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remmers
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The Mysterious Quote - Fall 1998 Edition
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Oct 3 20:00 UTC 1998 |
This is the fall edition of a Grex game that has been running for many
seasons now.
It works like this: Whoever is "up" posts a published quote. The object
is to guess the author. The first person to guess correctly gets to give
the next quote.
If you're up and people are having trouble, it's considered good form to
give hints and/or another quote by the same author.
If you're guessing, please guess one author at a time (that is, no
scattergun guessing by one person). If you're told that your guess is
wrong, then you're free to guess a different author.
Your quotes can be easy or hard, but the authors should be people that
at least some Grexers are apt to have heard of.
Since I'm entering the item, I'll start. Stay tuned for a quote to show
up momentarily...
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remmers
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response 1 of 207:
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Oct 3 20:06 UTC 1998 |
Okay, here's my quote:
We were camping in the oasis. My companions were asleep.
An Arab, tall and white, walked past me; he had attended
to the camels and was going to the sleeping area.
I flopped backwards into the grass; I tried to sleep; I
couldn't -- the keen howl of a distant jackal; I sat up
again. And something that had been so far away was
suddenly near. A swarming of jackals all around me; eyes
gleaming in matte gold and fading; lithe bodies in agile,
regular motion as if under a whip.
One jackal came up from behind, squeezing under my arm
and against me as if needing my warmth; then stood before
me and spoke to me, almost eye to eye:
"I am the eldest jackal far and wide. I am happy to be
greeting you here. I had already given up all hope, for
we have been awaiting you for an eternity; my mother
waited and her mother and every one of their mothers
all the way back to the mother of all jackals. Believe
me!"
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rcurl
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response 2 of 207:
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Oct 3 21:15 UTC 1998 |
Agora 36 - Fall 1998 Mysterious Quote - has been linked to Books 77.
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remmers
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response 3 of 207:
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Oct 3 22:42 UTC 1998 |
I should add -- there's no restriction on genre. Fiction, non-fiction,
prose, poetry, all fair game.
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polygon
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response 4 of 207:
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Oct 4 01:42 UTC 1998 |
It sounds like an American who doesn't actually have any direct
experience with North African or Middle Eastern deserts.
James Thurber?
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remmers
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response 5 of 207:
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Oct 4 02:49 UTC 1998 |
Not Thurber. But like Thurber, the author is (a) deceased, (b) male, and
(c) very well known (probably more so than Thurber).
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mcnally
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response 6 of 207:
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Oct 4 03:43 UTC 1998 |
re #5: presumably well-known for reasons other than his writing?
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