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GREATEST
LITERATURE CONTEST #12
Where in
this world—or any world—do the Hint: All the works are discussed on the website. Winners and answers below. |
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| Title | What we're looking for | ||||||||||
| 1 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | The planet as it's known to those who wake up there after dying here (guess you can figure out it's not Earth). | |||||||||
| 2 | The Last Days of Pompeii | The title gives away which city was wiped out—but in what ancient country or empire? | |||||||||
| 3 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Location of the planning office where the plans for the destruction of Earth, to make way for a hyperspatial express route, had been on display for fifty years. | |||||||||
| 4 | The Handmaid's Tale | Yes, it takes place in what used to be the United States, but now is called the Republic of....? | |||||||||
| 5 | Foundation | The characters are seeking the location of the new Foundation, but where does their story begin? Either the empire's capital city or the planet. | |||||||||
| 6 | Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town | Stephen Leacock's fictional small town. | |||||||||
| 7 | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
Thomas Hardy's made-up county in England where this and several of his other novels take place. | |||||||||
| 8 | Macbeth | Sure it all happens in Scotland, but what's the castle called? | |||||||||
| 9 | The Little Prince | The extraterrestrial body that the narrator figures must have been the little prince's home. | |||||||||
| 10 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | The third of the world in which our protagonist lives. | |||||||||
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The winners are Ronald Castle of New York, New York; A.T. Weston of Cleveland, Ohio; and Kay Hung of Edmonton, Alberta. Our winners have chosen as prizes respectively the books To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Pride and Prejudice and The Handmaid's Tale. Answers: 1. Riverworld |
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