Where is it from?

[WhitePhoenix]

H G Wells - The Time Machine

[Zombie]

H G Wells - The Time Machine

 

Well done WhitePhoenix - over to you

[WhitePhoenix]

ok this one is is quite an old book.

 

'it was a September evening and all the gaps and clearings

in the wood were brimmed up with ruby sunset light.

[comicfan]

I think I read this story to my cousin's daughter about five or six times, Anne of Green Gables. At least I am pretty sure it is.

[Andy78]

Damn

 

Wayne beat me to it

[Zombie]

Yeah it is AOGG - I've just Googled it so Chuck can go ahead

[comicfan]

As she carried Moishe into the kitchen and set him down by his food bowl, Hannah remembered the day he'd set up camp outside her condo door. He'd looked positively disreputable, covered with matted fur and grime, and she'd immediately taken him in. Who else would adopt a twenty-five pound, half blind cat with a torn ear? Hannah had named him Moishe, and though he certainly wouldn't have won any prizes at the Lake Eden Cat Fanciers' Club, there had been an instant bond between them.

 

So anyone still with me as far as reading tastes go?

[Andy78]

I remember the story, but I can't remember which book of the series it's from

 

**I'm off to hunt on my shelves, I may be some time**

[comicfan]

Andy if you get this one then we really do have something in common.

 

Oh and Andy, I never do odd numbers in a series. I always go with the first book in them. Only fair that way.

[Andy78]

The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke.

 

I can't wait for The Red Velvet Cupcake Murder to be released - the next seven months are going to be hell on earth

[Andy78]

"I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex."

Edited July 21, 2012 by andy021278

[Suz]

I'm sorry but I'm hijacking this topic for a sec to say how amazing it is that you all can remember lines out of the, I'm assuming thousands, of books you've read let alone remember the title and author. I applaude you, give you , and .

 

 

So anyone still with me as far as reading tastes go?

I'm there with you in tastes but not even the name Moishe triggered my memory. I don't want to think too long about what that statement says about my brain.

Since I had to Google, which I've read is not allowed, Andy's latest, it's back to all you with the impressive recall.

Edited July 21, 2012 by rockyroads

[comicfan]

If you think we automatically remember you crazy. The books I've read dozens of times yes, but the ones that tickle my memory send me to my book shelves where I start pulling them out like a mad man trying to turn up the right one. Between what I read for pleasure and what I've read for various college courses, yikes that is a lot of stories. lol

[Andy78]

I agree with what Wayne has said. There are certain lines which we all simply remember; either because they come a favourite book, or they are well known lines, or we had to read them in school. As for the rest, with a little prodding and a few clues we can usually take an educated guess.

 

"I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex."

 

First clue: The author was Scottish - yes another book by another dead person

[comicfan]

A trip to the moors. Sigh. Back to my books cause it is friggin familiar.

[Greg_A]

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia. It's describing Miss Adler.

[Andy78]

Finally somebody got one of mine, I was beginning to think nobody reads any of the same books I do

 

Well done Greg_A

 

Your turn

[Greg_A]

Man - so many choices - but I'll go with one someone might get:

 

 

"It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me.

 

I attempted to wriggle my toes, succeeded. I was sprawled there in a hospital bed and my legs were done up in plaster casts, but they were still mine."

[Andy78]

Doesn't sound familiar **goes into its archive muttering to itself**

[Suz]

"It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me.

 

I attempted to wriggle my toes, succeeded. I was sprawled there in a hospital bed and my legs were done up in plaster casts, but they were still mine."

I know, I know! But only after Googling it. And I've read the books. I could try to use the excuse that it was 100 years ago, but don't think I make that fly around you all.

 

 

Wayne & Andy, I doesn't matter what you say, it's still impressive.

Edited July 23, 2012 by rockyroads

[Zombie]

Wayne & Andy, I doesn't matter what you say, it's still impressive.

 

Ideally you want a phrase or sentence that subtly goes to the heart of a book without obvious giveaways like names. Andy's last go was a brilliant example

 

Sadly I'm not gonna guess the latest though

[comicfan]

Alright sounds familiar but I'm going to need some sort of hint to help narrow that down.

[Palantir]

Nothing familiar for me. The only vibe I get is maybe it's an m/m story, though there's nothing to indicate that.

Yep! Time for a clue please.

[Andy78]

I can't find it in any of my "modern" stuff, so yes clue time please.

[Greg_A]

Clues, ok, the genre is SF/Fantasy, the author passed away in 1995 and was a winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards multiple times for his work - although not for this particular book or series, although this is probably one os his most well known works. The passage is the opening lines of the first book of a 5 book series that was followed up by another 5 book series with the same cast, locales, etc. Both series have an interesting blend of magic and science, swordplay and gunfights.

 

Does that help or should I give more clues?