Contest Closed
Many thanks for all the excellent entries. Your enthusiasm is always appreciated.
Many thanks for all the excellent entries. Your enthusiasm is always appreciated.
Contest time. I have too many books and need to give away some signed copies of The Wheel of Osheim and/or The Liar's Key.
(Son of the Morning - Alder, The Skull Throne - Brett, Control Point - Cole, Unwrapped Sky - Davidson, Belegarath the Sorceror - Eddings, Runelords - Farland)
Rules:
i) Send a photo (close up optional) of you holding in one hand an unsupported tower of books ordered alphabetically by author. SFF books preferred.
ii) No more than one book per letter.
iii) Include a list of titles and authors on a single line so I can cut & paste it to include with the entry.
iv) email entries to me at empire_of_thorns@yahoo.co.uk
I will send out one copy to a randomly selected entry, one to the "best" photo, and one to the legitimate entry with most books.
Go! (I have some entries queued up so be patient)
Winners
Most letters: #43 Julia
Random winner: #45 Aatika (thanks random,org)
Best entry (selected by public vote) #41 Allyn.
Entries (click photos for higher resolution)
#57 Kevan (20)
#56 Ed (23)
Black Cross - J.P. Ashman ~ Storm Front - Jim Butcher ~ The Ill-made Knight - Christian Cameron ~ Traitor's Blade - Sebastien De Castell ~ King of the Murgos - David Eddings ~ Tribune of Rome - Robert Fabbri ~ Ruin - John Gwynne ~ The Complete Chronicles of Conan - Robert E. Howard ~ Bones of the Hills - Conn Iggulden ~ A Cavern of Black Ice - J.V.Jones ~ Swords of Good Men - Snorri Kristjansson ~ Prince of Fools - Mark Lawrence ~ A Clash of Kings - G.R.R.Martin ~ Drakenfeld - Mark Charan Newton ~ Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell ~ Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield ~ The Edinburgh Dead - Brian Ruckley ~ The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski ~ Empire in Black and Gold - Adrian Tchaikovsky ~ The Desert Spear - Peter V. Brett ~ Shadowmarch - Tad Williams ~ Brethren - Robyn Young ~ The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#55 Saul (16)
Abercrombie- Best Served Cold; Brooks- Sword of Shannara; Colfer- Artemis Fowl; Dahl- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Eddings- Mallorean; Farland- The Sum of All Men; Gemel- Legend; Hobb- Renegades Mage; Jacques- Salamandastron; King-Smith- Babe; Lukyanenko- The Day Watch; Pratchet-Night Watch; Ruckley- Fall of Thanes; Stroud- Amulet of Samarkand; Tchaikovsky- Blood of the Mantis; Wolfe- The Fifth Head of Cerberus; Zusak- The Book Thief.
#54 Murillo (6)
The Winter King by Cornwell, American Gods by Gaiman, On Writing by King, A Dance With Dragons by Martin, Ozob by Pazos, The Wise Man's Fear by Rothfuss.
#53 Lucille (18)
No good dragon goes unpunished by Rachel AARON (which I'm currently reading) - A natural history of dragons by Marie BRENNAN - The Long way to a small angry planet by Becky CHAMBERS - Doctor who and the cybermen by Gerry DAVIS - Shades of grey by Jasper FFORDE - The ocean at the end of the lane by Neil GAIMAN - The dragon keeper by Robin HOBB - Heroine complex by Sarah KUHN - Prince of fools by Mark LAWRENCE - A Game of thrones by G.R.R. MARTIN - Temeraire by Naomi NOVIK - Binti by Nnedi OKORAFOR - Guards! Guards! by Terry PRATCHETT - Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by J.K. ROWLING - Legion & the emperor's soul by Brandon SANDERSON - The hobbit by J.R.R. TOLKIEN - The martian by Andy WEIR - The book thief by Markus ZUSAK
#52 Nicholas (13)
Messenger's Legacy - Brett, 14 - Clines, Belgarath the Sorcerer - Eddings, Staked - Hearne, Cursed - Jacka, Tigana - Kay, Emperor of Thorns - Lawrence, Kraken - Mieville, The Fall of the House of Usher - Poe, Blood Song - Ryan, Rise of Empire - Sullivan, The Return of the King - Tolkien, The Black Prism - Weeks
#51 William (7)
Abnett – The Founding; Hobb – Assassin’s Quest; Juster – The Phantom Tollbooth; LeGuin – The Farthest Shore; Rowling – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Tolkien – The Hobbit; Watterson – The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
#50 David (11)
Abnett – The Saint; Brin – Infinity’s Shore; Corey – Leviathan Wakes; Dick – Paycheck; Heinlein – Stranger in a Strange Land; Jordan – The Fires of Heaven; King – Gotrex & Felix; Moore and Gibbons – Watchmen; O’Neil – Batman; Salvatore – The Crystal Shard; Tolkien – The Return of the King
#49 Mary (11)
Abercrombie – The Blade Itself; Brin – Heaven’s Reach; Eddings – Belgariath the Sorcerer; Franklin – More; Gaiman – The Ocean at the End of the Lane; Hobb – Fool’s Quest; Lawrence – The Wheel of Osheim; Pratchett – Night Watch; Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind; Stewart – The Hollow Hills; Tolkien – The Two Towers
#47 Juniper (25) -- a heroic effort, 26 books but the X isn't quite legit!
