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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:55 pm
by Zieman
DaddyHoggy wrote:A group of high school kids get roped into an interstellar kidnapping of what initially appears to be a bowling ball.
Name the book and the author please.
(You'll get this from even that obscure clue - if you either know the book or your Google-fu is strong.)
and
DaddyHoggy wrote:Alvin (but not the Chipmunk) plays a big part in the story...
together - feels oddly familiar...
Or I'm just delusing myself.
Anyway, when the correct answer pops up, it's either "dang, I should've remembered THAT" or "never seen this before".
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:18 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Still nobody?
Wow!
Well the answer will have you Seething once it's out.
That's got enough to Google...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:53 pm
by Disembodied
Still drawing a blank here! The only book I can think of that's even vaguely similar is The Glitterball by Howard Thompson.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:23 pm
by Cody
Glory Lane, by Alan Dean Foster!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:32 pm
by DaddyHoggy
And the prize for getting the most obscure (it turns out) book in my collection goes to EV!
(Did it require a Google-nudge?)
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:41 pm
by Cody
DaddyHoggy wrote:(Did it require a Google-nudge?)
Yes… it’d nagged at me for a few days, so today I exercised my google-fu!
Next question: this novel is set on a distant oceanic world, inhabited by a small human colony that arrived there by seedship.
The title and author, please.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:56 pm
by Disembodied
That sounds like Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth, I think!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:58 pm
by Cody
Indeed it is... it's also the title of an excellent album, based on the novel, by Mike Oldfield.
I didn't think that one would last long... and I was right... over to you, D!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:17 pm
by Disembodied
OK ... who gave in to temptation and pressed the History Eraser button? Name AND rank required!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:39 pm
by Smivs
Would that be Cadet Stimpy?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:59 am
by JazHaz
Disembodied wrote:El Viejo wrote:
Next question: this novel is set on a distant oceanic world, inhabited by a small human colony that arrived there by seedship.
The title and author, please.
That sounds like Arthur C. Clarke's
The Songs of Distant Earth, I think!
That answer was done before on this thread, I know because I asked it!
see here
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:36 am
by Disembodied
Smivs wrote:Would that be Cadet Stimpy?
It would! Over to you!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:49 am
by Smivs
Published after the Author's death, this is the tale of one Island's inhabitants attempts to fight off an invasion.
Name of the Author, and the Novel, please.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:13 am
by Smivs
Is it time for a clue?
The Island's inhabitants become known to the invaders as 'Little Sisters'.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:24 am
by Disembodied
Aha! It's John Wyndham's Web, I think!