The End.

[ciroccoj]

OK, you know the Ten Starting Lines meme that went around a few months ago? I thought it might be cool to see how many ending lines people can figure out, from books that are not totally obscure.

1. But they never learned what it was that Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which had to do, for there was a gust of wind, and they were gone.
   
   
2. And it is there that they see the riselka, three men see a riselka, sitting on a rock beside the sunlit path, her long sea-green hair blowing back in the freshening breeze.
   
   
3. After today, he thought, the world will never be quite the same.
   
   
4. "This time, darling, we'll forgive you," Rosalind told her. "It is."
   
   
5. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.
   
   
6. There's a rumour going around that the beautiful girl arriving today might be the queen they've been waiting for.
   
   
7. He loved Big Brother.
   
   
8. And by his side with his head up in the air and his eyes full of laughter walked as strongly and steadily as any boy in Yorkshire - Master Colin!
   
   
9. What I have been trying so hard to tell you all along is simply that my father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvelous and exciting father any boy ever had.
   
   
10. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt. Amen.
    
    
11. "Well, I'm back," he said.
    
    
12. "But we, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives."
    
    
13. "Anything to eat?" cried Charlie, laughing. "Oh you just wait and see!"
    
    
14. scar.

OK, so numbers 7 and 11 might be giveaways, but they're balanced out by the last one, which is not even a full sentence and ends a book that hasn't even been written yet ;)

Comments

[jennifus.livejournal.com]

1. A Wrinkle in Time. I fucking love that book. That series, even.

7. 1984.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Yup to both :)

A Wrinkle in Time. I fucking love that book. That series, even.
Me too :) I'm reading it to my kids right now.

[bast2.livejournal.com]

#7 is, of course, 1984. The rest I'm not sure of.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Ding! Correct :)

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

#7. 1984, George Orwell.
#14. Untitled, unpublished, 7th Harry Potter book.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

#7. 1984, George Orwell.
Correct!

#14. Untitled, unpublished, 7th Harry Potter book.
Correct! And odd, how many people know that one ;)

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

And yet I totally didn't.

[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

12. Dune?
13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
8. The Secret Garden.
1. A Wrinkle in Time.
11. The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King specifically (if you don't count the appendices. ;-)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Yes to all! Wow.

And BTW, excellent taste in books ;)

[notpoetry.livejournal.com]

1. a wrinkle in time
7. 1984
12. The Handmaid's Tale, I think?
14. Harry Potter #7!

[notpoetry.livejournal.com]

oh, and eight is Secret Garden. *smacks forehead*

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

1. a wrinkle in time
7. 1984
12. The Handmaid's Tale, I think?
Yes to the first two, no to the second, but good guess ;)

And damn, I'll have to look for that one in a secondhand book store. I can't believe I don't own a copy.

oh, and eight is Secret Garden. *smacks forehead*
Ding!

14. Harry Potter #7!
Ding!!

[umbo.livejournal.com]

All the ones I know have been guessed already, I think, but one person wasn't sure about 12, and I do know that's Dune. (I also knew 1 & 7).

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

one person wasn't sure about 12, and I do know that's Dune.
Yep :)

[daf9.livejournal.com]

#4 is Chrysalids - As with your first lines meme, the only one I recognize.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Cool! I think you're the only person to get that one ;)

[(Anonymous)]

I only know numbrs 1 and 12. A Wrinkle in Time and Dune. :)

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Whoops, that was me.

I should have known Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter! (And I guessed 1984, but I've never read it so.)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I should have known Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter!
Hee - isn't it odd, though, how many people know that one? I would've thought it was an obscure factoid knowly only to a few sadly obsessive types ;)

I like this one.

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

I was going to guess "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" on 13, but someone beat me to it.

I'm guessing "Big Fish" on #9, based solely on what I saw of the movie previews :)

(Haven't read either.)

8 sounds suspiciously like "A Christmas Carol" but... Colin? =)

Re: I like this one.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I was going to guess "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" on 13, but someone beat me to it.
Ding! Yes :)

I'm guessing "Big Fish" on #9, based solely on what I saw of the movie previews :)
No, sorry :(

8 sounds suspiciously like "A Christmas Carol" but... Colin? =)
Good guess, though. It's actually The Secret Garden, so the era's right, anyway :)

Re: I like this one.

[snarkhunter.livejournal.com]

It's actually The Secret Garden, so the era's right, anyway :)

*blink*

Not really.

Well, okay. But still, there is almost a 50-year difference.

/Victorian geekery.

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Without looking at the other answers:

#1 is A Wrinkle in Time, natch. Meg/Calvin, OTP 4EVA!!!!

I think 7 is 1984.

8 would be The Secret Garden, I think.

I dunno what you mean by 11 being a giveaway, for I know it not.

13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, maybe?

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

#1 is A Wrinkle in Time, natch. Meg/Calvin, OTP 4EVA!!!!
ROFL!!!!

I think 7 is 1984.

8 would be The Secret Garden, I think.

13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, maybe?
Correct on all three :)

I dunno what you mean by 11 being a giveaway, for I know it not.
Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King. Giveaway considering that a huge proportion of the people on my flist are sadly obsessed LOTR junkies LOTR fans ;)

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Ah. I should probably not admit that trying to read The Fellowship of the Ring bored me to tears, huh? ;)

[snarkhunter.livejournal.com]

Is #9 Danny, The Champion of the World?

All of the ones I know--1, 7, 9, 11, and 14--have already been guessed. Though some--#6, 3, and 5, especially--are familiar.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Is #9 Danny, The Champion of the World?
DING! And I think you're the only one who knew this one.

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Was that the one about a girl and a horse, or is my memory screwing with me?

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

No, it's about a little boy (Danny) who is raised by his father, a widower. Beautiful story, BTW. First long book we ever read to Daniel, when he was about 4. We read it to him again this year, now that Justin's old enough for it too.

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Someday I'll actually remember the title of that horse book. And then wonder why I bothered, most likely.

[snarkhunter.livejournal.com]

Best part?

I've never read OR seen Danny, the Champion of the World.

I just know what the book is about, and I think I have good instincts for stuff like that. Also, you've used it in other memes before. :)