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson, Summerlong - Peter S. Beagle, Worlds of Ink and Shadow - Lena Coakley, Tam Lin - Pamela Dean, Orbiter - Warren Ellis, The Golden Bough - Sir James Frazer, George - Alex Gino, The Love that Split the World - Emily Henry, Vagabond vol. 37 - Takehiko Inoue, The Juniper Game - Sherryl Jordan, The Roads to Beldairn Motte - Ahimsa Kerp, Emperor of Thorns - Mark Lawrence, Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel, Hexed - Michael Alan Nelson, Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape - Peggy Orenstein, Coward - Sean Phillips, Nyx: Wannabe - Joe Quesada, Departure - A.G. Riddle, Indian Ink - Tom Stoppard, Trouble is a Friend of Mine - Stephanie Tromly, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - William Ury, Radiance - Catherine M. Valente, Alif the Unseen - G. Willow Wilson, The Owlstone Crown, X.J. Kennedy, Where Have the Unicorns Gone? - Jane Yolen, The Serpent King - Jeff Zentner
#47 Chris B (15)
The Last Argument of Kings-Joe Abercrombie, The King's Bastard-Rowina Cory Daniels, Magician-Raymond E. Feist, Trigger Warning-Neil Gaiman, Assassins Quest-Robin Hobb, Lord of Chaos Robert Jordan, The Sundering- Richard A. Knackk, The Nightwatch- Nightwatch-Sergei Lukyanenko, Game of Thrones-George R.R. Martin, Quicksilver Rising-Stan Nicholls, Tideswell of Darkness-Aaron Rosenberg, Elantris-Brandon Sanderson, The Silmarillion-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Cronicals of Amber Roger Zelazny.
#46 Valeria (17)
Abercrombie-TheHeros, Colfer-Artemis Fowl, Dumas- The count of Monte Cristo, Evangelisti-La luce di Orione, Frege-Sense and reference, Goisis- il pensiero politico di Antonio Rosmini, Hobb- Assassin's apprentice, Kant-Critique of pratical reason, Lawrence-Prince of Fools, Martin-Dreamsong, Nicholls- Legions of thunder, O'shea- la pietra del vecchio pescatore, Pullman- the golden compass, Rothfuss-the name of the Wind, Tolkien-Tree and leaf, Wikde-the portrait of Dorian Gray, Voltaire- Candide.
Promise of Blood-Brian McClellan, The Bane Chronicles-Cassandra Clare, The Gaze-Elif Shafak, Tersias-G.P.Taylor, Shadow's Master-Jon Sprunk. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini,. Six of Crows-Leigh Bardugo, King of Thorns- Mark Lawrence, The Knife of Never Letting Go-Patrick Ness, The Blood of Olympus-Rick Riordan, The Murder Bag- Tony Parsons
#44 Trey (14) -- I like the one he's pointing at.
Guardians of the keep- Carol Berg, The killing floor- Lee Child, The iron king- Maurice Druon, Gardens of the moon, Steven Erikson, The king's buccaneer - Raymond Feist, American Gods- Neil Gaimen, Rhapsody- Elizabeth Hayden, The eye of the world - Robert Jordan, Black house- Steven King and Peter Straub, EMPEROR OF THORNS- Mark Lawrence, The magic of recluse- L. E. Modesitte, Dragon prince, Melanie Rawn, Thewell of ascension- Brandon Sanderson, Otherland: City of golden shadows- Tad Williams.
#43 Julia (26) -- On the 43rd entry we have an entire legitimate alphabet, congratulations!
