fic and logic! um, kind of.
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schmericaThe introduction for the logic problem I am working on right now (#1 from Penny Press World-Class Logic Problems, Autumn 2003):
Every Thursday, five friends meet at the Cover to Cover bookstore for their amateur writers' group, where they trade stories and offer each other helpful criticism. One week, the five (two of whom--Adam and Neil--are men, and three of whom--Faith, Holly and Rhonda--are women) felt a collective case of writer's block, so they gave themselves a little creative assignment to try to shake it off. Each person was to come up with a story that encompassed characters from famous books. The next week, the five returned to the group energized and ready to discuss their stories. Each person wrote a narrative in whcih a different well-known literary hero (Holden Caulfield, Martin Chuzzlewit, Natty Bumppo, Rhett Butler, or Tom Jones) meets a different literary heroine (Anna Karenina, Emma Bovary, Hester Prynne, Jane Eyre, or Tess Durbeyfield). No two stories have the same title (one is entitled "For Keeps"). While these stories aren't exactly literary canon, the five agree that they sure were a blast to write! From the information provided, can you determine the author of each story, as well as the famous literary hero and heroine featured in it?
Hee. Hee hee hee.
Every Thursday, five friends meet at the Cover to Cover bookstore for their amateur writers' group, where they trade stories and offer each other helpful criticism. One week, the five (two of whom--Adam and Neil--are men, and three of whom--Faith, Holly and Rhonda--are women) felt a collective case of writer's block, so they gave themselves a little creative assignment to try to shake it off. Each person was to come up with a story that encompassed characters from famous books. The next week, the five returned to the group energized and ready to discuss their stories. Each person wrote a narrative in whcih a different well-known literary hero (Holden Caulfield, Martin Chuzzlewit, Natty Bumppo, Rhett Butler, or Tom Jones) meets a different literary heroine (Anna Karenina, Emma Bovary, Hester Prynne, Jane Eyre, or Tess Durbeyfield). No two stories have the same title (one is entitled "For Keeps"). While these stories aren't exactly literary canon, the five agree that they sure were a blast to write! From the information provided, can you determine the author of each story, as well as the famous literary hero and heroine featured in it?
Hee. Hee hee hee.
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30/3/05 05:45 (UTC)Rhett Butler/Hester Prynne = MY NEW OTP
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30/3/05 06:15 (UTC)I like the Jane Eyre/Holden Caulfield pairing, myself.
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30/3/05 06:33 (UTC)Hey, if i had the clues, I would TOTALLY have worked that out, because I am a MASTER OF LOGIC, so shut your face. :-P
(Man, Jane would lock *Holden* in the attic.)
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30/3/05 15:29 (UTC)(Dude, who wouldn't lock Holden in the attic?)
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31/3/05 04:51 (UTC)Reader, I pushed him over a cliff. Him and his kid sister Phoebe. And nobody caught him.
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31/3/05 05:07 (UTC)(no subject)
31/3/05 12:48 (UTC)(no subject)
30/3/05 06:17 (UTC)Er...was there more to the problem? I enjoy logic problems, but I've been staring at it for several minutes going "From...the...information...provided?" *g*
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30/3/05 06:24 (UTC)(no subject)
30/3/05 06:36 (UTC)(no subject)
30/3/05 06:40 (UTC)...gave up and went out for a drink?
Hmm, maybe it's not such a mystery as to why I don't write fanfic. Too drunk most of the time. Not that that stops everyone, mind you.
Hee. Hee hee hee.
Hee, I agree.
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30/3/05 19:14 (UTC)(no subject)
30/3/05 06:52 (UTC)(no subject)
30/3/05 15:30 (UTC)(We're still on for two, right? Did I tell you my mother gave me twenty bucks to give you?)
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30/3/05 17:02 (UTC)(Yes. Outside the Subway. And no! Wow. So much.Did I tell you I got horrifically lost after I left your house?)
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30/3/05 14:57 (UTC)(of course the test is utterly heteronormative, b/c the number of permutations would be greatly increased with f/f m/m and threesomes :-) and who wouldn't want to see emma/tess???
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30/3/05 15:34 (UTC)Oh, no, it completely is. It'd be hard to make up the grid for other permutations, of course, but it'd certainly be just as interesting. (A more complex version of the problem -- end of the book difficulty instead of beginning of the book -- could have had each male meeting with a different male, each female meeting with a different female, and each male meetinfg with a different female).
Also, I must admit, I've never read Hardy or Flaubert.