# A Book Title/Author Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953 "2006-02-17T16:12:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/281 "2006-03-01T22:42:05Z")

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Wow. You’d think that with a 13-minute difference in posting times I’d have seen **AuntiePam’s** post, yet it wasn’t there!

Harry Potter and the Chamber of **Secrets** - J.K. Rowling

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**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/282 "2006-03-01T22:58:26Z")

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> [@wevets](#):
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> _A Nomad in the Stream of **Time** _ - Michael Moorcock

Islands in the **Stream** by Ernest Hemingway

Mrs. Furthur

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**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/283 "2006-03-01T22:59:32Z")

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> [@wevets](#):
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> Wow. You’d think that with a 13-minute difference in posting times I’d have seen **AuntiePam’s** post, yet it wasn’t there!
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> Harry Potter and the Chamber of **Secrets** - J.K. Rowling

Dream of the Red **Chamber** by Tsao Hsueh-Chin

Mrs. Furthur

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/284 "2006-03-01T23:32:39Z")

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> [@furthur](#):
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> Dream of the Red **Chamber** by Tsao Hsueh-Chin

The King in Yellow - Robert **Chambers**

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/285 "2006-03-01T23:50:05Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> The King in Yellow - Robert **Chambers**

**Yellow Back Radio Broke Down** by Ishmael Reed (and no, you can’t use Moby Dick as a play)

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/286 "2006-03-02T00:21:01Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> **Yellow Back Radio Broke Down** by Ishmael Reed (and no, you can’t use Moby Dick as a play)

**Brokedown** Palace - Joyce Carol Oates

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**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/287 "2006-03-02T01:33:28Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> **Brokedown** Palace - Joyce Carol Oates

Dinner At The Deviant’s **Palace** - Tim Powers

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/288 "2006-03-02T02:31:16Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> Dinner At The Deviant’s **Palace** - Tim Powers

Orange Crush - **Tim** Dorsey

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/289 "2006-03-02T03:23:47Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Orange Crush - **Tim** Dorsey

Bloodstained Kings - **Tim** Willocks

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/290 "2006-03-02T04:47:03Z")

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Earthquake Weather - **Tim** Powers

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/291 "2006-03-02T05:39:22Z")

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> [@OtakuLoki](#):
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> Earthquake Weather - **Tim** Powers

The Nature of Balance - **Tim** Lebbon

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/292 "2006-03-02T06:28:56Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> The Nature of Balance - **Tim** Lebbon

**Balance** Point: The New Jedi Order by Kathy Tyers (_Star Wars_ novelizations do too count! Who said they didn’t! Let him stand up now!)

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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/293 "2006-03-02T12:32:14Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> **Balance** Point: The New Jedi Order by Kathy Tyers

Harry Potter and the **Order** of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/294 "2006-03-02T13:16:55Z")

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David and the **Phoenix** - Edward Ormondroyd

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/295 "2006-03-02T14:41:25Z")

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> [@OtakuLoki](#):
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> David and the **Phoenix** - Edward Ormondroyd

Midshipman’s Hope - \*\*David \*\*Feintuch

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/296 "2006-03-02T15:03:33Z")

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> Midshipman’s Hope - \*\*David \*\*Feintuch

The House on the Borderland - William \*\*Hope \*\* Hodgson

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/297 "2006-03-02T18:29:37Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> The House on the Borderland - William \*\*Hope \*\* Hodgson

The Good **House** - Tananarive Due

Okay, not so many Tananarives writing, but there should be lots of “goods” and “houses” left.

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**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/298 "2006-03-02T21:19:01Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> The Good **House** - Tananarive Due
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> Okay, not so many Tananarives writing, but there should be lots of “goods” and “houses” left.

False **House** - James Stoddard

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/299 "2006-03-02T21:38:11Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> False **House** - James Stoddard

The **House** of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/300 "2006-03-03T00:16:08Z")

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The **Seven** Towers - Patricia C. Wrede

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