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  • Re: (ReacTor) Five Vintage SF Works About Traveling to the Moon

    From Tony Nance@3:633/10 to All on Friday, April 17, 2026 19:34:30
    On 4/17/26 4:17 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10rrro2$229kv$1@dont-email.me>, did tnusenet17
    @gmail.com deliver unto us this message:
    Have you read any of the other "Mouse" novels, by chance? I have not,
    and while I wouldn't expect them to be as good as the two we've
    mentioned, I'm still curious.

    I've read only the original and Moon.


    I may scare up one of the others from the library.

    And -- oh, woe is me -- I should re-read Roared & Moon in order to make
    a reasonable comparison.

    If I do accomplish these things, I'll report back here in some fashion.
    - Tony

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  • From Robert Woodward@3:633/10 to All on Friday, April 17, 2026 21:54:08
    In article <10ruft3$2rp59$1@dont-email.me>,
    Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 4/17/26 12:46 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10rrro2$229kv$1@dont-email.me>,
    Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 4/16/26 3:12 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <10rqhdh$1kvu1$2@dont-email.me>, did tnusenet17
    @gmail.com deliver unto us this message:
    The Mouse That Roared remains one of my favorite novels, and I found The >>>> Mouse on the Moon to be very good as well.


    I also like both of those, and I never met anyone else who'd read them >>> before.

    The Mouse on the Moon is probably my favorite of the two, but they're
    both good.


    Have you read any of the other "Mouse" novels, by chance? I have not,
    and while I wouldn't expect them to be as good as the two we've
    mentioned, I'm still curious.

    I have read _The Mouse on Wall Street_ ... checks bibliography ... I had never heard of _The Mouse that Saved the West_. As for the prequel, an acquaintance decades ago mentioned a story of the early Duchy of Grand Fenwick - that might be _Beware of the Mouse_.


    All interesting - thanks. How was The Mouse on Wall Street for you?
    - Tony

    It has been a long time since I have read it (probably around when it
    was published in 1969 and definitely a library copy). IIRC, the Duchess acquired a reputation (accidentally) of being a great stock picker.
    Again, IIRC (which I might not), she was picking the stocks randomly
    (throwing darts at the paper??).

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ?-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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