Comments on: WordsDay reader contest: name that wordsmith!

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:16:28 +0000

Hey. I’m practically illiterate. I’m lucky to know half of those. heh. At least I didn’t post which ones on that other list I thought were right. I figured out 8 others.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:07:08 +0000

So this is a group exercise now, is it?

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:01:12 +0000

Bah. I tried cheating by using Ilgattapardo’s list, but all I can add is #4 is really William Gibson. #10 is Neal Stephenson.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:24:19 +0000

That’s not bad, Ilgattapardo. You got nine right.

By: Ilgattapardo

Ilgattapardo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:15:09 +0000

1 WB Yeats
2 Machiavelli
3 Shakespeare
4 Ian McEwan
5 Alice Walker
6 Papa Hemingway
7 Garcia-Marquez
8 Rumor Godden (big guess)
9 JF Rowling
10 TC Boyle
11 Doris Lessing
12 No fucking idea
13 Evelyn Waugh
14 Isabelle Allende
15 Mary Shelley

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:51:34 +0000

Oh man, and such little pictures too…i’ll be back.