Twenty Questions - Game 109

[Szpoti]

(I don’t think I’m breaking the two consecutive guesses rule but I don’t think so since our 20 questions are up)

Is it Joseph heller, author of catch-22?

He's on the list...

[han-shahanshah]

All right with everyone if I guess George Stanley?

[Szpoti]

All right with everyone if I guess George Stanley?

I'm desperate enough to propose Agatha Christy, thus Stanley seems like an infinitely better choice.

[Jamiet99uk]

All right with everyone if I guess George Stanley?

I'm desperate enough to propose Agatha Christy, thus Stanley seems like an infinitely better choice.

Agatha Christie was female.

[Szpoti]

All right with everyone if I guess George Stanley?

I'm desperate enough to propose Agatha Christy, thus Stanley seems like an infinitely better choice.

Agatha Christie was female.

And she was English who didn't serve. I thought that my exaggeration was clear.

[Foxcastle]

Just guess, this is taking too long.

[Jamiet99uk]

I would have guessed J.D. Salinger, but he is on that Wikipedia list.

I have no idea who it could be.

[Foxcastle]

I might have a lead...

[Foxcastle]

I might have a lead...

Nevermind, Asimov is on that list.

[sweetandcool]

I might have a lead...

Nevermind, Asimov is on that list.

I do like Asimov.

[Hamish]

I can't find anyone matching the profile other than George Stanley, so I will use the last guess to ask if it's him. If it is, the win should go to han-shahanshah.

[sweetandcool]

I can't find anyone matching the profile other than George Stanley, so I will use the last guess to ask if it's him. If it is, the win should go to han-shahanshah.

No.

[sweetandcool]

The correct answer is Louis L'Amour, "America's storyteller". He was an extremely prolific author of Frontier stories (also known as Westerns), and completely dominated the genre.

Personally, I think his (non-western) short stories are absolute dynamite, particularly since they relate to his real-life experiences as a boxer, hobo, sailor, soldier, and rancher.

I think ya'll would have been more successful if you had narrowed the genre. In hindsight, the fact that he is well known for writing Westerns made it a difficult person to guess since I assume it would be considered a very niche genre outside of the USA.

[Hamish]

As a European, I'll file this under "obscure U.S. writers".
Never heard of the guy, but then I'd never heard of George Stanley either.

[Hamish]

You get another go sweetandcool!

[Foxcastle]

As a European, I'll file this under "obscure U.S. writers".
Never heard of the guy, but then I'd never heard of George Stanley either.

Definitely not obscure, even if he's not well known outside the US. I don't care for westerns at all and I know who he is.

[sweetandcool]

As a European, I'll file this under "obscure U.S. writers".
Never heard of the guy, but then I'd never heard of George Stanley either.

Definitely not obscure, even if he's not well known outside the US. I don't care for westerns at all and I know who he is.

I'm actually not a fan of westerns either. But his westerns are pretty decent, and some are even quite good. His non-westerns stories are extremely good. I wholeheartedly recommend his 12th-century adventure story, The Walking Drum, and any of his short stories, particularly the 4th volume collection.

[sweetandcool]

As a European, I'll file this under "obscure U.S. writers".
Never heard of the guy, but then I'd never heard of George Stanley either.

In the US, he has more of a shelf presence in libraries than Agatha Christie (who I adore). But since westerns are obscure outside of the US, I totally understand the sentiment.

[Jamiet99uk]

Not well known in Europe, I would assume - but a perfectly valid choice. Well done, Sweetie.

If we had got to "writer" much earlier, then we'd have been more likely to succeed.

[Octavious]

Perfectly valid choice. Learning about new people is half the fun. I have also never heard of him, nor was I aware that a Western genre even existed in literature truth be told