Weekend Trivia ~ Saturday

9 years ago

Good Saturday morning, cottagers!! Fine snow is sifting down and it is a grey day. Perfect for trivia!!

Well, I don't know about all of you, but I am still working on my first book. It's been a long labour, I just wouldn't want it to die in gestation. That having been said, there's a new book about to be published from an author long thought to be a 'one hit wonder'. A really well-published author. With a really cool title.

And if you know the author and title, where did that title come from?? I've got more questions for you, if you're quick with that, but let's see how this starts, shall we?

Nancy.

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thinman
9 years ago
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Happy Saturday morning to you, Nancy.It sounds like your weather is our weather today. Typical February.

Trivia-wise, I definitely know the author, as this was a pretty big news item, but I don't remember hearing the title of the book.

TM
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years ago
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We are so excited about this book coming out! My idea of a practically perfect parent/human being came from the first (second) book and, of course from the perfect portrayal in the movie. I have a thought that might work for the origin of the title-actually a couple of possibilities come to mind. I do think my first thought will end up being right. Will be watching for clues to narrow it down.

Cynthia, who still waits for snow, but is only getting rain this year.
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midnightsmum (Z4, ON)
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9 years ago
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Alright you smarties - it was too easy!! So we'll stick with Plan B, what is the origin of the title, and add a second more obscure(perhaps) question: who was the real life model for Dill, Scout's childhood friend?

Nancy.
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
9 years ago
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Morning all, I have an idea on this so will check in later.
Mild and raining here, tropical storm blew through last night, knocked down the ladder propped up on the side of the house but that's about it, flood warning up for parts of the island. Except for that sudden freeze we had back in november this winter has been wet but very mild.

Annette
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years ago
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Haha. Got that, too! Truly one of my favorite books and have devoured everything about the author and the book. True!

Cynthia
midnightsmum (Z4, ON)
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9 years ago
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Well Cynthia, I admire your sange froide in making your guesses. Did you know they did reasearch together?? I just wonder why she never wrote again....

Nancy.
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years ago
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Actually, I did, Nancy. I can't remember if it was a book or article about her or him. I think it was about him and his most famous book. I just can't picture the Nelle Lee of post-Mockingbird fame/quiet life in Monroeville living in NYC and helping him with his research. He turned into sort of a stinker and celebrity, while she returned to her roots and lives a wonderful life. We pre-ordered the new book as soon as the news about it broke and it became available for pre-order. The title is a marvelous one. I am always coming up with titles for my never-written books. The latest is The Goof and the Newf (hate that I cannot underline on the iPad!) which will be a children's book about our pups, IF I ever do the work. Not quite up to Lee's level. Ha.

Cynthia
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
9 years ago
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were you looking for TC for Dill?

Annette
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years ago
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Ok, here are my thoughts! Nelle Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird after To Set a Watchment. Her editor suggested she write the book from the child's POV and that became Mockingbird. Dill was based on Truman Capote who grew up in Monroeville (returning in the summer after his family moved away to New York just as Dill shows up to spend summer vacations there in the book). The watchman, in Lee's eyes is her father (Atticus in the book) who watches over her, Jem, and the whole town, really. Now, the title, Go Set a Watchman...I think it is biblical, but not sure.

I love her first book and cannot wait for this next one! I also think it is the best movie adaptation ever made. Did you know she and Gregory Peck became and remained good friends? The first image that came to mind when I first heard the new title was Atticus (Peck) sitting alone under the light at the jail waiting for the lynchmob. How could anyone not love that man?!

Cynthia
midnightsmum (Z4, ON)
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And there you have it, Cynthia!!

Though the book has been characterized in media reports as a sequel to Lee's best-selling novel, Go Set a Watchman was written in the mid-1950s, before she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, which was published in 1960. It was set aside when her editor suggested that she write another novel from the young Scout Finch's perspective. The manuscript was then lost for many years, until being rediscovered by her lawyer in the fall of 2014. It will be published as originally written, with no revisions.
The phrase is from Isaiah 21: 6, "For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees." It is referring to the fall of Babylon.
Some publications have called the timing of the book "suspicious", citing Lee's declining health, statements she had made over several decades that she would not write or release another novel, and the death of her sister (and caretaker) just two months before the announcement. NPR reported on the news of her new book release, with circumstances "raising questions about whether she is being taken advantage of in her old age." Some publications have even called for fans to boycott the work.
Mainstream news sources, including NPR, BBC News, and Jezebel, have reported that the conditions surrounding the release of the book are unclear and posit that Lee may not have had full control of the decision.
However, historian and Lee's longtime friend, Wayne Flynt told the Associated Press that the "narrative of senility, exploitation of this helpless little old lady is just hogwash. It's just complete bunk". Flynt said he found Lee capable of giving consent, and believes no one will ever know for certain the terms of said consent. That having been said, Lee is quite deaf and suffers profound vision loss from macular degeneration.
Truman Capote, then Persons, lived next door with his aunts while his mother was in New York. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imagination and a gift for fascinating stories. Both Lee and Capote were atypical children: both loved to read. Lee was a scrappy tomboy who was quick to fight, but Capote was ridiculed for his advanced vocabulary and lisp. She and Capote made up and acted out stories they wrote on an old Underwood typewriter Lee's father gave them. They became good friends when both felt alienated from their peers; Capote called the two of them "apart people". In 1960, Capote and Lee traveled to Kansas together to investigate the multiple murders that were the basis for Capote's nonfiction novel In Cold Blood.

Well, interesting subject, but a weak question. I shall have to do better next week!!

For Everyone (I believe?):

Thanks for playing. See you all next week.

Nancy.
thinman
9 years ago
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Super-generous with my stars there, Nancy. I can accept one star with a clear conscience for knowing Harper Lee. Honestly, until this came out as a news item, I didn't even realize that Harper Lee was a woman. One of these days I'll have to read To Kill a Mockingbird.

Thanks for the fun and the clever question, even though it was wasted on this illiterate. :-)

TM
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years ago
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Thanks for the stars, Nancy! That was a fun question.

Cynthia

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