Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion
Character/Novel game
The Catcher in the Rye
Jean Valjean
Les Miserables -- Victor HugoEddie Dean
The Dark Tower (series) - Stephen KingHope Hubris
Bio of a Space Tyrant - Peirs AnthonyMeliara Astiar
IS that "Fuzz" by Ed McBain? I'm not 100% sure...
My favorite character name of all time:
Hiro Protagonist
The only Scaramanga I can recall is from James Bond by Ian Fleming. Not sure which novel though. Is this good enough for an answer?If so my next character is: John Carter
Arnold Zeck is featured in the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout.On to:
Alma Singer
"The History of Love" by Nicole KraussNext: Henry Standing Bear
Seth--incorrect. It was any of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mysteries.
You mean the evil Sorcerer of Tund, from the Star Wars books? One of my favorite classic Sci-fi books is The Adventures of Lando Calrissian by L. Neil Smith. :)On to:
Edward Malone
Oops Seth! See my answer above. It looks like Sean posted his answer to you while I was writing a reply for you. :p
You got it! The answer for you is Yellowthread Street, by William Marshall.
Moving on to:
John Lau
Doina, I dont think anyone is getting this. Can we have a hint, or would you like to try another character?
I'll try -- Where There's a Will by Aaron Elkins (Lau is an FBI agent -- I think he's in other Elkins books as well).If that's right, then let's move on to:
Raziela Nolan
You got it!He's introduced in Fellowship of Fear, which is the first book in the series, and is a recurring character. : )
Good job! Don't recognize yours....
Legion of Space- Jack WilliamsonIf that's correct: Sissy Hankshaw
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Tom RobbinsIf that's right: Nick Shay
Nick Shay - Is that White Noise?If so,how about: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Rosemary's BabyDr Juvenal Urbino
Love in the Time of CholeraFern Arable
Fern Arable - Carlotte's Web (my favorite children's story)Mrs. Oedipa Maas
The Crying of Lot 49- Thomas PynchonEmma Gennaro
That is tough I will say Emma Who Saved My Life By Wilton Barnhardt
if I am right then
an easy one
Robert Langdon - I need 2 titles
Angels and Demons, The DaVinci CodeKafka Tamura
Actually, Nick Shay is in Underworld, but it's still a Delillo novel.
Nice job Wes.Is Fevvers the woman from Nights at the Circus- Angela Carter?
Elaine Risley
Orbitsville by Bob Shaw...I think?!?! If I'm right...no guarantees there...then let's tryMiggery Sow
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamilloYossarian?
Tears of the Oracle -- Justin RichardsMiles Vorkosigan
The Keep -- F. Paul WilsonSummer Feelin'
Is it A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews?If so, then:
Lavinia Wimbley
Plantation - Dorothea Benton FrankNext: Gabriel Oak
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas HardyFirethorn
Firethorn - Firethorn!Lasting Damage
Hey, Doom, yah gots to post the author too - Sarah Micklem.And good trick character. GSV Lasting Damage from The Culture - Ian M Banks.
Well, kind of a trick, but Lasting Damage was a sentient General Systems Vehicle (continent-sized spaceship) from "Look to Windward", from Iain M Banks.Another character for you : Takeshi Kovacs
Nova by Samuel R. Delany
Lester Ballard
Lester Ballard
A feast Unknown by Philip Jose FarmerRodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor DostoyevskyOn to:
Radcliffe Emerson
any of the Amerlia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters....let's try Mr. Theodore Venables
Christy
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy SayersRowan Gant
Harm None (et al) by M. R. Sellars
Horace Benbow
Horace Benbow
"Horace Benbow" HINT: Author won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Sanctuary - FaulknerTam Finlayson
The Restraint of Beasts, Magus MillsBubbles Yablonsky
The Bubbles series by Sarah Strohmeyer.Next: Carol Kennicott
Main Street, Sinclair LewisAlessandro Giuliani
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark HelprinNext:William Blackhorse Singer
In this version, a character name will be posted. If you know the name of the novel that character is from, post the answer, and then you list a new character name for us to post on....
Simple enough, right?
(just try to stay away from painfully obvious ones ex: Harry Potter or Odd Thomas -- character names that appear in the title of the novel....)
Heres an easy one to kick us off:
Holden Caulfield.