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More roolz.....does the winner have to post the new one??
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I think that is what happens...I post on this one sometimes but always follow it because it takes me ages to find all of them...it happens, but only rarely...when I did manage it I made a pretty rubbish one for people to find...I don't mind doing a mini one until wofa composes his though...
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There are 5 classic novels in here (BONUS and one modern (satirical) novel from the world of the flying turtle...) Happy Hunting!
p.s. apologies for terribleness!
Jane Clifford: eyre apparent was contacted in the year Eighteen Ninety-Nine to claim the wealth of her draconic ulan Great Uncle Eric. However upon receiving the Nineteen million, Six thousand, and Eighty-Four pounds sixpence she subsequently lost all of her sense and sensibility and invested the lot in the building of the White Star Line’s new cruise ship, the Titanic. This venture, as you know, was a failure and the pickwick papers documented Miss Clifford’s loss in fortune and her subsequent death in a debtors' prison.
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I see Jane Eyre
amd Nineteen Eighty-Four
plus Sense and Sensibility
with Pickwick Papers
but need more work on #5 unless it is Titanic??
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Very good! No Titanic is not one...#5 is more hidden than the others... 
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I'm at a loss with "ulan" but I'll keep looking, or
maybe give someone else a chance.
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I can help with that at least...it's a relatively new word to me too... ulan 
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That is a very new one. I only checked one dictionary,
and it did not have it. But Dic.com did. Ulan, oglan
boy, youth. Interesting. I had images of
Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
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'fraid mine will be a while coming...I beg your indulgence, but don't wait upon it.
Meantime, for the one remaining do you mean draconic ulan = DRACULA?
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And I was concentrating on the ulan, but one has to drop
the "n". Good one!!!!!
Ulan, Polish for lad,boy, and related to Turk. oglan.
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Well done wofa (goodness you're very good at this aren't you?!)
If you want to try and get the BONUS word...
p.s.it isn't a classic novel...
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re ulan
Oil of Ulan...was a beauty product or skin moisturiser in Australia. Began its life in South Africa as Oil of Olay...1900, I think. It was a pink fluid rather than a cream. And when the product sent to the international market...it was renamed, something that they thought might be more appealing to each homeland.....hence Oil of Ulay (UK and Ireland), Oil of Ulan (Australia) and Oil of Olaz (France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany).
Name change...around 2000 the company amalgamated the name, and Oil of Ulan and Ulay became Olay globally.
Now I know you guys may not be interested in 'beauty products' but the origin of words always fascinates.....
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Could the bonus story be.... Clifford the story of a big red dog...this was favourite bedtime story for my children.
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Unfortunately it's not...(there is a clue as to its origin in the beginning bit of the piece in brackets...)
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My mother had Oil of Olay on her stand for years.
Haven't thought of it since. Thanks for fond memory.
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There are 5 classic novels in here (BONUS and one modern (satirical) novel from the world of the flying turtle...) .... I have been looking for the last (bonus)one..... I looked for Gamera the giant, flying turtle-like creature from japanese monster movies...but then you said books, not movies, so thats why I couldn't find him! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles..no sign of them either... Have this joke about flying turtles though....
Deep within a forest a little turtle began to climb a tree. After
hours of effort he reached the top, jumped into the air waving
his front legs and crashed to the ground.
After recovering, he slowly climbed the tree again, jumped, and
fell to the ground. The turtle tried again and again while a
couple of birds sitting on a branch watched his sad efforts.
Finally, the female bird turned to her mate.
"Dear," she chirped, "I think it's time to tell him he's adopted."Now I'm all out of ideas......maybe you didn't mean stories/novel about turtles, maybe just country/place they are found!!!!
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Hmm well another hint: The turtle is a star turtle
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maybe google...GIANT STAR TURTLE and see what you get... p.s. great joke!
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glad you appreciated it.....I love turtles.
I was thinking of changing my forum name..and today considered 'flying turtle' they are very rare and mystical....I could have avatar to match.....
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I guess I cannot figure out the train of thought on this
thread, sorry. Is the turtle story another one with
hidden books or movies, or are we just conversating??
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In the piece with 5 classic books is another BONUS book, more modern than the others...there was (in brackets) a clue that I expanded for Candy...the book is from the world of the giant star turtle...as of now no-one has got the name of the book...
