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* YASID - "Good story!"Amicus Brevis
`* Re: YASID - "Good story!"Lynn McGuire
 `* Re: YASID - "Good story!"Charles Packer
  `- Re: YASID - "Good story!"Lynn McGuire

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 by: Amicus Brevis - Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:35 UTC

Hi guys,

I posted this YASID a bit over a year ago. No one knew the book but I got a few references that proved enjoyable reading. My memory of the book is vague (one of the reasons why no one found it) but I remember that I enjoyed it very much. So here goes again.

1. I read it more than 20 years ago. Quite possibly 30.
2. I think it may have been written by David Drake or David Weber, but I am not certain
3. It is a first contact story. The alien made itself detectable while appearing to enter our solar system for the first time, but it had in fact been observing us from the moon for a long time.
4. It had a habit of saying "Good story!" which seemed to mean, "Yeah, right!" or "Good explanation" or "I understand" depending on context.

That is literally all I remember about the book, other than I enjoyed it immensely.

Regards

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 2 Sep 2021 19:43 UTC

On 9/2/2021 10:35 AM, Amicus Brevis wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I posted this YASID a bit over a year ago. No one knew the book but I got a few references that proved enjoyable reading. My memory of the book is vague (one of the reasons why no one found it) but I remember that I enjoyed it very much. So here goes again.
>
> 1. I read it more than 20 years ago. Quite possibly 30.
> 2. I think it may have been written by David Drake or David Weber, but I am not certain
> 3. It is a first contact story. The alien made itself detectable while appearing to enter our solar system for the first time, but it had in fact been observing us from the moon for a long time.
> 4. It had a habit of saying "Good story!" which seemed to mean, "Yeah, right!" or "Good explanation" or "I understand" depending on context.
>
> That is literally all I remember about the book, other than I enjoyed it immensely.
>
>
> Regards

I am drawing a total blank here.

Wait, wait, wait. How about "Agent To The Stars" by John Scalzi ? But
it was first published in 2005.
https://www.amazon.com/Agent-Stars-John-Scalzi/dp/1250176514/

Lynn

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 by: Charles Packer - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 07:58 UTC

On Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:43:57 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

> Wait, wait, wait. How about "Agent To The Stars" by John Scalzi ? But
> it was first published in 2005.
> https://www.amazon.com/Agent-Stars-John-Scalzi/dp/1250176514/
>
> Lynn

Hmm. Considering tenor of the news coverage of the aftermath of the
Afghanistan war, the Wikipedia account of the novel's plot invites the
substitution of Taliban for each instance of the Yherjak.

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 7 Sep 2021 18:30 UTC

On 9/4/2021 2:58 AM, Charles Packer wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:43:57 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>
>> Wait, wait, wait. How about "Agent To The Stars" by John Scalzi ? But
>> it was first published in 2005.
>> https://www.amazon.com/Agent-Stars-John-Scalzi/dp/1250176514/
>>
>> Lynn
>
> Hmm. Considering tenor of the news coverage of the aftermath of the
> Afghanistan war, the Wikipedia account of the novel's plot invites the
> substitution of Taliban for each instance of the Yherjak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_to_the_Stars

What ? No. The Yherjak were friendly, just many tentacled and stinky.

The Taliban would like to cut your head off with a dull knife.

Lynn

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