both. One letter is supplied. More information may be given, but isn't required.

Example:

Title of Book: three words, a prize winning novel:

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What is it?

The Contestants guess--the title (or author) if they can, or a letter. One guess between appearances of the Challenger for each contestant.

At the end of the day, or more often if the Challenger wants, the Challenger will add one or more of the letters the Contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears. (Note that the original supplied letter might also appear elsewhere.)

The winner becomes the new Challenger.

Good Luck !!

Frybabe · « **Reply #2721 on:** September 16, 2012, 03:22:49 PM »

No more P's, but there are a few R's.

P E R __ O N __ __

R E __ O __ __ E __ __ __ O N __

O __

__ O __ N

O __

__ R __

pedln · « **Reply #2722 on:** September 16, 2012, 03:32:27 PM »

Frybabe

I cannot let this pass. This author wrote more non-fiction, some of which is very near.

JoanP · « **Reply #2723 on:** September 16, 2012, 03:42:26 PM »

Well, I'm the one who should get it...

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Is this Mark Twain's?

PatH · « **Reply #2724 on:** September 16, 2012, 04:04:24 PM »

It is. I've even read it, but I wasn't there yet. Good work, JoanP. I would call it fiction, though.

Frybabe · « **Reply #2725 on:** September 16, 2012, 06:40:41 PM »

Yes! JoanP is the winner.

Except for Life on the Mississippi, I didn't know he wrote nonfiction. I've downloaded it on my Kindle to read some time. I thought The Innocents Abroad was a novel and Roughing It always makes me think of Teddy Roosevelt. Both of those are listed as travel.

PatH · « **Reply #2726 on:** September 16, 2012, 10:44:25 PM »

The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It are more or less autobiographical. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc is historical fiction, I think pretty accurate. Twain wrote another historical fiction book, The Prince and the Pauper, in which a London street boy accidentally changes places for a while with Prince Edward, son of Henry VIII and the future Edward VI. He also wrote a sort of sci-fi/time travel book, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, in which the protagonist wakes up from a head wound to find he is back in the time of King Arthur. He tries to improve things by introducing modern technology. Both Prince and Yankee include a lot of social criticism, which pretty much totally blew by me when I read them as a teenager. I should probably reread them.

Frybabe · « **Reply #2727 on:** September 17, 2012, 09:11:51 AM »

Isn't that interesting. My source listed the Joan of Arc as nonfiction, but on checking, Wikipedia and another literary site list it as fiction. I don't remember which site I got that said it was nonfiction, but I do remember it said that Joan of Arc was an ongoing interest for Mark Twain. Of course, I can't find anything of the sort now.

JoanP · « **Reply #2728 on:** September 17, 2012, 09:24:42 AM »

Fry, years ago we discussed this book - could have been when we were SeniorNet. I remember it was difficult to find the book in my library - it was under a different author...Louis de Conte, I think. I was looking under Clemens - Twain. Here's more about it ... I still find it really curious, Mark Twain's interest in Joan of Arc. I think it had something to do with his daughter, but not clear about that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Recollections_of_Joan_of_Arc

My turn: this is fiction, I am quite sure. Need to find out more about it...where it came from. I think it is based on a non-Fiction account, but it is fiction.

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pedln · « **Reply #2729 on:** September 17, 2012, 09:37:52 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2730 on:** September 17, 2012, 07:19:39 PM »

OH yes! Plenty of Ts -

T _ _ _ _ T - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T O _

PatH · « **Reply #2731 on:** September 19, 2012, 10:18:20 AM »

Rings no bells. How about an R?

JoanP · « **Reply #2732 on:** September 19, 2012, 11:20:36 AM »

Cannot wait until someone gets this one - want to know if you read it, and what you thought of it- It's not a new book. One "R" Pat...

T _ _ _ _ T - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T O R

Frybabe · « **Reply #2733 on:** September 19, 2012, 12:14:09 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2734 on:** September 19, 2012, 07:29:29 PM »

Sorry Fry, no Ns. There is an N in the author's name, but not the title...

T _ _ _ _ T - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T O R

JoanK · « **Reply #2735 on:** September 19, 2012, 08:54:29 PM »

now i can type can now type and mouse!YeaH!!!!!!

Frybabe · « **Reply #2736 on:** September 19, 2012, 10:54:40 PM »

Are there any more O's?

JoanP · « **Reply #2737 on:** September 20, 2012, 07:24:35 AM »

JoanK - good to have you back on your keyboard!

Good guess, Fry - one more O that might give you the title...

T _ _ _ O T - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T O R

Frybabe · « **Reply #2738 on:** September 20, 2012, 09:03:41 AM »

Not where I was hoping to see an O, darn.

How about an L?

pedln · « **Reply #2739 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:32:21 PM »

The Sot-Weed Factor

Haven't read it, have only heard the name. Can't tell you what it's about.

