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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

1137.0. ""The Cat Who...."" by NAC::LACOUR () Wed Feb 24 1988 16:56

    For Christmas this year, my mother gave me a series of 5 books by
    Lillian Jackson Braun:
    
    	The Cat Who Read Backwards
    	The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
    	The Cat Who Turned On And Off
    	The Cat Who Saw Red
    	The Cat Who Played Brahams
    
    They are absolutely deliteful books about a journalist who adopts
    a cat, Koko and then later Yum Yum.  The journalist was once a crime
    reporter who is now doing "fluff" work, but never lost the
    investigative instinct.  With the help of the cats, they go about
    solving crimes (particularly murders).  The books are good for people
    of any age, providing they like cats.  I bought the set for my
    neighbor (and catsitter) who just turned 13.
    
    I believe the books are read in the order listed above, although
    I may have gotten the second and third ones reversed.  I found them
    in the Mystery section of a local book store.
    
    Mary

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1137.1	<The Publisher Who...>	WIENER::NESTLER		`Fri Feb 26 1988 08:06`	11
	Hi Mary I am very interested in reading these books, as I love both, cats and crime stories. Could you please tell me the publisher's name? As I am living in Vienna, Austria, I think this would help me in ordering them. Thank you Ela
1137.2	Lilian Jackson Braun	RHODES::WARD	I leave Trouble behind	`Mon Feb 29 1988 02:46`	6
	Author is Lilian Jackson Braun. Note 969.4 has a brief except from a 6th(?) book, The Cat Who Played Post Office. Bernice Mother of Trouble
1137.3		HUMOR::EPPES	Make 'em laugh	`Mon Feb 29 1988 11:11`	3
	RE .2 -- The author is given in .0. The writer of .1 is looking for the publisher... -- Nina
1137.4	The Writer Who...	WIENER::NESTLER		`Tue Mar 01 1988 08:02`	18
	RE.3: Thank you, Nina, for making it more clearly. The writer of .1 is: Michaela Nestler, owned by two cats named Merlin and Putzi. \/ \/ male female Both are 2 1/2 years old, brother & sister, neutered & spayed after having 5 sweet, but terrorizing little kittens. It was really good luck that I found very good new homes for all of them. Maybe this was not the correct place to put my introduction into, but a good start to tell something about me, after reading these notes for quite awhile. ELA
1137.5	Publishers	NAC::LACOUR		`Tue Mar 01 1988 08:35`	15
	re: .1 The books are Jove Books, published by: The Berkley Publishing Group 200 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Book 1 (The Cat Who Read Backwards) was copywrited in 1966. Book 5 (The Cat Who Played Brahams) was copywrited in 1987. I went back and read note 969.4 which had a clip from The Cat Who Played Post Office. It looks like it definitely is book 6 of the series, but I haven't been able to find it. Any suggestions? Mary
1137.6		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif.	`Tue Mar 01 1988 14:46`	4
	They're available thru the mail from the publisher. I remember a form in the back of mine. If I haven't posted the info here in a couple of days, please send mail to remind me.
1137.7		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif.	`Sun Mar 13 1988 00:08`	10
	Re: .6 I posted the mail order info in some other note where these books were being discussed. A found a new book in this series yesterday, The cat Who had 14 Tales. It's a collection of short stories. It is very different from the other books unfortunately -- bad things happen to most of the cats -- a good book to avoid.