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Science Fiction Trivia
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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
With Christmas now behind us, things can turn normal again.
So to sum it all up,
a rhyme was shown
(It is the right tiMe
for a nonSensical rhyme,
the solUtioN, i am sure
will fOrever endure.
Modern it is not, and will not be for ever more.
Enjoy this riddle, and may thee find thine lore.)
and I just realised that there was a mistake in it!!!
the right rhyme should have been:
It is the right tiMe
for a nonSensical rhyme,
the solUtioN, i am sure
will fOrever endure.
Modern it is not, and will not be for ever more,
enjoy this riddle, and may thee find thine lore.
My apologies, all!!!!
The key for the solutions remain:
London and Wellington (amongst others).
So to sum it all up,
a rhyme was shown
(It is the right tiMe
for a nonSensical rhyme,
the solUtioN, i am sure
will fOrever endure.
Modern it is not, and will not be for ever more.
Enjoy this riddle, and may thee find thine lore.)
and I just realised that there was a mistake in it!!!
the right rhyme should have been:
It is the right tiMe
for a nonSensical rhyme,
the solUtioN, i am sure
will fOrever endure.
Modern it is not, and will not be for ever more,
enjoy this riddle, and may thee find thine lore.
My apologies, all!!!!
The key for the solutions remain:
London and Wellington (amongst others).
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there must be a reason why some seemingly random letters are capitalised. but i can make neither head nor tail with them.....
Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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The key is indeed Capitals of which there are 7.
They form one word which are linked to several words in my musings but will form the title of a book (tome), written a long time ago in a different language. The work is a first (according to some).
As a new hint: the work is also linked to 'sleepless nights'.
They form one word which are linked to several words in my musings but will form the title of a book (tome), written a long time ago in a different language. The work is a first (according to some).
As a new hint: the work is also linked to 'sleepless nights'.
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I had the anagram (or so I thought), but all I could get from it was Monimus (the ancient Greek cynic).
Now you say 'sleepless nights' - Insom-something?
Now you say 'sleepless nights' - Insom-something?
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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7? i can only see 6 and that is assuming the starting I is a capital.... in order i get I M S U O M .... ????
EDIT: ok in the first version the E of enjoy is a capltial on this last version it isnt??
EDIT: ok in the first version the E of enjoy is a capltial on this last version it isnt??
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Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
42
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Add an 'N' spud.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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ok i can also get this..
ok so fantasy??somnium n (genitive somniī); second declension
dream, vision
fantasy, daydream
Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
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Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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Ahhh... Somnium by Johannes Kepler? I could kick myself for missing that!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Cody is completely correct but Spud got it first.Cody wrote:Ahhh... Somnium by Johannes Kepler? I could kick myself for missing that!
Well done, you too and over to spud!!!!!!! And
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no, i think the CiSmoFiCo belongs to Cody... he put it all together... i had no idea where to go from the latin word that the anagram solver gave as an option...
Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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I just LUUUUUVVV Christmas spirit(s).spud42 wrote:no, i think the CiSmoFiCo belongs to Cody
Ok, Cody, by popular request ... over to you!!!!
And again apologies for the typo's. Somehow my smartphone is so smart that it thinks it knows better what I want to write than me!
Somnium was indeed the work I was looking for, which, according to Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov was the first true (hard) SF work.
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As an aside (and while I think of a question), Reykjavik is home to the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which has the world's largest collection of todgers, big and small.DredgerMan wrote:Amsterdam and Reykjavík
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Staying cryptic, name the title of this Nebula Award-nominated novel: a colourful attraction?
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Gravity's Rainbow?
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