Don't put yourself down FKA. Its really not about being bright, clever etc. Often, you may have read the book in contention, but can't recall specific lines, so don't fret.
I'll wait a little longer......
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
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Ok, it's been long enough. The book is Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. She has written only two novels, and as far as I'm concerned, she's batting 1.000.
I'll try and put something up when I get home from work.
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I've seen it lying around the house, but it didn't call to me. It looks suspiciously christian-centric to me. [/squints suspiciously]
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman
Posts: 1461 | Location: State of Disarray | Registered: 10 January 2007
I think my sister-in-law sent it to my wife. And I don't burn books. I think ignoring them prominently stings more!
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman
Posts: 1461 | Location: State of Disarray | Registered: 10 January 2007
Ok, new title. I think this one will be easy for this crew. I apologize for that, but my selection is pretty limited right now. Most of my books are in boxes in a closet since my wife and I don't have the shelf space right now. No worries though, she went on an IKEA shopping spree last night and bought a couple!
"Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd Wheeler drifted awake in sunlight through a creeping fig that hung in the window, with a squadron of blue jays stomping around on the roof."
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Sorry, PRG, I can't figure it out because Yorkey's singing about "I don't want to be your friend, I just want to be your lover..." Then, he sings, "Forget about your House of Cards, and I'll do mine!" times two. "Deny...Deny..." (although it sometimes sounds like "Tonight".)
"Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?"
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Don't recognize it. Your hint about "easy for this crew," and a character name like Zoyd Wheeler sounds like genre fiction. Sci-fi?
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman
Posts: 1461 | Location: State of Disarray | Registered: 10 January 2007
It's Vineland by our man Pynchon, if I'm not mistaken. Been a while since I read it, so I'll wait for confirmation.
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Posts: 2332 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007
Sounds right. I read Vineland when it first came out, umpity years ago. Now that you mention it, the name sounded familiar.
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman
Posts: 1461 | Location: State of Disarray | Registered: 10 January 2007
Well, it looks like China may have taken away teh internets , so I'll go again. This is a fun one, although I'm pretty sure none have probably read it. That said, if you've ever heard of this book, you might be able to figure it out.
"Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes, and Alva allowing all, allowing anyone, against Alex's admonition, against Allen's angry assertion: another African amusement . . . anyhow, as all argued, an awesome African army assembled and arduously advanced against an African anthill, assiduously annihilating ant after ant, and afterward, Alex astonishingly accuses Albert as also accepting Africa's antipodal ant annexation."
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I'm pretty sure this is from a book I've heard of, but never seen. The premise is that each chapter alliterates with the next letter of the alphabet. Chap 1 = a, Chap 2 = b, etc. I don't know what it's called, though.
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman
Posts: 1461 | Location: State of Disarray | Registered: 10 January 2007
Originally posted by kendocubano: The premise is that each chapter alliterates with the next letter of the alphabet. Chap 1 = a, Chap 2 = b, etc. I don't know what it's called, though.
Not quite, but you're close!
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This is coming from an illiterate who has no clue about "Christian Books".
