# A Novel Feud by Barkis is Willin' \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 19, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949 "2011-04-19T13:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/41 "2011-04-19T19:32:09Z")
… Crap, I thought of _Dune_ first, but for some reason I thought I should pick one where the movie was somewhat well regarded. I’m not sure what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/42 "2011-04-19T20:38:45Z")
1. David Copperfield 2. Crime and Punishment 3. Mary Shelly “Frankenstein” 4. Capote 5. The Stand 6. Watership Down 7. The Lord of the Rings 8. Jane Austen 9. Don Quixote 10. 2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/43 "2011-04-19T23:04:20Z")
1. Oliver Twist 2. War and Peace 3. Harper Lee 4. Capote 5. Dracula 6. Watership Down 7. Lord of the Rings 8. Jane Austen 9. Anna Karenina 10. I, Robot ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/44 "2011-04-19T23:11:58Z")
1. Tom sawyer 2. Crime and Punishment 3. Harper lee 4. Capote 5. Dracula 6. Animal Farm 7. Lord of the Rings 8. Margret Mitchell 9. Love Story !0. War of the Worlds ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/45 "2011-04-19T23:25:37Z")
1. David Copperfield 2. Crime and Punishment 3. Harper Lee 4. Capote 5. Carrie 6. Animal Farm 7. Lord of the Rings 8. Alice Walker 9. All Quiet on the Western Front 10. Fahrenheit 451 ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/46 "2011-04-20T00:00:41Z")
1. Oliver Twist 2. Love in the Time of Cholera 3. Harper Lee 4. Adaptation 5. It 6. Watership Down 7. Song of Ice and Fire 8. Jane Austen 9. Harry Potter 10. 2001: A Space Odessey 11. He got better ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/47 "2011-04-20T00:48:05Z")
1. David Copperfield 2. War and Peace 3. Harper Lee 4. Hammett 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Lord Of The Rings 8. JK Rowling 9. 1984 10. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/48 "2011-04-20T00:50:20Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I’m guessing this one will be darned close to conch-free. > > 1. War and Peace > 2. Harper Lee > 3. Animal Farm I’m thinking not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/49 "2011-04-20T01:48:14Z")
1. Robinson Crusoe 2. Anna Karenina 3. Margaret Mitchell 4. Capote 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Harry Potter 8. Danielle Steel 9. Anna Karenina 10. War of the Worlds ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/50 "2011-04-20T02:16:50Z")
1. _Moby-Dick_ 2. _The Three Musketeers_ 3. Harper Lee 4. _Out of Africa_ 5. _Dracula_ 6. _Animal Farm_ 7. _Hobbit_ – _Lord of the Rings_ 8. Jane Austen 9. _Anna Karenina_ 10. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 11. Thought of J.D. Salinger, but figured he wrote enough other stuff (including novellas) that he didn’t fit the description as perfectly as Lee did 12. Actually written while the film was being made and released after the movie’s debut, but I’m going for points here ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/51 "2011-04-20T03:41:41Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I’m thinking not 🙂 _Animal Farm_ is hardly conching its category. It’s only ahead of _Watership Down_ by a 22-17 lead. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/52 "2011-04-20T04:20:37Z")
1. David Copperfield 2. War and Peace 3. Harper Lee 4. Capote 5. Dracula 6. Animal Farm 7. Harry Potter 8. Jane Austen 9. Anna Karenina 10. I, Robot ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/53 "2011-04-20T04:25:25Z")
1. Huckleberry Finn 2. War and Peace 3. Mary Shelley 4. Shakespeare in Love 5. Dracula 6. Watership Down 7. Lord of the Rings 8. Agatha Christie 9. A Tale of Two Cities 10. Bladerunner ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/54 "2011-04-20T05:23:28Z")
1. Huckleberry Finn 2. War and Peace 3. Harper Lee 4. Capote 5. Dracula 6. Watership Down 7. Lord of the RIngs 8. Dorothy Parker 9. The Great Gatsby 10. Dune ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/55 "2011-04-20T09:31:13Z")
1. Jane Eyre 2. Les Miserables 3. Ralph Ellison 4. Frankenstein Unbound 5. The Shining 6. Animal Farm 7. Harry Potter 8. Ayn Rand 9. Great Gatsby 10. Dune ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/56 "2011-04-20T10:37:16Z")
1. Jane Eyre 2. Les Miserables 3. Harper Lee 4. Capote 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Harry Potter 8. Jane Austen 9. Anna Karenina 10. Dune Hope I’m not too late! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/57 "2011-04-20T12:11:55Z")
**swampbear** is #46. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/58 "2011-04-20T12:17:56Z")
1. Fiction novel whose title is the main character’s name 2. Famous novel originally written in a language other than English 3. One hit wonder author of a fiction novel 4. A movie about a real life author 5. A famous horror novel 6. A novel whose main characters are animals 7. A multi-book series 8. A famous female author 9. A novel or series whose main character dies 10. A sci-fi novel made into a movie 11. Oliver Twist 12. Don Quixote 13. Harper Lee 14. Becoming Jane 15. Dracula 16. Animal Farm 17. Harry Potter 18. JK Rowling 19. A Game of Thrones 20. Starship Troopers ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/59 "2011-04-20T12:26:23Z")
1. Oliver Twist 2. War and Peace 3. One hit wonder author of a fiction novel 4. Capote 5. Frankenstien 6. Animal Farm 7. Harry Potter 8. JK Rowling 9. The Great Gatsby 10. 2001: A Space Odyssey blerg. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949/60 "2011-04-20T12:36:05Z")
1. Jane Eyre 2. Don Quixote 3. Harper Lee 4. Becoming Jane 5. Frankenstein 6. Watership Down 7. Lord of the Rings 8. Jane Austen 9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 10. 2001: A Space Odyssey [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-novel-feud-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/578949.md?page=4)