Assuming that's correct, I'll be back soon with a title of sorts that you must get by Sunday night because I'm going into the hospital at 8 am Monday, for minor surgery on Wednesday. Early,but, there is always the heparin thing.

pedln · « **Reply #2740 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:56:30 PM »

I hope I'm not jumping the gun. That would be funny.

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___ ___ ___ ___ L ___ :

A Novel

JoanK · « **Reply #2741 on:** September 20, 2012, 04:41:16 PM »

Hope your surgery went well. How about an "E".

pedln · « **Reply #2742 on:** September 21, 2012, 10:19:08 AM »

This is fiction. Lots of E's.

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

___ E ___ E L ___ :

A Novel

JoanP, what is The Sot-Weed Factor about? I remember it as popular quite a way back, but know nothing.

Lorac625 · « **Reply #2743 on:** September 21, 2012, 03:16:39 PM »

Had to Google The Sot-Weed Factor as I had never heard of it. Interesting. Any R's?

pedln · « **Reply #2744 on:** September 21, 2012, 08:22:18 PM »

Indeed there is, one R.

___ ___ E

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R E ___ E L ___ :

A Novel

I haven't read this one, but did read one of the author's other books. In fact, I think we discussed it here. I remember talking about the black and white floor.

PatH · « **Reply #2745 on:** September 21, 2012, 08:28:03 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #2746 on:** September 21, 2012, 09:30:04 PM »

Sorry, there is no V.

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

R E ___ E L ___ :

A Novel

Letters requested: E, R, V

PatH · « **Reply #2747 on:** September 21, 2012, 11:45:57 PM »

Then perhaps a B?

pedln · « **Reply #2748 on:** September 22, 2012, 10:12:18 AM »

There is one B. Getting close now.

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

R E B E L ___ :

A Novel

Letters requested: B, E, R, V

JoanP · « **Reply #2749 on:** September 22, 2012, 03:20:37 PM »

The Sot-Weed Factor... "Picaresque novel by John Barth, originally published in 1960 and revised in 1967. A parody of the historical novel, it is based on and takes its title from a satirical poem published in 1708 by Ebenezer Cooke, who is the protagonist of Barth's work. The novel's black humor is derived from its purposeful misuse of conventional literary devices."

I've a son, a prolific reader - two, three books a week. He belongs to the Good Reads site - in which he posts books he is reading and just completed. Whenever he posts, I get an email notification. I must have signed on to Good Reads at some point to get this notification. I enjoy seeing what he's reading. He ranks these books...usually gives nothing higher than four stars. But Sot Weed Factor got five stars - with a comment from son that now he sees why he could never become a writer. High praise. I just had to pick up a copy to see what it was that elicited this comment.

I started to read it - and was intrigued. But after about 100 pages, I tired of the black humor - and gave up on it. Now I'm wondering if I gave up too soon. I was hoping that someone of you had read it years ago and could encourage me to check it out again...

On the title above - there must be an "S" on Rebels...are there more than one?

PatH · « **Reply #2750 on:** September 23, 2012, 12:14:23 AM »

JoanP, I started The Sotweed Factor many years ago, and also didn't finish it, not sure why. I do remember it was very well written, very rich prose.

pedln · « **Reply #2751 on:** September 23, 2012, 11:57:03 AM »

That's really cool, JoanP, that you get emails from GoodReads about what your son is reading.

Yes, there is an S, two in fact.

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ S ___ E ___

R E B E L S :

A Novel

Letters requested: B, E, R, S, V

Did I mention that this is historical fiction, set just a tad later than the Sot-Weed Factor.

JoanP · « **Reply #2752 on:** September 23, 2012, 01:46:48 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #2753 on:** September 23, 2012, 06:02:58 PM »

Since it's Sunday night I'll give both letters

T H E

___ H ___ S ___ E ___

R E B E L S :

A Novel

Letters requested: B, E, H, R, S, T, V

Did I mention that this is historical fiction, set just a tad later than the Sot-Weed Factor.
Right after the Revolutionary War

Frybabe · « **Reply #2754 on:** September 23, 2012, 06:42:55 PM »

I'll be darn if I can figure it out. How about plopping an A in there somewhere?

JoanP · « **Reply #2755 on:** September 23, 2012, 06:47:53 PM »

Ooops...I think it's THE WHISKEY REBELS...Pedln, how did you ever come up with that one?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2756 on:** September 23, 2012, 06:53:14 PM »

Ohhhhhh, yes. The Whiskey Rebellion. I should have thought of that. After all, didn't that start in Western PA?

JoanP · « **Reply #2757 on:** September 24, 2012, 09:24:20 AM »

A good one, Pedln. I believe it was, Fry...Western PA

Let's see how long it will take you to get this one!

Fiction...

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Frybabe · « **Reply #2758 on:** September 24, 2012, 12:30:51 PM »

Let's start with adding any T's that may still be lurking in the title.

JoanP · « **Reply #2759 on:** September 24, 2012, 12:52:42 PM »

Well there you go! These T s should help - some.

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