From the little I've heard quoted, I'd say that a little Fanthorpe goes 
a LONG way!
Monica McAbee

Deb Warner wrote:
> Now I'm really curious.Unfortunatly, we don't have anything by him either. Maybe I should address a request to the Flying Spaghetti Monster to help me find a cheap used copy of one of his books. He sounds like MST3K material. I miss that show, at least the versions with Joel. Deb
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> "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C. Clarke
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> --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Rachel Thern <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Rachel Thern <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [SF-LIT] book title?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 2:09 PM
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> I've only heard of Fanthorpe in that he was famous for producing bad 
> writing, but so terribly bad that it's noteworthy unto itself.  I've 
> only seen a few samples.  Anyone experienced a whole novel?  My library 
> doesn't have any.
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> Rachel
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> John T wrote:
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>> Hi Peggy in Tampa,
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>> Here's what I could find on your question...  at least it fits the
>> parameters, except it's a novelette, not novel.. but it was published prior
>> to 1970 :)
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>> Title: The Flight of the Valkyries
>> Author: R. L. Fanthorpe
>> Year: 1958
>> Storylength: novelette
>> Publications:
>>    a.. Supernatural Stories, No. 14, (Feb 1958, John S. Manning, Badger,
>> #SN14, 2/-, 160pp, pb, magazine) Cover: Ray Theobald
>>
>> John T - in Bradenton, just south of Tampa :)
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peggy Callahan" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:30 AM
>> Subject: [SF-LIT] book title?
>>
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>>> Hi all,
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>>> I got a question from a library patron:
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>>> "When I was in High School (1971-1975) I read an SF/Fantasy novel that had
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>> "of the Valkyre" or "of the Valkyries" in the title. I'd love to read it
>> again but can't remember complete title or author's name.
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>>> It was about people on an airplane that had been lost or re-routed to
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>> another planet. These ppl slowly realized they were there for observation.
>> They finally escaped by making a boat/canoe which some of them used to go
>> downstream and under a fence.
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>>> Once there, they found that their captors looked like giant spiders (or
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>> had machines like spiders?), and one of the ppl got somehow stuck behind
>> one, which pulled him to his death.
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>>> The book made a big impression on me and I've always wanted to reread it,
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>> but haven't had luck in finding it, b/c I can't remember the correct title.
>> Can you help?"
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>>> Any ideas?  Let me know and thank you!
>>>
>>> Peggy in Tampa--
>>> curiouser and curiouser!
>>>           -- Lewis Carroll
>>>
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>> Scanned MGW1
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