Reading
The 39 Steps
by
John Buchan
The McGavin Residence, Dublin.
16th March 2013
One Sentence Summaries
Carl Jameson: The source of the modern action genre.
William Clay: Forrest Gump meets Inspector Clouseau.
Whitby Syme: I had to skip a few steps, and I didn't quite reach the balcony. *
Mycroft Webb: Can this be the one that started it all? This Buchan.
* Poor show for not finishing the book. Note: the eponymous 39 steps did not even lead to a balcony.
Mycroft Webb: Can this be the one that started it all? This Buchan.
* Poor show for not finishing the book. Note: the eponymous 39 steps did not even lead to a balcony.
Scores
Tiger McGavin: 55/83
William Clay: 57/83
Carl Jameson: 60/83
Whitby Syme: 50/83
Mycroft Webb: 39/83
Ramius Valderón: 49/83
Fiskness: 4/25
Self-Pittitude: 10/12
Nationhood protection: 20/28
Adventurality: 15/18
Ramius Valderón: 49/83
Fiskness: 4/25
Self-Pittitude: 10/12
Nationhood protection: 20/28
Adventurality: 15/18
The 39 Steps earned a QMBC rating of 51.67 / 83.
Nominations
William Clay
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Whitby Syme
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Tiger McGavin:
- The Dubliners by James Joyce
Mycroft Webb
- Women by Charles Bukowski
- Women by Charles Bukowski
Carl Jameson
- Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amos
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Voting
Book | Clay | Webb | Jameson | Syme | McGavin | Total |
H2G2 | - | - | 100 | - | 100 | 200 |
Making Money | 100 | 200 | - | - | - | 300 |
The Dubliners | - | - | 200 | - | - | 200 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | - | 100 | - | 100 | 200 | 400 |
Lucky Jim | - | - | - | 300 | - | 300 |
A Confederacy of Dunces | 300 | 300 | - | 200 | - | 800 |
Women | 200 | - | 300 | - | 300 | 800 |
Next: A Confederacy of Dunces
Nearly: Women
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