Hamlet

[DoctorJones24]

It's Gringo's turn...

<PRE>ROUND ONE
TITLE DJ JT DW CJ LK JC MK Ob MA AF Pe GT Gh Pts
DocJ24 Mocking 0 n y n y n n n n y y y y 6
JackT W&P n 0 y n y y n n n n y y n 5
Dr. Wank Pride y n 0 y n y n y n n n y n 5
CJ Herr Moby y y y 0 y n n y n n n y n 6
LeperK Ulysses y y y y 0 y n n n y n n n 6
Jose C Gatsby y n y y y 0 y n y y y y y 10
Mike K Lolita y n y n y n 0 n n y n y y 6
Obie Harry y n n n n n n 0 n y y n n 3
Mr. Ac Great Ex y y y n y y n n 0 n n y n 6
Asfool Death n y y y n n n y y 0 n y n 6
Peth Anna K n n n n n n n n y n 0 y n 2
Gringo Don Q n n y n n y n n n y n 0 n 3
Ghost Brave n y y n y y n y n y n y 0 7

ROUND TWO
TITLE DJ JT DW CJ LK JC MK Ob. MA AF Pe GT Gh Pts Total
DocJ24 Catch 22 0 n y y y y n y n n y y y 8 14
JackT Invis n 0 y n y y n n n y n y y 6 11
Dr. Wank Iliad y y 0 y y y n y y y y y y 11 16
CJ Herr Old Man y n y 0 y y y y n n n y y 8 14
LeperK Lear y y y y 0 y y n n y n y y 9 15
Jose C S and F n n y y y 0 n n n y y y y 7 17
Mike K Catcher y n y y y y 0 y y y y y y 11 17
Obie Gone n n n n n n n 0 n n n y y 2 5
Mr. Ac Slaught5 y n y y y y n n 0 n y y y 8 14
Asfool All Quiet n y n n y n n y y 0 y n n 5 11
Peth C and P y y y n y y n n n n 0 y y 7 9
Gringo 100 Yrs y n n y y y n n n y n 0 n 5 8
Ghost Jungle y y y y y y n n y n n y 0 8 15

ROUND THREE
TITLE DJ JT DW CJ LK JC MK Ob MA AF Pe GT Gh Pts Total
DocJ24 Grapes 0 y y y y y n n y n n y y 8 22
JackT Farewell y 0 y n y y y y y n y y n 9 20
Dr. Wank 7 Gables n y 0 n n n n n n n n n n 1 17
CJ Herr Rabbit y n y 0 n n n n n n n n y 3 17
LeperK OnRoad y n y y 0 y y y y y y n y 10 25
Jose C Garp y y y n n 0 n n n y n n n 4 21
Mike K C Tales y y y y n y 0 n n y n y n 7 24
Obie Hobbit y n y y y n n 0 n y n y y 7 12
Mr. Ac Huck y n y y y y y y 0 y y y y 11 25
Asfool Heart y y y y n y y y n 0 y y y 10 21
Peth Call ofW y n n n y n n n y y 0 y y 6 15
Gringo Xmas n y y n y n n n y n n 0 y 5 13
Ghost Gulliver y y n y y y n n n y n n 0 6 21

ROUND FOUR
TITLE DJ JT DW CJ LK JC MK Ob MA AF Pe GT Gh Total Total
DocJ24 Oliver 0 n n n y n y n y n n n n 3 25
JackT Beloved y 0 n y n y n n n y n y y 6 26
Dr. Wank A. Farm y y 0 n y y y y n y y y y 10 27
CJ Herr D. Grey n y y 0 n n n n n n n n n 2 19
LeperK Walden y y y y 0 y n y n n n n y 7 32
Jose C Dune y y n y n 0 n n n n n n n 3 24
Mike K Alchem. n n n n n n 0 n n n n n n 0 24
Obie Mal X n n n n y y n 0 n n y y n 4 16
Mr. Ac Satanic y n y n n y n n 0 n n n n 3 28
Asfool Stranger n n y y n y y y n 0 n y y 7 28
Peth LittleW n n n n n y n n y n 0 n n 2 17
Gringo InColdB n y n y n n n n n y 0 n 3 16
Ghost CPurple n n n n n y n n n n n n 0 1 22

ROUND FIVE
TITLE DJ JT DW CJ LK JC MK Ob MA AF Pe GT Gh Pts Total
DocJ24 N Lunch 0 n y y y y n n y n n y y 6 31
JackT Ambass n 0 n n n n n n n n n y 1 27
Dr. Wank Clock n y 0 n y n n n n y n n y 4 31
CJ Herr Cold Mt n n n 0 n y n n n n y n 2 21
LeperK Tropic n n y y 0 n n n n y n n 2 34
Jose C Portrait y n y y n 0 n y n y n y y 7 31
Mike K Miracle n n y n y y 0 y y n y n 6 30
Obie Stand y y n y n 0 n n n n 3 19
Mr. Ac Roots n n y n n n n 0 n n y 2 30
Asfool Electric y n n y n n n n 0 n n 2 30
Peth Fever y n y n y y n y y y 0 n n 5 22
Gringo 0 16
Ghost Chatterly n n y n n n n y n 0 2 24
</PRE>

[GringoTex]

Wow- you kept track!