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Gotcha. I'll pass, completely lost, as usual.
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Try searching google for giant star turtle and a list of books should come up, one of which is in the paragraph
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Should be something by Terry Pratchett but I don't see the hidden title out of his bibliography: The Colour of Magic · The Light Fantastic · Equal Rites · Mort · Sourcery · Wyrd Sisters · Pyramids · Guards! Guards! · Faust Eric · Moving Pictures · Reaper Man · Witches Abroad · Small Gods · Lords and Ladies · Men at Arms · Soul Music · Interesting Times · Maskerade · Feet of Clay · Hogfather · Jingo · The Last Continent · Carpe Jugulum · The Fifth Elephant · The Truth · Thief of Time · The Last Hero · The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents · Night Watch · The Wee Free Men · Monstrous Regiment · A Hat Full of Sky · Going Postal · Thud! · Wintersmith · Making Money · Unseen Academicals · I Shall Wear Midnight · Snuff · Raising Taxes · Scouting for Trolls Short stories Troll Bridge · Theatre of Cruelty · The Sea and Little Fishes · Death and What Comes Next · A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices Other books The Discworld Companion · The Science of Discworld · The Science of Discworld II: The Globe · The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch · The Pratchett Portfolio · The Art of Discworld · The Unseen University Challenge · The Wyrdest Link · The Streets of Ankh-Morpork · The Discworld Mapp · A Tourist Guide to Lancre · Death's Domain · Nanny Ogg's Cookbook · The Discworld Almanak · Where's My Cow? · The Unseen University Cut Out Book · The Discworld Diaries · Once More* With Footnotes · The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld · The Folklore of Discworld from this Wikipedia page...
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WOW
I forgot we were still doing this search. Bex...send a
reminder, and it will come email, as did wofa's.
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Does this mean you have given up?!
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Nope.....just out of site, out of mind.
But if none of the ones mentioned above are it,
then I guess I am pretty mind-blown. But I did
get 4 of the 5. For me....awesome.
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It is one of the ones wofa listed...it just doesn't have part of the title...the first bit isn't normally put in the title but in wofa's list that bit has been added...
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Perhaps I'll have to check again. Not sure I'd recognize
the work, however.
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Terry Pratchett is a must read! It is funny, satirical and brilliant...'The Truth' is especially funny as it chronicles the creation of the newspaper...by accident...there are mini series within and if you don't like the first two move on to the others...I have friends who dislike Rincewind immensely but love DEATH and Mort and Granny Weatherwax, Vimes, Carrot, Gaspode...oh dear I got 'started' again didn't I...hmmm it's not too obsessive yet so I shall stop typing...!
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Some OCD is OK especially when it concerns reading.
Will have to check this guy out. I presume Amazon.....Unles
you have a better location.
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yeah go onto fantasticfiction to get the order of them...I always use Waterstones.com...but Amazon is just as good (I have a W points card on which I rack up ridiculous amounts of money) If you want to start the whole series go for the colour of magic (also the first of the Rincewind mini series)and go in total order, or if you want to go for the first in the major mini series also get wyrd sisters the first of the witches mini series, Mort the first of the DEATH mini series and guards! guards! the fist of the city watch series...any order really but it makes more sense if you start at the beginning of the whole series or at one of the internal series...his website is good too pratchett webby
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p.s. clue for last book...first link...three down on the left...or alternatively graffiti...
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I give up
Unless you made a pact with the Devil I'll have to holler "Uncle."
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well...there was no pact with googer...it was Eric - from the title Faust eric... normally it is listed as eric but wofa had the faust bit too... 
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Oh...you said the first link....silly me went to the last link. But I found it  when I went back... then I read on at the other posts and  you said it Bex. Oh well.....it was still fun looking. Sometimes its better not to find them too quickly. I was thinking Discworld..so I was on right track with TP novels...just didn't expose the right one. Good game. eric
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Ah...well I can try to do another mini one full of TP references if you wish...unless wofa is any closer to completing his (extremely good) Onomograph (? what are they called?)...
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(It was Faust who made a pact with the Devil. And you did hide him as Uncle Eric...)
...but if you have one in the meantime, go ahead!
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