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Grex > Books > #79: The Mysterious Quote - Winter 1999 Edition | |
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mcnally
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response 100 of 195:
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Feb 5 19:12 UTC 1999 |
Remmers is correct, our mystery author is Jack Vance..
I was pretty sure that one of those clues might give it away though I'm
surprised nobody identified it from his writing style (which I find very
distinctive..)
The quotes were taken from his "Lyonesse" trilogy -- an entertaining
treatment of traditional fantasy that's less well known than his primary
fantasy works (the "Dying Earth" stories..) or his many science fiction
novels. The first book of the series, "Suldrun's Garden" is a little slow,
burdened with establishing the many parallel story lines, but once things
get going the story picks up and the other two books of the series,
"The Green Pearl" and "Madouc", are excellent if you like that sort of thing.
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sjones
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response 101 of 195:
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Feb 5 22:13 UTC 1999 |
remmers, you master of all trades, you...:)
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remmers
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response 102 of 195:
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Feb 6 10:54 UTC 1999 |
Omigosh, I didn't really think I'd be right. Okay, I'll try to come
up with a new quote later today.
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janc
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response 103 of 195:
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Feb 6 15:11 UTC 1999 |
Hmmm...I've read most of that trilogy, but don't remember anything about
it.
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mcnally
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response 104 of 195:
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Feb 6 21:16 UTC 1999 |
Well, the plot is pretty conventional for the genre, deliberately so
(I think..) What I liked about them was the somewhat droll manner in
which Vance treated a conventional fantasy tale..
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flem
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response 105 of 195:
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Feb 7 03:28 UTC 1999 |
Ha! I knew I'd read it. As soon as I read "Jack Vance" in remmers'
response, I smacked myself. :)
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remmers
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response 106 of 195:
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Feb 8 14:48 UTC 1999 |
(I haven't forgotten that I'm up; just been busy with other things.
Hope to have a quote later today, or tomorrow.)
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mcnally
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response 107 of 195:
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Feb 8 18:28 UTC 1999 |
Based on previous experience I'd say I'm in the minority with this position
but I'd rather have a carefully selected and interesting, amusing, or
enlightening quote than just have something posted quickly because you
were in a hurry.. In other words, I vote that you take your time..
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sjones
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response 108 of 195:
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Feb 9 13:39 UTC 1999 |
<slightly shamefacedly> yes, i pretty much agree with that in principle,
i think... although i can imagine, hypothetically speaking obviously,
enthusiastic people getting a little carried away while they look
forward, er, enthusiastically to the next quote...:)
but not being a hypothetical person, i also vote that remmers takes his
time <sits on own hands>...
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remmers
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response 109 of 195:
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Feb 9 16:26 UTC 1999 |
Oh, I can find interesting, amusing, and enlightening quotes
pretty quickly. Hold on a sec...
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remmers
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response 110 of 195:
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Feb 9 16:38 UTC 1999 |
Okay, here we go. This is actually a short quote, but it looks long
because of the formatting.
William Saroyan said, "I ruined my
life by marrying the same woman
twice."
there will always be something
to ruin our lives,
William,
it all depends upon
what or which
finds us
first,
we are always
ripe and ready
to be taken.
ruined lives are
normal
both for the wise
and
others.
it is only when
that life
ruined
becomes ours
we realize
then
that the suicides, the
drunkards, the mad, the
jailed, the dopers
and etc. etc.
are just as common
a part of existence
as the gladiola, the
rainbow
the
hurricane
and nothing
left
on the kitchen
shelf.
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mcnally
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response 111 of 195:
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Feb 9 17:01 UTC 1999 |
(unlikely, but..) Richard Brautigan?
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remmers
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response 112 of 195:
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Feb 9 17:34 UTC 1999 |
Not Brautigan.
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davel
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response 113 of 195:
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Feb 10 02:19 UTC 1999 |
Wild guess: John Berryman?
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sjones
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response 114 of 195:
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Feb 10 10:41 UTC 1999 |
william carlos williams?
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remmers
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response 115 of 195:
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Feb 10 18:22 UTC 1999 |
Neither Berryman nor Williams.
The author is a deceased American male.
I plan on posting another quote sometime today or tomorrow if nobody
has guessed it by then.
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remmers
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response 116 of 195:
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Feb 11 13:52 UTC 1999 |
Here's another quote. As with the first one, I've reproduced the
formatting exactly.
*nothing* is easier than
writing
it becomes ridiculously
easy
and
as you continue to do
it
critical articles will be
written
on how you do it
why you do
it
and
what it
means.
and,
of course, you
won't know
what the hell
they are talking
about.
because
the typewriter
does it
all you
do
is sit down
in front of it.
it will take care
of
damn near
everything
except
death and
bad
women.
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aruba
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response 117 of 195:
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Feb 11 15:19 UTC 1999 |
Carl Sandburg?
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remmers
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response 118 of 195:
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Feb 11 16:29 UTC 1999 |
Not Sandburg. But like Sandburg, this author wrote both prose and
poetry.
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remmers
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response 119 of 195:
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Feb 14 13:19 UTC 1999 |
No guesses in a few days. Time for another quote:
my father
was a truly amazing man.
he pretended to be
rich
even though we lived on beans and mush and weenies
when we sat down to eat, he said,
"not everybody can eat like this."
and because he wanted to be rich or because he actually
thought he *was* rich
he always voted Republican
and he voted for Hoover against Roosevelt
and he lost
and then he voted for Alf Landon against Roosevelt
and he lost again
saying, "I don't know what this world is coming to,
now we've got that god damned Red in there again
and the Russians will be in our backyard next!"
I think it was my father who made me decide to
become a bum.
I decided that if a man like that wants to be rich
then I want to be poor.
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remmers
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response 120 of 195:
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Feb 15 17:55 UTC 1999 |
Hm, this item it without recent guesses. I assume this means that
readers are without a clue. :)
Hint: A movie written by this author was made a few years ago. The
protagonist was the same fictional character who appears in a
number of the author's short stories.
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gjharb
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response 121 of 195:
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Feb 15 22:26 UTC 1999 |
I know nothing of peotry but everytime I read your quotes, the name "James
Thurber" pops into mind.
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remmers
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response 122 of 195:
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Feb 16 03:50 UTC 1999 |
Not Thurber.
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sekari
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response 123 of 195:
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Feb 17 20:39 UTC 1999 |
random shot in the dark:
Douglass Copeland
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remmers
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response 124 of 195:
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Feb 18 14:13 UTC 1999 |
Not Douglass Copeland (whom I know nothing about).
I'll try to post another quote soon.
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