A little game of name-that-book, anyone?

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Just for some fun, can anyone guess what books these
characters and places are referenced from?

Barzula, Mot, Raspu, Rox and Qeteb
Rakoth Maugrim
Melanchthon
Severian
Karellen
Yagharek
Mothkin
Eatbugs (The best cat name in recorded history)
the On/Off Star
the World's Largest Carousel in the House on the Rock
Duke the Werewolf and Earl the Vampire
the Pelbar, Sentani and Shumai tribes
Reid Malenfant
Marid Audran
Valley Forge and Rodger Young
Agon, Eena, and Ka
the space habitat Goddard

Sadly, that's about all I can think of at the moment...
So, good luck and feel free to post up a list in reply.



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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I recognize a number of these, but can't dredge up where they're from. I know I can use Google to cheat it, but I'll play fair:

Rakoth Maugrim: Fionavar Tapestry (Guy Gavriel Kay)
Severian: Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe)
Pelbar etc.: The Pelbar Cycle? (Paul O. Willaims)
Marid Audran: When Gravity Fails? (Effinger?)
Valley Forge and Rodger Young: Starship Troopers (Heinlein)
space habitat Goddard: One of the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks? Or is it a Ben Bova creation?

That's all I can recall.

Anyone remember Teela Brown? How about Linden Avery?
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
The habitat Goddard I was referring to was in both Saturn and Titan by Ben Bova... haven't read any Banks yet, but I definitely want to.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Banks is awesome. I highly recommend him.

Just thought of a few more:

Cirocco Jones
Aiken Drum
Signy Mallory
Ana Ismehanan-min
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I'll throw in a pair from my desk.

1. The INSS Lenin
2. The Federation of the Polities
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Never heard of any of these! Dang. I am out of the loop.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Well the worlds largest carousel in the house on the rock is in the wonderful novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

And I'll throw in some more names from one of my favourite SF series:
Clavain and Triumvir Volyova
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
I'll throw in a pair from my desk.1. The INSS Lenin

2. The Federation of the Polities
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1) Ah, good one. From The Mote in God's Eye (or one of that series) by Niven and Pournelle.

2) You got me there, although I feel I should know it.

Theleif: I know where that's from, although I've not read the series yet. So I'll leave it for someone else.

Okay, another one: Robinette Broadhead.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Teela Brown
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ringworld (larry niven)

What about Shylock? Harry Seldon?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Shylock I don't recall (unless you're talking Shakespeare's A Merchant of Venice), but Seldon's from the Foundation series.

*edit* Wait, was that the Mule's name (Shylock)?
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Shylock I don't recall (unless you're talking Shakespeare's A Merchant of Venice), but Seldon's from the Foundation series.*edit* Wait, was that the Mule's name (Shylock)?
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No, it was Merchant of Venice. "If you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

The Mule's name? I don't recall. How about Gaia? That could be considered his name ;)
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
Ah, the Foundation trilogy. That's another other favourite SF series.

Here's an easy one:

Duncan Idaho

And a trickier one:

Fflewddur Fflam
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
Duncan's way too easy, Dune. All of 'em. At least all Frank's of 'em.
I think I'll love this thread, let's give it a go...
Hmm...
Ignace Karkasy
David Bowman
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
Reid Malenfant: Stephen Baxter's Space/time series. I personally hated those books :P

Hmm. How about:
Gurgeh (should be easy for some of you :P )
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
There's a lot of references of which I haven't the foggiest on... I'm going to have to do a lot more reading, he he.
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
1. Ristin

2. Jake Featherton

3. Montauge

4. Winston Smith

5. Atvar

anyone know where these characters appeared?
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
Winston's from 1984 and Atvar is from Worldwar. I haven't a clue on the others...
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
How about:
1. Olhado
2. Bean
3. Wang-mu

Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Linden Avery reminds me of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson. I think she was a character in the latter books of the series.
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ristin is also from Turtledove's World War series i believe.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Cirocco Jones
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John Varley's Titan, Wizard, Demon trilogy. Swell read, IMO, and not even his best stuff.
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Duncan's way too easy, Dune. All of 'em. At least all Frank's of 'em.I think I'll love this thread, let's give it a go...Hmm...Ignace KarkasyDavid Bowman
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No idea about David Bowman, but isnt Ignance a rememberancer from the Horus Heresy Warhammer 40k series?
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
David Bowman: 2001:A Space Odyssey.
Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
- Polgara

- Compson's World

- Andelain

Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
Barzula, Mot, Raspu, Rox and Qeteb
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Sadly, these are the only ones I recognize at a glance from a series by Sara Douglass. I believe that the first book in the saga was called "The Wayfarer Redemption" but these guys did not appear until later in the series, like book 4 or so.

My turn to add to the fun. How about:

Dorrin, Creslin, Ryba, and Jeslek
Reply #25 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
One more.

- Morn Hyland