The Jeopardy! Contestant Library Catalog
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John Podhoretz.
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Thanks, bengland. Much appreciated.
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Bummer.Bamaman wrote:
But they don't have any of Brendan's books, however.
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Glad it got you here! Welcome!thethunderchild wrote:Hi, all.dhkendall wrote:Don't forget "My Short, Happy Life on Jeopardy!"
New to the forums.
I just finished reading My Short, Happy Life on Jeopardy. That's how I found these forums. Happy to be here.
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As I explained in the second post in this thread, I had the idea to create this list of J! authors after I unexpectedly caught Doug Dorst's name on the spine of a book in the Huntington Beach Library (one of the most comfortable and attractive libraries I know, by the way). I thought it was almost a kind of fate that I happened to glance in the right direction and see the name of a contestant I had actually met.
Today I was in the same library, walking through the stacks, and I noticed one particularly flamboyant book -- just from the spine, I could tell it was one of those post-DaVinci Code Dan Brown clones, with a dash of Crichton and Clancy tossed in. The title -- The Vault -- was particularly clunky and unrevealing, and maybe that is what nudged me to take the volume down from the shelf to read the book flaps. Thus I was introduced to Boyd Morrison, who in 2003 "fulfilled a lifelong dream and became a Jeopardy! champion."
Either J! players make up an unusually high percentage of authors in the library, or I have some uncanny but useless version of J!dar.
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Today I was in the same library, walking through the stacks, and I noticed one particularly flamboyant book -- just from the spine, I could tell it was one of those post-DaVinci Code Dan Brown clones, with a dash of Crichton and Clancy tossed in. The title -- The Vault -- was particularly clunky and unrevealing, and maybe that is what nudged me to take the volume down from the shelf to read the book flaps. Thus I was introduced to Boyd Morrison, who in 2003 "fulfilled a lifelong dream and became a Jeopardy! champion."
Either J! players make up an unusually high percentage of authors in the library, or I have some uncanny but useless version of J!dar.
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Or perhaps the library has a Jeopardy authors section.
I used to be AWSOP but wanted to be more theatrical.
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As chances would have it, I was invited to a dinner last September at the annual convention of mystery writers, fans, agents and editors, called Bouchercon, which was held that year in Albany, NY. There were about 14 or so of us at dinner at a restaurant near the convention hotel, and about an hour into the dinner, mention was made of "Jeopardy!", and who was sitting across from me? Boyd Morrison.Rex Kramer wrote:As I explained in the second post in this thread, I had the idea to create this list of J! authors after I unexpectedly caught Doug Dorst's name on the spine of a book in the Huntington Beach Library (one of the most comfortable and attractive libraries I know, by the way). I thought it was almost a kind of fate that I happened to glance in the right direction and see the name of a contestant I had actually met.
Today I was in the same library, walking through the stacks, and I noticed one particularly flamboyant book -- just from the spine, I could tell it was one of those post-DaVinci Code Dan Brown clones, with a dash of Crichton and Clancy tossed in. The title -- The Vault -- was particularly clunky and unrevealing, and maybe that is what nudged me to take the volume down from the shelf to read the book flaps. Thus I was introduced to Boyd Morrison, who in 2003 "fulfilled a lifelong dream and became a Jeopardy! champion."
Either J! players make up an unusually high percentage of authors in the library, or I have some uncanny but useless version of J!dar.
Rex
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Many thanks, by the way, are due to Mathew5000 for pointing out three new additions to the catalog: Boze Hadleigh, Paul Horwitz, and, surprisingly (only because I would have guessed that this would have come up sooner), Karl Coryat.
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Perhaps you'll be able to mention me some day. I'm writing a guide to accumulating wealth. It's called "I Upped My Income. Up Yours."
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I'll try again for Stephen King
Joyland
For the King time machine - June 2014: Mr. Mercedes and November 2014: Revival
There are many books written by the hundreds of celebrities who have played. Here are a few:
Lauren Graham: Someday, Someday, Maybe
Carol Burnett: This Time Together
Regis Philbin: How I Got This Way
Joyland
For the King time machine - June 2014: Mr. Mercedes and November 2014: Revival
There are many books written by the hundreds of celebrities who have played. Here are a few:
Lauren Graham: Someday, Someday, Maybe
Carol Burnett: This Time Together
Regis Philbin: How I Got This Way
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Ken Jennings: Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides: Maps and Geography
Ken Jennings: Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides: Greek Mythology
U.S. Presidents will be released in May.
Ken Jennings: Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides: Greek Mythology
U.S. Presidents will be released in May.
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October 21, 2013:
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February 11, 2014:John Boy wrote:Don't forget my soon-to-be-released book about finances and wealth building. It's called "I Upped My Income. Up Yours!"
I promise, John Boy, as soon as it comes out, it will be on the list.John Boy wrote:Perhaps you'll be able to mention me some day. I'm writing a guide to accumulating wealth. It's called "I Upped My Income. Up Yours."
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If I have a book that's in the Library of Congress's collection (and two other places, one of which is my house), should I mention it? Or is that not the kind of more mainstream authoring you're looking for here. (To be fair, mine has lots of pictures...)
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Still don't see Tom Baker on the list.
Tokyo Chic and the Sushi Lover's Cookbook.
Tokyo Chic and the Sushi Lover's Cookbook.
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Dr. J, that counts as publication, and you count as Jeopardy! contestant, so please, mention away.Dr. J wrote:If I have a book that's in the Library of Congress's collection (and two other places, one of which is my house), should I mention it? Or is that not the kind of more mainstream authoring you're looking for here. (To be fair, mine has lots of pictures...)
What's the second other place?
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Ronald Alan Lindsay, author of Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas, had an article in Philosophy Now ten years ago, about appearing on Jeopardy! in Season 11. (His games are not in the Archive.)
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My book is called No Victory without Work : A Pictorial History of Adrian College. It's in U of M library and Adrian's library, and also my mom's coffee table.Rex Kramer wrote:Dr. J, that counts as publication, and you count as Jeopardy! contestant, so please, mention away.Dr. J wrote:If I have a book that's in the Library of Congress's collection (and two other places, one of which is my house), should I mention it? Or is that not the kind of more mainstream authoring you're looking for here. (To be fair, mine has lots of pictures...)
What's the second other place?
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Go Terps! Now it's in our library.Dr. J wrote:My book is called No Victory without Work : A Pictorial History of Adrian College. It's in U of M library and Adrian's library, and also my mom's coffee table.
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Not THAT U of M; University of Michigan Go Blue!Rex Kramer wrote:Go Terps! Now it's in our library.Dr. J wrote:My book is called No Victory without Work : A Pictorial History of Adrian College. It's in U of M library and Adrian's library, and also my mom's coffee table.
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Heh heh heh . . . I figured; I just never miss an opportunity to tease a Michigander.Dr. J wrote:Not THAT U of M; University of Michigan Go Blue!Rex Kramer wrote:Go Terps! Now it's in our library.Dr. J wrote:My book is called No Victory without Work : A Pictorial History of Adrian College. It's in U of M library and Adrian's library, and also my mom's coffee table.
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