Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!ptsfa!ptsfb!djl From: djl@ptsfb.UUCP (Dave Lampe) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Strange/Fun Spy stories Message-ID: <211@ptsfb.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 00:32:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfb.211 Posted: Sat Aug 10 00:32:57 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 07:41:25 EDT References: <3493@decwrl.UUCP> <29353@lanl.ARPA> Reply-To: djl@ptsfb.UUCP (Dave Lampe-4e700q) Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 35 I have several "Strange/Funny" spy stories to recommend, unfortunatly none of them are new and I would be surprised if any were in print now. "The Game of X" by Robert Sheckley, delacort press, 1965. Subtitled "a novel of upmanship espionage" Have you ever wondered how a spy becomes a spy? The answer, William Nye discovered, was suspiciously easy. One was invited into the business by a friend - no tests of super-human fortitude, no karate lessons, in fact no questions at all. All Nye had to do was follow instructions and nothing would go wrong. Nothing did. Instead he found himself top man in the spy racket." "Matzohball" and "Loxfinger" both by Sol Weinstein, Pocket Books, 1966. Staring Isreal Bond, agent Oy-Oy-7 Yes, you guessed exactly what they are like, but they they are funny if you like Yiddish humor. "The Terrible Game" by Dan Tyler Moore, Signet, 1957. This book was written dyring the cold war when Russia was evil, and the U.S. military was the savior of the free world. There is an independant country in the mountains somewhere in Asia which would be the perfect site for Atomic cannon to menace the trans-Siberian railroad, The reason they have remained independant since the time of Alexander the Great is because noone is alowed in unless he can win the game of Ott. Ott combines archery, horsemanship, wrestling and swordsmanship. Dave Lampe @ Pacific Bell {ucbvax,amd,zehntel,ihnp4,cbosgd}!dual!ptsfa!ptsfb!djl (415) 823-2408