Okay... I can't actually remember the gift, and I don't have the book on my shelf... but knowing S-A's penchant for black humour, I'd say it was a hat.Gimi wrote:Go for it EV. I'm not in any way expecting this one to remain unanswered until I get home.
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He shoots, he scores! Over to you, EV ...El Viejo wrote:Okay... I can't actually remember the gift, and I don't have the book on my shelf... but knowing S-A's penchant for black humour, I'd say it was a hat.
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On a mostly unexplored frontier world earmarked for colonisation, a young human girl crashes her hang glider/microlite into the outback woods, and is badly injured.
Alone and unable to move, she is soon threatened by a ferocious indigenous predator.
Title and author of this short story, please.
Alone and unable to move, she is soon threatened by a ferocious indigenous predator.
Title and author of this short story, please.
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Clue the first: another indigenous creature bravely attempts to protect the girl, but is critically injured by the much larger, more powerful predator.
This courageous would-be defender is a celery thief!
This courageous would-be defender is a celery thief!
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I have no idea what it is but I like it so far!
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Is she called Stephanie?El Viejo wrote:On a mostly unexplored frontier world earmarked for colonisation, a young human girl crashes her hang glider/microlite into the outback woods, and is badly injured.
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Indeed she is, S&J!SandJ wrote:Is she called Stephanie?
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I have only skimmed a few chapters and read an abstract. I shall go and see if the library has any of this author's work.El Viejo wrote:Indeed she is, S&J!SandJ wrote:Is she called Stephanie?
I cannot claim to know the answer to the trivia question. I thought I knew, checked online and both discovered I was wrong and stumbled on what looked like the right answer.
From what I have seen so far, this book should be (and may well be) part of a successful series.
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And that author is...?
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<pictures S&J running down to the local library>SandJ wrote:I shall go and see if the library has any of this author's work.
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Still waiting... 
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<glances at the clock... tuts>
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... alive, American and fairly prolific.DaddyHoggy wrote:And that author is...?
I'm saying nothing more since I found the answer by accident.
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Very well... you now know the girl's name is Stephanie, anyway.SandJ wrote:I'm saying nothing more since I found the answer by accident.
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Go for it SandJ, take the shot: a hit is a hit, whether through accident or design. If we rely on people actually knowing the answers all the time we'll never get anywhere!SandJ wrote:I'm saying nothing more since I found the answer by accident.