# The Daily Feud: Golden Age SF Authors by Little Nemo \[Game Over\]
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [January 5, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976 "2009-01-05T19:00:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/41 "2009-01-06T18:37:19Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
>
> Hardest to pick was Poul Anderson
Me too, at least partially because all my life I’ve gotten him and Piers Anthony confused.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/42 "2009-01-06T20:03:48Z")
1. The Broken Sword
2. I, Robot
3. The Stars My Destination
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. Childhood’s End
6. Repent, Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman
7. Stranger in a Strange Land
8. The Space Merchants
9. Majipoor Chronicles
10. The Dying Earth
And yes, I know _The Space Merchants_ was a collaboration with C. M. Kornbluth. It’s still the first Pohl work I thought of.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/43 "2009-01-06T21:32:59Z")
I’m gonna let this one go in the hopes of getting 50 entries, plus I’m pretty busy. Tomorrow morning will be easier for me to score this.
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### Author:  [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/44 "2009-01-06T23:16:31Z")
1. Time Patrol
2. I, Robot
3. The Stars My Destination
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. Rendezvous with Rama
6. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
7. Stranger in a Strange Land
8. Gateway
9. Gilgamesh the King
10. The Star King
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/45 "2009-01-07T00:36:56Z")
1. Tau Zero
2. I, Robot
3. The Stars My Destination
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
7. Stranger in a Strange Land
8. Gateway
9. Lord Valentine’s Castle
10. Ports of Call
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### Author:  [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/46 "2009-01-07T00:48:32Z")
1. Brain Wave
2. I, Robot
3. The Stars My Destination
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
6. I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
7. Starship Troopers
8. Gateway
9. Nightwings
10. The Dying Earth
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/47 "2009-01-07T03:11:09Z")
1. Hoka
2. Foundation Trilogy
3. The Stars my Destination
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. I have no mouth and I must scream
7. Starship Troopers
8. Undersea Trilogy
9. Lord Valentine’s Castle
10. The Dying Earth
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/48 "2009-01-07T18:07:59Z")
1. Name a work (novel or short story) by Poul Anderson
**1. Tau Zero 6**
2. Brain Wave 5
3. The High Crusade 4
4. Three Hearts and Three Lions 4
5. Hoka! 3
6. Tomorrow’s Children 3
7. The Broken Sword 2
8. The Man Who Counts 2
9. After Doomsday 1
10. Pass 1
11. The Corridors of Time 1
12. The Shield of Time 1
13. Time Patrol 1
14. Un-man 1
15. Name a work by Isaac Asimov
**2. The Foundation Trilogy 19**
16. I, Robot 12
17. Nightfall 3
18. The Gods Themselves 1
19. Name a work by Alfred Bester
**3. The Stars My Destination 28**
20. The Demolished Man 6
21. Pass 1
22. Name a work by Ray Bradbury
**4. Fahrenheit 451 16**
23. The Martian Chronicles 14
24. Something Wicked This Way Comes 2
25. The Illustrated Man 2
26. A Sound of Thunder 1
27. Name a work by Arthur Clarke
**5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 19**
28. Childhood’s End 11
29. Rendezvous With Rama 2
30. A Meeting with Medusa 1
31. The City and the Stars 1
32. The Sentinel 1
33. Name a work by Harlan Ellison
**6. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream 23**
34. A Boy and His Dog 6
35. “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktock Man 4
36. Last Dangerous Visions 1
37. Spider Kiss 1
**7. Name a work by Robert Heinlein
7. Stranger in a Strange Land 19**
7. Starship Troopers 11
7. Citizen of the Galaxy 1
7. Glory Road 1
7. Have Spacesuit, Will Travel 1
7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1
7. The Puppet Masters 1
1. Name a work by Frederik Pohl
**8. Gateway 21**
2. The Space Merchants 4
3. Man Plus 2
4. Heechee Rendezvous 1
5. Jem 1
6. Pass1 1
7. Pass2 1
8. Starchild 1
9. The Gold At the Starbow’s End 1
10. The Merchants of Venus 1
11. Undersea Trilogy 1
12. Name a work by Robert Silverberg
**9. Lord Valentine’s Castle 13**
13. Nightwings 8
14. Hawksbill Station 2
15. A Time of Changes 1
16. Downward to the Earth 1
17. Dying Inside 1
18. Gilgamesh the King 1
19. Majipoor Chronicles 1
20. Pass1 1
21. Pass2 1
22. Passengers 1
23. Roma Aeterna 1
24. Sailing to Byzantium 1
25. Sorcerers of Majipoor 1
26. The Alien Years 1
27. Name a work by Jack Vance
**10. Tales of the Dying Earth 20**
28. The Last Castle 3
29. Emphyrio 2
30. The Moon Moth 2
31. Araminta Station 1
32. Big Planet 1
33. Earth Abides 1
34. Pass1 1
35. Pass2 1
36. Ports of Call 1
37. The Dragon Masters 1
38. The Star King 1
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/49 "2009-01-07T18:15:23Z")
And the winners are ~~~drumroll~~~ **Terminus Est** and **panache45**!!! Way to go! They both got 8/10 top answers, but missed different questions. Excellent job, guys! Perfect was 525.71.
