Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
author.
-- 
Marc

Worry is a dividend paid to disorder before it is due.  - Ian 
Fleming

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
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LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
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In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
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Mail to the From: address is not read.
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
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Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
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Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
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>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
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>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
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In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
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In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
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   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
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In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>wrote:
>
>>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
>><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>>
>>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>>> writes
>>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>>author.
>>>
>>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>>
>>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>>short, not a full novel.
>
>Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
>Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
>Livingston, Fantastic 1944.
>
>From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

None of them look convincing.  Damn.  I'm pretty sure the story was just
called "Homer", but it's a *long* time ago I read it.  I wonder if my Dad
will remember...
-- 
Marc

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,
 and another to put him in possession of the truth." (John Locke)

Marcus L. Rowland wrote:
> In message , Marc Wilson 
>  writes
>> Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>> someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember 
>> the
>> author.
> 
> Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

You cannot be Sirius

Come on. you knew someone had to say it

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)
-- 
Barbara Davies

In message , Marc Wilson 
 writes
>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>author.

Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
-- 
Marcus L. Rowland             http://www.forgottenfutures.com/
LJ:ffutures     http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
   Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game
   Diana: Warrior Princess  &   Elvis: The Legendary Tours
   The Original Flatland Role Playing Game

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Barbara Davies) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 at 14:25:42 Marc Wilson wrote
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Was it Dazzle by Scott Bradfield? (Or something like that.)

No- it's called "Homer", IIRC. And at least 45 years earlier.  When I was a
kid, I had a dog called Homer on the strength of that story (who lived up
to his name by being too clever by half- if you tied him up, he used to
unpick the knots and run off).
-- 
Marc

'You're the Cheshire cat, aren't you?'   'I was the Cheshire cat,' 
he replied with a slightly aggrieved air. 'But they moved the county boundaries,
 so technically speaking  I'm now the "Unitary Authority of  Warrington Cat",
but it doesn't have the same ring to it.'   - Jasper Fforde.

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
<dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::

>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>author.
>
>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?

No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
short, not a full novel.
-- 
Marc

I go for the philosophy of "Be sand, not oil, in the machinery 
of the world." -- J. Michael Straczynski

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote:

>In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Marcus L. Rowland) wrote in
><dwLz8XHVk$gGFwSu@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>::
>
>>In message , Marc Wilson 
>> writes
>>>Story about a very smart dog- anyone remember who wrote it? I was telling
>>>someone about it a while back, and I realised that I couldn't remember the
>>>author.
>>
>>Sirius by Olaf Stapledon?
>
>No- I don't remember who it's by,  but it's called "Homer".  And it's a
>short, not a full novel.

Possibly "Homer's Secret" (also published as "The Secret of Homer") by
Alexander Poleshcuk, 1968, or "Homer and the Herring" by Berkeley
Livingston, Fantastic 1944.

From ISFDB, which has five other less likely possibilities.

-- 
Don Aitken
Mail to the From: address is not read.
To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

In uk.people.sf-fans,  (Don Aitken) wrote in
::

>On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:37:49 +0100, Marc Wilson