# Naked came the manatee

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554 "2021-01-26T21:31:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554/1 "2021-01-26T21:31:33Z")

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I just got done reading this book from 1995 edited by Hiassen–it’s different, a round robin where 13 authors each write a chapter; it’s the a typical Hiassen semi-mystery, always somewhat wacky. It does lose some continuity late (spoiler alert–watch the key)

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554/2 "2021-01-26T22:43:44Z")

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I enjoyed it back then, but don’t really remember much about the plot…

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554/3 "2021-01-26T22:44:27Z")

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A nice take-off of the earlier multi-authored **Naked Came the Stranger**.

I do enjoy Hiassen’s writing. I finished **Squeeze Me** just before the election, found it highly topical.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554/4 "2021-01-27T16:31:27Z")

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“Naked came the manatee”. They better put a skirt on that thing or sailors will be thinking, mermaid!