What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Stone Junction
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SOLVED. novel, rite of passage theme, game theory, poker, secret societies, lost child [s]
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Early 00's. Thanks so much for having a look! I've searched for this countless times and can't believe it's not more popular. It was brilliant!
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I've no idea - the book itself was second hand. I don't think there was a sci fi element. Thanks.
Thanks so much Fresno... It does look close. I'm still not sure though - none of the covers is the cover I remember. I'll definitely read it though! Thank you.
I will. I'm really enjoying last call at the moment.,
Im glad you like it, all of tim powers stuff is great
If thats not the book, i really want to read the real one!
Gah. Tim Powers is ok, but it's not the one I was looking for. I'm gutted. The protagonist of the book that I read is only about 20 when it ends - most of the book covers his journey as a child, teen and young man. Can I repost the querie?
Ed wrote: "Gah. Tim Powers is ok, but it's not the one I was looking for. I'm gutted. The protagonist of the book that I read is only about 20 when it ends - most of the book covers his journey as a child, te..."No need to. Just making a new reply will bump this thread back to the first page. A second thread just confuses things.
I linked to that copy because of the ace on the cover, but the most popular edition has this description, which makes me think it's your book:"Charging like a runaway semitrailer on a downhill grade and spanning the era from Haight-Ashbury's Summer of Love into the darkness of 1980s Manhattan, Stone Junction is a wise and wildly imaginative novel about Daniel Pearse, an orphaned child who is taken under the wings of the AMO -- the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. An assortment of sages sharpen Daniel's wide-eyed outlook until he has the concentration of a card shark Zeta master, via apprenticeships in meditation, safecracking, poker, and the art of walking through walls. Wizards are made, not born, and this unconventional education sets Daniel on the trail of mysteries ancient and modern.A strange, six-pound diamond sphere held by the U.S. government in a New Mexico vault, rumored to be the Philosopher's Stone or the Holy Grail, becomes the AMO's obsession. In time, Daniel perfects his powers and heads off to steal the magic stone, and what happens changes his life forever."
Brilliant brilliant brilliant! That's IT. I'd just spent another hour on google trying to track it down! Oh hurrah! Thank you thank you thank you.
I just requested it from the library!
No problem! I found it by searching a bunch of tagmashes on LibraryThing until I hit upon the right combo (coming of age + poker).I want to read it now, too, but my library doesn't have it!
Mine's on order too! Thank you so much! It's really expensive on kindle, but I got it for about 3 dollars second hand. Sophie, would you like me to send you a copy?
No, that's ok! I put in a purchase request at the library, and if they don't get it I'll find a used copy. Thanks though!
What's the Name of That Book???
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Oh, please oh please emerge lost book - I'd love to read you again. There was an ace on the cover of the edition I read. A child whose father was killed and found himself passed from guardian to guardian (all off-grid members of a secret society) who taught him about games - from rock paper scissors, to short straws to poker... and all sorts of other things. One mentor says they'll ask him a single question a day and if he cannot answer their time together has ended - not because he failed, but because the teacher did. There's a scene on a beach with short staws towards the end.There's a section on a gambling boat that deals with poker. Read it in about 2003, I think.