who are these?

**fortytwo** · July 1st, 2002, 01:28 PM

Now that the long dark windy rainy cold days are with us again (i.e. summer in the uk ) I was tidying up my books and I felt inspired to create a small quiz which I hope you will all have a shot at. It is based on some of the books in my collection,and I have listed some of the better known characters within .
Your task should you choose to accept it is to identify the the author and the book/series they appear in.It’s just for fun so it’s not too hard!

A couple are not human.

1…Hari Seldon
2…Jernau Morat Gurgeh
3…John Carter
4…Jane
5…Valentine Michael Smith
6…Dave Bowman
7…Angus Thermopyle
8…Roland
9…Louis Wu
10..shrike

**Keyoke** · July 1st, 2002, 02:00 PM

Hmm..Interesting..

2- Player of Games, Ian. M Banks.
5- Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen.
10 - Dan Simmon, Hyperion/Endymion books.

Number 8, the only Roland I remember is from Magician by Feist. Though, is this limited to just scifi?

Also, try not to use your trusty search engines.. Let's see if we can get all 10.. =)

**ezchaos** · July 1st, 2002, 02:13 PM

I'm not 100% on numbers 6 and 9.

1. Hari Seldon-Foundation series by Asimov
6. Dave Bowman-2001 A Space Odyssey by Clarke
9. Louis Wu-Ringworld by Niven
10. Shrike-Hyperion series by Simmons

**Rob B** · July 1st, 2002, 02:15 PM

Didn't look at replies

1…Hari Seldon
Psychohistorian of Asimovs' Foundation saga

2…Jernau Morat Gurgeh

3…John Carter
of ERB's Mars tales

4…Jane
Ender's computer

5…Valentine Michael Smith
The Martian of Heinlien's masterpice Stranger in a Strange Land

6…Dave Bowman
Clake's astronaut

7…Angus Thermopyle

8…Roland
the Gunslinger (though he's fantasy)

9…Louis Wu

10..shrike
The biomechanical demigod of Simmons Hyperion Cantos

**fortytwo** · July 1st, 2002, 03:16 PM

Ok..Ok ..Ok so it was too easy!Or maybe you're all too clever!
All the answers you gave were correct (but I did mean Roland from the Gunslinger, Keyoke, I've got the Gunslinger filed under S.F. that's my excuse!
Perhaps someone else might like to put up some of their favourite characters?

**fluffy bunny** · July 1st, 2002, 05:29 PM

Have read the relpies already- feel like being pedantic
4. Turns up in a number of books, including tarzan
8. Was a rat- an inspiration to 80's tv
10. was also a villain in the Nightwing comics