Book based on a riddle 'Earth, Water, Fire, Air…'
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Recently I've been re-reading books I read when I was younger, and there's one that I just cannot remember. This was about a decade or so ago, so I would have been about 10 (plus or minus a few years), which might help determine the book. I'm not sure how long it was, but I assume it wasn't more than a few hundred pages, if that.
The only thing I really remember from it is this 'riddle':
Earth, Water, Fire, Air
Met together in a garden fair
Put in a basket bound with skin
If you answer this riddle you'll never get in
Searching for that finds nothing useful (just a lot of articles for The Incredible String Band).
I vaguely remember something about a maze, and (possibly) a comment that 'the fifth element is love'. Aside from this, I don't have much to go on. Still, I figured it was worth a shot.
story-identification
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Recently I've been re-reading books I read when I was younger, and there's one that I just cannot remember. This was about a decade or so ago, so I would have been about 10 (plus or minus a few years), which might help determine the book. I'm not sure how long it was, but I assume it wasn't more than a few hundred pages, if that.
The only thing I really remember from it is this 'riddle':
Earth, Water, Fire, Air
Met together in a garden fair
Put in a basket bound with skin
If you answer this riddle you'll never get in
Searching for that finds nothing useful (just a lot of articles for The Incredible String Band).
I vaguely remember something about a maze, and (possibly) a comment that 'the fifth element is love'. Aside from this, I don't have much to go on. Still, I figured it was worth a shot.
story-identification
edited Apr 18 '17 at 18:10
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asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
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Possibly a novelisation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
– Paul D. Waite
May 14 '14 at 6:08
Just putting this here to rule The Death Gate Cycle
– Binary Worrier
Dec 13 '16 at 20:00
I know exactly the book you mean! I can’t remember the name though - it was about children in a manor house maybe in England? I was trying to find it too...
– Maire
8 hours ago
add a comment |
Recently I've been re-reading books I read when I was younger, and there's one that I just cannot remember. This was about a decade or so ago, so I would have been about 10 (plus or minus a few years), which might help determine the book. I'm not sure how long it was, but I assume it wasn't more than a few hundred pages, if that.
The only thing I really remember from it is this 'riddle':
Earth, Water, Fire, Air
Met together in a garden fair
Put in a basket bound with skin
If you answer this riddle you'll never get in
Searching for that finds nothing useful (just a lot of articles for The Incredible String Band).
I vaguely remember something about a maze, and (possibly) a comment that 'the fifth element is love'. Aside from this, I don't have much to go on. Still, I figured it was worth a shot.
story-identification
edited Apr 18 '17 at 18:10
SQB
25.5k25145243
asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
MeindrathealMeindratheal
361
Recently I've been re-reading books I read when I was younger, and there's one that I just cannot remember. This was about a decade or so ago, so I would have been about 10 (plus or minus a few years), which might help determine the book. I'm not sure how long it was, but I assume it wasn't more than a few hundred pages, if that.
The only thing I really remember from it is this 'riddle':
Earth, Water, Fire, Air
Met together in a garden fair
Put in a basket bound with skin
If you answer this riddle you'll never get in
Searching for that finds nothing useful (just a lot of articles for The Incredible String Band).
I vaguely remember something about a maze, and (possibly) a comment that 'the fifth element is love'. Aside from this, I don't have much to go on. Still, I figured it was worth a shot.
story-identification
story-identification
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asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
MeindrathealMeindratheal
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edited Apr 18 '17 at 18:10
SQB
25.5k25145243
asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
MeindrathealMeindratheal
361
edited Apr 18 '17 at 18:10
SQB
25.5k25145243
edited Apr 18 '17 at 18:10
SQB
25.5k25145243
edited Apr 18 '17 at 18:10
SQB
25.5k25145243
25.5k25145243
asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
MeindrathealMeindratheal
361
asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
MeindrathealMeindratheal
361
asked May 14 '14 at 2:43
MeindrathealMeindratheal
361
361
Possibly a novelisation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
– Paul D. Waite
May 14 '14 at 6:08
Just putting this here to rule The Death Gate Cycle
– Binary Worrier
Dec 13 '16 at 20:00
I know exactly the book you mean! I can’t remember the name though - it was about children in a manor house maybe in England? I was trying to find it too...
