--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500000 Date: 06/03/96 From: STEVEN HORN Time: 07:08am \/To: MIKE NICHOLS (Read 4 times) Subj: My mail! Mike Nichols (1:348/601) wrote to Mike Nichols [in Virginia?] at 09:25 on 01 Jun 1996: MN> Please don't answer my mail. It's confusing for those who don't MN> read origin lines. There are a bunch of us who share the same name MN> out here in fidoland. MN> Thanks, MN> The Mike in Winnipeg. MN> :) It's not "your mail", Mike. It's public mail posted in an echo which anyone may answer. Now if he was answering your netmail, you'd have reason to be worried.:-) Take care, Steven Horn Moderator CAN_SYSLAW E-mail shorn@yknet.yk.ca _or_ shorn@web.apc.org --- timEd/386 1.10+ * Origin: Yukon Mail, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (1:3409/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500001 Date: 06/04/96 From: STEPHANIE SHAPTER Time: 05:47pm \/To: PHYLLIS CAMPBELL (Read 4 times) Subj: PATRICIA CORNWELL -=> Quoting Phyllis Campbell to STEPHANIE SHAPTER <=- PC> Good Morning, Stephanie PC> Thank you for your message. As a little topic of interest, I remember PC> when Ms Cornwell wrote her first book. We were both members of PC> Virginia Writers, and I remember the announcement in the Newsletter. PC> No, I've never met her, but it was interesting to me when her books PC> took off in a blaze of glory. Thanks for telling me about the other PC> authors. I'll check the NLS catalog. Hi there Phyllis! That IS interesting. I always thought it would be interesting ot meet a writer. Stephanie ... Amazing the things you find, when you READ! --- Where Friends Meet!! * Origin: * The Recovery Nest * Burleson,TX * 817-447-1619 * (1:130/911) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500002 Date: 06/04/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 09:37am \/To: DENNIS MCCUNNEY (Read 4 times) Subj: what are you reading... On (31 May 96) Dennis Mccunney wrote to Fred Runk... 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. DM> I'm not a Crichton fan, but that one rings no bells at all. Are you DM> sure you aren't thinking of Len Deighton's _SS/GB_? If so, it's very DM> much worth reading. Crichton came out with THE TERMINAL MAN after THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. It was something of a disappointment, and at the time it was believed that he was one of those writers who has one great success, then never rises to the same standard again. ... "Robin, It's the baseball of doom! Hand me the... the Bat-bat!" --- PPoint 1.88 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500003 Date: 06/01/96 From: CATHERINE VANICEK Time: 03:41am \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 4 times) Subj: Where is everybody? To Debbie Shanker from Cate Vanicek & her laptop Siamese. DS> Started Mary Higgins Clark's newest and was so put off by the first DS> chapter, that I never finished it. I managed to get about half way DS> through but didn't think it was worth the effort. I suppose it was DS> meant to grab the audience...instead it reminded be of a Poe story I DS> had read as a kid and scared the daylights out of me. Oh, no! And I've already purchased it. I wouldn't have been quite so disappointed if people on DorthyL had disliked it, too. I wonder what's happening with her. Cate --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: Bitter Butter Better BBS, Tualatin OR, 503-691-7938 (1:105/290) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500004 Date: 06/01/96 From: CATHERINE VANICEK Time: 03:46am \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 4 times) Subj: Where is everybody? To DOROTHY REYNOLDS from Cate Vanicek & her laptop Siamese. DR> Have been sending messages but getting no reply. Is anybody out DR> there, or is Fido burying messaages in the yard again? DR> Left a question about Susan Isaacs and got no reply. Guess no one DR> reads her? DR> Where's Suzze Tiernan and Joan Tuckey these days? Haven't seen them DR> here for a long time. Hope all are okay and busy reading. DR> Please let me know if my messages are coming through. May be something DR> wrong with my local BBS. I don't know what's been happening, but I've been getting almost no mail at all from MYSTERY either. Today, though, their were 28 messages. I just don't get it. My regualr BBS, Bitter Butter Butter, Portland-Oregon area, is going down permanently very soon. I don't know where I'll get a replacement to carry MYSTERY. Cate --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: Bitter Butter Better BBS, Tualatin OR, 503-691-7938 (1:105/290) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500005 Date: 06/01/96 From: CATHERINE VANICEK Time: 03:51am \/To: SUZZE (Read 4 times) Subj: Where is Suzze Suzze, Are you here? I miss you! Cate --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: Bitter Butter Better BBS, Tualatin OR, 503-691-7938 (1:105/290) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DA500006 Date: 06/04/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:01pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell -=> While in the White Hart, Belle Bijou insisted to Fred Runk that <=- BB> Yes, I read some of hers