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"The Cat Who Robbed a Bank"(I believe that is the name). Check your local
library. :)
Donna Metler
especially like Diane Duane's _Book of Night with Moon_ and _To Visit the
Queen_, about a group of feline wizards. Tad Williams's _Tailchaser's Song_
is also good-and of course, one cannot forget T.S. Eliot.
Any others?
Louise Bourret
d'Edward". Actually, I think it was written in English, but I read it in
French. The title in English could be something like "Edward's Nine Lives".
If you come across this book, read it. Best book I ever read.
Louise
Cathy Friedmann
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<dmme...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters. I
>especially like Diane Duane's _Book of Night with Moon_ and _To Visit the
>Queen_, about a group of feline wizards. Tad Williams's _Tailchaser's Song_
>is also good-and of course, one cannot forget T.S. Eliot.
>
>Any others?
>
"Stray" by A.N. Wilson is excellent though quite upsetting in places.
Iz
R.N. Elliott
"Songs of the Cat" by Garrison Keilor and Frederica von Stade. Best
thing I've heard in ages! I play it in my CD Rom drive while online! If
you can get it, I highly recommend it.
Donna Metler wrote:
>
> > This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters. I
> > especially like Diane Duane's _Book of Night with Moon_ and _To Visit the
> > Queen_, about a group of feline wizards. Tad Williams's _Tailchaser's Song_
> > is also good-and of course, one cannot forget T.S. Eliot.
> >
> > Any others?
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"Rob and Pam Shirk" <rsh...@foto.infi.net> wrote in message
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> I like Carol Nelson Douglas' "Midnight Louie" series about a Cat detective
> named Midnight Louie and his slave, Temple Barr, a free lance PR expert in
Las
> Vegas. There is also a series about two cats, "Joel Grey and Dulcie" who
can
> speak human and solve mysteries, written by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. I
also
> like the five "Cat Fantastic" fantasy short story anthologies edited by
one of
> my favorite cat lovers Andre Norton. There is also "Tail Chaser's Song"
by Tad
> Williams, Gail Greeno's "Gatti" series, "The Wild Road" and "The Golden
Cat"
> written by Gabriel King. I know I'm missing others, and want to look up
the
> Diane Duane books. Thanks for the tips, I never get enough good cat
oriented
> books.
>
> Pam S.
Rob and Pam Shirk
have a soft spot the the ponderous wordings of Midnight Louie. He reminds me a
lot of Berfert, but with his nakers intact.
Pam S.
liane
collection. Actually, it was my husband who got me started on her books -
he gave me a triology one year for Christmas. I need to remember to take a
list with me when I shop for a new one - I just bought one a couple of
weeks ago, not realizing I had already read it. Duh!!
So, I am interested
Liane
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> I am a fan of LJB and just LOVE her books on Qwil, Koko & Yum-Yum.
> To anyone else who likes these stories, would you care to get in touch
> with me? I think we could pass some pleasant times recounting on those
> delightful tails - er tales. Also, I would like to find some missing
> titles (mostly early ones).
> Anyone game?
> (Sharon)
> P.S. Thanks for the info!
>
>
> --
> Sharon.
> Pray for Tigers.
Sharon Fall
> I love her books ..... thanks for the info .. I must buy to add to my
> collection. Actually, it was my husband who got me started on her books -
> he gave me a triology one year for Christmas. I need to remember to take a
> list with me when I shop for a new one - I just bought one a couple of
> weeks ago, not realizing I had already read it. Duh!!
> So, I am interested
> Liane
Hi, Liane.
Thanks for the reply. Let's compare lists sometime soon.
What title did you get (the one you had already read)? If it is one
which I don't have, I will be happy to buy it from you.
Please reply by e-mail... I am el264 - so we can leave space for the
newsgroup readers.
Thanks.
Brian Armstrong
of the main characters. They are quite funny too. It's humorous
fantasy. Titles are:
Majyk By Accident
Majyk By Hook Or Crook
Majyk By Design
The cat's name in Scandal, and gets the hero into a number of
complications, as only a cat can. Highly recommended.
hinesranch
Williams is a must read. The Catfantastic series of short stories are hard
to put down. Outworld Cats by Jack Lovejoy is about two "cats" who are
stranded on Earth-{not as good as others I've read, but fun
nonetheless.}:- ) I've read many more, but don't have a list or the books on
my shelf right now. To me the possibilities presented in these stories are
very compelling.
hinesranch
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Donna Metler <dmme...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters. I
> especially like Diane Duane's _Book of Night with Moon_ and _To Visit the
> Queen_, about a group of feline wizards. Tad Williams's _Tailchaser's
Song_
> is also good-and of course, one cannot forget T.S. Eliot.
