Today’s logic quiz: Which of these books is not like the other? Extra credit given for your surprising (but logical!) answers.
Photo by John King Tarpinian.
Discover more from File 770
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Which One?
File 770
Mike Glyer's news of science fiction fandom
The one in the middle, because its title is obscured by reflected glare.
Correct answer, but now I have received a better image. Back to the drawing board!
The Steinbeck, because, although its title is a reference to a dramatic presentation, it’s neither a play nor based on a dramatic presentation.
-or-
The O’Neill, because it’s the only one which isn’t a novel.
-or-
The middle one, because it’s the only one on which the author’s name is not prominently featured on the front cover.
The Buffy one, because neither of its authors has written any work with “Moon” in the title.
(O’Neill wrote the plays A Moon for the Misbegotten and Moon of the Caribbees; Steinbeck wrote the novel (and later stage play) The Moon Is Down. As far as I can tell from Wikipedia, their own websites, and other bibliographies, neither Golden nor Holder has a “Moon” title.)
THE ICEMAN COMETH because it has only two people on the cover.
BUFFY because you can’t read the author’s name.
BUFFY because the other two are by Nobel prize winners.
BUFFY because it does not have a single color background.
BUFFY because the other two titles start with the word “The”.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH because the other two use photographs rather than an artist’s rendition.
The Iceman Cometh because the cover illo is in black and white.
(I was able to read the Buffy authors’ names, by enlarging the image and squinting, but clearly the authors and title are not the most important text on that cover.)
My first thought was that Iceman has only two figures.
My second thought was that it is also the only one which doesn’t picture women.
The Steinbeck, because it has the only painted cover.
Third thought: Ray Bradbury (because this IS File 770!
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Blooded”, because, unlike the other two titles, it does not refer to something cold (“winter”, “iceman”), unless you count vampires as cold.
Buffy, because it’s the only one based on a TV show. The other two have never been turned into a TV series, and are considered classics, while Buffy is considered rubbish.