The Blade Itself – Abercrombie, The Aeronaut's Windlass – Butcher, Control Point – Cole, A Dance of Cloaks – Dalglish, The Jewel – Ewing, Herald of the Storm – Ford, Malice – Gwynne, Ship of Magic – Hobb, Das Jahrhundertkind (Der Kreis der Dämmerung) – Isau, The Eye of the World – Jordan, The Stand – King, King of Thorns – Lawrence, The Dinosaur Lords – Milán, Uprooted – Novik, Das Gewölbe des Himmels ( The Unremembered) – Orullian, The Colour of Magic – Pratchett, The Silver Linings Playbook – Quick, The Name of the Wind – Rothfuss, Age of Myth – Sullivan, The Hobbit – Tolkien, Goethe und der Ginkgo – Unseld, Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (Around the World in Eighty Days) – Verne, The Martian – Weir, Buy Me The Sky – Xinran, Die 5. Welle (The 5th Wave) – Yancey, The Book Thief – Zusak
#42 Martin (16)
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie, The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett, The Death and the Maiden by P.N. Elrod, The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth, Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind, Hounded by Kevin Hearne, Duma Key by Stephen King, Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence, Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan, The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, 1984 by George Orwell, Dodger by Terry Pratchett, Blood Song by Anthony Ryan, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
#41 Allyn (27) -- the fact my book is on the top is an indication that some of the rules may have been ignored here! Impressive stack though!
#40 Quentin (16) -- scared now...
Best Served Cold - Abercrombie, Pillars of Sand - Barnes, The Rogue - Canavan, The Eye of Minds - Dashner, The Oversight - Fletcher, A Red Sun Also Rises - Hodder, The Eye of the World - Jordan, Nevernight - Kristoff, Prince of Thorns - Lawrence, Magnificat - May, Eragon - Paolini, The Wise Mans Fear - Rothfuss, The Way of Kings - Sanderson, The Hobbit - Tolkien, The Black Prism - Weeks, Seed - Ziegler
#39 Luca (21)
Doctor Who: City of Death - Douglas Adams(+James Goss); The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell - Susanna Clarke; The Last Werewolf - Glenn Duncan; The Neverending Story - Michael Ende; Faerie Tale - Raymond E. Feist; A herceg jősnője (The Prince's Chiromancer) - J. Goldenlane (She's a hungarian authoress and it's a funny story about a girl, who try to survive in a different land with fake chiromancery.^^); The Lunatic Cafe - Laurell K. Hamilton; The Sands of Sarasvati - Risto Isomaki; The Vanishing Act - Mette Jakobsen; The Briar King - Greg Keyes; Road Brothers (beautiful hardback cover ^^) - Mark Lawrence; Horgonyhely (Anchorage) - Anita Moskát (She's also a hungarian authoress, in her world, people could travel more than less a 1000 step from their birthplace, this called "anchorage". Only the pregnant women can wandering freely, that's why every power (government, justice etc) in their hand); Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik; Eragon - Christopher Paolini; Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice; Buried Fire - Jonathan Stroud; Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne; The Martian - Andy Weir
#38 Chris (22) -- plus 4 stand-ins
half a king- joe Abercrombie, senlin ascends- josiah Bancroft, ready player one- robert Cline, every anxious wave- mo Daviau, the circle-dave Eggars, secret hero society- derek Fridolfs, the dark side of the road- simon Green, already dead- charlie Huston, the new hunger- Isaac marion, under a colder sun- greg James, disenchanted- robert Kroese, the liar's key- mark Lawrence, the thief who knocked on sorrows gate- michael McClung, a most unpleasant endeavor- robert Norton, the rook- daniel O'malley, she who waits- daniel Polanky, marceline and the scream Queens- meredith gran, lovecraft country- matt Ruff, the death of dulgath- michael j Sullivan, darkwalker- e l Tettensor, Unpossible- daryl gregory, annhilation- jeff Vandermeer, countdown city- ben Winters, the eXtra- michael shea, thrusts of justice- matt Youngmark, the shadow of the wind- carlos ruiz Zafon.
