http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Literary revenge for cat cruelty en Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:43:37 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-67575 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:46:07 +0000 Karenopa 67575@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Me Too!! I loved the Cat Who Mystery stories! I've not read Rita Mae Brown but sounds like something to look for at the library... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-67087 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:07:27 +0000 williamsweyr 67087@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I, for one, have read the entire KoKo and Yum Yum series. Started reading them in the days when I was lucky enough to have three Siamese babies. Those were the days when I moved into my current house with Snicklefritz, Oberon and Bleys (SOB). I miss them all. RIP<br /> Lillian Jackson Braun is an easy read and they're kind of fun. KoKo reminds me a lot of my Bleys and my current Siamese, Neko Ninja! Another fun cat read is Rita Mae Brown's series written with her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown. I really adore Mrs. Murphy, Pewter and Tee Tucker (even though Tucker is a Corgi). </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10527 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:55:37 +0000 KYKAT 12 23 10527@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>They are a great series of cozy mysteries. Lots of good character development. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10433 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:30:11 +0000 SylvesterMiasMomma 10433@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I have looked at her books but never bought one. Guess I didn't want to get "hooked" into a long series. I may change my mind one of these days when I turn off the cable TV. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10432 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:28:22 +0000 Elene_YorkPA_7/21 10432@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I too read some of her "The Cat Who..." series and really enjoyed them. I suppose her revenge is about making lemonade when you are handed a lemon. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10431 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:27:04 +0000 MerD 10431@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I knew I was spelling it wrong, but since I have not actually read the series, only listened, I beg your forgivness.. :-) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10430 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:23:56 +0000 Leeny 10430@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>That's "Qwilleran with a w," MerD. The bane of typesetters at The Daily Fluxion! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10429 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:19:02 +0000 MerD 10429@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Cool, I love her stories. They are great as books on tapes, the reader is Quilleran! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10428 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:16:50 +0000 Renee in Arkansas 10428@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I loved reading Lilian Jackson Braun's cat books with KoKo and Yum Yum. I wish I had time to read them again. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/693#post-10425 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:04:00 +0000 Leeny 10425@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The remarks about humans' cruelty to cats posted for Shorty reminded me of an incident that happened to a young journalist in the early 1960s. Her husband gave her a Siamese kitten as a gift, but the kitten was ultimately murdered by a mentally unbalanced neighbor who pushed him out of a high-rise window. In her anger and grief, the journalist wrote a story called "The Sin of Madame Phloi," in which a cat-killer meets the same fate as a feline he lures to his death. Originally published in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine," this story was reprinted twenty-something years later as part of a short story collection, "The Cat Who Had 14 Tales." The journalist was Lilian Jackson Braun, author of the long-running "The Cat Who..." mystery series, and this act of literary revenge was the beginning of her writings about cats that ultimately led to the famous series. </p>