Hamlet

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
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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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Re: Re: Hamlet

Excellent codebreaking skills to narrow the list down so much, irvine! The remaining ones are:
War and Peace
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Death of a Salesman
The Alchemist (our only 0 pointer so far...doesn't seem that will change!)
Portrait of an Artist
The Miracle of Castel di Sangrio (soccer book)

As far as yours, "The Good Soldier" is a YES for me. [What is the "Svejk" part? Do I have the correct book?] Loved it, especially the way Ford crafts the first person narration, which reminded me a bit of "Remains of the Day." (or vice versa, rather) Two narrators totally out of touch with the stories they are narrating, and so are left "out of" the joke.

Also, while you're at it, maybe you should give us a couple more, since we've all used up 5 books each by now. Have four more holes in your canon?