#37 Kelly (21)
Half a King – Joe Abercrombie, Red Rising – Pierce Brown, 14 – Peter Clines, The Sentinel – Troy Denning, Pawn of Prophecy – David Eddings, Rides a Dread Legion – Raymond Feist, Neuromancer – William Gibson, The Forever War – Joe Haldeman, Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones, Daggerspell – Katharine Kerr, A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin, Coming Home – Jack McDevitt, Priest Kings of Gor – John Norman, Sorceress of Faith – Robin D. Owens, Sword of the Bright Lady – M.C. Planck, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling, Collected Stories – R.A. Salvatore, Cloud Warrior – Patrick Tilley, The Persistence of Vision – John Varley, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – Kate Wilhelm, Unicorn Variations – Roger Zelazny.
#36 Michael T (12)
Half A War - Abercrombie, A Clockwork Orange - Burgess, Chronicles of the Black Company - Cook, Forge of Darkness - Erikson, The Princess Bride - Goldman, The Eye of the World - Jordan, Swords of Good Men - Kristjansson, King of Thorns - never heard of the guy (Lawrence), A Storm of Swords - Martin, Blood Song - Ryan, The Icewind Dale Trilogy - Salvatore, The Lord of the Rings - Tolkein
#35 Christian (22)
Joe Abercrombie - Before they are Hanged, Oliver Bowden - Assassin's Creed Underworld, Trudi Canavan - Die Rebellin (The Magician's Guild), Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Umberto Eco - Der Name der Rose (The Name of the Rose), Ken Follett - Fall of Giants, David Gemmell - Der Weg der Helden (Echoes of the Great Song), Robin Hobb - Assassin's Apprentice, Ralf Isau - Der Kreis der Dämmerung ("The Circle of Dawn" would be the title if it were to come out in English), Robert Jordan - Crossroads of Twilight, Roy Kesey - Pacazo (Pacazo), Scott Lynch - Red Seas under Red Skies, Brian McClellan - Promise of Blood, Naomi Novik - Temeraire, J. D. Oswald - Dreamwalker, Philip Pullman - Northern Lights, Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Samantha Shannon - The Bone Season, J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring, Mario Vargas Llosa - Der Geschichtenerzähler (The Storyteller), Django Wexler - The Thousand Names, Eiji Yoshikawa - Taiko (Taiko).
#34 Yari (18)
Abercrombie Joe - Last Argument of Kings; Brooks Terry - The Wishsong of Shannara; Croggon Alison - The gift; Dostoevskij Fedor - Crime and Punishment; Gatou Shouji - Full Metal Panic volume 4; Hugo Victor - Les Misérables; Ichiguchi Keiko - Non ci sono più i giapponesi di una volta; Kawahara Reiki - Accel World volume 1; Lawrence Mark - Emperor of Thorns; Martin George R. R. - A Dance with Dragons; Nagatsuki Tappei - Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World volume 1; Ono Fuyumi - The Twelve Kingdoms Skyes of Dawn; Pratchett Terry - Going Postal; Rowling J. K. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Sapkowski Andrzej - The Swallow's Tower; Tolkien J.R.R. - The lord of the Rings; Wilson Ian - Superself; Zusak Marcus - The Book Thief
#33 Rob (5) -- includes his own book. Cunning!
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself, Peter V. Brett - The Skull Throne, Bernard Cornwell - The Last Kingdom, Rob J. Hayes - The Color of Vengeance, Mark Lawrence - Prince of Fools, GRRM - Game of Thrones, Tim Powers - On Stranger Tides, Matthew Reilly - The Great Zoo of China, Seth Skorkowsky - Hounancier, James Walley - The Forty First Wink.
#32 Matt R (11)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus (Douglas Adams), The Sword of Shannara (Terry Brooks), The last of the Wilds (Trudy Canavan), Dune (Frank Herbert (Sorry Robin)), Talyn (Holly Lisle (Extra Sorry Martin!)), A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin), Feylander (Liz Noble), Northen Lights (Phillip Pullman), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling), The Dark Elf Trilogy (R. A. Salvatore), The Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolken)
#31 Julia (24) -- hmmm, unsupported? Great photo though!
1 Austin-King: Fae The wild hunt, 2 Butcher - Stormfront, 3 Cho - Sorcerer to the crown, 4 Delany - The Spooks apprentice, 5 Erikson - Gardens of the moon, 6 Friedman - Feast of souls, 7 Gwynne - Malice, 8 Hearne - Across the nightingale floor, 9 Isau - Gertrud (Childrens book, and German - but it is about a dragon!), 10 Jarvis - Dancing Jax, 11 Keyes - Infernal City, 12 Levene - Smiler's fair, 13 Matthews - The Stone Road, 14 Novik - Uprooted, 15O'Malley - The Rook, 16 Poore - The heir to the north, 17 Quinn - Wife in the fast lane (ok... No fantasy - but a Q!), 18 Rothfuss - Slow regard of silent things, 19 Sanderson - Mistborn, 20 Tolkien - Road goes ever on and on, 21 Uschmann - Finn released (German, and no fantasy... But no othe ru to be found...), 22 Völler - Zeitenzauber (German again - but fantasy!), 23 Williams - War of the flowers, 24 Zevin - Storied life of A-J- Fikry (no fantasy with Z again...)
