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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#41 Post by JECE » Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:58 pm

Maybe a comic book author, although perhaps those would be graphic novelists? I'm not too familiar with the genre.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#42 Post by Jamiet99uk » Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:28 pm

JECE wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:58 pm
Maybe a comic book author, although perhaps those would be graphic novelists? I'm not too familiar with the genre.
A famous comic book writer who is only famous for one comic?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#43 Post by DougJoe » Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:15 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:33 pm
Did he write primarily for children?

(I am thinking that someone who produced a picture book with a few words, aimed at young children, would not be classified a "novelist")
I was kind of thinking the same thing too because Dr. Seuss popped into my head - ol' Theo G. died too soon but the idea spurned the clarification on book versus novel.
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IF the answer to that question is "Yes",

THEN: I would like to guess MAURICE SENDAK.

But if the answer to that question is "No", then I withdraw this guess, please don't answer the guess in that case, only the question.
Great guess, although WtWTA was turned into a film...
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Maybe a comic book author, although perhaps those would be graphic novelists? I'm not too familiar with the genre.
Was thinking comic books, too, although a *lot* of those have been turned into movies or TV. (For example _Diary of a Wimpy Kid_ came to mind originally, but there are two of those movies.)

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#44 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:22 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
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Did he write primarily for children?
I think this is the key question.

Theodor Seuss Geisel and Eric Carle fit the bill.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#45 Post by Chaqa » Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:32 pm

It isn't Dr. Seuss as some of his works have been adapted. Same for Roald Dahl etc.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#46 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:36 pm

Chaqa wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:32 pm
It isn't Dr. Seuss as some of his works have been adapted. Same for Roald Dahl etc.
That's a good point.

Do you think this counts as an adaptation of Very Hungry Caterpillar?

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#47 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:38 pm

If answer to primary audience being children is "yes," please put me down for the great Eric Carle.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#48 Post by VillageIdiot » Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:32 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:36 pm
Chaqa wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:32 pm
It isn't Dr. Seuss as some of his works have been adapted. Same for Roald Dahl etc.
That's a good point.

Do you think this counts as an adaptation of Very Hungry Caterpillar?
The wikipedia page for this references it as being adapted for television, which generally we've been using as our first source of qualifying an answer. Probably not this.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#49 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:44 pm

VillageIdiot wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:32 pm
Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:36 pm
Chaqa wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:32 pm
It isn't Dr. Seuss as some of his works have been adapted. Same for Roald Dahl etc.
That's a good point.

Do you think this counts as an adaptation of Very Hungry Caterpillar?
The wikipedia page for this references it as being adapted for television, which generally we've been using as our first source of qualifying an answer. Probably not this.
We're down a deep rabbit hole that may be irrelevant seeing as how we don't even know if the primary audience is children, but I feel like this answer doesn't strike me as one that used Wikipedia to verify:
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Were any of his works ever adapted for movies or TV?
Not that I'm aware of.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#50 Post by Foxcastle » Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:07 pm

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:44 pm
We're down a deep rabbit hole that may be irrelevant seeing as how we don't even know if the primary audience is children, but I feel like this answer doesn't strike me as one that used Wikipedia to verify:
Hamish wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:35 pm
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Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:29 pm
Were any of his works ever adapted for movies or TV?
Not that I'm aware of.
Could just as easily mean that Wikipedia doesn't mention it, but he didn't do an exhaustive check of all television to make sure some terrible adaptation didn't appear on BBC5 one time in 1993 before being scrubbed from memory.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#51 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:15 pm

Sorry guys, I'm new here. I don't know how any of this works. Mea culpa.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#52 Post by Foxcastle » Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:17 pm

Sorry, didn't mean to come off as snippy. Good to see you around, Balki

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#53 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:39 pm

Foxcastle wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:17 pm
Sorry, didn't mean to come off as snippy. Good to see you around, Balki

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#54 Post by han-shahanshah » Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:34 am

Is this person primarily known for writing about self-improvement or advice?

If yes I’ll guess DALE CARNEGIE.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#55 Post by VillageIdiot » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:25 am

Doesn’t fit the dies after 2000, but I like the way you’re thinking!

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#56 Post by VillageIdiot » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:27 am

Curious to hear his answer, Stephen Covey could be a fit.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#57 Post by VillageIdiot » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:29 am

I guess use that if my guess if the answer was yes to the self-improvement question.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#58 Post by Balki Bartokomous » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:05 am

I feel like the self-improvement/advice angle doesn’t work because he’s not a prolific non-fiction writer.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#59 Post by han-shahanshah » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:55 am

VillageIdiot wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:25 am
Doesn’t fit the dies after 2000, but I like the way you’re thinking!
Right, I forgot that clue.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 82

#60 Post by han-shahanshah » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:57 am

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:05 am
I feel like the self-improvement/advice angle doesn’t work because he’s not a prolific non-fiction writer.
As said before it’s implied that he’s famous for “a” book, so it could potentially still be nonfiction right?

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