--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAC00001 Date: 06/06/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:52pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 4 times) Subj: Rendell -=> While in the White Hart, Belle Bijou insisted to Fred Runk that <=- BB> Ah, but that's what I DO enjoy about her! In the most BB> recent one (SIMISOLA), for example, the crime involves BB> rascism and at the same time events happen within in BB> Wexford's family that force him to examine his own racial BB> feelings. That's what makes for horse races, I guess. Differences of opinion. Maybe some day I will change my mind and try again. I did enjoy the "mystery" parts of her novels though. Maybe I should just read those parts and skip the domestic/familial material. ... 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: DAC00002 Date: 06/07/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 09:01pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 4 times) Subj: Various... -=> While in the White Hart, Dorothy Reynolds insisted to Fred Runk that <=- DR> Haven't read any P.D. James or Colin Dexter yet, but they are on DR> my "when I get around to it" list. I'm most fortunate in that we DR> have a very well-stocked library in the building where I live and A library in the building where you live? DR> I happen to be the volunteer librarian. All our books are donated, DR> therefore, I get first dibbies on any that come in. Our mystery DR> section is loaded with lots of excellent books. My problem is DR> making a decision which ones to read. Sigh! Random access? Alphabetic? Reverse Alphabetic? FR> Well, I use a spelling checker to help me out. (PS. I teach FR> composition and literature). DR> Unfortunately, my off line mail reader doesn't have that function. Actually, Blue Wave doesn't either, but I use Qedit for writing messages, and that has a macro that allows me to bring up ShareSpell, a neat little spelling checker. DR> I use WordPerfect for my writing. (Yes, I am a budding author), DR> and it does have a spell checker. So you're a teacher. Good for DR> you. English was my favorite subject and I always did well with DR> composition. As for literature, my teacher used to tell me I didn't DR> read books, I devoured them. Still do. I can get lost for hours in DR> a good book. I feel very sad a lot of kids today aren't good I'm still using a decade-old copy of Volkswriter for word processing. It isn't fancy, but it does do most of what I require in a wordprocessor. I go deaf with a book in hand. DR> respect for teachers. What would we do without them? Wanted to be a DR> teacher once, but the subjects I wanted to teach were at high DR> school level and when I saw how terrible the kids treated the DR> teachers, decided it wasn't for me. Have a low tolerance level for DR> bratty kids. :} I teach at several community colleges in the area, one's on a rural campus, surrounded by desert and mountains and heat and cactus (really very nice), the others are at the local state prison (not very nice at all), and occasionally at the local AF Base. Hmmm, not an ivy-covered campus in the bunch. DR> Welcome aboard and I hope you stay with us. Thanks. I've actually been around for many months, but my messages never seemed to get any response until lately. Plot for story--case of the missing fidomail. ... at began: Once upon a Mobius strip, there was a story th ___ 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: DAC00003 Date: 06/07/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 09:11pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 4 times) Subj: Where is everybody? -=> While in the White Hart, Dorothy Reynolds insisted to Fred Runk that <=- DR> Drop me a line and let me in on what you're reading and who you DR> like to read. I love mysteries-or most of them anyhow. My favorite DR> author is Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. Have you ever read DR> him? Good writer. No, don't remember ever reading any of McBain's stuff, although I've certainly heard of him. My favorites right now tend to be the police procedurals, especially British for some reason: London, Oxford, etc. I also like the mysteries set in other times and other climes. Along with PD James, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth George, and Colin Dexter, I also enjoy Ellis Peter's tales of Brother Cadfael; Anne Perry's Victorian amnesiac detective, Monk; and a series set in Augustinian Rome, based on the exploits of a private informer, Falco, by Lindsey Davis, I think. Another series, set in the future, is Isaac Asimov's Lije Baley/R. Daneel Olivaw mystery series. Lije Baley is a NYC cop, who, in the first novel, was forced to work with