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From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Ferdinand Feghoot and Randall Garrett
Message-ID: <65@orca.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Aug-83 14:10:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 15 14:10:32 1983
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I tried to send the author of the article "Looking for book info" mail and it
was returned.  I am posting it in hopes he will see it, and because I think the
books mentioned therein are of interest to the community at large.  (I would
recommend "Takeoff!" to any SF fan looking for an evening's laughter.)


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Subject: Re: Looking for book info
In-reply-to: Your news article pucc-h.167 of Tue Aug  9 12:26:46 1983

Can't help you with the first two questions (aside from mentioning that most of
the Ferdinand Feghoot pun-stories have been collected in a book with
illustrations by Tim Kirk... but, not knowing the title, author or publisher
this information is more frustrating than helpful)...

But, the story of the man who stopped an alien invasion of Earth by judicious
half-truths was written by Randall Garrett.  It has been collected in
"Takeoff!" by Garrett, published by Starblaze Editions in large format
paperback and available at specialty bookstores and convention huckster rooms.
I have also noted that the book "The Best Of Randall Garrett," which is
available in normal-size paperback (cheaper and more readily available)
contains many stories also found in "Takeoff!" and might contain the story to
which you refer.  This story was written back in the pulp era, so you probably
would have little luck finding the original magazine publication.

If this isn't enough and you need the title and pubdate, drop me a note and
I'll get them for you.  I'm at work now and my copy of "Takeoff!" is at home.

Hopefully helpfully yours,

  -- David D. Levine   (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl)      [UUCP]
                       (...tekecs!davidl.tektronix@rand-relay)  [ARPA]

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