Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512250 times)

PatH · « **Reply #7120 on:** December 09, 2014, 08:47:43 PM »

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PatH · « **Reply #7121 on:** December 09, 2014, 08:48:25 PM »

Ooops, I misplaced an I. No more Ss.

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Letters guessed: E, I, N, O, S T, Y

Frybabe · « **Reply #7122 on:** December 10, 2014, 05:51:14 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #7123 on:** December 10, 2014, 01:28:10 PM »

That should help:

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R ___ I N ___ O ___

Letters guessed: E, I, N, O, R, S T, Y

Frybabe · « **Reply #7124 on:** December 10, 2014, 03:29:35 PM »

Nope, it ruled out Charity's for the first word.

OOOOOOOH, I got it. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon.

Reading a publisher's review of the book on Amazon, I am reminded that my Dad was in London then. He was next door to a building that got struck by the rockets. I don't remember whether it was a V1 or V2, but I do remember that he said if you hear one, you don't worry. You only worry when you stop hearing it. Apparently that is when they dropped. I've never read a Pynchon book and from the customer reviews, I am not likely to be one who has the patience to get through it. The reviews were certainly interesting though. I especially liked the one who gave tips on how to read it; it suggested reading V first as it is similar but shorter. If you like that, then tackle Gravity's Rainbow.

PS: I might try his Vineland.

JoanK · « **Reply #7125 on:** December 10, 2014, 03:34:24 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #7126 on:** December 10, 2014, 04:03:02 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Good work, Frybabe.

It was the V1s whose motors cut out just before they dropped. The V2s were rockets, and just shot straight to wherever they landed.

I tried reading Gravity's Rainbow when it came out, and liked it, but wasn't able to persist in working as hard as you had to in order to make any sense of it. It's wonderfully rich and complicated. Maybe someday I'll pick it up again.

The only Pyncheon I've read all of is The Crying of Lot 49, which is shorter and less complicated than most of his stuff. Wikipedia gives a good description:

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Although more concise and linear in its structure than Pynchon's other novels, its labyrinthine plot features an ancient, underground mail service known as "The Tristero" or "Trystero", a parody of a Jacobean revenge drama called The Courier's Tragedy, and a corporate conspiracy involving the bones of World War II American GIs being used as charcoal cigarette filters. It proposes a series of seemingly incredible interconnections between these events and other similarly bizarre revelations that confront the novel's protagonist, Oedipa Maas.

Frybabe · « **Reply #7127 on:** December 10, 2014, 04:31:37 PM »

The man has a very strange mind indeed. Will be back in the morning with a new one.

Frybabe · « **Reply #7128 on:** December 14, 2014, 07:17:09 AM »

Sorry, forgot it was my turn.

Non-fiction

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Letters Used: 0

PatH · « **Reply #7129 on:** December 14, 2014, 09:42:13 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #7130 on:** December 14, 2014, 12:43:47 PM »

Non-fiction

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T __ __ __ __

T O

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Letters Used: 0, T

JoanK · « **Reply #7131 on:** December 14, 2014, 05:18:10 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #7132 on:** December 14, 2014, 05:21:05 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #7133 on:** December 15, 2014, 05:30:08 AM »

Non-fiction

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T __ A __ __

T O

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Letters Used: A, 0, S, T

PatH · « **Reply #7134 on:** December 15, 2014, 10:24:05 AM »

A wild guess:

Last Train to Paradise?

Frybabe · « **Reply #7135 on:** December 15, 2014, 12:44:25 PM »

Wild guess produces a WINNER!

PATH

Yes, Les Standiford wrote about the short-lived Key West Railway built by Henry Flagler. It gets good reviews from readers even though Publisher's Weekly panned in when it was published. I've got it and one Standiford wrote about Carnegie on my library wish list. That doggone list is getting long.

PatH · « **Reply #7136 on:** December 16, 2014, 09:59:34 AM »

New quiz, non-fiction:

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A

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bluebird24 · « **Reply #7137 on:** December 16, 2014, 06:06:31 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #7138 on:** December 16, 2014, 11:31:43 PM »

Two Ns:

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A

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Letters guessed: N

Frybabe · « **Reply #7139 on:** December 17, 2014, 06:23:53 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #7140 on:** December 17, 2014, 09:10:44 AM »

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A

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Letters guessed: N, T

JoanK · « **Reply #7141 on:** December 17, 2014, 04:29:24 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #7142 on:** December 17, 2014, 05:51:26 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #7143 on:** December 17, 2014, 05:59:35 PM »

Two Is, no Es:

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I N

A

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Letters guessed: E, I, N, T

Frybabe · « **Reply #7144 on:** December 18, 2014, 06:10:05 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #7145 on:** December 18, 2014, 09:28:06 AM »

___ I N ___ S ___ ___ ___

I N

A

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Letters guessed: E, I, N, S, T

bluebird24 · « **Reply #7146 on:** December 18, 2014, 05:51:49 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #7147 on:** December 18, 2014, 07:22:52 PM »

One O:

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I N

A

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Letters guessed: E, I, N, O, S, T

Frybabe · « **Reply #7148 on:** December 19, 2014, 06:25:41 AM »

More A's?

PatH · « **Reply #7149 on:** December 19, 2014, 08:35:40 AM »

Lots of them:

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I N

A

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Letters guessed: A, E, I, N, O, S, T

bluebird24 · « **Reply #7150 on:** December 19, 2014, 05:59:37 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #7151 on:** December 19, 2014, 06:03:25 PM »

One R:

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I N

A

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Letters guessed: A, E, I, N, O, R, S, T

Frybabe · « **Reply #7152 on:** December 20, 2014, 05:52:24 AM »

Dinosaur in a Haystack

PatH · « **Reply #7153 on:** December 20, 2014, 07:38:05 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

One of Stephen Jay Gould's entertaining books of essays.

Frybabe · « **Reply #7154 on:** December 20, 2014, 09:46:53 AM »

Fiction, New!

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PatH · « **Reply #7155 on:** December 20, 2014, 09:55:32 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #7156 on:** December 20, 2014, 10:09:42 AM »

Fiction, New!

T __ __

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Letters used: T

JoanK · « **Reply #7157 on:** December 20, 2014, 03:51:12 PM »

More E's?

Frybabe · « **Reply #7158 on:** December 20, 2014, 05:24:14 PM »

Fiction, New!

T __ E

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Letters used: E, T

PatH · « **Reply #7159 on:** December 20, 2014, 05:40:31 PM »

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512250 times)