Science Fiction Trivia

Zieman · Post by **Zieman** » Sat May 22, 2010 5:31 pm

ADCK wrote:
Clues are too obscure,

These clues are obscure only if you haven't read the book.

ADCK wrote:
First Encounters with Little Grey Men,

Who said anything about Little Grey Men?

ADCK wrote:
Time Travel,... ...Jackpot Trip, Dimensionally disproportionate ship, Very common themes in Science Fiction.

If so, you should name some of those books, maybe you'd quess right

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Disembodied: No, not Samuel R Delany either.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Sat May 22, 2010 6:24 pm

Is it 'The Gray Man' from 'Ship of Strangers' by Bob Shaw?

Zieman · Post by **Zieman** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:14 pm

Ship of Strangers by Bob Shaw it is.
Intriquing ideas in this book, a good read every time

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Your turn sir!

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:59 pm

This seems to have been the most difficult question yet! The book sounds intriguing, will have a look at it ...

Website · Post by **Cody** » Sat May 22, 2010 10:09 pm

Cover art again... title and author please.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sat May 22, 2010 10:14 pm

Dan Simmons, Hyperion.

I had a nice clue lined up: “A group of pilgrims while away the time by telling each other stories.” Unfortunately, the answer was Hyperion…

Website · Post by **Cody** » Sat May 22, 2010 10:37 pm

Ahruman wrote:
Dan Simmons, Hyperion.

Correct.

Ahruman wrote:
I had a nice clue lined up: “A group of pilgrims while away the time by telling each other stories.”

Yeah, very good... but which timeline(s) did they while away?

I saw an omnibus edition in the library of all four novels... probably the largest paperback I've ever seen.

Your turn, sir.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Sat May 22, 2010 11:07 pm

El Viejo wrote:
Is it 'The Gray Man' from 'Ship of Strangers' by Bob Shaw?

Aaaaarrrggghhh!!!! I was going back through my Catalogue of Bob Shaw books because this was a story that rang a bell but started to reread The Warren Peace books! Got back to check here and I'd been out-guessed!

ADCK · Post by **ADCK** » Sun May 23, 2010 4:25 am

The only non-little-gray-men I know about are the Grey Men from the Wheel of time books, and the ones that were cut from the original The Time Machine by HG Wells, but it didn't fit the other clues.

So whats the next challenge?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun May 23, 2010 9:50 am

Three beings set out on a mysterious quest and discover a constructed world of staggering complexity and unknown origin.

Title and author.

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sun May 23, 2010 9:55 am

Ring World, Larry Niven?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun May 23, 2010 9:57 am

Oh, come now. That would be far too obvious. :-)

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:01 am

Ha! A red herring ... I should have expected that from you

EDIT: Probably not it as also obvious, but it might fit ... Matrix, the Wachowski brothers?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:17 am

Nope.

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:22 am

How many "Three beings set out on a mysterious quest and discover a constructed world of staggering complexity and unknown origin" - stories are out there?