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1. Who completed "The Gathering Storm" after the death of Robert Jordan and using his notes?

From Quiz Empedocles Reads in the Air

Answer: Brandon Sanderson

Robert Jordan (1948-2007) was born as James Oliver Rigney Jr. Jordan gained fame as one of the authors in the fantasy series "Conan the Barbarian", and started his own fantasy series "The Wheel of Time" in 1990. As Jordan was diagnosed with an incurable diseases in 2006, he and his wife sought another author to complete the series based upon Jordan's notes. They finally agreed upon Brandon Sanderson (born 1975), author of the "Mistborn" and "Alcatraz" series. "The Gathering Storm" is the twelfth instalment in the series "The Wheel of Time". As the final battle between good and evil is approaching, the novel concentrates on Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, the prime male wizard for the good cause, and his village companion Egwene Al'Vere, the Amyrlin Seat (leader of the witches and also serving the good cause). Andrzej Sapkowski (born 1948) is best known for his series "The Witcher". George R. R. Martin (born 1948) gained fame with his series "A Song of Ice and Fire", televised as "Game of Thrones". Robin Hobb (born Margaret Ogden in 1952) is best known for her series set on the Realm of the Elderlings, containing (among others) the "Farseer" trilogy and the "Liveship Traders" trilogy.

From Quiz It Was a Pleasure to Read

Answer: A Column of Fire

Follett started his series about medieval England with "Pillars of the Earth" (1989), starting in 1122, when the fictive character Tom Builder decided to build a cathedral in a small town named Kingsbridge. The sequel "World Without End" (2007) was set around 1350 and told the story of some descendants of the major characters in "Pillars of the Earth". "A Column of Fire" makes another jump forward in history, this time to Elizabethan England, and features once again descendants of the major characters of the first books: the Fitzgeralds (convinced Catholics), the Cobleys (a Protestant family) and the Willards (a family wavering between Catholicism and Protestantism). Ken Follett (born 1949) started his career with thriller/espionage novels. The "Kingsbridge" series was his first historical romance series, followed by the "Century" trilogy telling the story of a few different families (American, Russian, German, Welsh, English) during the whole of the Twentieth Century. "The Throne of Fire", written by Rick Riordan, was the second novel in the "Kane Chronicles", about some twentieth-century youngsters who discovered themselves to be the distant relatives of Egyptian pharaohs and had to fight against major gods of Egyptian myth. Stieg Larsson authored "The Girl Who Started Fire", the second novel in the "Millennium" trilogy. The main character is Lisbeth Salander, a private investigator and hacker. "Of a Fire on the Moon" was Norman Mailer's documentary about the moon landing by Apollo 11.

From Quiz Write of Passage

Answer: "Leaves of Grass", by Walt Whitman

In Walt Whitman's 1872 edition of "Leaves of Grass" he included a poem called "Passage to India." The poem inspired E. M. Forster to call his 1924 novel "A Passage to India." The theme of human togetherness is raised in both the poem and the novel, the latter exploring the potential fro friendship between the British and their colony, India. Here is a passage from "Passage to India" by Whitman: "Passage to India! Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first? The earth to be spann'd, connected by net-work, The people to become brothers and sisters, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together."

From Quiz Color Me Purple Part 6: A Tinge of Purple

Answer: epistolary

An epistolary novel is written in the form of documents, usually letters, but also journal entries, telegrams, newspaper clippings, case notes, transcripts, etc. Other epistolary novels include Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897), Jean Webster's "Daddy-Long-Legs" (1912), C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" (1942), Meg Cabot's "The Princess Diaries" (2000), and Stephen King's "Carrie" (1974). "The Color Purple" chronicles protagonist Celie's struggle for self-empowerment, sexual freedom, and spiritual growth in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Resisting the politics of respectability and "racial uplift", it minces no words on the domestic abuse suffered by dirt-poor black women and on the necessity for women's self-love and self-acceptance. A former "Ms. Magazine" editor and the daughter of sharecroppers, Alice Walker wrote "The Color Purple" in 1982. For this she became the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 1985 Steven Spielberg adapted it into a movie, and in 2005 Oprah Winfrey adapted it into a musical, which was rebooted in 2015. This question was contributed by gracious1.

