Topic: Never-Ending Fiction Quiz

[tarascon]

                                                                

EDIT: Using any work of fiction (novel, play, poem, etc.), post a title and a question about the piece. It doesn't have to be what's in the body of the work... for example, it can be about the author, genesis, date of publication, or it's influence on other arts like music or film. The next person answers it and then posts a new question, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

Example. Lolita. What was Lolita's mother's name? Answer: Charlotte Haze.

>> Here's the question: In The Silmarillion, Annatar is an alias--who is he?

[xtopave]

A question, tarascon (when we refine things you/I can modify your post so everything is clear in the 1st post).
Do we need to post proof to go on?
In this case: Is it Sauron?
If I'm correct:
In One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad), which is the name of the town where the novel takes place?

[tarascon]

A question, tarascon (when we refine things you/I can modify your post so everything is clear in the 1st post).
Do we need to post proof to go on?

Good question. I thought about that and proof might be a difficult thing to show in every case. Just post an answer that you think is correct (with a hyperlink, if you want) and if it's wrong someone down the line can point that out. Also, posts don't have to use the name of the author; it's optional.
And, yes, Sauron is right. 

do we just carry on or wait for conformation ?

Just carry on. Like I said, if it's wrong, someone might point out the correct answer (with a careful online search, responses should be right). And hopefully most posters will scan the earlier posts. This thread is really about learning about novels. This system seems awkward but I can't think of any other way to do this. And I didn't want to have another game which uses points as a "win."
Thanks for the interest folks.

In Under Milk Wood, who was the omnipresent narrator

There's more than one (unnamed) narrator and not necessarily a person from fictitious Llareggub. I double checked this on Wiki and it has the number wrong.


>> The Invention of Morel is an interesting novel by Adolfo Bioy Casares which, as far as I know, has two links to film.
The first one is that it's a book being read by Sawyer on the TV series Lost (I used to pause the disk to see if I could make out the titles of the books he's reading--yep, I'm that much of a book geek). What is the other film connection?

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Hint: the script was written by Alain Robbe-Grillet.

Please reread my OP for changes. 

[goldshirt*9]

will answer but not now, Head is a spin from an awful day of early to work / helping delivery leaflets for daughter and being attacked by a dog. 

Not a good fathers day to say the least.

[smokester]

Is this just for clever folk, or can anybody play?

[xtopave]

Oh, oh, I know this, I know this!! I'm not much of a reader so I'll answer now that I can. 

L'Année dernière à Marienbad?

I've found two other film connections with the novel:
L'invenzione di Morel (1974) and L'invention de Morel (1967)

Is this just for clever folk, or can anybody play?

If can answer then anybody can play! 

being attacked by a dog. 

WTF?! 

Here's the next one:
In Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose) there's a blind librarian. What is his name and why did Eco called him like that?

[tarascon]

Oh, oh, I know this, I know this!! I'm not much of a reader so I'll answer now that I can. 

L'Année dernière à Marienbad?

I've found two other film connections with the novel:
L'invenzione di Morel (1974) and L'invention de Morel (1967)

Nice!! I didn't know about those last two. 

Here's the next one:
In Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose) there's a blind librarian. What is his name and why did Eco called him like that?

Jorge. Named for Jorge Luis Borges.


>> Let's go with librarian trivia again... In the short story "The Dunwich Horror" at which institution does Henry Armitage work?

[Nobby]

Miskatonic University.

In 3001: The Final Odyssey
what is Frank Poole missing ?
 

[tarascon]

It's been years since I read it but I recall Frank Poole as being... flat. I'd say that he's missing a personality... emotions. 

[Nobby]

Not "a personality... emotions."
According to Aurora McAuley...

[tarascon]

Ha ha. OK. Fair game... Now that you've mentioned her, I remember her from the book. She wanted sex, I think, and Franky-boy couldn't. So...

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I'm not a richard. 

[Nobby]

Not the full Richard but near enough
--- lol 

[tarascon]

Sneaky Nobby, hee hee hee. That was a total guess on my part but mentioning Aurora McAuley helped.

The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison is an early 20th century fantasy (published 1922). Though it's set on an unlikely "Mercury" and the names of the countries seem a bit hokey today, the book was much admired by Tolkien and others in it's day.
What is the ruler of Witchland's name?


Note: Each king of Witchland has the same name but goes by a different number (for example, Nobby VI, Nobby IX...). So don't worry about the exact number... just the name.

[Nobby]

 King Gorice XI

What is the secondary ability of the eponymous hero
of the Philip K richard short story which was the basis
of a Nic Cage Film.

[tarascon]

What is the secondary ability of the eponymous hero
of the Philip K richard short story which was the basis
of a Nic Cage Film.

^ For the next poster; I don't want to hog this thread. Should we try to figure out a system to reward correct answers... one that is less involved than the point system we use on the Name That Movie thread? Personally, I just wanted an "interactive" book thread where we can share and learn stuff.