ages ago and had the same reaction. One of BB> my favorite writers is Ruth Rendell who is so incredibly BB> prolific that she began to write as Barbara Vine too. BB> Although her Wexford books are procedurals even they are BB> not predictable. I've read several of her Wexford books, but I think I was bothered by the digressions into his family life. I don't mind aspects of that interspersed with the mystery in order to give the work a more "lifelike" feel, but I felt that his homelife was the main story at times and his job was a secondary issue. And that wasn't why I was reading her novels. ... MONEY TALKS ... but all mine ever says is GOODBYE! ___ 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: DA500007 Date: 06/04/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:43pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 4 times) Subj: Exceptions -=> While in the White Hart, Patricia Ferrara insisted to Fred Runk that <=- -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Patricia Ferrara <=- FR> One of two exceptions for me is ZORBA THE GREEK. The other is FR> mentioned below. PF> I guess this reinforces the conclusion I drew in a response PF> to Belle Bijou. It must be a matter of the books/movies I PF> choose... I've never seen/read Zorba The Greek. Actually I'm not really happy with movie versions of books either--they are two completely different forms of expression, and they seldom meet. I saw the movie ZORBA THE GREEK and enjoyed it so much that I got the book. Became a Kazantzakis fan immediately. Now, when I read the book, I see Anthony Quinn as Zorba. FR> THE MALTESE FALCON? PF> I sat through that movie once, but I couldn't tell you PF> anything about it except that Humphrey Bogart was in it. Uh... PF> should I try the book? I enjoyed both, another example of seeing the movie first. Bogie is Sam Spade also, at least for me. PF> Oh, I just thought of a second exception for myself... I think PF> I liked The Sound of Music better than the book it was based PF> on. I can't think of the name of the book at the moment, and am PF> too lazy to go upstairs and find it. I enjoyed the book, but I PF> do think the movie was more entertaining. Saw the movie and enjoyed it. I knew there was a book, but I never once thought of reading it. Just didn't interest me as a book for some reason. Finished Elizabeth George's PLAYING FOR THE ASHES. It's another interesting work by her. This one is a bit different from the others as the reader gets to see much of the story from another person's point of view. Not the murderer of course, but one closely involved. Good story. Looking forward to her next one, which I think is already out in hb--IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY. ... Against stupidity, the very gods themselves struggle in vain. ___ 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: DA500008 Date: 06/04/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:50pm \/To: DENNIS MCCUNNEY (Read 4 times) Subj: what are you reading... -=> While in the White Hart, Dennis Mccunney insisted to Fred Runk that <=- DM> I enjoy the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce films, but I agree about DM> the portrayl of Watson. Doyle's Watson was about Holmes age and DM> considerably less bumbling. While not Holmes' equal in detection DM> (who was?), he was intelligent, loyal, brave, and instantly ready to DM> render medical assistance or back Holmes with his revolver, whichever DM> was required. While Rathbone made a good Holmes, Holmes would never DM> have put up with Bruce's Watson. Agreed. That always bothered me about Nigel Bruce's depiction. Wonder if it was his or the director's. Haven't seen you much around in SF lately. 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. DM> I'm not a Crichton fan, but that one rings no bells at all. Are DM> you sure you aren't thinking of Len Deighton's _SS/GB_? If so, it's DM> very much worth reading. Yep, that was the book. Another also pointed out that I had confused the two. SS-GB has always intrigued me, but I never have gotten to the point of actually getting the book. Even picked it up and browsed through it. Looked interesting, but I guess it just wasn't the time for it. Maybe I will get it and read it along with PKD's MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE and Spinrad's THE IRON DREAM. ... Rivers and mountains may change...Human nature never. Chinese Proverb ___ 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: DA500009 Date: 06/04/96 From: DELORES E ROWE Time: 03:45pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 4 times) Subj: Cornwell Belle Bijou was telling Fred Runk about Cornwell recipes... FR> BB> She did not, in my opinion, improve after her first book. FR> BB> The second and third were also good, but after that she FR> BB> began to get stale and the books kind of petered out FR> BB> instead of being resolved. Hmmm. I must say that I have enjoyed every one of hers, and look forward to the next! :) *** SLMR 2.1a *Refuse Novacaine - Transcend dental medication. --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #189 * Origin: The Mystic Korner, Wenatchee, Wa. 509.886.7607 - 884.0352 (1:344/115.0)