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Re: You know what surprises me... Nate Send a noteboard - 01/07/2013 12:31:29 AM

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... is that so far everyone has gotten #6 in spite of my deliberate attempt to make it sound like the story of a homeless orphan girl turned hooker. Maybe if I'd substituted 'craven' in for cowardly and left out Kansas?
6. First published in 1899, this book tells the story of an orphan girl after her home is hit by a cyclone, and her travels and encounters as a street walker with a number of cowardly, heartless, and stupid men in a land totally unlike her home in rural Kansas.


I liked the way you phrased it. I thought it was fairly clever. Your suggestions here would probably improve it even further, but that said, as soon as I read "1899", "girl" and "home is hit by a cyclone", I knew what it was — to the point where I had to stop and read the "street walker" bit twice to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

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Re: This won't go well. Isaac - 30/06/2013 11:27:23 PM 1032 Views
I'm not picking on you, I just wanted more points. nossy - 01/07/2013 07:18:11 PM 960 Views
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Twenty-five. That's more than I was expecting... Legolas - 30/06/2013 08:47:14 PM 937 Views
You should try reading it random thoughts - 30/06/2013 09:09:06 PM 879 Views
That's true Isaac - 30/06/2013 11:14:16 PM 966 Views
Not as strong as my comic or movie replies 16 points ironclad - 30/06/2013 11:03:18 PM 1028 Views
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Re: You know what surprises me... Nate - 01/07/2013 12:31:29 AM 925 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... Isaac - 01/07/2013 02:52:46 AM 911 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... random thoughts - 01/07/2013 05:23:47 PM 885 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... Isaac - 01/07/2013 05:32:02 PM 916 Views
Oi. nossy - 01/07/2013 07:17:05 PM 886 Views
come on the numbers time you have said "random thoughts posted what I was going to post" random thoughts - 02/07/2013 01:11:23 AM 923 Views
That probably includes several people who haven't even read it, or seen the movie. Legolas - 01/07/2013 06:11:51 PM 883 Views
Kansas and cyclone? nossy - 01/07/2013 07:16:08 PM 912 Views
Exactly. Joel - 11/08/2013 11:38:34 PM 830 Views
You would really need to rephrase it for people not to get it. Tom - 01/07/2013 10:16:05 PM 874 Views
I'll have a bash Edit: I got just 14. Should have gotten number 2. Stephen - 01/07/2013 01:38:47 AM 1124 Views
Despite having read only a fraction of these, I would have scored 29/32 if I hadn't checked Larry - 01/07/2013 07:40:29 AM 1319 Views
For what it is worth, I recommend the Sprawl Trilogy as entertaining and thought provoking. Joel - 11/08/2013 11:49:41 PM 942 Views
Re no. 2 – did we find out her parentage in that book? If not, I don't think the question's fair. Tim - 02/07/2013 09:42:09 PM 1064 Views
Yes, it's around a third of the way into the book Isaac - 02/07/2013 10:16:20 PM 903 Views
Playing along with this one solely for sake of #5; 22. Joel - 11/08/2013 11:35:54 PM 919 Views
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