[trimmed x-post to a.r.k]
In article <uoBIj.26733$Ch6.13252@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Mike
Schilling writes:
>David DeLaney wrote:
>> Marc Goodman <marc.goodman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> I seem to recall a story, possibly by Heinlein,
>>> where the Hero is in prison, and escapes by
>>> scraping the nitrocellulose off playing cards
>>> and jamming them into a hollow table leg.
>>>
>>> A). Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>>
>> Yes, but not loudly enough - bring it over to rec.arts.sf.written
>> and
>> ask again. (Wait, I'll do that for you.)
>
>RAH + cards + prison = "Gulf". But the bomb used to escape wasn't
>made from the cards.
I'm pretty sure that the prison escape involved either Kettle Belly
faking illness, or the protagonist and Kettle Belly faking a fight.
--
Michael F. Stemper
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