August 14 2011
Bookends [BB323]
After so many chemical equations last week, let’s get back to the literary end of the think tank.
In this Birdbrain, if I give you the ‘bookends’ of ten Australian novels (authors included), can you unveil the remainder of the shelf? EEFEM (KE), say, is The Eye Of The Storm (Patrick White), ETR (EE) is The Secret River by Kate Grenville. Now blow these ten secrets.
- YP (NR)
- RDA (RY)
- TC (MN)
- ENS (NH)
- EEDE (IL)
- O (DF)
- YRS (FD)
- EP (SS)
- SK (SY)
- EEEEN (NL)
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB322 SOLUTION: NUMERATOR (Thanks to Ed Pegg for the puzzle.) While the bonus puzzle points to tennis star, Li Na (lithium + sodium)
Comments
Anthony Douglas — 14 August at 02:17AM
I'll claim #3, seeing as I'm up still. Perhaps it's a close relative of River Song?!
RobT — 14 August at 06:31AM
4 The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCollough
RobT — 14 August at 06:33AM
Sorry Colleen: "u" not "o".
RK — 14 August at 06:58AM
2. OAL by PC
RobT — 14 August at 07:55AM
9 SA by TK
RK — 14 August at 08:34AM
8. TS by CT
RK — 14 August at 09:18AM
6. J by DM
Criseyde — 14 August at 11:51AM
7 RUA by RB
Criseyde — 14 August at 12:10PM
1 MG by HG
RK — 14 August at 12:50PM
5. TBSB by NG
Criseyde — 14 August at 03:27PM
Going to have to throw the towel in on #10.
Came up with 3 possibilities:
Alan Marshall, Brian Caswell and Ivan Southall but no hit on titles ending in EEEEN.
RK — 14 August at 05:02PM
10. TTWHT by SC