#30 Richard (?) -- beer!
#29 Brandon (8)
Angler: Swipe// Baldacci: The Innocent// Edison: The Waking Engine// Glukhovsky: Metro 2033// Kirkman: The Walking Dead Rise Of the Governor// Lawrence: Prince of Fools// Romano: Resurrection Express// Simons: Breaking Point
#28 Sam (12)
Douglas Adams: the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Trudi Canavan: the Magicians Guild, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World, John Gwynne: Malice, Paul Hoffman: the Left Hand of God, Mark Lawrence: The Wheel of Osheim (signed), George R R Martin: the Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister, Sylvain Neuvel: Sleeping Giants, Den Patrick: the Boy with the Porcelain Blade, Patrick Rothfuss: the Name of the Wind, Michael J Sullivan: Heir of Novron, J R R Tolkien: The Silmarillion
#27 Shiro (14)
#26 Jedidja (16)
#25 Peter (16) -- With another 20 added to the 16 for workout value!
#24 Tiffinie (21)
A- diggers by Amanda Askew ( it's a kids picture book is that cheating?? ), B- Wuthering heights by Emily Bronte, C- unnatural exposure by Patricia Cornwel, D- the divine comedy by Dante, E- the shining ones by David eddings, F- day of confession by Allan Folsom, G- Mary called Magdalene by Margaret George, H- conversations with a moon flower by Christine t hall, I -, J- left behind by Jerry Jenkins, K- beyond Tuesday morning by Karen Kingsbury, L- pillar of light by Gerald Lund, M- gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell, N- storm testament I I by Lee Nelson, O- angels a to z by Evelyn Dorothy Lewis, P- cold fusion by F. David Peat, Q-, R- Titans curse by Rick Riordan, S- immortals by R A Salvatore, T- kings blood by Judith rare, U-, V- homecoming by Cynthia voight, W-the children of Henry the viii by Alison Weir, X-, Y-new evidence of Christ in ancient America by Blaine m yorgason, Z-
Rivers of London: Aaronovitch, Dark Run: Brooks, Ready Player One: Cline, Never Hero: Ellery Hodges, Neverwhere: Gaiman, Stranger in a Strange Land: Heinlein, Price of Thorns: Lawrence, The Knife of Never Letting Go: Ness, The Rook: O'malley, Lullaby: Palahniuk, NOTW: Rothfuss, Rose and Thorn: Sullivan, Blackbirds: Wendig, Book Thief: Zusak (not SFF but I was on Z! Gimme a break ;)
#22 Michael J (12) -- Unsupported? You decide! (I've been sent the unsupported version, all good.)
Abercrombie Heroes, Barclay Elfsorrow, Cook Chronicles of the Black Company, Gaiman American Gods, Heitz The Dwarves, Jordan New Spring, Koontz Odd Thomas, Lawernce Prince of Fools, Martin A Game of Thrones, Rothfuss The Wise Mans Fear, Sanderson The Bands of Mourning, Tolkien The Children of Hurin
#21 Kristen (25) -- Heroic effort!
Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Beagle, Peter - The Last Unicorn | Card, Orson Scott - Seventh Son | Donaldson, Stephen R. - The Power that Preserves | Eddings, David - Domes of Fire | Foster, Alan Dean - A Call to Arms | Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys | Hamilton, Laurel K. - Guilty Pleasures | Ione, Larissa - Desire Unchained | Joyce, James - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Krauss, Nicole - The History of Love | L'Engle, Madeleine - A Wrinkle in Time | McKillip, Patricia - The Riddle Master of Hed | Noel, Alyson - Blue Moon | O'Malley, Bryan Lee - Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness | Price, Kalayna - Grave Dance | Quinn, Spencer - Dog On It | Rosenberg, Aaron - Tides of Darkness | Sullivan, Michael - Age of Myth | Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit | Ueda, Hajime - FLCL | Vonnegut, Kurt - Hocus Pocus | Weinstien, Howard - Perchance to Dream | X is missing :( | Yun, Mi-Kyung - Bride of the Water God | Zelazny, Roger - The Dream Master | And the TARDIS!