R. Daneel Olivaw on a case--he was unhappy about that for several reasons--jurisdictional for one, secondly it was a high-profile political murder, and three, R. is short for robot. Not that he was prejudiced against robots, but... William Bayer's Inspector Janek, who works in NYC, is another favorite. I've read, also, several of Tony Hillerman's mysteries set on the Navajo reservation, featuring several Navajo police officers--Joe Leaphorn being one. DR> What part of the country do you live in? I'm in San Diego, Ca. Tucson, Arizona--just down the road from you. CBIP: Zenna Henderson, INGATHERING, 319/565 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 ... Iluvatar: Creation is a symphony in which each life is a theme. --- 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: DAD00000 Date: 06/02/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 10:38am \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Cornwell -[ Quoting Belle Bijou <06-01-96 01:20>, to Fred Runk ]- 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. I do like the Patricia Cornwell series. However, what I would like to see her work towards is letting her secondary characters evolve somewhat, and to play more believable roles. My feeling is similar when considering Paretsky whose earlier books were wonderful; lately, though, her secondary characters seem to be more and more no more than simple cardboard props. Somehow, , Sue Grafton has managed to avoid this problem. I've recently been reading John Lawrence Reynolds, a series involving an ex- cop detective in Boston. They should be read in order, if possible ... 1) The Man Who Murdered God 2) And Leave Her Lay Dying 3) Whisper Death 4) Solitary Dancer -< Dennis >- ... Let not the sands of time get in your lunch. -=- Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#0185) * Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAD00001 Date: 06/07/96 From: RUSS JERNIGAN Time: 01:22pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 3 times) Subj: Readers Digest Hi, Dorothy! DR> Thanks for asking. Am still in the pangs of re-write. It's not going DR> as well as expected. And I keep getting ideas for another novel as DR> I go along. Muddle is the word for it. However, I did submit one DR> little piece to Reader's Digest Life in These United States and DR> am waiting to hear from them. They accept stuff online now, and I DR> requested they acknowledge receipt and asked for a reply as to DR> whether accepted or rejected. It's much faster as I understand DR> if you don't get a yes from them within a couple of months, you DR> might as well kiss it off. This way, I'll know and can send it DR> somewhere else. Anything would be faster than they did before. My dad had a piece published in _Life In The United States_ and it only took seven years . . . Best, RussJ DR> (joan.tuckey@nn.lcrnet.org) DR> JT> ... Alberta has lots of beach property; it's waterfront property DR> JT> that's scarce. DR> JT> -!- GoldED 2.50+ DR> JT> ! Origin: Notes & Numbers, Edmonton, AB (1:342/1015) DR>... Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. DR>___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 DR>--- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro DR> * Origin: Pacific Rim Information -=- San Diego, CA -=- (1:202/711) * SLMR 2.1a * You will do foolish things, so do them with ENTHUSIASM! --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.11 * Origin: Rams' Island BBS (1:104/333.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAD00002 Date: 06/08/96 From: PHYLLIS CAMPBELL Time: 2:30:am \/To: STEPHANIE SHAPTER (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: PATRICIA CORNWELL Hi, Stephanie. Sorry it took me so long to answer, but I've been caught up in the joys of graduation. Three of my music students graduated yesterday, and it was exciting. One of the girls sang a solo, and all three sang in the school choir for the last time. All went well. I haven't had much time for mysteries lately, but will start with a vengance, now that school is out. PHYLLIS CAMPBELL ... An aquarium is just interactive television for cats. * Silver Xpress V4.3 SW23764 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: It's Magic BBS, Stuarts Draft, VA (1:2602/420) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAD00003 Date: 06/07/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 11:04pm \/To: DENNIS MCCUNNEY (Read 3 times) Subj: what are you reading... -=> While in the White Hart, Dennis Mccunney insisted to Fred Runk that <=- DM> I suspect it was the director's idea, to provide a dose of comic DM> relief in the contrast between the characters. If they wanted to DM> portray Watson accurately, they would never