Hello Evan, I won't prolong this thread further because, I know, we've drifted pretty far afield. Just a final couple of thoughts: I found more info about Tuf Voyaging on Wikipedia.com and as I think back more I'm pretty sure his cat was named Mushroom but in the story "A Beast For Norn" which I read in Galaxy and haven't read since, I am also pretty sure that in that story, his cat was named Dax. Best regards Ron Miller -----Original Message----- From: EVAN REESE [mailto:mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:09 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: characters that make you smile Ahh, your absolutely right. Mushroom was his cat. He was definitely fond of Mushroom. I found used trade paperback copies of Tuf Voyaging on Amazon starting at $2.10. Used hardcovers start around $22 and there is only one used mass market paperback coming up for a rather steep $12.95. I hadn't heard of A Taste of Tuf. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Miller" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:13 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: characters that make you smile Good morning, I really liked the Tuf stories in analog. I believe, Mushroom was actually his cat. I couldn't find the tuf Voyaging book in a cursory Google search, but found that Audible.com has an unabridged title by George R. R. martin called A Taste Of tuf which might be interesting. best to all Ron Miller -----Original Message----- From: EVAN REESE [mailto:mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: characters that make you smile There was a great set of stories published in Analog back in the eighties by George R. R. Martin about a guy named Havlin Tuff. They were collected in one volume called Tuff voyaging. Tuff was kind of like Nero Wolfe in some ways, with a great fondness for mushrooms if my memory isn't failing me. He traveled around in this huge ship which he acquired by means I forget at the moment, and getting into various troubles. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "duane iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:05 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: characters that make you smile >A little Science Fiction. > For characters you can't beat the Hokah. Meter-tall teddy bears who like > to imitate other cultures. The Old Star Trek episode where Kirk and > company land on a planet much like 1920's Chicago is a pale tribute to > Poul Anderson and Gordon Dixon's stories. The complete Hokah stories are > collected in The Sound and The Furry up on Bookshare. I am luckey enough > to have preserved The Many Worlds of Pooul Anderson read by (who else) > Robert Donley. In there is the Sheriff of Canyon Gulch Which will roll you > on the floor. even when you have read it before. Also try the High Crusade > by Anderson. > If you can find Double Star by Heinlein. Good but not as good as the > version read by Allen Hewitt. (Eat your hearts out people! > I believe there is a good anthology on NLS edited by Stan Schmidt on > humorous Sci Fi. > Also Charles Sheffield's The Complete McAndrew is good. He wrote a number > of stories about an attorney named Waldo who was always getting in to > scrapes, but I don't know if they were ever collected. They were an old in > the Old Galaxy Magazine back in the 70's. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "susan l. gerhart" <slger123@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:47 PM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: characters that make you smile > > > amanda cross byc. heilbrun. > drinking english ny prof dic. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:20:11 -0400, > Estelnalissi wrote: > > >>Dear Booksharian Friends, >> >>Junie B Jones, Kindergartener and First Grader always makes me smile. >>I'm validating Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day this afternoon and >>Bookshare will soon have all of the books in both of the Junie B. >>Series.Junie B. is right up there with Ramona. >> >>Amelia Peabody is funny and Emerson, Father of Curses, such a blow hard, >>is no slouch, either! >> >>Agatha Raisin, who calls her female competition, "Old Trouts," Cheats in >>contests, bites off people's heads and gets her feelings easily hurt, >>cracks me up in the cozy mysteries by M. C. Beaton. >> >>My dear soft hearted Hagrid, in Harry Potter, who mops up his tears with >>tablecloths, knits and makes excuses for all creatures, even when they >>draw blood, lightens the mood and is my kind of hero. >> >>Touchy, self important, Hercule Perrot is mildly funny. I don't laugh >>out loud at him, but have to smile. >> >>Nero Wolfe and Archie are funny. Archie thinks he's such a babe and Nero >>is so spoiled. Archie is about the only person alive who would dare be >>sarcastic about or to Nero, but he thinks his boss has cornered the >>market when it comes to brains, and is