Julia wrote, on Tue, 02 Jul 2002 09:47:07 -0500: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: Irregulars Question: Book > > > Recommendations > > > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:24:21 -0500 > > > > > > > From: Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > Hey, here's a follow-up: I have a vague > > > remembrance of hearing about a > > > book wherein galactic culture [...when...] <snippage> > > > they discover Earth, they decide that humans are > > > best fit for combat <snip>. > > > Does that sound > > > familiar to any of you? > > > > > > > > > > Kind of: > > > > > > Alan Dean Foster: A call to Arms, book one of > the > > > damned. > > > The False Mirror, book two...
> > > The Spoils of War, book tre... > > > > > > I remember such a plot in a book by Andre Norton, > but > > don't remember the title; the protagonist was > named > > Kana Karr, I think - he was following in the > mercenary > > footsteps of his family, but I recall that he was > > hoping to prove to the alien overlords that humans > > were _more_ than just swordsmen. > > Hey, wait, was that _Star Guard_? > > Julia > > whose first introduction to Andre Norton was a copy > of _Octagon Magic_ > her father dug up for her one day > It might very well be - I know that I _did_ read that book, but I can't link story to title...that was a long time ago, and I read everything of hers in that library in about 2 months... Debbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
