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Rand al'Thor

07:00

@Tsundoku Hmm, good idea! I'll need to think a bit about what to say, but it should be doable. Spoiler-free?

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Rand al'Thor

08:17

Users with the most Necromancer and Revival badges combined: Gareth Rees (146), Tsundoku (97), verbose (85), Rand al'Thor (60), Spagirl (50), Clara Diaz Sanchez (37), Peter Shor (32), bobble (31), b4rtr (27), Matt Thrower (21), Quassnoi (17), Ayshe (14).

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Tsundoku

09:26

@Randal'Thor I assume spoiler-free would be better for lovers of the genre.

@Randal'Thor Somebody should post a question about a novel titled The Necromancer, and then we wait 60 days before answering it. There is no lack of options: one by Karl Friedrich Kahlert, one in the Nicolas Flamel series and a few others.

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Bookworm

12:04

Q: How could the one who turned out not to be a mole be taken in by someone he'd seen a photo of?

Warning: spoilers follow for the entire plot of The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (freely/legally available to read online). In Chapter XIX, Tommy and Julius arrive in Manchester following a summons from Sir James Peel Edgerton, who claims to have found Jane Finn. They talk with the young w...

Gareth Rees

12:23

@Feeds I've suggested a plan in my answer to the symbolism question on meta. I'm not attached to the details of the plan, but it's useful to have something concrete for discussion.

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Rand al'Thor

15:23

A: How old was Hercule Poirot?

TL;DR: It is not possible to put together a consistent biography of Poirot that includes all the stories. Chronology Precise dates are very rare in the Poirot corpus, and there are few references to historical events that can be used to give a terminus post quem, but here is a selection of sign...

^ speaking of Necromancer badges, how am I still the only person who's upvoted this?

@GarethRees Thanks! I was actually planning to post a comment on that answer asking you for a more concrete tagging suggestion, but you beat me to it :-)

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Bookworm

19:53

Q: defination of "but its all of a piece"

I'm reading The Murder on the Links, in chapter 21 Hercule Poirot on the case, Hercule explains hey Gurad has bad luck with the hair he found in the dagger, he uses the phrase But it is all of a piece. Always facts must be twisted to fit the theory. So, what does "But it is all of a piece" mea...

agatha-christie hercule-poirot

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Bookworm

23:35

Q: Where did Albert Camus say the quote “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is”?

I am trying to find the origin of this quote so I can reference it in my essay, but can’t seem to find it anywhere online. Does anyone know when or where Camus said this, and if he actually said it? Any help would be appreciated.