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Little Fuzzy
I've read this before, and semi-recently, too, but it's not on the list so I downloaded the Project Gutenberg e-book edition and read that.
Great story!
Read:
7/2022
Murder In The Gunroom
A mystery story by an author I thought just did science fiction.
A gun hobbyist is shot while cleaning his new pistol. Is it an accident, or is it...MURDER??
I read the Project Gutenberg e-book edition.
If you are not familiar with General Semantics you can look it up, it is mentioned five times in the story.
Quote:
"My colored boy, Buck" -- Well, that's not offensive!Quote:
"like Bill Nye's Puritans' -- Not THAT Bill Nye, this one was an American humorist, Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye.Quote:
"and a Woolworth store with a red front that made it look like some painted hussy who had wandered into a Quaker Meeting.
" -- Paints a picture in my mind!
Quote:
"The women seemed to have erected a temporary tri-partite Entente-more-or-less-Cordiale.
" -- The sisters don't get along...Quote:
"pull a Russ Columbo on himself." -- A famous musician that was shot accidently by his friend.Quote:
" Skinner was working on the rifle with an insufflator." -- A squeeze bulb to blow air, I guess.Quote:
"What started the hostilities this time?" Rand asked, going up the stairway with her. "Oh, Geraldine lost Nelda's place-marker out of the Kinsey Report, or something." She shrugged."
Quote:
"a monstrous ululation
" -- The act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl. Read:
7/2022
Space Viking
Read the Project Gutenberg edition.
A guy seeks revenge on the psycho who killed the guy's new wife. Searches the universe for him!
Quote:
How would you like to be my girl on Marduk?" Myrna thought that over carefully. "I'd like to, but I couldn't. You see, I'm going to have to be Queen, some day." -- Myrna was maybe my favorite character. Quote:
"You are quite the cynosure..." -- a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.
Read:
7/2022
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