>
> Any others?
>
hinesranch
hinesranch
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Yoj
> "The Cat Who Robbed a Bank"(I believe that is the name). Check your local
> library. :)
Thanks. I'll look for it.
Joy
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Grand Central Station in NY. Three hero cats who save the world plus
lots of real cat behavior (and funny) and a special cat language (37
vowels & no hard sounds. Best fun: attempting to pronounce the cat's
names.
Then there's M.C.Beaton's mystery set in the FAR north of Scotland in
which the plot turns around the loss & recovery of Stormy, a gray and
white cat, belonging to an elderly lady. Lots of color and amusing
dialogue between P.C.Macbeth and the locals. Lovely example of how
things tend to just grow.
Sandy in the Mountains
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Before you buy.
Donna Metler
Queen_-some of the same characters. In addition, book 4 of Duane's Wizard's
series, _A Wizard Abroad_ has a very important cat-bard character. I hope
Duane continues to mix the human and cat wizards in future books. I see
some interesting (purr)sonality clashes ahead.
The Duane books are often shelved with Young adult fiction-especially since
the popularity of the Harry Potter books has revived interest in fantasy
series.
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>The Door into Summer , the cat is Petronius, Pete for short
>
>Donna Metler wrote in message <38AC5C08...@bellsouth.net>...
>>This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters. I
>>especially like Diane Duane's _Book of Night with Moon_ and _To Visit the
>>Queen_, about a group of feline wizards. Tad Williams's _Tailchaser's
Song_
>>is also good-and of course, one cannot forget T.S. Eliot.
>>
>>Any others?
>>
>>newsgroup wrote:
>>
Frank and Ivalynn Crenshaw
Wild Road by Gabriel King. Even though romances aren't usually my thing, I love
Gideon, the ghost cat in 3 stories by Christina Skye: 2 short
stories...Enchantment, and What Dreams May Come, and one novel...Hour of the
Rose. A friend gave me books with the short stories and I bought the novel just
because Gideon was in it!
--Ivalynn and Vermin
Kenneth Porter
dmme...@bellsouth.net (Donna Metler) wrote in
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>This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters.
>Any others?
Check out David Webber's Honor Harrigan series. Honor's a starship captain
with a 6-legged "tree cat" as her companion. The tree cat is empathic with
humans and telepathic with its own kind, and the stories suggest that the
cats have reached an aboriginal stage of civilization. If you like the
Horatio Hornblower novels and TNT's recent run of HH movies, you'll like
the Honor series.
Martin Hohner
>Check out David Webber's Honor Harrigan series. Honor's a starship
captain...(SNIP)
Honor HARRIGAN?
I can see some of her enemies calling her a Harridan, but this goes too far...
:-)
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Ken Knecht
<8EE8DADB6s...@207.126.101.100>:
>[DW fans, this thread started in the rec.pets.cats
>hierarchy.]
>
>dmme...@bellsouth.net (Donna Metler) wrote in
><38AC5C08...@bellsouth.net>:
>
>>This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major
>>characters. Any others?
>
>Check out David Webber's Honor Harrigan series. Honor's a
>starship captain with a 6-legged "tree cat" as her companion.
>The tree cat is empathic with humans and telepathic with its
>own kind, and the stories suggest that the cats have reached
>an aboriginal stage of civilization. If you like the Horatio
>Hornblower novels and TNT's recent run of HH movies, you'll
>like the Honor series.
There's also the old _Door Into Summer_, an SF by Robert Heinlin
(sp?) (I think). Very good and a tomcat has a major role.
Ken
Polly
(Kenneth Porter) wrote:
> [DW fans, this thread started in the rec.pets.cats hierarchy.]
>
> dmme...@bellsouth.net (Donna Metler) wrote in
> <38AC5C08...@bellsouth.net>:
>
> >This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters.
> >Any others?
_Fur Person_ by May Sarton
Kenneth Porter
<20000229013050...@ng-cb1.aol.com>:
>Honor HARRIGAN?
