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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 969.1 | and for the SF/FANTASY fans... | INDEBT::TAUBENFELD | Almighty SET | Thu Dec 17 1987 18:31 | 9 |
| Has anyone read the Thieve's World series? It is a collection
of stories by different authors based on a town called Thieve's World.
One story includes 2 cats that help out a thief which I thought
was very good.
I'm not sure which book it was in, but I know it's one of the first
4 as it goes down the tubes in 5 through infinity.
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| 969.2 | just an aside ... | BUSY::MAXMIS11 | She chortled in her joy. | Thu Dec 17 1987 18:32 | 8 |
| I know how dificult it can be when you are a squeemish type and
try to read a non-British-style mistery. Why, I'm *so* squeemish
that I have to close my eyes when I read the gory parts! 8^D
Marion
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| 969.3 | Cats are mysteries! | 32096::BURLEW | Purr is my favorite sound! | Fri Dec 18 1987 20:19 | 5 |
| I just discovered the "The Cat Who" series of mystery books while
out Christmas shopping. They sound wonderful! I've added them
to my last minute letter to Santa.
Ande
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| 969.4 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Sun Dec 20 1987 04:42 | 28 |
| Here's a tidbit (reprinted without permission) from The Cat Who
Played post Office, by Lilian Jackson Braun, to whet your appetites:
He had left Koko and Yum Yum alone in the cabin on the lakeshore.
A cat-sitter had promised to visit twice a day to feed them, give
them fresh drinking water, and make polite conversation. But how
reliable was the woman? Suppose she had a broken leg and failed
to show up! Would the cats have enough water? How long could they
live without food? Suppose she had carelessly let them out of the
cabin and they had run away! They were indoor cats -- city cats.
How would they survive in the woods? what defense would they have
against a predatory owl or hawk? Suppose there were wolves in the
woods! Koko would fight to the death, but little Yum Yum was so
timid, so helpless....
It was a highly nervous man who arrived at the cabin and unlocked
the door. There they were -- both cats sitting on the hearth rug,
rump to rump, like bookends. They looked calm and contented and
rather fat around the middle.
"You scoundrels!" he shouted. "You conned her into giving you too
much food! You've been gorging!"
It was July, and the strong evening sun slanted into the cabin,
backlighting the cats' fur and giving each of the reprobates an
undeserved halo. With brown legs tucked confidently under fawn
bodies, with brown ears cocked at an impudent angle, with blue eyes
gazing inscrutably from brown masks, Koko and his accomplice defied
Qwilleran to criticize their Royal Catnesses.
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| 969.5 | Very good collection | RHODES::WARD | Trouble follows me everywhere | Mon Dec 21 1987 06:49 | 11 |
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Re: -1 And I thought I had them all :-) Now I HAVE to find this
one.
Re: .0 The only one I didn't care for was The Cat Who Saw Red.
Not because it was gory, but just didn't care for the solution.
I don't want to say anymore so I don't give anything away to those
who like to try to solve the mystery.
Bernice
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| 969.6 | Author Please... | VINO::JMCGREAL | Jane McGreal | Fri Jan 29 1988 15:34 | 5 |
|
Who is the author of these wonderful books?
Jane.
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| 969.7 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Fri Jan 29 1988 17:02 | 3 |
| Re: .6
See .4
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| 969.8 | another entry | ERASER::KALLIS | Just everybody please calm down... | Tue Feb 02 1988 13:17 | 8 |
| On the subject of pussycat detectives, I feel it's right to mention
_Undercover Cat_ by the Gordons. Not great, but entertaing (Disney
studios made it into the film _That Darn Cat_, which was fair).
Avoid the sequel, _Undercover Cat Prowls Again_. It's essentially
the first book, rewritten.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 969.9 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Thu Mar 03 1988 05:45 | 23 |
| (Was it my imagination that someone asked for the publisher of The
Cat Who books? Maybe it was in another note.... anyway...) The
publisher is:
Jove
The Berkeley Publishing Group, dept. B
390 Murray Hill Parkway
East Rutherford, N.J. 07073
The books can be ordered for $2.95 apiece plus postage and sales
tax. Postage is $1.00 for one book, add 25 cents per book additional
not to exceed $1.75. CA/NJ/NY/PA residents add the appropriate sales
tax. The books are:
The Cat Who Saw Red 09016-6
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards 09017-4
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern 08712-2
The Cat Who Turned On And Off 08794-7
The Cat Who Played Brahms 09050
I would imagine that any additional ones not on this list could
be ordered the same way.
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