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SECOND CONTEST
The author at the right turned out to be the most difficult to identify, but three entrants got them all right. The winners, who divided six book prizes among themselves, were J.T. Singh of Toronto, Stephen DeSanctis of New York, and Lynn Murray of Edmonton. Answers:
These are five more of Eric's favourite authors. |
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| #1 | Shown writing at his desk in England and he died shortly after a day working on his last novel which remained unfinished. | Charles Dickens David Copperfield |
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| #2 | Dressed like his most famous character, minus the trench coat. | Dashiell
Hammett The Glass Key |
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| #3 | Isn't the guy on The Simpsons. | Homer The Odyssey |
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| #4 | Isn't the Earl of Oxford, though some people think he is. | William
Shakespeare The Tempest |
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| #5 | His name isn't quite as big as #1's but it's big in Hollywood where several of his sci-fi stories have been made into films. | Philip K. Dick The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch |
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