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Post by lukemorningstar on Sept 17, 2008 9:49:08 GMT
Morning all!
When I joined this marvellous site, I had the usual dillemna of picking a username (same problem with e-bay and Bowienet!) Instead of going for the obvious and sensible 'ColinC' or similar I picked the first character from a Pan story that came to my head. (although since then, and having re-read Pan 2, I'm starting to wish I had opted for 'Warwick' or perhaps 'Diaz Volo' !)
So the question is, what story (and in what volume) does 'Luke Morningstar' appear?
The winner gets the most incredible prize - a reply post from me saying 'Well done mate'
Then, in an effort to keep this rather sad little thread going, why not then add a Pan related trivia question of your own?
Cheers,
Colin
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Post by mattofthespurs on Sept 17, 2008 11:28:14 GMT
Wish I could play Luke, but as I have a memory a goldfish would be embarrassed by I have no idea. I even tried Googling for the answer but no joy. Damn my puny brain!!!  |
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Post by Dr Terror on Sept 17, 2008 20:41:44 GMT
Colin, you can change your board name in the edit profile option.
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dag
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Post by dag on Sept 17, 2008 21:09:50 GMT
I win!
The story is 'The Evil One' by Robert Duncan in Volume 10.
Here's my quiz question: across all thirty volumes there are two instances where authors chose exactly the same short story title: 'The Fly' by George Langelaan (Volume 2) and 'The Fly' by Dulcie Gray (Volume 9) is one instance.
Can you name the other: I want the duplicated story title and the two authors.
Good luck!
David
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Post by Dr Terror on Sept 17, 2008 21:38:07 GMT
Flies
by Anthony Vercoe #1
by John H. Snellings #26
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Post by dem on Sept 17, 2008 21:46:10 GMT
*Phew!* Thank goodness for that! I've been waiting for someone to answer this all day, just so I could say "I knew that!"* I know! I know! David's been a bit saucy here, as it is: Anthony Vercoe's Flies in volume # 1 and John H. Snelling's Flies in volume #26. Someone else can do a question as my superb brain is exhausted after all that! |
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Post by dem on Sept 17, 2008 21:49:35 GMT
Flies by Anthony Vercoe #1 by John H. Snellings #26 You big show off! You .... you cheated! |
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Post by dag on Sept 17, 2008 21:59:26 GMT
Well done, Dr Terror and Demonik. That was quick.
Clearly, it appears there are at least THREE instances of repeated story titles. I had in mind a different one for my quiz answer:
'Hand in Hand' by Martin Waddell (#5) and Brian Middleton (#11).
David
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Post by lukemorningstar on Sept 18, 2008 6:42:27 GMT
To Dag - "Well done mate!"
To Dr Terror - thanks for the tip, but on reflection I think I'll stick with the swinging sixties medallion man with cloven hooves - that's definitely more my personna for walking around Tesco with the kids on a Saturday afternoon.............
Better get thinking of another question........
Colin
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Post by lukemorningstar on Sept 18, 2008 21:57:06 GMT
Which story (and what what PBOHS) relates to the back of the book blurb; The Wife who turned into an insect  ?? It was often the blurb on the back which would swing my choice for a new Pan Horror when I was a kid. Once or twice, the blurb alone frightened me before even reading the stories - especially 'The Jolly Uncle and the dummy that sucked blood' - now that's scarier than the story itself! |
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New Face In Hell
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Post by dag on Sept 19, 2008 0:26:41 GMT
"The Wife who turned into an insect' blurb refers to 'An Apparition at Noon' by Adobe James in vol. 9.
Here's another teaser for you (in the style of Henry Ernest Dudeney):
At breakfast yesterday I asked my good friend Professor van Snarl to make a list of eight of his favourite Pan Horror stories. While he did this, I compiled my own list. We then compared lists:
Here they are:
Neighbours
A Comedy of Terrors
Mamalade Wine
Foster Parents
Monkey Business
The Midnight Lover
The Children
The Flatmate
A Note for the Milkman
Pieces of Mary
Round Every Corner
Slime
The Last Night
Submerged
Dante's Bistro
The Man Who Hated Flies
Professor van Snarl pondered over the two lists for a while, then declared, "What an extraordinary coincidence!"
I asked the Professor to explain what he meant.
"Look again at the two lists," he said. "There's something very remarkable that joins them together."
What had the good Professor seen?
A copy of Paul Sammon's 'Splatterpunks II' to anyone who posts the correct answer within 24 hours.
Good luck!
David
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Post by lukemorningstar on Sept 19, 2008 8:17:40 GMT
'Well Done Mate'
Blimey, phew, and crikey. That's a taxing teaser if ever there was one. I'll ponder it over the weekend.......................
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Post by franklinmarsh on Sept 19, 2008 20:36:37 GMT
Somebody tell me which volume Neighbours is in. Not something to do with the authors initials is it?
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dag
New Face In Hell
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Post by dag on Sept 23, 2008 7:29:47 GMT
Here is the solution to my teaser.
What Professor van Snarl had spotted was this: if you take all the letters in the first list of Pan Horror story titles, you can re-arrange them to spell out all the titles in the second list of Pan Horror stories, without any leftover letters - i.e. there are two disjoint subsets of Pan Horror story titles that are exact anagrams of each other. Spooky...?
David
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Post by dem on Sept 23, 2008 7:40:48 GMT
Phew! Well done David! Next time you might like to set us a difficult one.
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