>
>I can see some of her enemies calling her a Harridan, but this goes too
>far...
> :-)
>
Doh! And I'd just checked Amazon. But that's what Weber gets for not
producing Harrington books more often. I can't help it if I've forgotten
her name all over again! :-)
Kenneth Porter
<8EE96402Bken...@206.165.3.80>:
>There's also the old _Door Into Summer_, an SF by Robert Heinlin
>(sp?) (I think). Very good and a tomcat has a major role.
Is it Heinlein's _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ with the cat that goes
through walls? Name of Pixel? (It's been decades since I read it.)
Donna Metler
Pixel-an Orange Tabby Siamese-appears throughout). Pixel initially appears
towards the end of _The Cat who Walks through walls_ and has a very vital
(albeit short) role. Many of Heinlein's books have cats in them-Heinlein
was definitely a cat person. The "flat cats" in The ROlling Stones are
also really neat (and I still believe them to be the original inspiration
for Tribbles)
Wasn't there a juvenile Sci-fi series about a cat and an astronaut? I seem
to remember them going to a planet (venus?) and discovering they could
understand each other.
Ken Knecht
>ke...@primenet.com (Ken Knecht) wrote in
><8EE96402Bken...@206.165.3.80>:
>
>>There's also the old _Door Into Summer_, an SF by Robert
>>Heinlin (sp?) (I think). Very good and a tomcat has a major
>>role.
>
>Is it Heinlein's _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ with the cat
>that goes through walls? Name of Pixel? (It's been decades
>since I read it.)
Nope, _Door Into Summer_. I can't remember the cat or human's
names. This guy is an inventor, invents a household robot, and
starts a very successful business making them. He takes his
tomcat with him everywhere. His secretary/girl friend (I think)
(who hates his cat) and some other guy (her brother?) conspire
and steal his business through some sort of stock deal. They
then send him forward in time (via being frozen) with his cat to
get rid of them. I forget how, but he then manages to go back in
time to the time when he had his problems, and puts things
right. I haven't read the book for about 20 years so I'm very
foggy about the details. But it was a very good book.
Ken
Nancy Huntingford
>
> Wasn't there a juvenile Sci-fi series about a cat and an astronaut? I seem
> to remember them going to a planet (venus?) and discovering they could
> understand each other.
>
i'll ask a librarian next time i'm at the library. they know everything :)
nmh
Rob and Pam Shirk
role as part of the plot. Several of his last books, including "The Cat
That Walks Through Walls," and "To Sail Beyond The Sunset," feature a cat
named Pixel, who seems capable of creating an inter dimensional portal to
get to where ever he wants to go. We named a pure black, DSH, golden eyed
lanky cat Pixel for the same reason. No matter how much you thought you'd
Pixel proofed an area, he would show up at the most inconvenient time.
Pam S.
apfranconews
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> Oooh...I love Rhiow and her motley crew of feline heroes! Another good one
is
> Wild Road by Gabriel King. Even though romances aren't usually my thing, I
love
> Gideon, the ghost cat in 3 stories by Christina Skye: 2 short
> stories...Enchantment, and What Dreams May Come, and one novel...Hour of
the
> Rose. A friend gave me books with the short stories and I bought the novel
just
> because Gideon was in it!
>
> --Ivalynn and Vermin
>
> Donna Metler wrote:
>
Hazel Az
them many moons ago.
Now those were good comic books. :-)
I didn't know they had them in the UK, too.
Hazel Az
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> Oh joy, oh joy, oh JOY!
>
> I was having a root about in my library and I found them!
>
> My old and well thumbed copies of "Fat Freddy's Cat"
>
> Fat Freddy's Cat *always* has me in giggles. I shall have to see if I
> can pick up some more of these as I don't have the complete set!
>
> regards, helen s
>
>
> Love us, love ower hoomin...
helen s
Cathy Friedmann
Hazel Az <ar...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Not the comics? I haven't seen mine in ages! Actually, I think my ex
stole
> them many moons ago.
>
> Now those were good comic books. :-)
>
> I didn't know they had them in the UK, too.
