Fantasy Worlds - by Kainja on 13:21 04 May 2003
The following quiz was recently published in The Illuminata newsletter. I thought some of you might enjoy it. I have three more quizzes upcoming in future issues, about fantasy heroes, famous movie monsters, and SF worlds. Hope you enjoy:
The Answers are at the bottom but DON'T cheat now.
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Are you a fantastic genius? Or maybe just a genius of the fantastic? Do you know the history of far worlds and of the strange creatures that inhabit them? Can you at least match the authors on the left with the worlds they created on the right? The answers are on page xx. Twelve or more correct should make you preen like a barbarian who has just sacked Rome. Eight to eleven correct is an excellent showing but you took some wounds during the sacking. Four to seven correct means you’ve still got the wall to scale. Below four? I’m afraid the Romans have won and you’re destined for the arena. Hope you like lions.
1. Stephen R. Donaldson __ Ghandor
Answers: 1. The Land, 2. Kaldar, 3. Llarn, 4. Almuric, 5. Tschai, 6. Ur, 7. Skaith, 8. Newhon, 9. Kregen, 10. Barsoom, 11. Janus, 12. Amber, 13. Magira, 14. Ghandor, 15. Gor.
The following quiz was recently published in The Illuminata newsletter. I thought some of you might enjoy it. I have three more quizzes upcoming in future issues, about fantasy heroes, famous movie monsters, and SF worlds. Hope you enjoy:
The Answers are at the bottom but DON'T cheat now.
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Are you a fantastic genius? Or maybe just a genius of the fantastic? Do you know the history of far worlds and of the strange creatures that inhabit them? Can you at least match the authors on the left with the worlds they created on the right? The answers are on page xx. Twelve or more correct should make you preen like a barbarian who has just sacked Rome. Eight to eleven correct is an excellent showing but you took some wounds during the sacking. Four to seven correct means you’ve still got the wall to scale. Below four? I’m afraid the Romans have won and you’re destined for the arena. Hope you like lions.
1. Stephen R. Donaldson __ Ghandor
Answers: 1. The Land, 2. Kaldar, 3. Llarn, 4. Almuric, 5. Tschai, 6. Ur, 7. Skaith, 8. Newhon, 9. Kregen, 10. Barsoom, 11. Janus, 12. Amber, 13. Magira, 14. Ghandor, 15. Gor.
Fantasy Worlds - by Kainja on 13:27 04 May 2003
Ok, that didn't work. Let me try again with this post:
Are you a fantastic genius? Or maybe just a genius of the fantastic? Do you know the history of far worlds and of the strange creatures that inhabit them? Can you at least match the authors on the left with the worlds they created on the right? The answers are on page xx. Twelve or more correct should make you preen like a barbarian who has just sacked Rome. Eight to eleven correct is an excellent showing but you took some wounds during the sacking. Four to seven correct means you’ve still got the wall to scale. Below four? I’m afraid the Romans have won and you’re destined for the arena. Hope you like lions.
1. Stephen R. Donaldson Kregen
2. Edmond Hamilton Magira
3. Gardner F. Fox Newhon
4. Robert E. Howard Janus
5. Jack Vance Ur
6. Adrian Cole Amber
7. Leigh Brackett Skaith
8. Fritz Leiber Gor
9. Alan Burt Akers Kaldar
10. Edgar Rice Burroughs Tschai
11. Andre Norton Almuric
12. Roger Zelazny Barsoom
13. Hugh Walker Llarn
14. Del Dowdell The Land
15. John Norman Ghandor
Answers: 1. The Land, 2. Kaldar, 3. Llarn, 4. Almuric, 5. Tschai, 6. Ur, 7. Skaith, 8. Newhon, 9. Kregen, 10. Barsoom, 11. Janus, 12. Amber, 13. Magira, 14. Ghandor, 15. Gor.
Ok, that didn't work. Let me try again with this post:
Are you a fantastic genius? Or maybe just a genius of the fantastic? Do you know the history of far worlds and of the strange creatures that inhabit them? Can you at least match the authors on the left with the worlds they created on the right? The answers are on page xx. Twelve or more correct should make you preen like a barbarian who has just sacked Rome. Eight to eleven correct is an excellent showing but you took some wounds during the sacking. Four to seven correct means you’ve still got the wall to scale. Below four? I’m afraid the Romans have won and you’re destined for the arena. Hope you like lions.
1. Stephen R. Donaldson Kregen
2. Edmond Hamilton Magira
3. Gardner F. Fox Newhon
4. Robert E. Howard Janus
5. Jack Vance Ur
6. Adrian Cole Amber
7. Leigh Brackett Skaith
8. Fritz Leiber Gor
9. Alan Burt Akers Kaldar
10. Edgar Rice Burroughs Tschai
11. Andre Norton Almuric
12. Roger Zelazny Barsoom
13. Hugh Walker Llarn
14. Del Dowdell The Land
15. John Norman Ghandor
Answers: 1. The Land, 2. Kaldar, 3. Llarn, 4. Almuric, 5. Tschai, 6. Ur, 7. Skaith, 8. Newhon, 9. Kregen, 10. Barsoom, 11. Janus, 12. Amber, 13. Magira, 14. Ghandor, 15. Gor.
Fantasy Worlds - by Brad on 15:32 04 May 2003
Score = 5. Those were the only authors I was familier with too. Ack.
Score = 5. Those were the only authors I was familier with too. Ack.
Fantasy Worlds - by Kainja on 22:45 04 May 2003
Let's see, Brad, if I can guess which ones you got right.
John Norman and Gor
Edgar Rice Burroughs and Barsoom
Roger Zelazny and Amber
Stephen R. Donaldson and The Land
Andre Norton and Janus
I'm pretty sure about the first four but the last one could be Robert E. Howard and Almuric.
Let's see, Brad, if I can guess which ones you got right.
John Norman and Gor
Edgar Rice Burroughs and Barsoom
Roger Zelazny and Amber
Stephen R. Donaldson and The Land
Andre Norton and Janus
I'm pretty sure about the first four but the last one could be Robert E. Howard and Almuric.
Fantasy Worlds - by Brad on 12:35 05 May 2003
You are right on the first 4. #5 was Fritz Lieber and Newhon. Not because I read more than one short story of his, but because he used to write a column in Locus Magazine and somehow the info stuck in my head.
I should have gotten Andre Norton since I'm a fan of her books, however I read most of her stuff probably 10 years prior to all the others and time has dimmed my memory of them.
This is neat, because I now have a list of more authors to check out.
You are right on the first 4. #5 was Fritz Lieber and Newhon. Not because I read more than one short story of his, but because he used to write a column in Locus Magazine and somehow the info stuck in my head.
I should have gotten Andre Norton since I'm a fan of her books, however I read most of her stuff probably 10 years prior to all the others and time has dimmed my memory of them.
This is neat, because I now have a list of more authors to check out.
Fantasy Worlds - by Kainja on 13:17 05 May 2003
Brad, you should definitely check out Robert E. Howard. He's written a lot of great stuff, including the original Conan stories, of course. I'm in a group called REHupa, which is the Robert E. Howard United Press Association. We put out shared magazine about Howard from within the members of the group. He's one of my favorite authors.
Brad, you should definitely check out Robert E. Howard. He's written a lot of great stuff, including the original Conan stories, of course. I'm in a group called REHupa, which is the Robert E. Howard United Press Association. We put out shared magazine about Howard from within the members of the group. He's one of my favorite authors.