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I am reading fiction. Guess the name of the author, and you win!!!
LivingDeadGirl is not allowed to play.

Here’s your one clue: The story inspired me to look up the word ‘thews’ in the dictionary.

*- Offer expires 2/28/2005. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary.

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A character called Thews, perhaps…

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Robert Jordan

Ucci at least give us the genre

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Aww…I’m not allowed to play?

Bummer. :angry:

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I said fiction, isn’t that a genre? :slight_smile: I’ll give another clue in the morning if nobody has it, but your prize* won’t be as good!
(Robert Jordan is wrong, BTW)

*Some restrictions apply, see first post for details.

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conan

-Imp

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Last I checked…Conan didn’t write any books. :sunglasses:

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I’m just gonna go out on a limb and say Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Something by Clark Ashton Smith…?

(I was gonna go for Robert E. [size=75]Ilivedwithmemum [/size]Howard too…)

Imagine someone not knowing what “thews” were, tch. :unamused:

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Terry Brooks

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That’s the line I was working down…

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true, the thews threw me…

my new guess is “flat tire repair” by hans and frans…

-Imp

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Hello F(r)iends,

Is it Terry Goodkind?
Is it Terry Brooks?
Is it Terry McGarry?

Does the first name start with Terry?

Edit: I noticed that some other people also listed Terry Brooks… for the um… record, I said it first. :wink:

-Thirst

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I just want to let you all know that Terry Brooks is awesome. I’ve been a major fan of his books for a long time and I own every one of his books excepting the Magical Kingdom for Sale series, Hook, and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I think it was for my thirteenth birthday that my mom sent him a letter, telling him of my interest in fiction writing and how I was a fan, etc, hoping maybe to get a signed letter in return or some such. I received for my birthday a signed copy of Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life, and a short letter.

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Jackal?
Jackal?!?
Is it a jackal?
It’s a Jackal!!
Jackal?!?

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Well, the answer was Robert E Howard- the guy who wrote all the ‘Conan’ stuff. I’m surprised Impentient didn’t say that, after guessing what it was…I know nobody got it, but I have a feeling nobody is going to get closer. So yay Impenitent.

Someone else want to do it?

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So, what does “thews” refer to and was it from the Conan series or one of his other books?

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I guess it was the “every desperate ounce of verve and thew” line. I can’t recall the story, but I recall the phrase. Although my guess came too late. :laughing:

Myself, I’m reading Lovecraft at the moment.

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Always a good choice.

Currently reading C.S. Lewis. :slight_smile:

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the screwtape letters is fun

-Imp