--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA300004 Date: 06/01/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:47pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell -=> While in the White Hart, Belle Bijou insisted to Fred Runk that <=- BB> I'd like to say to , Fred Runk (1:300/6.2) who said: BB> Virginia! Imagine, good mysteries that are not in NY or LA! >Impossible!!! Inconceivable!! >However, one must also include London, along with NY or LA as the only >"possible settings" for "good mysteries" though. BB> And let's not forget those rural English villages where BB> passions seem to always be running amuck. Of course, how could I have forgotten all those little villages inhabited by amuck-running passions? BB> She did not, in my opinion, improve after her first book. BB> The second and third were also good, but after that she BB> began to get stale and the books kind of petered out BB> instead of being resolved. >Maybe time for her to develop a new character? BB> Nope. She knows she's got hold of a good thing - even if BB> it's becoming somewhat worn. Just read a long article BB> about her in the paper yesterday. She has a new one BB> coming out, and is apparently one of those incredibly BB> prolific writers who just churns them out. Ah, too bad. Might be better for her development if perhaps she turned to something new? Sounds a bit like Ngaio (sp) Marsh, who also was a very prolific writer. I read a bunch of hers back-to-back after discovering her in a used book store. I stopped after awhile because I found a formula in many of them. Too bad, as I really liked her main characters, the Scotland Yard Inspector and his lady friend. ... Kat Fu: The martial art of cat bathing. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA300005 Date: 06/01/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 11:05pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 4 times) Subj: Imagination -=> While in the White Hart, Patricia Ferrara insisted to Dorothy Reynolds that <=- PF> I do like to watch movies, but with one exception, I have yet PF> to see one compare favorably with the book it was adapted from. PF> The exception, for me, is Gone With The Wind. One of two exceptions for me is ZORBA THE GREEK. The other is mentioned below. PF> Oddly enough, I occasionally find myself reading a good mystery PF> and thinking, "This would make a GREAT movie!" I chalk it off PF> to a malfunction of brain circuitry, and usually come to my PF> senses quickly enough. THE MALTESE FALCON? ... One dog barks at a shadow...A hundred bark at his sound. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA300006 Date: 06/02/96 From: MIKE NICHOLS Time: 09:53am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell MN> i got it, I figured it out FR> ????? Hi Fred, Sorry about the confusion. There seems to be another Mike Nichols answering my mail for me. It's nice of him to take on the responsibility,but it's a bit of a trial. Cheers, Mike --- Maximus/2 3.00 * Origin: The Clubhouse/T.O.T.T. BBS [OS/2] (1:348/601) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA300007 Date: 06/02/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:22pm \/To: MIKE NICHOLS (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell -=> While in the White Hart, Mike Nichols insisted to Fred Runk that <=- FR>-=> While in the White Hart, Mike Nichols insisted to Fred Runk FR>that <=- FR> FR> MN> i got it, I figured it out FR> FR> FR>????? MN> exactly. MN> about where Cornwell was from. Ah, so glad that is cleared up. >g< ... Answers: Short--$1; Correct--$5; Long--$25; dumb looks are still free. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA400000 Date: 06/03/96 From: KATHLEEN WEBER Time: 07:19am \/To: MIKE NICHOLS (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell -> -> MN> character is Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a pathologist. I can't -> -> MN> speak for the accuracy of the medical descriptions, but the -> KW> Having worked in the medical field, I can attest -> KW> that her information is -> KW> very accurate! And sometime gruesome too! -> -> I thought it might be, since it made me queasy at times. :} I have -> notoriously weak stomach. -> -> But seriously, don't you think that authenticity really -> differentiates the good writers from the best writers? I certainly do! Though some science fiction and fantasy writers would disagree... ;-) -> Later, -> Mike (not the one from Richmond who keeps answering my mail) -> -> --- Maximus/2 3.00 -> * Origin: The Clubhouse/T.O.T.T. BBS [OS/2] (1:348/601) --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: FIDONET * Remote Control BBS * (610)623-5273 (1:273/420.