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A little game of name-that-book, anyone?

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A little game of name-that-book, anyone?

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Just for some fun, can anyone guess what books these
characters and places are referenced from?

Barzula, Mot, Raspu, Rox and Qeteb
Rakoth Maugrim
Melanchthon
Severian
Karellen
Yagharek
Mothkin
Eatbugs (The best cat name in recorded history)
the On/Off Star
the World's Largest Carousel in the House on the Rock
Duke the Werewolf and Earl the Vampire
the Pelbar, Sentani and Shumai tribes
Reid Malenfant
Marid Audran
Valley Forge and Rodger Young
Agon, Eena, and Ka
the space habitat Goddard

Sadly, that's about all I can think of at the moment...
So, good luck and feel free to post up a list in reply.



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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top
Polgara: Eddings' Belgariad/Malloreon series' (Can't recall if she appeared in other books or not)

Compson's World: don't know.

Andelain: Donaldson's Covenant series.

Morn Hyland: Donaldson again, from the Gap series (I think that's what it was called).





How about Dr. Alkad Mzu?
Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top
How about:
1. Olhado
2. Bean
3. Wang-mu
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Bean is from the Orson Scott Card series with Ender Wiggins. The first is called Ender's Game I seem to recall.



Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #28 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Bravo Coelocanth.

Compson's World/Catherine Li/Cohen/Kolodny

I'm not familiar with Alkad Mzu.
Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top
Here are some for you...

Slippery Jim diGriz

Hope Hubris

Kim Kinnison

Cletus Grahame
Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top
Ahhhh, yes, Slippery Jim: The Stainless Steel Rat.

Hope Hubris: Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant (man, I haven't read those since they were first published. That's a looooooong time ago!)

I should know Kinnison, but can't for the life of me dredge that one up. No idea on Cletus.
Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top
Okay, a few more:

1) Case
2) The Shrike
3) Phssthpok
Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top
Bravo Coelocanth
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I second that.

I've a few more to add, as well:

Lucinda Carlyle
the ship 'Argonos'
the Omega Clouds (too easy, maybe...)

Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top
Mot
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I'd also point out that this was the Bolian barber on board the NCC-1701-D for the first few seasons of TNG, but since that isn't a book I suppose I shouldn't mention it :P
Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top
the ship 'Argonos'
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Unto Leviathan. Frightening book, that (well, it was for me, anyway :P )
Reply #35 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Kim (Kimball) Kinnison is from E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman Series. Specifically Galactic Patrol, Grey Lensman, Second Stage Lensman, and Children of the Lens. Also mentioned in Masters of the Vortex aka Vortex Blasters. Kim was not in Triplanetary and First Lensman.

Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.

Excellent books, along with the Skylark Series (only 4 books). I have the omnibus editions of both series.
Reply #36 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The Shrike
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Dan Simmons, was it Hyperion? I liked the Ilium/Olympos pair better; nicest use of historical figures I've caught in a while.
Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top
Hyperion's a classic, The shrike is a superbly eerie creation.

I've got some:

Carlos Montero, Leslie Gillis and Wendy Gunther
William Mandella
Hiro Protagonist
Bellis Coldwine
Ian Cormac
Takeshi Kovacs
Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top
Oh and Case is from Neuromancer, Reid Malenfant is a Stephen Baxter character... Origin Space?
Reply #39 from Sins Forums Top
My nickname.

I'll drop in later to see if anyone figured it out, it's probably a though one with only one clue.
Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah, you got David and Ignace right...
Hmm, let's see...
Ivan Vorpatril
Jaqen H'ghar
Pierre Aronnax
Reply #41 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Aiken Drum - The Many Colored Land (plus follow-ons) by Julian May. These are excellent by the way.

Polgara - David Edding's several series and stand alone books, starting with The Belgariad.

Fflewddur Fflam - Chronicles of Prydain


- Kirk Simmons


Reply #42 from Sins Forums Top
Ivan Vorpatril: funny you posted that. I was just going to throw in a character from Lois McMaster Bujold's books as well.

*edit* Manii: That particular series by Julian May is in my list of all-time favorites. Some really great characters in there, and a pretty cool story as well.
Reply #43 from Sins Forums Top
Unto Leviathan. Frightening book, that (well, it was for me, anyway )
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Argonos is also the name of the ship in Richard Paul Russo's Ship of Fools.
Who wrote Unto Leviathan, and what was it about?
Reply #44 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Linden Avery reminds me of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson. I think she was a character in the latter books of the series.
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right!

Oh, and to save everyone some Googling time, Montauge is from Farenhiet 451 (I think that's the right number), and Jake's from Turtledove's American Empire series
Reply #46 from Sins Forums Top
Hiro Protagonist - Snow Crash - Neil Stephenson
Takeshi Kovacs - Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
Pierre Aronnax - 20,000 Leagues, etc. - Jules Verne

How bout those ladies?
- Lady Sharrow
- Lenie Clarke
- Leisha Camden
- Sarah Kerrigan
Reply #47 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Linden Avery reminds me of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson. I think she was a character in the latter books of the series.right! Oh, and to save everyone some Googling time, Montauge is from Farenhiet 451 (I think that's the right number), and Jake's from Turtledove's American Empire series
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Sorry, meant to quote neilo. :p 
Reply #48 from Sins Forums Top
Argonos is also the name of the ship in Richard Paul Russo's Ship of Fools.
Who wrote Unto Leviathan, and what was it about?
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They're actually the same book; I should have remembered that here in Australia (and I think in the UK, but not sure) it's called Unto Leviathan, and in the US it's Ship of Fools. Or something like that...
Reply #49 from Sins Forums Top
Sarah Kerrigan
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Surely you don't mean the one from Starcraft?