# A Book Title/Author Game **URL:** \ **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:** 27
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/521 "2006-03-17T16:41:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The Handmaid’s **Tale** - Margaret Atwood “A **Tale** of Two Cities” - Charles Dickens ---
**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 17, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/522 "2006-03-17T16:51:03Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > “A **Tale** of Two Cities” - Charles Dickens **City** Of Bones- Martha Wells ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/523 "2006-03-17T16:59:20Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **City** Of Bones- Martha Wells “George and **Martha** ” - by James Marshall (a great kids’ book about two funny, friendly hippos) ---
**Author:** ![Bertie\_Wooster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Bertie\_Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bertie_Wooster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/524 "2006-03-17T18:19:44Z")
> [@Eleanor of Aquitaine](#): > > Originally Posted by Bertie Wooster > Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut, jr. > > Something Wicked This Way **Come** s- Ray Bradbury Huh? Oh, well… > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > “George and Martha” - by James Marshall (a great kids’ book about two funny, friendly hippos) Tales of the South Pacific by **James** A Michener. ---
**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 17, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/525 "2006-03-17T18:52:54Z")
> [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > Huh? Oh, well… Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut, jr. Something Wicked This Way Comes- Ray Bradbury Welcome --\> Comes (you did Monk to monkey!) > [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > Tales of the South Pacific by **James** A Michener. The Servant’s Tale - Margaret Frazer ---
**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 17, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/526 "2006-03-17T19:11:34Z")
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord - George McDonald **Fraser** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/527 "2006-03-17T19:13:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Flashman and the Angel of the Lord - George McDonald **Fraser** Frazer/Fraser? Oh, well. “The **Lord** of the Rings” - by J.R.R. Tolkien ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/528 "2006-03-17T19:41:36Z")
Lord of the Flies – William Golding ---
**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 17, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/529 "2006-03-17T20:24:36Z")
> [@chefjef](#): > > Lord of the Flies – William Golding Demon\*\* Lord \*\* Of Karanda- David Eddings ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/530 "2006-03-17T20:32:37Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Demon\*\* Lord \*\* Of Karanda- David Eddings **Lord** of Emperors – Guy Gavriel Kay ---
**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 17, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/531 "2006-03-17T21:21:42Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > **Lord** of Emperors – Guy Gavriel Kay When Christ and His Saints Slept - Sharon \*\*Kay \*\*Penman ---
**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 17, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/532 "2006-03-17T21:33:48Z")
> [@Eleanor of Aquitaine](#): > > When Christ and His Saints Slept - Sharon \*\*Kay \*\*Penman The Magic **Christ** ian- Terry Southern ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/533 "2006-03-17T21:37:08Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > The Magic **Christ** ian- Terry Southern **Southern** Blood – Paul Finch It’s an anthology of Australian horror stories. Is that legal? ---
**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 17, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/534 "2006-03-17T22:39:09Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > **Southern** Blood – Paul Finch > > It’s an anthology of Australian horror stories. Is that legal? From the OP: Anthologies of short stories by one author are okay. Year’s best collections or anything edited by someone else or containig multiple authors is an illegal play. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/535 "2006-03-17T22:48:28Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > The Magic **Christ** ian- Terry Southern Thanks. I was too lazy to re-read the guidelines. Armageddon’s Children – **Terry** Brooks ---
**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 18, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/536 "2006-03-18T00:51:54Z")
**Children** of the Lens - E. E. “Doc” Smith ---
**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 18, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/537 "2006-03-18T01:05:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Children** of the Lens - E. E. “Doc” Smith Half Magic- **E.E.** Nesbit ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/538 "2006-03-18T01:59:15Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Half Magic- **E.E.** Nesbit Practical **Magic** - Alice Hoffman ---
**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 18, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/539 "2006-03-18T02:38:31Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Practical **Magic** - Alice Hoffman The Colour of **Magic** - Terry Pratchett ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/540 "2006-03-18T04:22:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The Colour of **Magic** - Terry Pratchett **Magic** - William Goldman [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=28)