Filling in my blanks:

Cold Mountain - no
Miracle - Is that the whole title?
Stand (by Stephen King?) - no
Roots - no
Electric (Kool-Aid Acid Test?) - yes
Fever -whole title?
Lady Chatterley's Lover - yes


And my pick is - Uncle Tom's Cabin

[DoctorJones24]

Originally posted by GringoTex
Wow- you kept track!


Filling in my blanks:

Cold Mountain - no
Miracle - Is that the whole title?
Stand (by Stephen King?) - no
Roots - no
Electric (Kool-Aid Acid Test?) - yes
Fever -whole title?
Lady Chatterley's Lover - yes


And my pick is - Uncle Tom's Cabin

The two cryptic ones...
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangrio
Fever Pitch
(they were part of the "soccer book" rush that hit right before the World Cup)

And that's a YES for me on Uncle Tom's Cabin.

[Jose L. Couso]

Uncle Tom's Cabin-No

[Dr. Wankler]

Wow. Didn't expect to see this when I log on mid-vacation (aren't cybercafes great?)

Yes on Uncle Tom's Cabin. Nearly contracted a case of adult-onset diabetes from some of the scenes.

[GringoTex]

The Miracle of Castel Di Sangrio - no
Fever Pitch - no

[LeperKhan]

I was wondering if this thread would somehow rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the BS crash, and here it is. It's good to see it back.

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Yes

[Ghost]

Welcome Back!!!!

Uncle Tom's -- No

[DoctorJones24]

Well, as we all straggle back in from recess, Round Six is ready to begin. I feel like I had a couple good ones lined up way back in April before the break, but I have no idea what they were. So here goes, a pretty high brow one in the hopes that the "Ulysses" and "War & Peace" magic can strike again. Didn't they score big?

Remembrance of Things Past
-Marcel Proust

Need to read it, actually, as I'm working on "memory" and "narrative" right now, but have never gotten around to this one.

[Jose L. Couso]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24
Remembrance of Things Past-Marcel Proust

Yes

[obie]

No Proust for me.

[Dr. Wankler]

A la Recherche du Temps Perdu: Non.

[irvine]

Someone please explain. This looks interesting, but I'm not sure how to play. Throw out a title and see if people have read it?

Uncle Tom's Cabin-yes
Proust-only part

Gravity's Rainbow, anyone?

[irvine]

Or is it restricted to pre-crash participants?

[Dr. Wankler]

I'm sure Dr. Jones will figure out a way to work you in, Irvine. Welcome.

[GringoTex]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24

Remembrance of Things Past
-Marcel Proust


I've read "Swann's Way," but not the rest. Does that count?

Has anybody read Larry McMurtry's "Duane's Depressed" where Duane is ordered by his psychologist to read "Remembrance of Things Past." It takes him two years.

[DoctorJones24]

Originally posted by GringoTex


I've read "Swann's Way," but not the rest. Does that count?

Has anybody read Larry McMurtry's "Duane's Depressed" where Duane is ordered by his psychologist to read "Remembrance of Things Past." It takes him two years.

Unfortunately, I have yet to read ANY McMurtry. Or maybe that's fortunate, since I suspect I'm going to enjoy him greatly when I do get around to it. Anyway, I saw the film, "Swann in Love" with Jeremy Irons...not sure if that is the same section or not.

[DoctorJones24]

Originally posted by irvine
Someone please explain. This looks interesting, but I'm not sure how to play. Throw out a title and see if people have read it?

Uncle Tom's Cabin-yes
Proust-only part

Gravity's Rainbow, anyone?

Pretty much on the spot, irvine. It's a game based on a scene in David Lodge's novel, "Changing Places." A bunch of English profs at a dinner party play it and the point is that you score by naming a book you "should have read, but haven't." So you have to embarrass yourself in order to win. This puts one competitive young Shakespearian scholar in a bind, as he decides to go for victory by admiting he has never actualy read "Hamlet," the subject of his already published dissertation. Career suicide, but he won the game.

So we've been playing by turn. Whever, someone joins late, we've just let them go ahead and respond to the whole list to this point, and then offer up their own books for us to repsond to. For space reasons, I've abbreviated the names of the books in that list, so leave any blank if you are not sure what it is, and I'll let you know them afterwards.

[Jose L. Couso]

Originally posted by irvine
Gravity's Rainbow, anyone?

Yes!

Welcome aboard Irvine!

[irvine]

Not knowing the rules, I screwed up. I have read Gravity's Rainbow, so strike that. (It's a great book, by the way.)

So I guess my first contribution will be, hmmm, I hate to admit this, but:

the Iliad

I've read the Odyssey, but never got around to the other one.