We Have A Winner:

But first, the real first line to book 5:
2. For the fifty-first time (according to his laptop), Oscar studied the riot video from Worcester.
-Written by Bruce Stirling
-Chosen by No One

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We Have Lines:

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The Real Deal:

5. The FBI's emergency command center on the fifth floor of the Hoover building is an odd-shaped room, roughly triangular and surprisingly small, with room for only fifteen or so people to bump shoulders.
-Written by Tom Clancy
-Chosen by wonderlanded, a_d_medievalist
( And the rest )

The Real Deal:

1. He gripped the steering wheel loosely as the car, its lights out, drifted slowly to a stop.
-Written by David Baldacci
-Chosen by a_d_medievalist

( And the Rest. )

The Real Deal
2. "Fletch, my man! Good! You got here!"
- Written by Gregory Mcdonald
- Chosen by songofnewday

( And the rest )

So, first, a reminder that there's less than 24 hours left to pick your lines for book two. (The only line submitter who hasn't voted yet is badgersanjam, this time.)

And second, to introduce book three. Here we'll move from candidates to actual, sitting presidents, and we'll start with David Baldacci's 1996 debut novel, Absolute Power.

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We have Lines:

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Here are the results from Book 1:

The Real Deal:

9. William Anthony Cozzano's office was a scandal.
-Written by Stephen Bury
-Guessed by wonderlanded

( And The Rest. )

We Have Lines:

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Hello and Welcome to The Book Game's 17th(?) Game: Hail to the Chief. During this cycle, all five books will be about fictional United States presidents or presidential elections. And the first of those books is Interface, published in 1994 by Stephen Bury

'Stephen Bury' is actually a pseudonym: both this book and The Cobweb were actually ( Read more... )