[meteorite-list] CONTEST

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 31 19:33:21 2006
Message-ID: <002301c626c6$a9a23d80$5beefea9_at_ns279>

And I would say that "Poems" was edited by Walter Hooper....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mouat" <dmouat_at_dri.edu>
To: "Martin Horejsi" <accretiondesk_at_gmail.com>
Cc: "Thomas Webb" <webbth1_at_yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] CONTEST


> It was a no brainer, but Martin's computer obviously failed to crash in
> the process of answering as mine did!!
>
> Dave
>
>
> Martin Horejsi wrote:
>
> > Title: The Meteortie
> >
> > Author: C.S. Lewis
> >
> > Book: Poems
> >
> > Books: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories and Till We Have Faces: A
> > Myth Retold
> >
> > Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > On 1/31/06, Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:47:26 -0800 (PST)
> > > > From: Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_yahoo.com>
> > > > Subject: CONTEST
> > > > To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > > >
> > > > Hello List Members,
> > > > As some of us are sitting at home wishing we were
> > > > at the Tucson show I thought it might be interesting
> > > > to have a little contest to work on.
> > > > For the first person to send me the answers to the
> > > > following five questions pertaining to this poem, I
> > > > will send a 7.1g polished slice of the Wagon Mound
> > > > meteorite.
> > > >
> > > > Among the hills a meteorite
> > > > Lies huge; and moss has overgrown,
> > > > And wind and rain with touches light
> > > > Made soft, the contours of the stone.
> > > >
> > > > Thus easily can earth digest
> > > > A cinder of sidereal fire,
> > > > And make her translunary guest
> > > > The native of an English shire.
> > > >
> > > > Nor is it strange these wanderers
> > > > Find in her lap their fitting place,
> > > > For every particle that's hers
> > > > Came at the first from outer space.
> > > >
> > > > All that is Earth has once been sky;
> > > > Down from the sun of old she came,
> > > > Or from some star that travelled by
> > > > Too close to his entangling flame.
> > > >
> > > > Hence, if belated drops yet fall
> > > > From heaven, on these her plastic power
> > > > Still works as once it worked on all
> > > > The glad rush of the golden shower.
> > > >
> > > > 1. What is the name of the poem?
> > > > 2. Name the author of the poem.
> > > > 3. Which of this author's books uses this poem as
> > > > an introduction?
> > > > 4. Name two other books this author wrote.
> > > > 5. What current movie was based on this author's
> > > > writings?
> > > >
> > > > Be certain that you spell everything correctly in
> > > > your answers as this may make the difference in a
> > > > correct or incorrect answer.
> > > >
> > > > Reply to me offlist and I will post the answers
> > > > and the winner of the contest on the list. The
> > > > first person with correct answers for all 5
> > > > questions wins.
> > > >
> > > > My best and good luck,
> > > > Thomas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------
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> > >
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