– Maire
8 hours ago
add a comment |
Possibly a novelisation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
– Paul D. Waite
May 14 '14 at 6:08
Just putting this here to rule The Death Gate Cycle
– Binary Worrier
Dec 13 '16 at 20:00
I know exactly the book you mean! I can’t remember the name though - it was about children in a manor house maybe in England? I was trying to find it too...
– Maire
8 hours ago
Possibly a novelisation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
– Paul D. Waite
May 14 '14 at 6:08
Possibly a novelisation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
– Paul D. Waite
May 14 '14 at 6:08
Just putting this here to rule The Death Gate Cycle
– Binary Worrier
Dec 13 '16 at 20:00
Just putting this here to rule The Death Gate Cycle
– Binary Worrier
Dec 13 '16 at 20:00
I know exactly the book you mean! I can’t remember the name though - it was about children in a manor house maybe in England? I was trying to find it too...
– Maire
8 hours ago
I know exactly the book you mean! I can’t remember the name though - it was about children in a manor house maybe in England? I was trying to find it too...
– Maire
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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Bone Island by Christopher McPherson has those lines. It's from 2002, 212 pages.
Is Bone Island a murder mystery? A ghost story? A post-modern wonder tale, grappling with the fundamental questions of our time? All of the above, and more. But mostly it’s a story. A story that has to be told, regardless of the consequences. An intriguing second novel from the twisted imagination of author Chris McPherson, Bone Island tells the story of a book –– a book called ‘Bone Island’ (the book within this book). When reclusive novelist Homer Knee turns up dead on the shores of his Bone Island home, the manuscript of his last novel turns up… gone. Accusations fly and suspicions abound. But when Homer’s son Larry discovers the manuscript, he uncovers a secret as well — and embarks on a journey which will test his loyalties and threaten the very fabric of his life. Along the way Larry will encounter some unusual characters: a beautiful but dangerous lawyer, a paranoid cross-dressing private eye, a cynical tattoo artist and a saintly illiterate bee-keeper — who just may be his long-lost half brother, if he exists at all… The mystery though revolves around Homer, who in death assumes the significance of both Homer Simpson and Homer the blind poet of antiquity.
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I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
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Bone Island by Christopher McPherson has those lines. It's from 2002, 212 pages.
Is Bone Island a murder mystery? A ghost story? A post-modern wonder tale, grappling with the fundamental questions of our time? All of the above, and more. But mostly it’s a story. A story that has to be told, regardless of the consequences. An intriguing second novel from the twisted imagination of author Chris McPherson, Bone Island tells the story of a book –– a book called ‘Bone Island’ (the book within this book). When reclusive novelist Homer Knee turns up dead on the shores of his Bone Island home, the manuscript of his last novel turns up… gone. Accusations fly and suspicions abound. But when Homer’s son Larry discovers the manuscript, he uncovers a secret as well — and embarks on a journey which will test his loyalties and threaten the very fabric of his life. Along the way Larry will encounter some unusual characters: a beautiful but dangerous lawyer, a paranoid cross-dressing private eye, a cynical tattoo artist and a saintly illiterate bee-keeper — who just may be his long-lost half brother, if he exists at all… The mystery though revolves around Homer, who in death assumes the significance of both Homer Simpson and Homer the blind poet of antiquity.
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I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
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Bone Island by Christopher McPherson has those lines. It's from 2002, 212 pages.