ever loyal. >> >>And Stephanie Plum, that whole series makes me laugh out loud. Janet >>Evanovitch Rocks. Grandma Mazer, fan of funerals and grabber of high >>caliber weaponry, and Lula the ex hoe, diet queen, and the one who eggs >>people on in dangerous situations from her safe hiding place behind a >>couch which is big enough to conceal her, or from behind a mop where >>everything hangs out but she still thinks she's hiding. I may never get >>over Stephanie and Lula at the Elvis impersonators convention in Las >>Vegas! >> >>Can anyone remind me of the southern widow's name who is funny, too. >>She's in books like Blank takes a stand. Her dead husband left her well >>off and she took in his mistress and her young son. She lives across the >>street from a church where she terrorizes the minister. To raise money >>to save a trailer park she rides in a motor cycle rally practically >>kicking and screaming the whole way while I, the reader, was jealous. >> >>I admire authors who write humor. I'm impressed when they pull off a >>little humor. When they write series sustaining humor throughout entire >>novels I'm agog! When I think about it, it seems successful writers of >>the humor fiction genre are the rarest. Any thoughts about that? >> >>Always with love, >> >>Lissi >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: rita weyler >>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:40 PM >>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] characters that make you smile >> >> >>Hi all >>Their are certain books that are always good for a smile. I love the >>Mrs. Pollifax books. I can just picture this feisty grandmotherly >>character taking on theCIA . >>I like Ellis Peter's irrasible Amelia Peabody too. >>What characters can you turn to for a guaranteed smile? >>Rita >>Dear Booksharian Friends, Junie B Jones, Kindergartener and First >>Grader >>always makes me smile. I'm validating Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field >>Day >>this afternoon and Bookshare will soon have all of the books in both of >>the >>Junie B. Series.Junie B. is right up there with Ramona. Amelia >>Peabody is funny and Emerson, Father of >>Curses, such a blow hard, is no slouch, either! Agatha Raisin, who >>calls her female competition, >>"Old Trouts," Cheats in contests, bites off people's heads and gets her >>feelings >>easily hurt, cracks me up in the cozy mysteries by M. C. Beaton. My >>dear soft hearted Hagrid, in Harry Potter, who >>mops up his tears with tablecloths, knits and makes excuses for all >>creatures, >>even when they draw blood, lightens the mood and is my kind of hero. >>Touchy, self important, Hercule Perrot is mildly >>funny. I don't laugh out loud at him, but have to smile. Nero Wolfe >>and Archie are funny. Archie thinks he's >>such a babe and Nero is so spoiled. Archie is about the only person >>alive who >>would dare be sarcastic about or to Nero, but he thinks his boss has >>cornered >>the market when it comes to brains, and is ever loyal. And Stephanie >>Plum, that whole series makes me >>laugh out loud. Janet Evanovitch Rocks. Grandma Mazer, fan of funerals >>and >>grabber of high caliber weaponry, and Lula the ex hoe, diet queen, and >>the one >>who eggs people on in dangerous situations from her safe hiding place >>behind a >>couch which is big enough to conceal her, or from behind a mop where >>everything >>hangs out but she still thinks she's hiding. I may never get over >>Stephanie and >>Lula at the Elvis impersonators convention in Las Vegas! Can anyone >>remind me of the southern widow's name >>who is funny, too. She's in books like Blank takes a stand. Her dead >>husband >>left her well off and she took in his mistress and her young son. She >>lives >>across the street from a church where she terrorizes the minister. To >>raise >>money to save a trailer park she rides in a motor cycle rally >>practically >>kicking and screaming the whole way while I, the reader, was jealous. >>I admire authors who write humor. I'm impressed >>when they pull off a little humor. When they write series sustaining >>humor >>throughout entire novels I'm agog! When I think about it, it seems >>successful >>writers of the humor fiction genre are the rarest. Any thoughts about >>that? >>Always with love, Lissi ----- Original Message ----- From: rita >> >>weyler To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, March >>12, 2008 4:40 >>PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] characters >>that make you smile Hi all Their are certain books that are always >>good for >>a smile. I love the Mrs. Pollifax books. I can just >>picture this feisty grandmotherly character taking on theCIA >>. I like Ellis Peter's irrasible Amelia Peabody >>too. What characters can you turn to for a >>guaranteed smile? Rita > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. 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