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Comments on Puzzle #20844: novel?
By Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro)

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#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 12, 2013

I don't seem to be that someone.
#2: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 12, 2013
oh, it's not so hard Norma.... what do you see in the pic?
#3: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 12, 2013
It looks like a waterfall?
#4: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 12, 2013
kinda...2 things in there...one has to do with water. and the other is a what? figure out the 2 things and put em together... very very well-known book. hell, you could look up most popular novels of all time and I bet it makes the top 10
#5: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 12, 2013
Deliverance
Bridge over the River KwaI
#6: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 12, 2013
you're over-thinking it....and you're gonna slap yourself when you hear the answer. this puzzle and the next have the same author. no more hints!
#7: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 12, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#8: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jan 12, 2013
clearly the fountainhead, without your link

come on bahabro give people more than a few minutes at least to guess before posting links or giving the answer
#9: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 12, 2013
There are multiple schools of thought. I would give it about a day with multiple guesses before hints. Some complain that this is too long a process. Some give the answer in the description which negates guessing... Kurt has the attitude of a 2 year old on Christmas Day ;)
#10: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 12, 2013
hahahaha.. you're right. I get impatient.... I'll wait longer.

but you know you don't have to click also. people have a choice.... ok, new rule. no hints for at least a day...no answers for 2. gives everyone a chance...
#11: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jan 12, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#12: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 12, 2013
I even had the same list pulled up and still didn't get it. Time to slap myself.:)
#13: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jan 12, 2013
I had the same dilemma a few years ago with my "Close-up" series. I wasn't sure when to post the answer. I tried giving it in the first comment as a spoiler, but anyone would see it as soon as they clicked on "View and Make Comments" after solving the puzzle (because all spoilers and hints are disabled once the puzzle is solved). Then I tried posting the answer as a comment about a day later, but many people who solve puzzles never go back and check comments later (regardless of whether they actual ever post anything or not), so they would never be able to see what the actual answer was. Finally I decided to created a forum topic where I posted the answer that same day, and I said so in each puzzle I created. That way people could post their guess in the comment section without accidentally seeing the correct answer too soon, and if they just wanted to see the answer right away (and not guess) they could go to that forum topic and not have to wait a day to find out. No matter what, though, you will not be able to please everyone, regardless of what you try and do.
#14: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 12, 2013
I liked Kurt's idea of providing a link you can look at or not. So far I watch the direction the guesses are taking and start dropping small clues if the guesses are to far afield.
#15: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 12, 2013
ah, people can go with the new rules... if they're that interested in knowing, they'll come back and find out. bug's right. wait....give everyone a chance. people have a tendency to be online at diff times... if the late-nite crew still has a chance at it, they deserve to guess. link can come after a day at least...
#16: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jan 13, 2013
The closest I came was a certain John Updike series...
#17: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jan 17, 2013
I got Fountainhead as well, after some thinking. I didn't even click the link, which I think is a fine method, especially if you add a disclaimer "don't follow the link until you're done guessing!"
#18: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jan 18, 2013
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