>
> Hazel Az
>
> "helen s" <he...@clowder.agm.net> wrote in message
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helen s
wrote:
>Who was Fat Freddy?? What did I miss, comics-wise, as a kid?? Cathy
>
Fat Freddy is the cat that belongs to Fat Freddy Freakowski - a hippy
who is a buddy of the Fabulous Freak Brothers. The comics detail the
adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat... and often the cockroaches that
inhabit the residence of one Fat Freddy:-) Cat behaviour can be
captured *perfectly*. Not a child's comic - more adult underground
humour (not adult in a lewd sense).
Cathy Friedmann
in college at that point, not a little kid!" But I *still* missed the whole
deal of Fat Freddy & his cat (& cockroaches!) - don't remember them at all.
:-( Ebay might have them... Cathy
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Two children's books, Fish Head by Jean Fritz and The Fire Cat by Esther
Averill. Both completely wonderful books. Fish Head has the added delight of
drawings that really capture the cat's personality. Highly recommended.
Marianne
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"Martin's Mice", by Dick King-Smith ("Babe" author). Cathy
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Nancy Huntingford
>
> children's cat books: I like the "Catwings" trilogy, by Ursula LeGuin, and
> "Martin's Mice", by Dick King-Smith ("Babe" author). Cathy
>
oh! i'd forgotten about Martin's Mice. Thanks for reminding me! My mom bought
this book to read aloud to my sisters and me while we were on vacation. She did
all the different voices and the result was hilarious.
There's a set of picture books about a group of church mice and a marmalade cat.
They're really cute. the cat is pretty grumpy but he loves the mice and always
helps them out. i can't remember what they're called..i think it's the name of
the cat.
nmh
Jenny Allcock
were Arthur and Humphrey. The illustrations are brilliant. They're by
Graham Oakley. My mum has 3 from when I was little:
The Church Mice In Action
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TCM at Christmas
Now I've been reminded I'm going to have to ask her to send them up!
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Cathy Friedmann
series, with Samson the cat?!! They are hilarious, & the illustrations are
incredibly detailed & just as funny - if not more so - than the text! The
more you look, the more you see. He's also started "The Foxbury Force"
series, but they're foxes who make up a village police force, not church
mice & a (very put-upon -*that's* why poor Samson tends to be grumpy!<g>)
church cat, who has heard zillions of sermons about loving his "brothers".
;-)
Re: "Martin's Mice" - one of my favorite lines is when Drusilla tells Martin
she's pregnant, & he assumes that's her *name*. ;-)) Cathy
Nancy Huntingford <mem...@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message
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> Cathy Friedmann wrote:
> >
> > children's cat books: I like the "Catwings" trilogy, by Ursula LeGuin,
and
> > "Martin's Mice", by Dick King-Smith ("Babe" author). Cathy
> >
>
> oh! i'd forgotten about Martin's Mice. Thanks for reminding me! My mom
bought
> this book to read aloud to my sisters and me while we were on vacation.
She did
> all the different voices and the result was hilarious.
>
tinaellen100
every time I read one of his books and have read " The Cat who Came in from
the Cold" many times over.
Tina
Kris Wenneson
least I think so) The Cat Who ..mysteries and the Fantasy of Diane Duane.
they are written by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, the First one is titled Cat on
an Edge.
also know as the Joe Grey Mysteries.
Also if you enjoyed The Book of Night with Moon, read the next in the
series...A Visit to the Queen
Donna Metler
contract on a new wizards book-but wasn't sure about whether there would be cat
characters involved (as in _The Wizard Abroad_, where her human wizards start
encountering the feline world). I told her that I hoped she'd try to include
them-I really would like to see a group mission between Rhiow and Nina!! (and
their respective teams)
Kris Wenneson wrote:
--
Donna Metler
dmme...@bellsouth.net
Music and Early Childhood Educator, Independent StoryTeller Distributor
(www.funfelt.com/donna.html), and children's advocate.
Courtney M Eckhardt
Diane Duane
>There is a sequel to _The Book of Night With Moon_ called _To Visit the
>Queen_-some of the same characters. In addition, book 4 of Duane's Wizard's
>series, _A Wizard Abroad_ has a very important cat-bard character. I hope
>Duane continues to mix the human and cat wizards in future books. I see
>some interesting (purr)sonality clashes ahead.
Well, I don't rule out the occasional cameo appearance. It is entirely possible
that Nita will run into Rhiow in the course of business during the next book, as
she has some gate-related issues to resolve.
