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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 03:52 PM
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Summarize the plot of a great book in one sentence. Then let us guess
Edited on Tue Aug-01-06 03:52 PM by Kire
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 03:54 PM
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1. I, Claudius: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. n/t
PB
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 03:54 PM
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2. Wench leaves home, has amorous adventures, finds wealth and love....
....and lives happily ever after.
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 04:00 PM
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3. moll flanders
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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 04:13 PM
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4. Two sisters deal with the trials of less-than-ideal love--
one with noisy tears, the other with quiet contemplation, and everybody lives happily ever after.
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 05:25 PM
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6. Sense and Sensibility, of course.
Just watched the BBC miniseries from the early 80s on DVD.
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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 12:30 AM
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7. Yay for you!
I did one about Wuthering Heights on the other thread, but nobody got it, so I made this one a little easier...
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 05:00 PM
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5. Executrix uncovers underground postal system tied to the MIC
(military industrial complex)
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 10:23 PM
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15. Crying of Lot 49
A fabulous book. Possibly the best modern quest story.
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 09:02 AM
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8. Bumbling provocateur gets his brother in law killed
Edited on Wed Aug-02-06 09:04 AM by YankeyMCC
in an attempt to blow up Greenwich Observatory.
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abluelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 11:26 AM
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9. Global Warming Doesn't Exist. n/t
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 12:20 PM
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10. State of Fear
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abluelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 03:04 PM
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14. Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. n/t
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 12:21 PM
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11. PNAC
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 12:21 PM
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12. Any literature distributed by Exxon/Mobil in the last 20 years
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 01:29 PM
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13. Mother Goose's Fairy Tales.
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-06-06 05:03 PM
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16. The Young & Restless Bedwetters follow JC to free buffalo and themselves.
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