#20 Lee (21)
Half a King, Joe Abercrombie. The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes. The Passage, Justin Cronin. The Enchanted, Rene Denfeld. The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, Joshua Ferris. The Little Paris Bookshop, Nina George. The Woman in Black, Susan Hill. The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey. The Vanishing Act, Mette Jakobsen. Strange Weather in Tokyo, Hiromi Kawakami. PRINCE OF THORNS, MARK LAWRENCE. Warm Bodies, Isaac Marion. 1984, George Orwell. The Revenant, Michael Punke. The Comeback, Jude Quillan. The Wise Man's Fear, Patrick Rothfuss. Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor. The Free, Willy Vlautin. Butcher's Crossing, John Williams. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
#19 Angela (13)
Abercrombie: Half a King / Butcher: Storm Front / Canavan: The Magician's Guild / Eddings: The Diamond Throne / Goodkind: Wizard's First Rule / Hobb: Fool's Quest / Lawrence: Prince of Thorns / Martin: Game of Thrones / Otsuka: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service / Ryan: Blood Song / Sakurai: Ajin Demi-Human / Takami: Battle Royale / Weeks: The Black Prism
#18 Leslie (21)
Austen, Jane--Persuasion, Blanchard, Kelly--Someday I'll Be Redeemed*, Castle, Richard--Heat Wave, Day, Daniel--Tolkien: A Dictionary, Elliot, Elisabeth--No Graven Image, Fforde, Jasper--The Last Dragon Slayer, Gier, Kerstin--Sapphire Blue, Horowitz, Anthony--Snakehead, Jacques, Brian--The Bellmaker, King, C. A.--A Keeper's Destiny*, Lewis, C. S.--Out of The Silent Planet, MacDonald, George--At The Back of The North Wind, Norton, Mary--The Borrowers, Orwell, George--1984, Patton, Ripley--Ghost Hand*, Riggs, Ransom--Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Strunk, William Jr.--Elements of Style, Tribble, Derrick--Anamatus*, Vanderbilt, K. M.--Skeins Unfurled*, White, E. B.--Stuart Little, Various Authors--Treasury of Classic Stories
#17 Adrian (22) -- kudos for not choosing skinny books!
Jean Auel: The plains of passage / Greg Bear: Darwin's Radio / David Clement-Davies: Firebringer / Charles Dickens: David Copperfield / Greg Egan: Diaspora / Jude Fisher: Wild Magic / Charles Grant: X-files (Goblins & Whirlwind) / Anthony Horowitz: Oblivion / Christopher Paolini: Inheritance / J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire / J. V. Jones: Sword of Shadows / Stephen King (and some guy named Straub nobody has heard of): Bleak House / Tom Lloyd: The Stormcaller / Fiona McIntosh: Emissary / Naomi Novik: Victory of Eagles / John Stephens: The Emerald Atlas / J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of The Rings (complete edition) / Jean Ure: After the Plague / Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / Tad Williams: Otherland / Rick Yancey: The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp / David Zindell: The Broken God.
#16 Ralph (19) -- The L wasn't Lawrence :o Rookie mistake, Ralph!