However, except for the Seniors and various other involved persons, I prefer
that the cat books be for the cats as much as possible. Though here I go
breaking my own "rules" again; in THE BIG MEOW, the projected third book of the
series, there's a fair amount of "mixing" (much of MEOW takes place in
just-post-WWII Los Angeles, and features a character who's already a favorite of
mine even if I haven't written the book yet, Helen Walks Softly, a
wizard/shamaness of an LA-area native American tribe: a wizard with a
difference).
Meanwhile it remains to be seen whether this book will ever see print. The
first volume didn't do well in trade paperback, but seems to be picking up: the
second book is still not doing all that well, though I hope this will change
when it goes to mass-market pb later this year. Sales figures on both books,
about this time last year, caused the publisher to decline to buy the third book
when the outline was submitted. <plug> However, if everybody in this NG who
likes my stuff were to go buy a copy of either of the first two books (assuming
they don't have them already), it would Help The Cause a lot...possibly even
enough to get the publisher to change its mind. </plug>
Anyway, it's nice that people here seem to be liking the first two, by and
large. Always nice to know that I'm getting the job done.
BTW, info on the "originals" of the cats in question (not to mention pictures)
can be found here:
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~owls/catpix.htm
There's also a picture there of the cover from the UK edition of BONWM, for
which I have a soft spot: the artist asked for photos of the cats before he
did the painting.
Best! D.
(c) 2000 by The Owl Springs Partnership. Permission to publish
this post in full and without alteration (Usenet, IMDB, Deja)
is granted. ReMarQ, you behave yourself, now!
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~owls/index2.html
Hazel Az
were recommended in this thread. If I can find your titles at Barnes and
Noble I promise to purchase both. :-)
Hazel Az
"Diane Duane" <owls...@iol.ie> wrote in message
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Donna Metler
it (since books seem to take forever to get across the atlantic.) I may have to get
a UK copy of TBNWM just for the cover-what a work of art!
Donna
Diane Duane wrote:
--
Bob Avery H.......
OK, Folks,
If we are going to review cat books here, then I recommend
the wonderful
Midnight Louie cat mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas. Most
are set in Las Vegas, and her characters are realistic and
entertaining. The stories are well planned and executed, and
Louie will capture your heart.
P.S. He has equally worthy feline friends, one of whom is a
Birman named "Karma".
--
Cheers,
BobH & Team Birman
"You cannot move mountains if you believe them to be
mountains.
You must think of them as collections of small stones,
Which can be moved one at a time, and then reassembled."
-- The Tao of Meow
Diane Duane
>Well, I certainly hope it does-please post if a UK edition comes out, so I can order
>it (since books seem to take forever to get across the atlantic.) I may have to get
>a UK copy of TBNWM just for the cover-what a work of art!
It is pretty, isn't it?
As for the UK end of things, though, there will almost certainly be no new
editions if the US doesn't bring them out first...and maybe not even if it does.
Those books sold very badly in the UK, for whatever reasons.
Diane Duane
>I have never read any of your books, but I plan on ordering a bunch that
>were recommended in this thread. If I can find your titles at Barnes and
>Noble I promise to purchase both. :-)
Much thanks. (bows in your direction) You shouldn't have too much trouble
finding them, I think.
Mack Lundy
>
> If you like cat books then should try Deric Longden. I cry with laughter
> every time I read one of his books and have read " The Cat who Came in from
> the Cold" many times over.
>
> Tina
Double dittoes from me. A wonderful book, highly recommended. There is
also an audio version of this book which is great to listen to but it is
a little abridged and I don't agree with what was cut out.
He has also written Enough to Make a Cat Laugh.
--
Mack Lundy (mal...@mail.wm.edu)
Library Systems Manager
Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
Voice: 757.221.3114 Fax: 757.221.2635
Hazel Az
Bob. Love them! I'm waiting for the next one to come out in May.
Hazel Az
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Cathy Friedmann
Louie series, at least not yet! The credit has to go to someone else. So
far, I *think* I've probably recommended "The Cat Who...", Sneaky Pie
Brown/Mrs. Murphy, the Amelia Peabody series (cat=Bastet), & the kids' books
of Catwings, Martin's Mice, & The Church Mice (w/ Samson the cat). I feel
like I'm probably missing a series here, but not the Midnight Louies. ;-)
One of these days I suppose I should try them... Cathy
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Rob and Pam Shirk
Yevette is an interesting feline bimbo, and Louie's florid prose is
great.