Thanks for playing! Thank you, **Little Nemo**!
New one up is just a sec…
\*\*1. Terminus Est 497.14
1. panache45 497.14 \*\*
2. Tom Scud 471.43
3. Kobal2 465.71
4. silenus 460.00
5. swampbear 457.14
6. Larry Borgia 454.29
7. susan 448.57
8. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 442.86
9. JohnT 440.00
10. Mahaloth 434.29
11. astorian 411.43
12. RealityChuck 408.57
13. Fenris 408.57
14. This’ll Do 400.00
15. Mahna Mahna 394.29
16. AuntiePam 388.57
17. WVmom 382.86
18. Reno Nevada 368.57
19. 3acresandatruck 362.86
20. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 362.86
21. Pushkin 354.29
22. critter42 345.71
23. MsWhatsit 342.86
24. Thudlow Boink 331.43
25. Bridget Burke 331.43
26. jali 325.71
27. DfrntBreign 322.86
28. Little Nemo 317.14
29. WormTheRed 280.00
30. Eleanor of Aquitaine 280.00
31. rowrrbazzle 271.43
32. Saltire 257.14
33. wevets 240.00
34. Baal Houtham 120.00
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/50 "2009-01-07T18:52:28Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
>
> And the winners are ~~~drumroll~~~ **Terminus Est** and **panache45**!!! Way to go! They both got 8/10 top answers, but missed different questions. Excellent job, guys! Perfect was 525.71.
>
> Thanks for playing! Thank you, **Little Nemo**!
>
> New one up is just a sec…
> \*\*1. Terminus Est 497.14
>
> 1. panache45 497.14 \*\*
> 2. Tom Scud 471.43
Not bad for a first try. Hurt less by the Poul Anderson pick than I thought I would be; it was the Ellison that killed me.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/51 "2009-01-07T18:53:45Z")
Come check out the [new one!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=500694)
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### Author:  [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/52 "2009-01-07T19:08:24Z")
Even with major googling, I only got just out of the basement.
Hence, my scientific studies prove that Google sucks :mad:
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/53 "2009-01-07T19:15:11Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
>
> And the winners are ~~~drumroll~~~ **Terminus Est** and **panache45**!!! Way to go! They both got 8/10 top answers, but missed different questions. Excellent job, guys! Perfect was 525.71.
Holy crap, I finally won a feud. Woo-hoo!
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### Author:  [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/54 "2009-01-07T19:20:30Z")
Wow, I’m 4 ? New record !
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/55 "2009-01-07T19:30:40Z")
Top 5! Woot!
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### Author:  [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/56 "2009-01-07T22:17:34Z")
So I suggested the book that perhaps influenced the film 2001 without mentioning the book of the film itself :dubious:
Averaging out again!
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/57 "2009-01-07T23:55:23Z")
Wow sixth place… lots better than I imagined. It’s almost as if liking classic SciFi has finally paid off for me.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/58 "2009-01-08T03:52:05Z")
My own feud and one of my worst finishes. Oh well.
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### Author:  [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-golden-age-sf-authors-by-little-nemo-game-over/479976/59 "2009-01-11T05:54:41Z")
Jeez, it’s hard to believe that I was actually trying to do well.
I guess I finally learned that _Earth Abides_ wasn’t written by Varley though!
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