have cast Bruce for the DM> part. Yes, it does make Holmes look that much smarter I suppose. FR> Haven't seen you much around in SF lately. DM> I don't think you'll see too much of me fpor a while: things have DM> become entirely too interesting here. Details are best left for DM> netmail, but I've become unemployed and have far more important DM> things to do than participate in Fido. Ok, hope things work out for you. FR> Maybe I will get it and read it along with PKD's MAN IN THE HIGH FR> CASTLE and Spinrad's THE IRON DREAM. DM> That will make an interesting trio. There's a novella by Keith DM> Roberts whose title escapes me that has a similar premise. Hitler DM> was always of two minds about Britain, and expressed admiration for DM> the English people. He gave the impression he'd really rather form an DM> alliance with Britain than fight her. In Robert's story, that has DM> happened, and Germany dominates Britain. The protagonist is a Brit DM> who runs into the seamy underside of German culture, and realises they DM> made a mistake in allying instead of fighting. It sounded vaguely familiar, so I did some checking. Is it "Weihnachtsabend"? Read it some time ago. Got it in Hartwell's WORLD TREASURY OF SCIENCE FICTION. Maybe I'll reread that one along with the three novels. ... Wine maketh merry, but money answereth all things. ___ 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: DAD00004 Date: 06/08/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 12:04pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 3 times) Subj: WHERE IS EVERYBODY? DR> I'm reading a Linda Barnes right now. Titled Steel Guitar. > She's new to me and haven't gotten far enough into the book to > know if I'm going to like her. Her protaganist is a private detective > named Carlotta Carlisle. Will let you know how I feel about the > book when I finish. I just finished my first Carlotta Carlyle, _Hardware_, & I really liked it. It really held my interest from start to finish. I'd read one of her other series (can't recall the name) & only thought it so-so which made this a pleasant surprise. I just started a Jeffrey Abbott & so far, it's interesting. Best regards, Sharon * QMPro 1.53 * I'm clinging to sanity by a thread. Hand me the scissors. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAD00005 Date: 06/08/96 From: STEVEN HORN Time: 09:05pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 3 times) Subj: Messaging and authors DOROTHY REYNOLDS (1:202/711) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 18:56 on 03 Jun 1996: DR> Guess I was just surprised so few messages were in the DR> Conference, but traffic is picking up a bit. I've gotten lots DR> of nice replies from some of the regulars, as well as new DR> people. As you say, interests change, etc. I'm retired and DR> this is one of my favorite things to do. The computer and DR> corresponding with folks all over has opened a whole new world DR> for me. Feel like I have lots of new friends out there and DR> miss them when I don't hear from them for awhile. As much as I enjoy the Fidonet echoes I follow and my Internet listservs, I'm still a busy professional so don't always have the time. I'm also gpoing to be taking five weeks off. DR> DR> Still reading those mysteries and finding lots of new authors. DR> Some excellent, some okay and some a "one time only" read. DR> Like all of you, have my preferences. Do you have a favorite DR> author? I don't limit my reading to mysteries but have several favorite mystery authors. I particularly like Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael mysteries, Sharyn McCrumb, P. D. James and Howard Engel, a Canadian. DR> Well Steven, time to fix dinner so will say bye for now. By DR> the way, my E-mail address is: INT:bears@tnl-online.com Use DR> bears as a handle because I collect teddy bears. Have about 50. DR> Silly me, haven't grown up yet. (Grin). Note that I use a very conventional "handle" for both the accounts listed below. I know I only own one bear.:-) Take care, Steven Horn Moderator CAN_SYSLAW E-mail shorn@yknet.yk.ca _or_ shorn@web.net --- timEd/386 1.10+ * Origin: Yukon Mail, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (1:3409/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAD00006 Date: 06/09/96 From: MARILYN PRIBUS Time: 11:06am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Rendell Right now I'm watching a rerun of A DARK-ADAPTED EYE on PBS's Mystery. Written by Rendell as Barbara Vine. Lots of dark drama and psychological overtones and very well done. (Have only seen about the first 45 minutes. God Bless VCRs.) Lynn --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: >> Ubik: Not whodunnit... << (1:203/289)