Pam S.
Rob and Pam Shirk
Diane Duane wrote:
> Meanwhile it remains to be seen whether this book will ever see print. The
> first volume didn't do well in trade paperback, but seems to be picking up: the
> second book is still not doing all that well, though I hope this will change
> when it goes to mass-market pb later this year. Sales figures on both books,
> about this time last year, caused the publisher to decline to buy the third book
> when the outline was submitted. <plug> However, if everybody in this NG who
> likes my stuff were to go buy a copy of either of the first two books (assuming
> they don't have them already), it would Help The Cause a lot...possibly even
> enough to get the publisher to change its mind. </plug>
I picked up a copy of "The Book of Night With Moon" at Barnes and Nobles today, as
well as a copy of "So You Want To Be A Wizard." Barnes and Nobles has the Duane
books located in two or three places in the store. Ordinarily they're in three
places, but some one in Juvinille located all the "youth" copies of her books in one
spot. I had to have a sales lady help me find them and I just about live at Barnes
and Noble. I had to special order Derick Longen's books, one of which has to be
special ordered and would take 6-8 weeks to get here. I'm debating on that one. I
have ordered some more of Ms Duane's books which should be here within a week. The
sales staff was impressed that we pass cat book tips back and forth in this news
group.
I do want to thank Ms. Duane for posting to us, I hope she becomes a regular reader,
so long as she still has time to write the good stuff. I have some of her Star Trek
books and they're some of the better stuff out there. I prefer the British cover to
the American one of BONWM. The cats look more realistic and believable. But then,
I've always had a soft spot for black cats. I do have a question, though. Are Book
Of Night With Moon" and "Visit The Queen" the only books of the series, so far? If
not, which other books are part of the series?
Thanks for your patience,
Pam S.
Rob and Pam Shirk
Hazel Az wrote:
> Oh yes! I bought them on the recommendation of both you and Cathy Friedman,
> Bob. Love them! I'm waiting for the next one to come out in May.
>
> Hazel Az
What about my recommendation? What am I, cat food?
Pam S.
Diane Duane
wrote:
>I do want to thank Ms. Duane for posting to us, I hope she becomes a regular reader,
>so long as she still has time to write the good stuff.
Oh, I pop in and out occasionally: I am after all first and foremost a cat
person: the books wouldn't have happened otherwise. ;)
> I do have a question, though. Are Book
>Of Night With Moon" and "Visit The Queen" the only books of the series, so far? If
>not, which other books are part of the series?
Depends what you define as "the series". I suppose we could say that I'm
working on a "Wizards" series which encompasses both the "Young Wizards" group
(_So You Want To Be A Wizard_, _Deep Wizardry,_ _High Wizardry,_ _A Wizard
Abroad_) and the "Feline Wizardry" group (BONWM and _To Visit The Queen_ [which
was published in the UK as _On Her Majesty's Wizardly Service_]). The projected
third book of the "Feline Wizards" group is _The Big Meow_, but at present the
publisher isn't disposed to buy it. (It's not written yet: I haven't written a
book without having a contract first for more than twenty years.) The next book
in the "Young Wizards" group, _The Wizard's Dilemma_, has just been sold to
Harcourt: there is also another one projected, _A Wizard Alone_, but that one
wasn't covered in this contract. Additionally, there's another "adult" Wizards
novel in the works, _Short Circuit_, which doesn't fall exactly into either
category. We don't need to worry about that one for a while, though, as I don't
have a complete outline for it yet.
Did that answer the question, or have I now confused everyone, including myself?
;)
Hazel Az
downstairs on my nightstand waiting for me to read them. I forgot all about
them! Good Grief!
Hazel Az
"Rob and Pam Shirk" <rsh...@foto.infi.net> wrote in message
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Hazel Az
Peabody series. I had already read all the Sneaky Pie books by then.
Hazel Az
"Cathy Friedmann" <c...@borg.com> wrote in message
news:38ced...@nntp2.borg.com...
> Hazel -Thanks for giving me credit <g>, but I haven't read the Midnight
> Louie series, at least not yet! The credit has to go to someone else. So
> far, I *think* I've probably recommended "The Cat Who...", Sneaky Pie
> Brown/Mrs. Murphy, the Amelia Peabody series (cat=Bastet), & the kids'
books
> of Catwings, Martin's Mice, & The Church Mice (w/ Samson the cat). I feel
> like I'm probably missing a series here, but not the Midnight Louies. ;-)
> One of these days I suppose I should try them... Cathy
>
> Hazel Az <ar...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:8amdfv$hp9$1...@slb6.atl.mindspring.net...
