# Guess the book **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004 "2000-11-06T21:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/221 "2000-12-09T20:42:07Z")
Ira Levin’s the author, but Rosemary’s Baby is not the book. Muhaha. I feel like a dictator or something. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/222 "2000-12-09T20:44:34Z")
Stepford Wives, then? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/223 "2000-12-09T22:14:45Z")
no… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/224 "2000-12-09T23:44:18Z")
Shoot, I don’t have any Levin books to look at. Son of Rosemary’s Baby? (Is there such a book?) Well, I give. I’ve been watching a special on The Fly movies, and my brain is rotting. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/225 "2000-12-10T01:34:46Z")
There’s a Son of Rosemary…but no. Ok, I’ll just tell you. It’s A Kiss Before Dying. Pretty good book…didn’t keep me up till 2 am, like Rosemary’s Baby, or rock me to my core, like The Stepford Wives, or freak the hell out of me like in The Boys from Brazil, but still better than your average book. I suppose I could go again…but nice person that I am, I’ll delegate my turn to someone else. Wait. Strike that. COULD I go again? Please? this time i’ll make it a bit easier. I swear. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/226 "2000-12-10T01:42:07Z")
Okay with me, if you want to go ahead. I’d forgotten about that Levin book, and I didn’t feel right, cheating, checking at Amazon or something. (My quote was from Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/227 "2000-12-10T06:27:24Z")
So…AuntiePam, was it an author you like? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/228 "2000-12-10T06:39:20Z")
Oh, yes, ma’am! Check him out. McCarthy’s writing took some getting used to (I’m a lazy reader) but it’s worth it. Did you like that paragraph? His characters are defined by their actions, rather than adjectives. And he never tells you how you should feel about his people. So what’s up, Zog? Next book, please. Or somebody? ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/229 "2000-12-10T13:52:46Z")
Zoggie, I’m not doing this to prevent you from posting again, but I really like this one… Hope you find this one easier, Celyn 😉 “…People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/230 "2000-12-10T21:58:16Z")
Aw tis okay; ill post some other time. I don’t think I know yours tho. sounds a bit familiar. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/231 "2000-12-11T03:51:27Z")
I’m going to throw out two guesses, but I’m pretty sure they’re both wrong… Is it from either _The Prince_ or _Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds_? ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/232 "2000-12-11T15:03:28Z")
Yes, Fretful, those are in fact, both wrong… I guess y’all just aren’t into reading the same genres of writing as me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/233 "2000-12-11T16:54:01Z")
Coming in very late here, but I would say that the latest quote is by the Patrician, but I would have no idea which book. They are all too far away from me. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/234 "2000-12-11T20:22:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FloChi \* > \*\*Coming in very late here, but I would say that the latest quote is by the Patrician, but I would have no idea which book. They are all too far away from me. > \*\* Well, don’t hurt yourself looking. The quote has not graced the pages of any of Pterry’s fine works. Fantasy is the right genre, though…although my author is a tad more serious about it than Pratchett. ---
**Author:** ![Jekeira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jekeira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jekeira)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/235 "2000-12-11T22:20:17Z")
Fantasy, eh? Was it written by Steven Brust? It has a rather Vlad Taltos-y ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/236 "2000-12-11T23:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jekeira \* > \*\*Fantasy, eh? Was it written by Steven Brust? It has a rather Vlad Taltos-y ring to it. \*\* Nope, not Steven Brust. In fact, I’ve never heard of Steven Brust. Is he any good? Shall I give hints? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/237 "2000-12-12T01:55:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > Shall I give hints? \*\* Yes. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/238 "2000-12-12T03:21:02Z")
**Dyno** - I think you already slipped in a hint. Is it Memory, Sorrow and Thorn? ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/239 "2000-12-12T05:46:31Z")
No, not Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn…who’s that by? And, well, ok, I did slip in a hint…but here’s another one… While the author wasn’t Pratchett, they do share first names… Good enough? And y’all can start using search engines, if you wish 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book/40004/240 "2000-12-12T10:14:13Z")
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