Book Meme

[were_gopher]

Ganked from la_marquise_de_ and smallship1 

1. I list three characters from ten favourite books.
2. You try to guess what the books are!
3. I reserve the right to be sneaky and use secondary characters.

1. George, Kate, Sally
2. Janet, Martin, Richard
3. Gabriel de Witt, Conrad Tesdinic, Christopher
4. Pierre Arronax, Ned Land, Consiel
5. Johann Sebastian Bach Smith, Eunice Branca, Jake Salomon
6. Robinette Broadhead, Gelle-Klara Moynlin, Sigfrid von Shrink
7. Nathaniel York, Sam Parkhill, Walter Gripp
8. Chris Godfrey, General Whittle, Morrey Kant
9. Jestocost, Sto Odin, Arabella Underwood
10. José Silvestre, King Twala, Ignosi

Some of these are series.

Comments

[occams_pyramid]

9 is Cordwainer Smith, Lords of the Instrumentality
6 is the Heechee series by Fred Pohl
5 is Heinlein, I will fear no evil

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

yes, yes, yes.

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

There's a couple I feel that I ought to know, but...

4: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

6: and 9: I half knew, and the authors have the initials F.P and C.S., but other names made me doubt and check.

Andway, I'll provide three names for a replacement.

John Henry Fernack, Norman Kent, Patricia Holm

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

yes to 4 and Rafe has also got the other two.

Your three = Leslie Charteris?

[occams_pyramid]

Patricia Holm is Simon Templar's girlfriend, but I don't know the other two names

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Always the ladies, Rafe...

Martin, Mavis Enderby, Old Bolingbroke.

[occams_pyramid]

I know the name Mavis Enderby from somewhere, but I've no idea where. 'Martin' is not exactly helpful :) and 'Old' Bolingbroke rings no bells at all.

Ladies?
Bonnie Sharpe, Minna Selig, Domina Miranda Nicoletta St. Clair-Levison de Moha.

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Old Bolingbroke and Mavis Enderby are neighbours, if that's any help.

And, yes, it is that Bolingbroke family,

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

4 is 20000 Leagues under the Sea. 2 is the Martian Chronicles. 3 is the Chrestomanci books.

Oh, and Bel, Piotr, Riorc

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

yes to 4
2, you have the wrong number there but that is one of the books
yes to 3

Your three = Vorkosigan series?

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

2 should have been 7 :-)

And yes...

[wolfette]

8) - not "Blast off at Woomera" - has to be one of the later ones, Morrey Kant was the American on the team, wasn't he? I'm too lazy to go look out my books.

:-)

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

Right author and it is one of the later ones.

[aunty_marion]

Hee! I'd just realised that I too knew those names. I don't think I've got any copies, though.

[aunty_marion]

I *think* No.10 is one of the Allan Quartermain books of H Rider Haggard. Couldn't say precisely which one, though.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

You're right but I am looking at a specific one because it's the first one I read.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

5 is Time Enough for Love, and 8 is the Hugh Walters books -- possibly specifically Blast off at Woomera.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

I think it's the one set on Guernsey, with the UFOs.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

Thats right, it is The Blue Aura

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

5 is Time Enough for Love, and 8 is the Hugh Walters books -- possibly specifically Blast off at Woomera. Or possibly Voyage to Venus.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

5)yes
8)right series but sbisson described the right book.