# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/161 "2006-02-23T03:47:58Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Joseph and His Brothers by **Thomas** Mann (Thomas was about the only way to go with Genocides & Disch are the alternatives and you’re limited to fiction!). True. If Disch had been an Aloysius, I would have chosen something else. I’ve been trying to limit entries to books I’ve read, and I love Thomas Disch. I could have chosen better than Genocides though. 🙂 The Web and the Rock - **Thomas** Wolfe ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/162 "2006-02-23T04:37:54Z")
Soldier of the Mists - Gene **Wolfe** ---
**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 23, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/163 "2006-02-23T04:49:52Z")
**Mists** of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/164 "2006-02-23T19:14:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Mists** of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley In the Electric **Mist** with Confederate Dead - James Lee Burke ---
**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 23, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/165 "2006-02-23T19:27:37Z")
Shuttle Down - **Lee** Correy ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/166 "2006-02-23T19:29:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Shuttle Down - **Lee** Correy Watership **Down** - Richard Adams ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/167 "2006-02-23T20:33:02Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Watership **Down** - Richard Adams Up the **Down** Staircase by Bel Kaufman ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/168 "2006-02-23T22:17:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Up the **Down** Staircase by Bel Kaufman Falling **Up** - Shel Silverstein ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/169 "2006-02-23T22:18:49Z")
:smack: :smack: :smack: Anyone wanna change to the opposite game now? :smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/170 "2006-02-23T23:12:59Z")
> [@Sunshine and Smiles](#): > > Falling **Up** - Shel Silverstein Snow **Falling** on Cedars - David Guterson I think an opposite game could be fun. 🙂 ---
**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 23, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/171 "2006-02-23T23:26:11Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Snow **Falling** on Cedars - David Guterson > > I think an opposite game could be fun. 🙂 The Woad To Wuin- Peter **David** Opposite game? What is opposite game? In Russia the opposite game changes you! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/172 "2006-02-24T00:01:20Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > The Woad To Wuin- Peter **David** Woad? Wuin? 🙂 Ghost Story - **Peter** Straub ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/173 "2006-02-24T01:14:30Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Woad? Wuin? 🙂 > > Ghost Story - **Peter** Straub Anil’s **Ghost** by Michael Ondaatje ---
**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 24, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/174 "2006-02-24T01:43:29Z")
> [@furthur](#): > > Anil’s **Ghost** by Michael Ondaatje Congo- \*\* Michael \*\* Crichton ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/175 "2006-02-24T02:10:00Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Congo- \*\* Michael \*\* Crichton Tropic of Night - **Michael** Gruber ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/176 "2006-02-24T06:04:41Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Tropic of Night - **Michael** Gruber The Book of **Night** With Moon - Diane Duane ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/177 "2006-02-24T06:48:50Z")
Those Who Hunt the **Night** - Barbara Hambly ---
**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 24, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/178 "2006-02-24T13:34:27Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Those Who Hunt the **Night** - Barbara Hambly Major **Barbara** - George Bernard Shaw ---
**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 24, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/179 "2006-02-24T15:24:30Z")
Flashman and the Mountain of Light - **George** McDonald Fraser ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/180 "2006-02-24T15:50:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Flashman and the Mountain of Light - **George** McDonald Fraser My Side of the **Mountain** - Jean Craighead George [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=10)