# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 85
**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 7, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1681 "2020-04-07T15:28:53Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) ---
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Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1683 "2020-04-07T18:52:28Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1684 "2020-04-07T19:58:08Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) ---
**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 7, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1685 "2020-04-07T20:20:25Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1686 "2020-04-07T21:22:14Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1687 "2020-04-07T21:54:06Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1688 "2020-04-07T22:45:04Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1689 "2020-04-07T23:51:00Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (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:** [April 8, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1690 "2020-04-08T00:02:41Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1691 "2020-04-08T00:04:38Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1692 "2020-04-08T00:21:18Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Theodore Sturgeon) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1693 "2020-04-08T00:58:22Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Rama (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Theodore Sturgeon) War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1694 "2020-04-08T00:58:27Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Theodore Sturgeon) When Worlds Collide -( Philip Wylie) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1695 "2020-04-08T08:36:40Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Theodore Sturgeon) When Worlds Collide -( Philip Wylie) Xenocide (Orson Scott Card) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1696 "2020-04-08T13:18:10Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Theodore Sturgeon) When Worlds Collide -( Philip Wylie) Xenocide (Orson Scott Card) Yesterdays Kin, (Nancy Kress) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1697 "2020-04-08T13:51:34Z")
Sci-fi novels Against the Fall of Night (Arthur C. Clarke) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Costigan’s Needle - (Jerry Sohl) Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny) Empire of the Atom (A E Van Vogt) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) Kiln People (David Brin) Lucifer’s Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov) Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) La Planète des singes (Pierre Boulle) aka Planet of the Apes Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) Rendezvous with Ramac (A. C. Clarke) The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) Titan (John Varley) Up the Line (Robert Silverberg) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Theodore Sturgeon) When Worlds Collide -( Philip Wylie) Xenocide (Orson Scott Card) Yesterdays Kin, (Nancy Kress) Z is for Zero (Andy Weir) Pass ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1698 "2020-04-08T13:58:40Z")
Chemistry! Amphetamine ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1699 "2020-04-08T14:00:57Z")
Chemistry! Amphetamine Boron ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1700 "2020-04-08T15:32:03Z")
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