> > Oh yes! I bought them on the recommendation of both you and Cathy
> Friedman,
> > Bob. Love them! I'm waiting for the next one to come out in May.
> >
> > Hazel Az
> >
> > "Bob Avery H......." <CAS...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> > news:38CE53A4...@prodigy.net...
> > >
> > > OK, Folks,
> > >
> > > If we are going to review cat books here, then I recommend
> > > the wonderful
> > > Midnight Louie cat mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas. Most
> > > are set in Las Vegas, and her characters are realistic and
> > > entertaining. The stories are well planned and executed, and
> > > Louie will capture your heart.
> > > P.S. He has equally worthy feline friends, one of whom is a
> > > Birman named "Karma".
Rob and Pam Shirk
They're great, but so are the Midnight Louie series.
Pam S.
Rob and Pam Shirk
confused a lot.
Pam S.
Courtney M Eckhardt
three "Young Wizards" books bound together, on the recommendation of a
friend who'd read your Star Trek books first, in the MIT Science Fiction
Society library. Now that I know there are others in print I will have to
nag them to buy those, too... :) And I'll have to see where I can order
them for myself. (The Internet is wonderful... you can buy stuff and then
*pay* people to bring it to you! :P )
(Wow... I hope I didn't come off *too* much like a dreaded Drooling Fan in
that last paragraph... :)
And to drag this back just *slightly* onto topic... you have very lovely
cats. :) My grandparents had the fortune to be owned by a Norweigian
Forest Cat breifly... just moved in and took over their lives and ate at
the table and slept on the bed (horrors! Cat fur on the duvet! It's the
end of the *world*!) and followed them at their heels all day long... he
went from a sick, scrawny little stray who wouldn't have lived through the
winter to a sleek, handsome boy with gorgeous fur and big green eyes.
Turned them into cat lovers inside a week. ;) They were each trying to
pretend that it was the *other* one who fed him under the table (he begged
with exquisite manners) and invited him to sleep on the bed... He was a
real treasure. His name was LGK for Little Grey Kitty... at first they
didn't want to name him because they *weren't* keeping him, no, not at
all, they were just feeding him because their son and daughter-in-law
(my aunt and uncle) asked them to, he wasn't *their* cat... and then the
name got kept because they couldn't think what else to name him. :) He
looked a little like your beautiful Mr. Squeak, around the face.
Courtney
In article <85nucs8ndou71i6r0...@4ax.com>,
Diane Duane <owls...@iol.ie> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:35:43 -0500, Rob and Pam Shirk <rsh...@foto.infi.net>
>wrote:
>
>>I do want to thank Ms. Duane for posting to us, I hope she becomes a regular reader,
>>so long as she still has time to write the good stuff.
>
>Oh, I pop in and out occasionally: I am after all first and foremost a cat
>person: the books wouldn't have happened otherwise. ;)
>
>> I do have a question, though. Are Book
>>Of Night With Moon" and "Visit The Queen" the only books of the series, so far? If
>>not, which other books are part of the series?
>
Yowie
But next time I'm at the library. you can be sure I"ll be looking you up!
Yowie
Hazel Az <ar...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I have never read any of your books, but I plan on ordering a bunch that
> were recommended in this thread. If I can find your titles at Barnes and
> Noble I promise to purchase both. :-)
>
> Hazel Az
>
> "Diane Duane" <owls...@iol.ie> wrote in message
> news:jmgscs02sodh854go...@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:26:07 -0600, Donna Metler
<dmme...@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > >There is a sequel to _The Book of Night With Moon_ called _To Visit the
> > >Queen_-some of the same characters. In addition, book 4 of Duane's
> Wizard's
> > >series, _A Wizard Abroad_ has a very important cat-bard character. I
hope
> > >Duane continues to mix the human and cat wizards in future books. I see
> > >some interesting (purr)sonality clashes ahead.
> >
> > Well, I don't rule out the occasional cameo appearance. It is entirely
> possible
> > that Nita will run into Rhiow in the course of business during the next
> book, as
> > she has some gate-related issues to resolve.
