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Old 11-28-2013, 03:55 PM   #706
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Thanks Doc.

But, boy, did I have a problem finding where it had gone to!
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Here's one to stump the panel. It's certainly stumped me for years, at any rate. It's the story of a catatonic schizophrenic told in the first person, and I haven't the foggiest notion of the author's name. The following quotation from the book's opening is probably so way off target as to be laughable, as it's quoted from a reading that took place probably 45 years ago, but here's the way I remember it:

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Who am I. They said I was a tonic. A tonic? Yes, they said I was cat tonic. A tonic for cats. No, that's not right. It was something else. "Cat O'Tonic", an Irish name. That's who I am. I'm catatonic!
I thought the name of the book was Cat, but a search of that name brought up nothing.

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Old 12-03-2013, 03:03 PM   #708
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I thought the name of the book was Cat, but a search of that name brought up nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Have you tried searching for "pussy"?
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Sorry I can't help you, Tom, but I'm very impresssed that you remember so well something you read or heard 45 years ago.

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Here's one to stump the panel. It's certainly stumped me for years, at any rate. It's the story of a catatonic schizophrenic told in the first person, and I haven't the foggiest notion of the author's name. The following quotation from the book's opening is probably so way off target as to be laughable, as it's quoted from a reading that took place probably 45 years ago, but here's the way I remember it:



I thought the name of the book was Cat, but a search of that name brought up nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas?
I think you are right about the title - the book is Cat by Theodore Isaac Rubin, published in 1966. I found some info online:

http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/bryant/details/303

And Library Thing has this:

http://www.librarything.com/work/2538225/reviews

There are used copies for sale on amazon.com

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Old 12-04-2013, 10:44 PM   #711
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I think you are right about the title - the book is Cat by Theodore Isaac Rubin, published in 1966. I found some info online:

http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/bryant/details/303

And Library Thing has this:

http://www.librarything.com/work/2538225/reviews

There are used copies for sale on amazon.com
Thanks! I just ordered a copy. It will be nice to get reacquainted with it after all these years and see just how far off the mark my "quote" of that passage was!
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Old 12-16-2013, 05:35 PM   #712
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Any idea who wrote "Opal Fever" about hunting opals in Australia. Cant find any info.
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Old 12-16-2013, 05:44 PM   #713
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Any idea who wrote "Opal Fever" about hunting opals in Australia. Cant find any info.
Several searchs find a book by Nicolas Miles. But, I don't see any description about it, so I'm not sure if it is the same book.

http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=Y5cpAAAACAAJ

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Old 12-16-2013, 08:41 PM   #714
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Any idea who wrote "Opal Fever" about hunting opals in Australia. Cant find any info.
Perhaps this may be it.

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/a...e&usePid2=true

Here is the synopsis of the one written by Nicholas Miles.

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An Opal buyer is robbed of $150,000 worth of gems. The thieves bury the gems and then hide out in an opal mining town to wait for the furor to die down. But Opal mining gets into a personʼs blood. ". fostering a deep love and loyalty in some, and overpowering greed and jealousy in others. " – From the front fold over panel blurb.
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Old 12-16-2013, 09:07 PM   #715
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I know there was Peter Straub ...

There is book I read years ago (Circa 1991) that I believe was cowritten by Peter Straub and Stephen King .. but it might have just been Straub. It was a YA Horror about a camp for kids. In the end ...
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There is book I read years ago (Circa 1991) that I believe was cowritten by Peter Straub and Stephen King .. but it might have just been Straub. It was a YA Horror about a camp for kids. In the end ...
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I can't be a lot of help, but it doesn't really sound like Straub or King to me (the only co-written books by them, that I know of, are The Talisman and Black House, and it's not either of those). I ran this past my wife, who has read more Straub than me, and it's not familiar to her either. How sure are you that it was Peter Straub?
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I can't be a lot of help, but it doesn't really sound like Straub or King to me (the only co-written books by them, that I know of, are The Talisman and Black House, and it's not either of those). I ran this past my wife, who has read more Straub than me, and it's not familiar to her either. How sure are you that it was Peter Straub?
Well, I would say pretty certain, but ...
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Opal Fever by Nicholas Miles. Many thanks. Been looking, but no digital version. May have to buy paperback. Thanks again.
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Here's one to stump the panel. It's certainly stumped me for years, at any rate. It's the story of a catatonic schizophrenic told in the first person, and I haven't the foggiest notion of the author's name. The following quotation from the book's opening is probably so way off target as to be laughable, as it's quoted from a reading that took place probably 45 years ago, but here's the way I remember it:

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Who am I. They said I was a tonic. A tonic? Yes, they said I was cat tonic. A tonic for cats. No, that's not right. It was something else. "Cat O'Tonic", an Irish name. That's who I am. I'm catatonic!


I thought the name of the book was Cat, but a search of that name brought up nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas?
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I think you are right about the title - the book is Cat by Theodore Isaac Rubin, published in 1966. I found some info online:

http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/bryant/details/303

And Library Thing has this:

http://www.librarything.com/work/2538225/reviews

There are used copies for sale on amazon.com
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Thanks! I just ordered a copy. It will be nice to get reacquainted with it after all these years and see just how far off the mark my "quote" of that passage was!
And it was quite far off, indeed. What can I say? I originally read the book in 1968 while at the hospital at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina recuperating from two bouts of upper respiration infection that had been followed by pneumonia. Here's the actual opening of Cat by Theodore Isaac Rubin:

His arms went on doing their work. Since they were no longer part of him, he wasn't tired. They could go on and on holding up his hands. He thought, my hands my hands—the hands, the fingers. The arms, hands, fingers—they weren't his—not anymore. They just were, by themselves—and they did the job. The fingers pressed against his closed eyelids. The eyes were still his. The fingers held them in. He had a pact with the fingers. They promised him not to let his eyes fall out.

His arm was touched. He screamed—he didn't want to lose his eyeballs. He heard the voices. He heard CAT—the word cat. Then, what seemed a while afterward, he heard TONIC—the word tonic. He thought, cat tonic—cat tonic. Then he thought, health tonic. Then a voice said catotonic—putting an O between the words and putting the words together into one word. But it didn't make sense. Then it made sense. Cat O'Tonic, an Irish name—but he wasn't Irish. And his first name wasn't Cat. He kept hearing the voices. He heard the word EXCITEMENT. Another voice put the name and the new word together. He heard—Cat O'Tonic excitement. Then he heard a voice screaming, and it screamed louder and louder. Now he heard the words—''I can't see, see, see, see, see, see. I can't see.'' He heard another voice say, "If he is so frantic about seeing, why doesn't he take his hands away from his eyes?" "Would it matter if he did?" said another voice.

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The book I want find the name of is a fantasy book, with a roman type sword down the spine on the hard-cover edition, and a woman in armour raising a sword into the air, while mounted in a rearing horse, and has two men behind her. There is a major plot twist at the the end, when the prince or hero dies when you aren't expecting them too. because they are some sort of saviour. If anyone could help that would be great, as this has been bugging me since 2011! It's not Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon, though. It is also part of a trilogy (I think).

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