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA400001 Date: 06/03/96 From: PATRICIA FERRARA Time: 08:10pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 5 times) Subj: Exceptions -=> Quoting Belle Bijou to Patricia Ferrara <=- BB> Well, I just had this very experience - although I had been forwarned. BB> Went to see "Heaven's Prisoners" based on James Lee Burke's book. He BB> may well be my very favorite mystery writer - his books just ooze BB> atmosphere and passion and oh, lots of other wonderful things. I haven't tried any of James Lee Burke's books. Does he manage all that without being overly descriptive? One of the main reasons I couldn't get through Margaret Mitchell's GWTW was that her descriptions ran on and on and on and on... etc. BB> Hmm...I've seen quite a few movies that I think were better than the BB> books. "Silence of the Lambs" leaps to mind. Of course there have BB> been far more disappointments. Well, maybe it's the books and movies I choose, then. I couldn't stomach Silence of the Lambs. Patsy --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA400002 Date: 06/03/96 From: PATRICIA FERRARA Time: 08:16pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 4 times) Subj: Exceptions -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Patricia Ferrara <=- FR> One of two exceptions for me is ZORBA THE GREEK. The other is FR> mentioned below. I guess this reinforces the conclusion I drew in a response to Belle Bijou. It must be a matter of the books/movies I choose... I've never seen/read Zorba The Greek. FR> THE MALTESE FALCON? I sat through that movie once, but I couldn't tell you anything about it except that Humphrey Bogart was in it. Uh... should I try the book? Oh, I just thought of a second exception for myself... I think I liked The Sound of Music better than the book it was based on. I can't think of the name of the book at the moment, and am too lazy to go upstairs and find it. I enjoyed the book, but I do think the movie was more entertaining. Patsy --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA400003 Date: 05/31/96 From: DENNIS MCCUNNEY Time: 03:38pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: what are you reading... ** From Fred Runk to Delores E Rowe on 24 May 96 18:01:02 ** Re: what are you reading... DER> I have read quite a fewSherlock Holmes mysteries, but really can't say DER> I have ever particularly enjoyed any of the movie productions. FR> For a long time I saw Sherlock as Basil Rathbone, but no more. The FR> PBS Sherlock Holmes has taken over. I also liked the PBS version's FR> portrayal of Doctor Watson. I always felt the movie depiction made him FR> out to be a blithering idiot, which he clearly wasn't in Doyle's mind. I enjoy the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce films, but I agree about the portrayl of Watson. Doyle's Watson was about Holmes age and considerably less bumbling. While not Holmes' equal in detection (who was?), he was intelligent, loyal, brave, and instantly ready to render medical assistance or back Holmes with his revolver, whichever was required. While Rathbone made a good Holmes, Holmes would never have put up with Bruce's Watson. DER> I just finished reading SPENCERVILLE, by Nelson Demille. He also DER> wrote THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER. It was not a bad read. Am now reading DER> TILL THE BUTCHER'S CUT HIM DOWN, by Marcia Muller. After that will be DER> Michael Crichton, A CASE OF NEED. Crichton has written some good DER> books but I still think that THE TERMINAL MAN was his best. FR> Haven't read that much by Crichton, aside from TERMINAL MAN. One of FR> these days I will pick up his novel set in an alternate universe, one FR> when the Germans had invaded and conquered England. I'm not a Crichton fan, but that one rings no bells at all. Are you sure you aren't thinking of Len Deighton's _SS/GB_? If so, it's very much worth reading. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: * BlueDog BBS * (212) 594-4425 * NYC FileBone Hub (1:278/304) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA400004 Date: 06/03/96 From: BELLE BIJOU Time: 11:30pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell I'd like to say to , Fred Runk (1:300/6.2) who said: >Sounds a bit like Ngaio (sp) Marsh, who also was a very prolific writer. >I >read a bunch of hers back-to-back after discovering her in a used book >store. I stopped after awhile because I found a formula in many of them. >Too bad, as I really liked her main characters, the Scotland Yard >Inspector >and his lady friend. Yes, I read some of hers ages ago and had the same reaction. One of my favorite writers is Ruth Rendell who is so incredibly prolific that she began to write as Barbara Vine too. Although her Wexford books are procedurals even they are not predictable. --- msged 2.05 * Origin: 1:109/253 Dinah's Scrabblemania (1:109/253) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA400005 Date: 06/03/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:39pm \/To: MIKE NICHOLS (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell -=> While in the White Hart, Mike Nichols insisted to Fred Runk that <=- MN> i got it, I figured it out FR> ????? MN> MN> Hi Fred, MN> Sorry about the confusion. There seems to be another Mike MN> Nichols answering my mail for me. It's nice of him to take MN> on the responsibility,but it's a bit of a trial. MN> Cheers, Oh, ok. Thanks for the note. I thought I was the only one who was confused around here. CBIP: Zenna Henderson, INGATHERING, 210/565 CSIP: Gene Wolfe, CALDE OF THE LONG SUN, 1/370 Book Three of "The Book of the Long Sun" COTBIP: Joseph Conrad & Ford Madox Ford, ROMANCE, 111/428 ... Never jump out of the same hole twice. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2)