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Of the three stories starring Detective Dupin, I have only ever actually read The Purloined Letter, so I did some checking. It seems that, while Dupin was in three Poe stories, including the one I named, the one that seems to have most influenced Doyle is, as you say "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
Oops, lost this thread--I thought it was in a different board. Yes, it was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", so Helix is the winnah.
Hmmm, alrighty then, I'll pick up the thread...
*mmmpfh* (heavy thread lol)
This verb is the last word in Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
*mmmpfh* (heavy thread lol)
This verb is the last word in Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Ack--these are hard to think up!
Umm...okay:
This British monarch was also a best-selling author, publishing several books while on the throne.
Umm...okay:
This British monarch was also a best-selling author, publishing several books while on the throne.
Nah - sometimes it just takes longer - I'll guess: Who is King Henry the Eighth?
Only reason I guess that one is because Patrick Swayze sang that song in the movie Ghost, so it immediately jumps to mind LOL (lame I know...)
Only reason I guess that one is because Patrick Swayze sang that song in the movie Ghost, so it immediately jumps to mind LOL (lame I know...)
Henry VIII wasn't a British monarch, he was King of England. A subtle, but important difference.
This rings a bell, but I can't put my finger on who it was, so I'm going to randomly guess at George III.
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Eep, I'm sorry--I guess that was harder than I thought it was. The answer is, Who is Queen Victoria. Her Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, published in 1868, sold 20,000 copies (pretty good when you consider the literacy rate of the time) and was followed up by 1884's More Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands.
I'm afraid it'll be too obscure, but here goes:
This woman was the first writer to be published in the English-speaking colonies of America, with a collection of poetry that came out in 1650 on both sides of the Atlantic titled, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.
This woman was the first writer to be published in the English-speaking colonies of America, with a collection of poetry that came out in 1650 on both sides of the Atlantic titled, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.
This conservative author tried his own hand at the spy genre with novels of a CIA agent named Blackford Oakes.
Crap, I should just keep my mouth shut.
Okay...this science fiction writer, who resides in Colorado, has won more major awards than anyone else in the field to date, with eleven Hugos and seven Nebula awards plus multiple nominations.
Okay...this science fiction writer, who resides in Colorado, has won more major awards than anyone else in the field to date, with eleven Hugos and seven Nebula awards plus multiple nominations.
