Where is it from?

[Andy78]

CM has the author wrong. Tolkien only has two Rs in his initials not three

 

Objection raised. Steward's enquiry. Winner in doubt. Decision to be reviewed.

 

 

Kidding - your turn CM

[Slytherin]

I am so sorry Andy, I got too excited cause I actually knew a quote so I typed an extra R.. lol

 

This quote is NOT Tolkien

 

"In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.”

[podga]

Thanks to the Pocket Shop bookstore at Arlanda, where the book was sold prominently (of course), and many plane rides that gave me the time to read it, I know this one!

 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

 

[Henry_Henry2012]

CLUE: It's An English Classic.

“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."

[Zombie]

Catcher in the Rye by ..., er. Well, Holden Caulfield is the narrator ... *scratches head* - I do know it's not by anyone called Stephanie [heheh]. Unless he was secretly Trans. Ooh wait - maybe that's why he was such a recluse?? ... *wonders if this is a World scoop*

Anyway back to the Rules of the Game - podga guessed the last one so it's now his turn

Oh and one other thing - no naughty peeking at Google for the answer

[Slytherin]

you're right Podga, I hope book stores at other airports are equally good tomorrow when I fly to Greece

 

your turn

[podga]

"What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives."

[Xtro]

Fahrenheit 451 - though I also remember some time ago that Bradbury was annoyed at some of the cuts made to the work by various editors.

[podga]

That's right, Xtro! We await the next lines from you!

 

They made cuts to the work? You mean after it had already been published, for further editions? I'd never heard that.

[Xtro]

Had to hunt around - the 1979 intro that Bradbury added mentions that various sub-edits had taken place over the 25 years (at that point.) I used to be a pretty fanatical SF fan (note - not Sci-Fi) but much preferred his Illustrated Man. Now I tend towards crime, mysteries and thrillers.

 

Anyway, here's something from 1987, the first of a very successful series:-

 

'I'm sorry, Mr. Cole, this has nothing to do with you. Please excuse me.' Ellen Lang stood up out of the director's chair across from my desk. I'd had it and its mate fitted in a nice pastel burgundy a year ago. The leather was broken in and soft and did not crack when she stood. 'We shouldn't have come here, Janet,' she said. 'I feel awkward.'

[Palantir]

Is it Elvis Cole? The tough Private Detective in Robert Crais' series.

I don't know the name of the first book without looking it up though. - 'Voodoo', 'Last Detective', 'LA Requiem' are a few I can recall.

[Andy78]

Iarwain beat me to it.

 

It's The Monkey's Raincoat.

[Palantir]

Go ahead with the next quote Andy.

You got the title - which is, after all, the aim of the game.

[Andy78]

"Tonight . . . I was beyond tempted.

 

More so than ever before.

 

This was no longer an empty threat. No longer a melancholy whimper in the dark recesses of my mind. Not anymore."

[Xtro]

<sniffs> Smells like a James Patterson & Somebody Else novel - just read an interview with the 'writing phenomena' and apparently he can have up to 44 'projects' on the go at once. LIKE Dan Brown, never mind the quality feel the width...

[Zombie]

<sniffs> Smells like a James Patterson & Somebody Else novel

 

You don't mean .... ??? **gurgles gleefully **

Edited September 25, 2012 by Zombie

[podga]

No, it's not Patterson. I've read this online, I'm sure I have. And since I only do one form of reading online...

 

Other than that, I have no idea, though.

[Xtro]

No, it's not Patterson. I've read this online, I'm sure I have. And since I only do one form of reading online...

 

 

You mean 'Graphic' - as in Novel?

[Andy78]

You don't mean .... ??? **gurgles gleefully **

 

I have told you before Zombie, when you get peckish stop eating your own brains. It's not by Stephanie Someone.

[Andy78]

Clue time:

 

First released October 10th 1999 (a little fyi for the small green one: this pre-dates Ms Meyer by about six years )

 

The author is American

[Xtro]

It isn't the author of the Rizzoli & Isles novels, is it? Tess Gerritsen? Mo Hayder's Birdman was post-2000 (and an excellent novel)

[Andy78]

Nope. Author is male.

 

Podga is right in that he probably read this online (although it is available to buy)

[Zombie]

So we're talking hot guy on guy action? Or undead foot draggers and suckers? Or mutant alien Hobbits?

[Andy78]

The book this is from has one scene of "hot guy on guy action". There are also undead present, but I wouldn't class them as foot draggers.

[Andy78]

The author was 24 years old when the first book was released - now on book 12.

 

A very prolific, and highly respected author.