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Close enough - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.



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seeing as the theme is movies of books.....

1980's sci fi movie, "dreams change reality" title of movie and if you name the original author i will even refuel the Slipper before setting autopilot to your current planet of residence.
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Um... sorry to be a know it all - The Lathe of Heaven, original author Ursula K. Le Guin.
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we have a winner... the slipper is on its way
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OK, another simple one - If Tej marries Ivan, who married Ekaterin?
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ffutures wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:38 pm
OK, another simple one - If Tej marries Ivan, who married Ekaterin?
TFW you can Google and find out everything you need to know about the subject other than the actual answer to the question.
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It can be googled fairly easily if you do it the other way round and find the right links.
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Miles Vorkosigan?
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Absolutely right - told you it was easy. The zipper is yours.
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great, another series of books to add to the list...lol
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They're a good read too, spud.
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i acquired a eBook of shards of honour last night.... just checked Goodreads and this is the book the author suggests starting with, followed by Bayararrararraa or however its spelled..lol

i seem to have misplaced it..... bloody win 10 now i cant find it!!
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Okay, here's an easy one to start the ball rolling again: How many Demon Princes does Kirth Gersen kill?
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google says.... 5
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spud42 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:36 pm
google says.... 5
Google says... wrong. There are five books, but the answer is a little more involved.

There may be a popular online encyclopaedia which will give a definitive answer in return for a little study.
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