Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!muffy From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Re: The game's afoot! Message-ID: <423@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 20:46:33 EST Article-I.D.: lll-crg.423 Posted: Wed Feb 27 20:46:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Mar-85 04:20:00 EST References: <22300016@ccvaxa.UUCP> <1331@bbncca.ARPA> <737@topaz.ARPA> <347@zinfandel.UUCP> Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.books:1523 net.sf-lovers:6507 > Fans of both Holmes and SF should check out HER MAJESTIES BUCKETEERS, which > is sort of a SF-Holmes pastich, but set in not-Victorian not-England not-on- > Earth with not-Human's in all roles. The holmesian nature of the story is > not overtly stated, but is hard to miss. Moriarty with six arms is rather > interesting.... > > -- > La musique est une science > qui veut qu`on rit et chante et dance. > -- Guillaume de Machaut > > Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) > (415)932-6900 (kerch@lll-tis.ARPA) "THEIR MAJESTIES' BUCKETEERS." Recommendation seconded, as well as any other books by L. Neil Smith, author of TMB. Correction here, *three* arms, segmented into nine limbs (or is it the other way around?)...anyway, everything is in powers of three, not multiples. Muffy