From Quiz In the Red: Scarlet Letters

Answer: Sir Percy Blakeney

The Scarlet Pimpernel books are set against the backdrop of the start of the French Revolution. The device used, the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), is drawn on messages to his followers to show its authenticity. Sir Percy's wife was kidnapped by his arch-enemy, Chauvelin and is pressed into providing information that would lead to the capture of the detested Scarlet Pimpernel. This question was ferreted out by Team Red member VegemiteKid.

From Quiz Praise the Sun!

Answer: Kingsley Amis

Ian Fleming passed away in August of 1964. His publisher, Glidrose Productions, issued, posthumously, the novel "The Man With the Golden Gun" (1965) and two short stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights" (1966). Unable to copyright the name "James Bond" they commissioned Amis to write a sequel. In the novel, M is violently kidnapped and Bond, who was visiting M at the time, barely manages to escape. Determined to rescue M, his hunt takes him to the Aegean Islands where he uncovers a plot by the Chinese People's Liberation Army to sabotage a Middle Eastern détente and lay the blame at the feet of the British government. This question was initially recorded using invisible ink by Phoenix Rising secret agent pollucci19.

From Quiz Black Books

Answer: Horse

'Black Beauty' was first published in 1877 and is narrated by the title character, Black Beauty, who is a horse. Although it is widely regarded as a children's book, Sewell did not originally intend the novel to be for children; instead she wrote the book to highlight the poor treatment of many working horses and to promote better horse welfare.

From Quiz Numerical Novels

Answer: "Chief" Bromden

The story is narrated by "Chief" Bromden. The half Native American is a long time resident of the Oregon Psychiatric Hospital who feigns being deaf and mute. The name of the novel is taken from a nursery rhyme told to Bromden by his grandmother: "Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn, Apple seed and apple thorn, Wire, briar, limber lock Three geese in a flock One flew East One flew West And one flew over the cuckoo's nest". "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has seen much controversy throughout the years, including being banned at various times in various U.S. states. It was included in "Time" magazine's "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005" list. The novel was adapted into a multiple Academy Award winning film, starring Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy, in 1975.

From Quiz For Black of a Better Term

Answer: Animal welfare

Sewell was born in 1820 to an English Quaker family. Her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1797-1884), was a successful author of children's literature and Anna helped her in editing. At age 14, Anna fell and gravely injured both ankles. Likely because of poor medical treatment, she was an invalid for the rest of her life, relying heavily on horse-drawn carriages for mobility, which certainly inspired the theme of "Black Beauty." Sewell never enjoyed good health. From 1871-1877, she was able to complete the novel only by way of dictation to her mother. While she did see the enormous success of her work, Sewell died on 25 April 1878 only four months after its publication.

From Quiz Authors Show Their Colors

Answer: Dan Brown

In "The Da Vinci Code", the villain Silas is an albino. Brown also wrote, among other works, "Angels & Demons". Both works have been made into motion pictures.

From Quiz Burning Books

Answer: Michael Connelly

Orlando Merced is shot and paralysed. Ten years later he passes away from complications that arose from the wound, and still the shooter has not been found. It is only at Orlando's passing that doctors are able to remove the bullet. From it Harry is able to deduce that Orlando had been a targeted assassination attempt and not some random gangland shooting as had previously been thought. Award winning author Michael Connelly and his world weary gumshoe Harry first appeared in 1992 with the release of "The Black Echo". "The Burning Room" was published in 2014. This question was created by Phoenix Rising member pollucci19.

From Quiz A Little Night Reading

Answer: Greece

The play is a very popular comedy set in Athens at the time of the marriage of Theseus, Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.

From Quiz Have You 'Red' This Book?

Answer: Hannibal Lecter

'Red Dragon', originally published in 1981, is the first in Thomas Harris's series of novels featuring the aptly named cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter. The most famous novel in the series is probably the sequel 'Silence of the Lambs', whose 1991 movie adaptation bagged five Oscars, including Best Director for Jonathan Demme, Best Actress for Jodie Foster (in the role of FBI agent Clarice Starling) and Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins for his portrayal of Lecter. However, 'Red Dragon' has also been adapted for cinema, firstly in 1986 under the title 'Manhunter' and then again in 2002 as 'Red Dragon' - with Hopkins reprising his role. Regan MacNeil was the possessed girl in William Blatty's novel 'The Exorcist'. Norman Bates and Patrick Bateman were serial killers from the novels 'Psycho' by Anthony Perkins and 'American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis respectively.