Is Bone Island a murder mystery? A ghost story? A post-modern wonder tale, grappling with the fundamental questions of our time? All of the above, and more. But mostly it’s a story. A story that has to be told, regardless of the consequences. An intriguing second novel from the twisted imagination of author Chris McPherson, Bone Island tells the story of a book –– a book called ‘Bone Island’ (the book within this book). When reclusive novelist Homer Knee turns up dead on the shores of his Bone Island home, the manuscript of his last novel turns up… gone. Accusations fly and suspicions abound. But when Homer’s son Larry discovers the manuscript, he uncovers a secret as well — and embarks on a journey which will test his loyalties and threaten the very fabric of his life. Along the way Larry will encounter some unusual characters: a beautiful but dangerous lawyer, a paranoid cross-dressing private eye, a cynical tattoo artist and a saintly illiterate bee-keeper — who just may be his long-lost half brother, if he exists at all… The mystery though revolves around Homer, who in death assumes the significance of both Homer Simpson and Homer the blind poet of antiquity.
edited Apr 18 '17 at 17:38
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I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
add a comment |
Bone Island by Christopher McPherson has those lines. It's from 2002, 212 pages.
Is Bone Island a murder mystery? A ghost story? A post-modern wonder tale, grappling with the fundamental questions of our time? All of the above, and more. But mostly it’s a story. A story that has to be told, regardless of the consequences. An intriguing second novel from the twisted imagination of author Chris McPherson, Bone Island tells the story of a book –– a book called ‘Bone Island’ (the book within this book). When reclusive novelist Homer Knee turns up dead on the shores of his Bone Island home, the manuscript of his last novel turns up… gone. Accusations fly and suspicions abound. But when Homer’s son Larry discovers the manuscript, he uncovers a secret as well — and embarks on a journey which will test his loyalties and threaten the very fabric of his life. Along the way Larry will encounter some unusual characters: a beautiful but dangerous lawyer, a paranoid cross-dressing private eye, a cynical tattoo artist and a saintly illiterate bee-keeper — who just may be his long-lost half brother, if he exists at all… The mystery though revolves around Homer, who in death assumes the significance of both Homer Simpson and Homer the blind poet of antiquity.
edited Apr 18 '17 at 17:38
FuzzyBoots
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answered May 14 '14 at 5:32
FrockFrock
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Bone Island by Christopher McPherson has those lines. It's from 2002, 212 pages.
Is Bone Island a murder mystery? A ghost story? A post-modern wonder tale, grappling with the fundamental questions of our time? All of the above, and more. But mostly it’s a story. A story that has to be told, regardless of the consequences. An intriguing second novel from the twisted imagination of author Chris McPherson, Bone Island tells the story of a book –– a book called ‘Bone Island’ (the book within this book). When reclusive novelist Homer Knee turns up dead on the shores of his Bone Island home, the manuscript of his last novel turns up… gone. Accusations fly and suspicions abound. But when Homer’s son Larry discovers the manuscript, he uncovers a secret as well — and embarks on a journey which will test his loyalties and threaten the very fabric of his life. Along the way Larry will encounter some unusual characters: a beautiful but dangerous lawyer, a paranoid cross-dressing private eye, a cynical tattoo artist and a saintly illiterate bee-keeper — who just may be his long-lost half brother, if he exists at all… The mystery though revolves around Homer, who in death assumes the significance of both Homer Simpson and Homer the blind poet of antiquity.
edited Apr 18 '17 at 17:38
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answered May 14 '14 at 5:32
FrockFrock
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edited Apr 18 '17 at 17:38
FuzzyBoots
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edited Apr 18 '17 at 17:38
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FuzzyBoots
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answered May 14 '14 at 5:32
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answered May 14 '14 at 5:32
FrockFrock
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answered May 14 '14 at 5:32
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I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
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I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
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I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
I don't think it was this book. The riddle plays a more important role in the story rather than just being a passing reference, and I don't think this was the sort of thing I read back then. Cheers though!
– Meindratheal
May 14 '14 at 13:52
add a comment |
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Possibly a novelisation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
– Paul D. Waite
May 14 '14 at 6:08
Just putting this here to rule The Death Gate Cycle
– Binary Worrier
Dec 13 '16 at 20:00
I know exactly the book you mean! I can’t remember the name though - it was about children in a manor house maybe in England? I was trying to find it too...
– Maire
8 hours ago