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Ragua · Post by **Ragua** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:40 am

Should I offer a hint, or give it a bit more time?

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:08 pm

Ragua wrote:Should I offer a hint, or give it a bit more time?

IMHO: I say give it fives days . . . let more people a chance to log in and get into the game.

I know others want hints on the hour every hour.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:44 pm

It's familiar, but I don't have any specific guesses.

Probably because I've been busy reading new-to-me books instead of hunting for quotes.

risi · Post by **risi** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:49 am

I'll confess, I'm completely stumped on this one... I can't even decide what series/universe it's likely to be from.

I think most of us give a hint before the 5 days are up for the previous poster, in case they know it and are just waiting. But that's not a rule, you can do whatever you feel comfortable with.

Ragua · Post by **Ragua** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:52 am

I'll give a little hint now, and a bigger one later, if it turns out to be necessary: It's from the Chalion universe.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:39 am

"It's a wondrous transmutation, where the blood of one man is turned into the money of another. Lead into gold is nothing to it."

Book? Curse of Chalion
Who is speaking? Caz
To whom is this person speaking? Iselle (and Umegat, and probably Beatriz)
What is the subject under discussion? The spoils of war (and how something gained by lives can be sold in treaties, specifically, Gotorget)

The other possibilities had to do with Mark and the clone industries on Jackson's Whole, but as soon as you said Chalion, I knew where to look.

Ragua · Post by **Ragua** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:16 pm

Excellent! You're up!

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:13 pm

Xxx's eyes were closed in smug content.

Book?
Who is Xxx?
Why is Xxx content?

Hmm... not coming up with a good way to add onto it without making it completely obvious, so I'll offer a few hints:

1) It's in the Vorkosiverse.
2) XXX is not a main character. The character only appears on Barrayar itself.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:06 pm

SPetty wrote:
Xxx's eyes were closed in smug content.
God, thought YYY jealously, if I had half the sex-appeal of that bloody Xxx I'd have more girlfriends than ZZZ

Book?
Who is Xxx?
Why is Xxx content?

I'm hoping that doesn't make it completely obvious, but I'm fairly sure it does.

risi · Post by **risi** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:48 pm

SPetty wrote:I'm hoping that doesn't make it completely obvious, but I'm fairly sure it does.

Well, not as obvious as you might have thought! I had figured out that it was an animal, but I had myself convinced that it was Zap. After you added the thought that follows, I realized it couldn't be Zap since I just couldn't find a scene were she was being cossetted.

Book? the novella Mountains of Mourning in the book Borders of Infinity
Who is Xxx? Ninny aka Fat Ninny (and horse in the thought)
Why is Xxx content? Because all the young girls of Silvy Vale were fussing over him and adoring him.

BTW, YYY is Miles and ZZZ is Ivan... though they were obvious!

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:36 pm

Correct! You're up!

Yeah, it's hard for people to cozy up to Zap when she's always scratching people.

I hope she (or her offspring) are in the next book.

risi · Post by **risi** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:24 am

You owe me that much.

Book?
Who is speaking (me)?
To whom (you)?
What is owed?

Now, I think this is a shockingly easy one, even with so little given. But in case I'm wrong, I'll only wait 2 days before adding to it...

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:18 pm

Risi, that wasn't as easy as you think

.
First I thought about Mirror Dance and Mark, but what ocassion. Then, Memory and Gregor. Again when

. So I looked

.

Memory
Gregor
Miles
Explanation why Miles didn't accept Haroche's bribe. What stopped Miles

.

risi · Post by **risi** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:32 pm

Well you are right! That is one of my favorite passages, especially the explanation!.

Your turn.

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:48 pm

But why is this guy looking at me like I'm a puppy that just piddled on his carpet?

Book?
Who is I?
Who is this guy?
Who was also there?

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:16 am

Book? Brothers in Arms.
Who is I? Miles
Who is this guy? Captain Duv Galeni
Who was also there? Elli Quinn

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:13 pm

Blackwing, your turn

.

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:42 pm

"... Maybe you can go shopping." He waved them off, smiling. "Just don't haul home any sewered heads."

Book?
Who is talking?
To whom?
Who else are there?

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:11 pm

"... Maybe you can go shopping." He waved them off, smiling. "Just don't haul home any sewered heads."

Book? Diplomatic Immunity
Who is talking? Miles
To whom? Ekaterin
Who else are there? Bel Thorne, and Seeler Greenlaw (think the spelling on that is off, but everything else I tried looks wrong too), and probably some other people as well.

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:18 am

Yes! Your turn.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:08 am

Xxx went on, "It seems I'd need a boat to do it now, and I don't want to risk setting fire to the boat I'm sitting in. "

What book?
Who is Xxx?
Why would Xxx need a boat?

Ragua · Post by **Ragua** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:59 am

What book? = Memory
Who is Xxx? = Miles
Why would Xxx need a boat? = He wanted to burn an offering on Raina's grave, but it's underwater because of the new reservoir.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:57 pm

Correct! You're up!

I thought about stopping the quote after the "I'd need a boat to do it now", but thought I should finish the sentence.

Ragua · Post by **Ragua** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:38 pm

"Carelessness, stupidity, haste, and ignorance are quite as powerfully destructive forces as homicidal intent. Though I must confess a special distaste for intent."

What book?
Who is speaking?
To what is the speaker referring?

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:51 am

Interesting quote

.

Komarr
Vorthys
He is referring to unknown weapon, device which they try to locate

.
I don't know is that enough

.