From Quiz Under Where?

Answer: Under Milkwood

"Under Milkwood" was first performed in 1953 as an onstage reading in New York. "Under Two Flags" was a novel written in 1860 by the British writer Ouida (yes, having one name was fashionable even then) and filmed in 1936 with Ronald Colman and Claudette Colbert. "Under the Deodars" is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling.

From Quiz Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow!

Answer: Goodbye Mr Chips

James Hilton was the author of several novels, in many of which he criticized the flaws of The English society of his day. Probably the best known are "Lost Horizons", "Random Harvest" and "Goodbye Mr Chips." The setting for this last was probably based on the Leys School in Cambridge, Hilton's own Alma Mater. It depicts the social changes that take place between 1870 - the end of the Franco-Prussian War - and 1933 - the beginning of Hitler's rise to power. It shows a nostalgia for the Victorian social order.

From Quiz The "Snows" of Kilimanjaro

Answer: Esquire

Hemingway was given an advance of $3,300 by "Esquire" to create a story for the magazine's fiction department. Hemingway wrote "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in response. The story tells the tale of a bitter writer named Harry who dies while on a safari in East Africa. As he dies slowly, Harry reflects that he lived a full life; but laments his failure to write about his experiences. Harry castigates himself for "doing" and living in the moment of experience and failing to chronicle and analyze his actions. Harry's death delirium is of an airplane whisking him away to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro to rest atop the proverbial "snows". "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is both a rebuttal and an embrace of popular existentialist philosophy. While Hemingway embraces the self-doubt and reflection that are the hallmarks of post World War I existentialist writers, he also laments and dismisses the nihilist concept of dismissing the meaning of experiences in favor of simply having the experience. On any level Hemingway's oft-used semi-autobiographical construct is present in the story. Hemingway published many of his short stories and even portions of his novels in magazines during his life. In addition to "Esquire", Hemingway first published "The Old Man and The Sea" in the September 1952 edition of "Life" magazine. The second edition of "Fortune" magazine in 1930 contained a long article about the economics of bullfighting penned by Hemingway. Hemingway even published in "Cosmopolitan" magazine, including the short story "One Trip Across" in May 1934 that became part of the 1937 novel "To Have and To Have Not".

From Quiz It was a dark black night ...

Answer: Friars

Regina Doman is a Christian writer and this version of the tale has strong moral and spiritual tones aimed at a teenage readership. It is a sequel to her book "Snow White and Rose Red" (republished in 2002 as "The Shadow of the Bear") which was based on the Brothers Grimm's "Snow White and Red Rose" fairy tale.

From Quiz Write Me A Rainbow

Answer: Sapphire

"The Elenium" trilogy is a fantasy adventure following the adventures of Sparhawk, a knight who could be straight out of medieval literature. He has to find a magic jewel, free his Queen from an evil spell and defeat the agents of darkness. Throw in some magical creatures and an ancient god or two and you have a classic fantasy series. The three books in the series are "The Diamond Throne", "The Ruby Knight" and "The Sapphire Rose".

From Quiz You Better Shop Around

Answer: Gone With the Wind

Margaret Mitchell only published one single book, and initially wrote purely for amusement. "Gone With the Wind" is a classic love story involving Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. Place of the action is Georgia, during the Civil War and the Reconstruction. The other titles are some of the books written by Ruth Wind.

From Quiz You Expect Me to Buy This?

Answer: The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants

Ann Brashares was born in the city of Alexandria in the American state of Virginia. She gained fame when she wrote "The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants" in 2001. The book is about a group of four girls who have to spend the summer away from each other. One of them finds an old pair of jeans and eventually they all try them on. They are not the same size and build, but still the jeans magically fit each one of them. From that moment on they mail the jeans to each other from different locations. In 2005 the book was made into a movie starring Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn.

From Quiz Black and Blue

Answer: Rumer Godden

This story of European nuns in India was published in 1939. In 1947 it was made into a film starring Deborah Kerr. The film was very faithful to the book, and beautifully portrayed the sense of complete alienation the nuns felt in their strange surroundings.

From Quiz Some Literary Blossoms

Answer: Color

Burns compared his lover to a "Red, Red Rose," although of course roses come in most other colors too. Except blue.