Abercrombie - Best Served Cold, Barker - The Great and Secret Show, Corey - Leviathan Wakes, Denning - The Verdant Passage, Euclid - The Elements, Gaiman - The Graveyard Book, Heinlein - Tunnel in the Sky, Jordan - The Eye of the World, Knaak - Night of Blood, Leckie - Ancillary Justice, McCaffery - Dragonriders of Pern, Novik - Uprooted, Okorafor - Binti, Polansky - The Builders, Rabe - Downfall, Shelley - Frankenstein, Tieryas - United States of Japan, Van Belkom - Lord Soth, Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun
#15 Carrie (19)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Adams, Proven Guilty - Butcher, The Magician's Guild - Canavan, The Adamantine Palace - Deas, Blind Faith - Elton (I'm counting this as Sci-fi), The Stranger- Frei, Winter Warriors - Gemmell, Dune Messiah - Herbert, Taken - Jacka, A Time Of Justice - Kerr, Prince Of Thorns - Lawrence, Dragonflight - McCaffrey, Temeraire - Novik, Dreamwalker - Oswald, Soul Music - Pratchett, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - Rowling, Contact - Sagan, The Fellowship Of The Ring - Tolkien, The Unexpected Occurrence of Thadeus Hobble - Wiles
#14 Charlie (20)
A - Goblin Emperor - Addison, B - The Great Bazaar - Brett, C - Ready Player One - Cline, D - Nightmares - Datlow, E - Gridlock - Elton, F - The Lyre Thief - Fallow, G - Necromancer - Gibson, H - Roses and Rot - Howard, J - Jacobson, K - Gunslinger - King, L - Prince of Thorns - You, M - The Ice dragon - GRRM, N - Sleeping Giants - Nuevel, O - 1984 - Orwell, P - The Bees by - Paull, R - Hell Island - Reilly, S - Redshitrs - Scalzi, T - United states of Japan - Tieryas, V - Still here - Vapynar, W - CloudBound - Wilde
#13 Charlotte (18)
The Blade Itself - Abercrombie, Storm Front - Butcher, Ender's Game - Card, A Dance of Cloaks - Dalglish, Pawn of Prophecy - Eddings, Exile's Return - Feist, Legend - Gemmell, Dead Until Dark - Harris, A Shadow on the Glass - Irvine, Fated - Jacka, Blood Will Follow - Kristjansson, The Lies of Locke Lamora - Lynch, Tuf Voyaging - Martin, Sabres - Nix, Alanna: The First Adventure - Pierce, The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Rothfuss, Legion & The Emperor's Soul - Sanderson, Child of an Ancient City - Williams.
#12 Daniel (24!)
#11 Vivianne (22) -- making it look easy!
(Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns, Phillippa Ballantine - Geist, Jack Campbell - Dauntless, Amanda Downum - The Bone Palace, Laura Esquivel - Como agua para chocolate, Jeaniene Frost - One Foot in the Grave, Niel Gaiman - Coraline, Charlaine Harris - Dead to the World, Emmi Itäranta - Memory of Water, N.K. Jemisin - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, Katharine Kerr - The Bristling Wood, Marc Levy - Et si c'etati vrai..., Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Signal to Noise, Garth Nix - Sabriel, Nnedi Okorafor - Who Fears Death, Philip Pullman - The Golden Compass, Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Brandon Sanderson - The Emperor's Soul, Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Catheynne M. Valente - Deathless, Paula Weston - Shadows, Roger Zelazny - Chronicles of Amber)
Compilation of seven novels- Austen, Storm Front - Butcher, Rebirths of Tao- Chu, Donahue my own story- Donahue, Gardens of the Moon- Erikson, All I really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten- Fulghum, The Left Hand of God - Hoffman, Tortoise and the Hare - Izawa, New Spring - Jordan, The Gunslinger - King, Zero - Leveen, Promise of Blood - McClellan, His Majesty's Dragon - Novik, Unfettered - Orullian, Rincewind the Wizard - Pratchett, Name of the Wind - Rothfuss, Elantris - Sanderson, When the Heavens Fall - Turner, Treating Type A Behavior and Your Heart, Ulmer,A Very Human President - Valenti, The Thousand Names - Wexler
#9 Marc (11) --Ahoy!
Joe Abercrombie - Half A King, Peter V Brett - The Warded Man (the painted man for UK residents), Steven Erikson - Gardens of the Moon, T. Frohock - Los Nefilim, Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World, Prince of Fools - Mark Lawrence, Peter Orulian - Trial of Intentions, Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind, Shawn Speakman - The Dark Thorn, Nate Taylor - Coming Distractions - the Complete Collection, Vernor Vinge - A Deepness in the Sky
#8 Kirsty (19)
Aaronovitch, Ben - Rivers of London, Brennan, Marie - A Natural History of Dragons, Cho, Zen - Sorcerer to the Crown, DiTerlizzi, Tony - The Search for Wondla, Ee, Susan - Angelfall, Frost, Toby - A Game of Battleships, Gaiman, Neil - The Ocean at the End Of The Lane, Harris, Joanne M - The Gospel of Loki, Jordan, Robert - New Spring, Kowal, Mary Robinette - Shades of Milk and Honey, Lawrence, Mark - Prince of Thorns, Maas, Sarah J - Throne of Glass, North, Claire - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Ozeki, Ruth - A Tale For The Time Being, Pratchett, Terry - The Shepherd's Crown, Reeve, Philip - Mortal Engines, Sanderson, Brandon - Legion and the Emperor's Soul, Taylor, Laini - Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Wexler, Django - The Thousand Names
#7 Dave (10) -- playing fast and loose with the rules, but 10 in an open hand!
Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye, Class Dis-Mythed; Marion Zimmer Bradley and Holly Lisle, In the Rift: Glenraven II; Glen Cook, Darkwar Trilogy 1; Dave Duncan, Upland Outlaws; Heinlein, Farnhams' Freehold; R.A. MacAvoy, Damiano; Frederick Pohl, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon; Silverberg, A Time of Changes; Turtledove, Werenight; Lawerence Watt-Evans, The Misenchanted Sword;
#6 Aleena (14) -- Self-confessed tiny woman vs huge books!
Glass Sword - Aveyard, Six Of Crows - Bardugo, Miss Mabel's School For Girls - Cross, Skin - Dekker, Jane Slayre - Erwin, Wolf By Wolf - Graudin, Cruel Beauty - Hodge, The Eye of The World - Jordan, A Stolen Kiss - Keating, The Lies of Locke Lamora - Lynch, A Clash of Kings - Martin, The Name of The Wind - Rothfuss, Vicious - Schwab, The Hobbit - Tolkein
#5 Endza (8) -- On a dinosaur, dressed as a dinosaur!
Amazon, Kindle; Brust, To Reign in Hell; Cronin, The Passage; Datlow, A Whisper of Blood; Gaiman & Pratchett, Good Omens; King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams; Lawrence, La Trilogia Dei Fulmini; Reeves, Bleeding Violet; Takami, Battle Royale.
#4 Iain (20)
James Aitcheson, Sworn Sword. Terry Brooks, The Wishsong of Shannara. Bernard Cornwell, 1356. Ted Dekker, The Bone man's daughter. David Eddings, Seeress of Kell. George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the mountain of light. David Gemmell, White Wolf. Tom Holt, Grailblazers. Conn Iggulden, Wolf of the plains. Robert Jordan, The Eye of The World. Richard Kadrey, Aloha From Hell. Mark Lawrence, Prince of Fools. Anne McCaffery, Dragonflight. Naomi Novak, Temeraire. Terry Pratchett, Maskerade.Sean russell, The One Kingdom. Mary Stewart, The Wicked Day. Maria V. Snyder, Storm Glass. Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows.
#3 David (12)
The Dragon's Path: Abraham, Dragon Master: Bunch, The High Lord: Canavan, Malice: Gwynne, Assassin's Quest: Hobb, Emperor Death of Kings: Iggulden, New Spring: Jordan, Prince of Fools: Lawrence, Blight of Mages: Miller, Eragon: Paolini, The Silmarillion: Tolkien, Black Prism: Weeks
#2 Evelyn (13)
(chest supported on the left, unsupported on right :) )
Anderson, the broken sword. Balog, Fairy tale. Doyle, Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Flyte, City of dark magic. Gee, the sentinel mage. Hobb, Shamans crossing. Jones, Howl's moving castle. Kennedy, the fire Lord's lover. Lawrence, Prince of Thorns. Miller, the innocent mage. Riggs, Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children. Salvatore, the Companions. Weeks, the way of the shadow.
#1 Michael (7)
Red Rising - Brown, Abaddons Gate - Corey, The Road - McCarthy, Uprooted - Novik, Miss Peregrin's Home for perculiar Children - Riggs, Gauntlgrym - Salvatore, The Children of Hurin - Tolkien
Thought I might get lost on Facebook so I'll ask here too. Can we do alphabet in descending order, or must it be ascending? Cheers.
ReplyDeleteRookie mistake? I theorize that it was a subconscious decision to be a learning tool for others to follow. Or you could play a seek and find game for the 4 Lawrence titles visible in the background.
ReplyDeleteEndza should get the "best" one - I'm a sucker for costumes!
ReplyDeleteI think #17 is quite handsome and judging by his book collection is quite the bibliophile, and also he seemed to put some effort into finding very thick and heavy books and if Mum sees this, thanks the Chewbacca shirt does fit, you just can't see it very well because of my other shirt and the tall stack of books, and also I heard that #17 cares for sick refugee puppies that have had limbs amputated and then imprisoned for political reasons despite international protests and some of these puppies are very cute and there's this one puppy that can fall over when you pretend to shoot him it's adorable, so there I was just sitting in the refugee amputee political prison hospital when this puppy looks up at me and starts to whimper and i whisper to him what's wrong boy, and you know what, I can't tell the rest of this story because it's too emotional, so I'm going to go for a walk and pick daisies and visit the war pensioners retirement home and listen to their stories while I bake them bran and blueberry muffins.
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