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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:16am
aflanigan wrote: You got it! Have to be particular with word choice when you're limited to just 6, so many fishy stories out there. The "fish" bit threw me off a bit, made me think of Jaws; maybe it should've been "deadly cetacean" or something.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 8:42pm
One day, two outsiders, dirty city.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 8:16pm
Beanie wrote: Castaway kills cannibals, steals ship home Herman Melville's "Typee"? A longshot, perhaps...

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 8:13pm
Antigone wrote: The Sound and the Fury Proclivities wrote: "Springtime For Hitler"? So close! A round of schnapps for all!

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 4:07pm
Adulterous affair, blood on the tracks

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 4:03pm
aflanigan wrote: You got it! Have to be particular with word choice when you're limited to just 6, so many fishy stories out there. Yeah, that was pretty brilliant. It's my favorite novel, but I couldn't have captured it so well it in six words like that.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 3:50pm
olivertwist wrote: Nice description - Gotta be Moby Dick, right? You got it! Have to be particular with word choice when you're limited to just 6, so many fishy stories out there.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 2:45pm
aflanigan wrote: Adventurer survives monomaniacal captain, deadly fish. Nice description - Gotta be Moby Dick, right?

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 1:47pm
story about the profound bond between a boy and his rough and tough collie

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 1:34pm
kcar wrote: Yes. He took the book's title from a line in a tragic play. The Sound and the Fury

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 1:33pm
kcar wrote: Yes. He took the book's title from a line in a tragic play. "Springtime For Hitler"?

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 1:26pm
aflanigan wrote: Something by Faulkner, no doubt? Yes. He took the book's title from a line in a tragic play.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 10:39am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Correction: 89% Yeah, the later observations are pretty funny too.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 10:14am
Proclivities wrote: Thanks. That's an even higher percentage than I expected. Correction: 89%

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 9:15am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Very nice. I think he did break out the vehicle type. 88% trucks/SUV among the swervers. Thanks. That's an even higher percentage than I expected.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 9:13am

Proclivities wrote:

Interesting study; they should've broken down the vehicle type among those who deliberately hit the animals - the results would probably be less surprising than the animal types.
I recently re-read that book, specifically looking for important imagery for my entry in our local library's Banned Books Week project:
GoW

As you can see, I didn't use the turtle imagery.

Very nice.

I think he did break out the vehicle type. 88% trucks/SUV among the swervers.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 9:01am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

GoW (by the way, the turtle lives).

I looked up the "turtle chapter" a few weeks ago for some reason. Ran across this...

As you can see, I didn't use the turtle imagery.

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 8:54am
Proclivities wrote: Truck driver swerves to hit turtle. GoW (by the way, the turtle lives). I looked up the "turtle chapter" a few weeks ago for some reason. Ran across this...

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 8:46am
aflanigan wrote: Something by Faulkner, no doubt? Everything by Faulkner

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Posted: Dec 22, 2016 - 8:42am
aflanigan wrote: Something by Faulkner, no doubt? Or Tennessee Williams.

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