From Quiz Write of Passage

Answer: Gone With the Wind

"Gone With the Wind" was the best selling novel of 1937; all the other books listed were written after then. "Gone With the Wind" was, of course, adapted into a renowned Hollywood film blockbuster; "Northwest Passage" was also the basis of a film version that came out in 1940 starring Spencer Tracy. The novel is about a character named Robert Rogers and his Rangers, a colonial fighting force during the French and Indian War.

From Quiz Color Me Purple Part 6: A Tinge of Purple

Answer: Nyota Uhura

The story was a crossover between the Green Lantern characters from DC Comics and "Star Trek" characters from the rebooted movie series, told in graphic novel form. Due to a fight in the DC Universe, a character and six different colored power rings were transported to an alternate dimension. Once in the new dimension, three members of the Enterprise crew were chosen by the rings to wield them. Within the story, the violet power ring wielded the power of love. Only a person with deep compassion and ability to love could be chosen to wield the ring. This question was contributed by Shadowmyst2004.

From Quiz In the Red: Scarlet Letters

Answer: A.A. Milne

"The Red House Mystery" was Milne's only whodunnit and concerns the mysterious death of Robert, estranged brother of party host Mark, and Mark's subsequent disappearance. Two of the party guests investigate the mysteries, while, in typical 1920s' English style, also finding time to play billiards and drink copious amounts of tea. Milne is perhaps best known for the children's books, "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926) and "The House At Pooh Corner" (1928) about the lovable bear and his companions in Hundred Acre Wood. This question was authored by 480154st while playing billiards and drinking copious amounts of tea also.

From Quiz Praise the Sun!

Answer: Terry Pratchett

"The Dark Side of the Sun" was first published in 1976 and represents Pratchett's second published novel. It tells the story of Dominickdaniel "Dom" Sabalos IV, heir to an enormous fortune. A poem is found, telling Dom that the home of a race called the 'Jokers' "lies at the dark side of the sun". He sets out to find these Jokers, who are progenitors of a series of unusual artefacts in the world in which Dom lives. This question was unearthed by Phoenix Rising member Vegemite Kid.

From Quiz Black Books

Answer: Shetland

Shetland is the name of a group of islands off the north east coast of Scotland. 'Raven Black' is the first novel in the series by Ann Cleeves which sees Jimmy Perez investigate crimes in Shetland. The books have been made into a TV series, titled 'Shetland', which first aired in the UK in 2013.

From Quiz Numerical Novels

Answer: Orthanc

"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was published in 1954 and is made up of "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King". It is one of the most popular series of all time and been translated into thirty-eight different languages. The towers mentioned in the book are Cirith Ungol (location of Shelob's lair), Orthanc (Saruman's tower), Minas Tirith (capital of Gondor), Minas Morgul (city of the Nazgûl) and Barad-dûr (Sauron's tower). Regarding the title of the book, Tolkien states in letters to publisher Rayner Unwin that he considered naming any combination of the five towers as the two towers of the title. Later he wrote a note, published at the end of "The Fellowship of the Ring" and drew a cover illustration which indicate that the towers probably are Minas Morgul and Orthanc.

From Quiz For Black of a Better Term

Answer: Dogs

The plots of these coming-of-age stories center around boys and their dogs. "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls (1913-1984), was initially rejected by both "The Saturday Evening Post" and "Ladies' Home Journal." In 1961, Rawls successfully resubmitted to the Post and DoubleDay published it as a novel in the same year. The book only became a sales success after Rawls gave a lecture to a conference of teachers and librarians in 1967. "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson (1908-1973) was published in 1956 and in 1957 received the prestigious Newberry Medal for excellence in children's literature.

From Quiz Burning Books

Answer: Shakespeare

The quote is from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", Act IV, scene 3. Some critics have also seen the title reflected in "Hamlet" Act I, scene 5: "The glowworm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire." (Herbert Graves, "Nabokov and Shakespeare: The English Works") Nabokov's novel is a 999 line poem written by John Shade with commentary and foreword provided by Charles Kinbote. The novel is not a traditional novel but is what is called metafiction in that it covers the interplay between Shade and Kinbote as well as the poem "Pale Fire" itself. In the end Kinbote takes over the novel and it is seen through his eyes but is it really? According to a 1962 interview (the year of the novel's publication), Nabokov asserted that professor Botkins was the real commentator. This question was provided by Phoenix Rising member tazman6619.

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