# Botticelli - June 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 30, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380 "2022-05-30T19:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/181 "2022-06-29T18:55:06Z")
“Kinda sort science fiction”/“arguably in the science fiction genre”… What could that be? Magical Realism? Horror? I believe all of Stephen King’s novels from that time period have been adapted to the screen.(One could argue _The Stand_ is kinda sci-fi) Although we haven’t ruled out short stories… Some mostly realistic post-apocalyptic work like _The Road_, _The Postman_, _Lucifer’s Hammer_ or _On The Beach_? (3 of those have had movies and 2 are from the wrong time period - so it’s unlikely to be any of those specific examples). The sci-fi aspect is mostly limited to the setup. Still pondering… Well, let’s see if we can eliminate short stories. DQ: From a novel? One DQ held. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/182 "2022-06-29T19:05:41Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not originally from a film or TV 5. originally from a work of prose fiction 6. created by an American author or authors 7. created after 1949 8. main character 9. might still be alive today, if real 10. not also from a movie 11. created before 1985 12. not from a mystery/detective novel 13. from a single work 14. not from a book that won a major literary prize 15. created after 1970 16. from a work by a male author 17. from a work arguably in the science fiction or fantasy genre 18. kinda sorta from a work of science fiction 19. human 20. from a novel ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/183 "2022-06-30T07:53:06Z")
Well I’m stumped. Prof, if you want to use my last DQ before the deadline, go ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/184 "2022-06-30T14:37:00Z")
Okay! DQ: From a work by Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury or Kurt Vonnegut? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/185 "2022-07-01T23:22:40Z")
bump. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/186 "2022-07-02T03:31:15Z")
Sorry. Very busy here. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not originally from a film or TV 5. originally from a work of prose fiction 6. created by an American author or authors 7. created after 1949 8. main character 9. might still be alive today, if real 10. not also from a movie 11. created before 1985 12. not from a mystery/detective novel 13. from a single work 14. not from a book that won a major literary prize 15. created after 1970 16. from a work by a male author 17. from a work arguably in the science fiction or fantasy genre 18. kinda sorta from a work of science fiction 19. human 20. from a novel 21. not from a work by Adams, Asimov, Bradbury or Vonnegut Tawk amongst yourselves, and then ask any earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Sunday, please. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/187 "2022-07-02T19:05:10Z")
Not comin’ up with anything so far. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/188 "2022-07-03T09:10:23Z")
Stand-alone novel from 1971-1984. No movie adaptation. Main character, could be alive today. Kinda-sorta sci-fi. I’m coming up blank. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/189 "2022-07-03T15:14:07Z")
It bugs me that I can’t even come up with a good guess on this one. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/190 "2022-07-03T16:33:03Z")
Ok, time’s up. I am **Earl Turner** The protagonist of the 1978 novel _The Turner Diaries,_ a racist and anti-Semitic future-history novel called “the Bible of the racist right” by the FBI. Timothy McVeigh, among other idiots, was a fan. I will pass on starting the next round. Would someone start a July thread, please? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/191 "2022-07-04T14:26:07Z")
I don’t remember the book or the character, so you should take the next round, **Chock**. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/192 "2022-07-04T16:49:24Z")
I’ve heard of the book, mainly in connection to the alt-right movement. Never thought about actually reading it. I just did a search in worldcat. None of the local public libraries carry it, but most of the local university libraries have it. The main subject category is “dystopia”. Alternative history definitely gets grouped in with sci-fi or speculative fiction. I’m preoccupied with holiday festivities today. I’ll start a July thread tomorrow. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/193 "2022-07-04T22:17:51Z")
Thanks, **CFOHG**. Haven’t read the book myself, and can’t post a link to the Wiki article with my phone, but there’s an interesting article on it there. Amazon won’t sell it anymore, new or used. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/194 "2022-07-05T17:40:46Z")
New thread for July [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=9)