> >
> > However, except for the Seniors and various other involved persons, I
> prefer
> > that the cat books be for the cats as much as possible. Though here I
go
> > breaking my own "rules" again; in THE BIG MEOW, the projected third
book
> of the
> > series, there's a fair amount of "mixing" (much of MEOW takes place in
> > just-post-WWII Los Angeles, and features a character who's already a
> favorite of
> > mine even if I haven't written the book yet, Helen Walks Softly, a
> > wizard/shamaness of an LA-area native American tribe: a wizard with a
> > difference).
> >
> > Meanwhile it remains to be seen whether this book will ever see print.
> The
> > first volume didn't do well in trade paperback, but seems to be picking
> up: the
> > second book is still not doing all that well, though I hope this will
> change
> > when it goes to mass-market pb later this year. Sales figures on both
> books,
> > about this time last year, caused the publisher to decline to buy the
> third book
> > when the outline was submitted. <plug> However, if everybody in this NG
> who
> > likes my stuff were to go buy a copy of either of the first two books
> (assuming
> > they don't have them already), it would Help The Cause a lot...possibly
> even
> > enough to get the publisher to change its mind. </plug>
> >
> > Anyway, it's nice that people here seem to be liking the first two, by
and
> > large. Always nice to know that I'm getting the job done.
> >
> > BTW, info on the "originals" of the cats in question (not to mention
> pictures)
> > can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~owls/catpix.htm
> >
> > There's also a picture there of the cover from the UK edition of BONWM,
> for
> > which I have a soft spot: the artist asked for photos of the cats
before
> he
> > did the painting.
> >
Jenny Allcock
true story / autobiography and explains his conversion from a d*g person to
a cat slave. I can read it over & over.
Diane Duane
wrote:
>Sorry Diane, but Ihaven't even *heard* of you before joining this newsgroup.
(cheerful look) This is hardly a hanging offense.
>But next time I'm at the library. you can be sure I"ll be looking you up!
Many thanks! Hope you like what you find.
Best - Diane
Kim Cole
I have a couple of your Star Trek books. I didn't pay much attention to the author. I've
today ordered Book of the Night with Moon and the Uk version of Visit the Queen from
Amazon. They should be here mid week hopefully and I'm looking forward to reading them.
The third one sounds good. Lets hope the publisher sees sense and gives you a contract.
Cheers, Kim
Diane Duane wrote:
Starrevret
book from the 60's called Cinder the Cat, about a black cat who rescues his
people from the burning pet store where they live upstairs from. I have kept
my copy all these years.
Rosemarie
The fuzzy crowd
Rich Riedl
Kenneth Porter <sh...@well.com> wrote in message
news:8EE8DADB6s...@207.126.101.100...
> [DW fans, this thread started in the rec.pets.cats hierarchy.]
>
> dmme...@bellsouth.net (Donna Metler) wrote in
> <38AC5C08...@bellsouth.net>:
>
> >This made me think of some favorite books with cats as major characters.
> >Any others?
>
> Check out David Webber's Honor Harrigan series. Honor's a starship captain
> with a 6-legged "tree cat" as her companion. The tree cat is empathic with
> humans and telepathic with its own kind, and the stories suggest that the
> cats have reached an aboriginal stage of civilization. If you like the
> Horatio Hornblower novels and TNT's recent run of HH movies, you'll like
> the Honor series.
What HH movies?
Kim Cole
Amazon delivered the books within 48 hours which impressed me but not DH who was in bed after
night shift when Royal Mail tried knocking door down. They look great. All I need now is a
couple of spare hours with no housework, DH or cats and I'll get to them.
Can I ask. Are you working on any new Star Trek stuff at the moment. I really liked your
stuff, especially Dark Mirror. Or haven't they given you a contract for more yet.
DiaMany thanks to you and all the others who've voiced interest in the books (and
> even more to you and all of those who've spent your "beer money" on them).
> Please, when you're finished reading them, do e-mail me and let me know if they
> "worked" for you or not.
>
> Best! -- Diane
Diane Duane
> I've
>today ordered Book of the Night with Moon and the Uk version of Visit the Queen from
>Amazon. They should be here mid week hopefully and I'm looking forward to reading them.
>The third one sounds good. Lets hope the publisher sees sense and gives you a contract.
Many thanks to you and all the others who've voiced interest in the books (and