# 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\
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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:** [February 20, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/81 "2006-02-20T20:24:30Z")

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The **Little** Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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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:** [February 20, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/82 "2006-02-20T20:30:45Z")

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> [@OtakuLoki](#):
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> The **Little** Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Nine **Princes** In Amber- Roger Zelazny

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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:** [February 20, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/83 "2006-02-20T20:34:29Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> Nine **Princes** In Amber- Roger Zelazny

Forever **Amber** - Kathleen Winsor

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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:** [February 20, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/84 "2006-02-20T20:52:05Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> Forever **Amber** - Kathleen Winsor

The Door Into **Forever** - Robert Heinlein

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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:** [February 20, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/85 "2006-02-20T20:58:58Z")

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The Eye in the **Door** - Pat Barker

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/86 "2006-02-20T21:00:57Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> The Door Into **Forever** - Robert Heinlein

Heinlein’s book was **The Door Into Summer**.

So let’s correct and use:

Diamonds are **Forever** – Ian Fleming

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**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:** [February 20, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/87 "2006-02-20T21:08:51Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Heinlein’s book was **The Door Into Summer**.
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> So let’s correct and use:
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> Diamonds are **Forever** – Ian Fleming

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared **Diamond**

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**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/88 "2006-02-20T21:12:29Z")

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> Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared **Diamond**

The **Diamond** Age by Neal Stepehnson

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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:** [February 20, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/89 "2006-02-20T21:16:05Z")

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> [@DfrntBreign](#):
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> The **Diamond** Age by Neal Stepehnson

**Age** of Innocence - Edith Wharton

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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:** [February 20, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/90 "2006-02-20T23:48:32Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> **Age** of Innocence - Edith Wharton

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Jazz \*\*Age \*\* F. Scott Fitzgerald

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/91 "2006-02-21T00:03:41Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> The Jazz \*\*Age \*\* F. Scott Fitzgerald

**Jazz** - Toni Morrison

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/92 "2006-02-21T00:08:39Z")

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An American Prayer – Jim **Morrison**

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/93 "2006-02-21T00:33:59Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> An American Prayer – Jim **Morrison**

The Killer Inside Me – **Jim** Thompson

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/94 "2006-02-21T00:54:15Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> The Killer Inside Me – **Jim** Thompson

**Killer** Diller- Clyde Edgerton

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**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/95 "2006-02-21T02:09:25Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> **Killer** Diller- Clyde Edgerton

Death **killer** by Spider Robinson

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/96 "2006-02-21T02:16:18Z")

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> [@DfrntBreign](#):
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> Death **killer** by Spider Robinson

**Death** _Comes for the Archbishop_ by Willa Cather

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/97 "2006-02-21T02:55:58Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> **Death** _Comes for the Archbishop_ by Willa Cather

_Murder in the Cathedral_, T.S Eliot. A small deviation from the strict rules, but I couldn’t reisist.

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/98 "2006-02-21T03:10:09Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> _Murder in the Cathedral_, T.S Eliot. A small deviation from the strict rules, but I couldn’t reisist.

Ah, I get it. The titles have a natural connection.

**Cathedral** - Nelson deMille

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/99 "2006-02-21T04:39:41Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> **Cathedral** - Nelson de **Mill** e

Mill On The Floss - George Eliot

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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:** [February 21, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/100 "2006-02-21T04:59:45Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Mill On The Floss - George Eliot

1984 - George Orwell

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