Blanko!

[jane]

Other E's?

[JoanK]

__ __ __ __,   __ E __ __ __,   __ __ __   __ __ E E __


Guessed: E

[Frybabe]

R?

[PatH]

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

[Frybabe]

Oh, I'll bet that's it. I was thinking the last word might be greed.

[JoanK]

                             WINNER WINNER WINNER

I'm going to have to work harder if I'm going to fool you guys. You're too good.

[PatH]

It was the commas that did it.  It was a list without "the"s, and it just popped into my head.  Here's another: fiction, 1900s.


___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

O  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

[Frybabe]

N?

[PatH]

No N.

[jane]

E's?

[PatH]

Better luck this time:


___  ___  E

___  ___  ___  ___  E  ___

O  ___

___  ___  ___  E  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___


Letters guessed: E, N

[pedln]

T ?

[Frybabe]

R?

[PatH]

The T won't help much, but the R will:



T  ___  E

___  ___  R  ___  E  R

O  ___

R  ___  ___  E  R

___  ___  ___  R  ___  ___  ___


Letters guessed: E, N, R, T

[JoanK]

Then there has to be an F

[PatH]

Right, but it won't help you a lot.  I know you know this book though.



T  ___  E

___  ___  R  ___  E  R

O  F

R  ___  ___  E  R

___  ___  ___  R  ___  ___  ___


Letters guessed: E, F, N, R, T

[JoanK]

O?

[PatH]

Yes.



T  ___  E

___  ___  R  ___  E  R

O  F

R  O  ___  E  R

___  ___  ___  R  O  ___  ___


Letters guessed: E, F, N, O, R, T

[Frybabe]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

[PatH]

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Right you are, Frybabe.  Good job.  Want to sweep the board by getting the Author Author too?

[Frybabe]

This one is by one of the first scientist/authors who exposed me to astronomy and cosmology. This is his autobiography.

__ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ __ __

T __ __

__ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __

[PatH]

C?

[Frybabe]

Sorry, no C's.

[pedln]

E ?

[Frybabe]

E's there are.

__ __ __ E

__ __

__ __ E __ E

T __ E

__ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __

[PatH]

Well there must be more vowels.  A?

[Frybabe]

No A's.

[jane]

O's?

[Frybabe]

Two O's

__ O __ E

__ __

__ __ E __ E

T __ E

__ __ __ __

__ __ O __ __

[JoanK]

I wonder if the author is Fred Hoyle? But I don't know the book.

We still need vowels I?

[Frybabe]

You wonder right, JoanK. It is Fred Hoyle's autobiography. Now for the I's.

__ O __ E

I __

__ __ E __ E

T __ E

__ I __ __

__ __ O __ __

[JoanK]

H?

[Frybabe]

H O __ E

I __

__ H E __ E

T H E

__ I __ __

__ __ O __ __

One of my very first science book acquisitions, eons ago, was Hoyle's Astronomy. I still have it.

George and I will be in your neck of the woods tomorrow, JoanK. We are taking a bus trip to the Air and Space Museum at Dulles. Not happy about the rainy day, but fortunately, most or all of the exhibits are inside.

[JoanK]

L?

That's JoanP's neck of the woods. I'm in California.

PatH is the astronemer in the family (where are you, Pat? I'll bet she knows it).

[PatH]

I bet there's an N.

That's not JoanK's neck of the woods any more, it's mine.  Have a good time.  They have lots of super stuff.

[JoanK]

There you are!

[PatH]

No, I don't know it, alas.  I've read Hoyle's science fiction, though.  I recommend The Black Cloud.

[Frybabe]

Oh dear, I keep getting Joans mixed up. I knew Pearson was around there someplace. I wasn't sure where you were Pat. I thought about taking the trip to the book festival, but didn't want to go by myself. George would not have been interested.

[PatH]

And of course people get JoanK and me mixed up because we're twins, which is why I answered you.  Knee-jerk reaction.

[jane]

S?