--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAW00001 Date: 06/26/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 10:41am \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Test, again ST> I am doing another test here. Please answer (anyone) if you get ST> this. I realized the only message anyone answered me from I posted ST> directly on the BBS, I want to see if my messages in Blue Wave are ST> making it out. Hi Suzze, this time I saw it, though I'm really late catching up on my mail packets after a trip to the in-laws in NJ. Current Bedtime Reading: Dead Men's Hearts by Aaron Elkins. A Gideon Oliver story set in Egypt; who could ask for more? ;) ... Never let a knitting machine know you're in a hurry. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAW00002 Date: 06/25/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 02:03pm \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Test Hi Debbie, DS> It's been a while. Are you and Eric going to the picnic in Pa? DS> We're looking forward to it a lot. Especially the side trip to the DS> Hershey factory. Refresh my memory as to time! Is the side trip the same day or does it mean staying overnight? I'm not sure we can get a sitter to give Tigger his insulin that weekend, so overnight may be out. DS> Haven't tried Jean Hager yet but have seen lots of good reviews for DS> her. Will look for her at the library. You won't be sorry. DS> Finished" Press Corpse" recently, written by Ron Nessen and Johanna DS> Newman. It's the second in their Wash. DC series. Has lots of Wash. DS> color and political name dropping. Their first book, "Knight and DS> Day" set up the two main characters and was extremely good. This one Guess I'll have to look for those. It would be nice to read something that gets the DC color right for a change. ;) You have no idea how irksome it is to see metered cabs in a book set in DC. DS> I read McCrumb's Rosewood Casket a while back and enjoyed it..am DS> now rereading her previous 3 in the Appalachian series. Am also Haven't caught up on those. I've only read the first two and have the 3rd on my to-read shelf. Those are my favorites of hers, though. DS> & Noble and picked it up. He said he just wanted to take a peek at DS> it and the next thing he knew, he was on page 90! Now that's a recommendation! DS> Brought home a few new cookbooks today..they will keep me busy for DS> a few days, I guess! Haven't looked at a cookbook in ages. My cooking is very last minute these days while all my attention goes to assorted art projects. At the moment I have an elf in the oven. ;) ... No dream comes true until you wake up and get to work on it. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAW00003 Date: 06/25/96 From: BERT QUILLIN Time: 08:29am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Arthur Upfield -=>Bert Quillin said to Fred Runk<=- RK> In a message of , Fred Runk (1:300/6.2) writes: RK> Aborigine Inspector in the Queensland police force with the RK> unlikely name of Napoleon Bonaparte. Unfortunately, I RK> think they are all out of print again. Hi Fred: After reading your original message a couple of weeks ago, I picked up the only Upfield book our local library had available just to "try" him out. It was "The Lake Frome Monster", and it was difficult to put the thing down until finished. Thanks for the information on this author. It came at just the right time as I was sort of between favorites and needed someone else to read for awhile. This fellow reminds me a bit of Nevil Shute where style is concerned, and Shute is one of my favorites. Have read everything of his that is in print. Our library (Washington County Library Assn.) has only four of Upfield's books in their system. So I got on the computer and went into the Portland Public Library files (just over the county line) and found they have 30 in their stacks. So will be able to get them to read by requesting those I want through a computer hold. Should keep me busy for awhile. My wife and I have visited a great many islands in the South Pacific over the years, but we never did get to the continent of Australia. Our youngest son who will be 48 in a few days, lived there for nearly 10 years and toured the entire continent both ways in a mini-van (caravan) over a couple of years. Thanks again and Regards, Bert ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: COM-DAT BBS (1:105/314.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAW00004 Date: 06/25/96 From: DELORES E ROWE Time: 07:56am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: reading matter... Fed Runk was discussing different things with DER... FR> DER> <> Good Grief! It must be at least, what.....10 degrees cooler i FR> DER> Tucson, huh?? FR>Well, more like 5 degrees or so, but we'll catch up as the city gets arger FR>and covers more ground with concrete and tar. True! :( FR> DER> his name, but he also did a credible job. However, I much preferred FR> DER> William Holden. Joseph Wambaugh was also the executive director for FR> DER> the series Police Story, which ran for quite a while. FR>Yeah, know whom you mean, but the name escapes me at present. Big, heavyset FR>guy--light hair. Frequently plays heavies in the movies. FR>George Kennedy? Right on!! That's the guy! FR> DER> Germany. Le Carre is incomparable in his ability to build FR> DER> characters, and to portray the depth of feelings, the fear and the FR> DER> doubts of men and women under stress. FR>Err...You seem to have forgotten James Bond! Sorry...IMO, James Bond is kiddie fare to anything that LeCarre writes! FR> DER> Are you a Professor? What do you teach? How long? Nosey aren't I? FR> DER> :) FR>No, haven't reached, and doubt if I ever will reach the dizzying heights f FR>professor. I'm adjunct faculty (read "parttime grossly exploited slave FR>labor"--notice lack of smiley) at two community colleges in the area. I FR>teach, or attempt to anyway, composition, intro psych, and lit courses. Brave fellow!! I am always appalled when I see the poor grammar, atrocious spelling and general lack of comprehension of students that are graduating from high school. However, I work closely with two high school teachers in a club that I belong to, and, to be perfectly honest with you, neither of them could spell their way out of a paper bag!! FR> DER> I would appreciate your honest evaluation when you have finished it. FR> DER> That way I can decide if I should add it to my ever increasing ist!! FR>Ok, will do. However, I'm a great fan of Inspector Morse, so keep that in FR>mind. I just might be a tad biased. That's OK! As I've said before, I am a great fan also! FR> DER> The review is so I can remember a week from now what it was about!! FR> DER> hehehe! FR>I usually do a brief review which I sometimes put in the conference, FR>especially the SF conference. If I do something more than a brief paragraph FR>about DAUGHTERS, I will send it along in this conference. Look forward to it. *** SLMR 2.1a Chaos is a sign of creativity. Cat philosophy. --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #189 * Origin: TMK BBS - 509.886.7607 - mystique@nwinternet.com (1:344/115.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DAW00005 Date: 06/25/96 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 09:49am \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Test > I am doing another test here. Please answer (anyone) if > you get this. I > realized the only message anyone answered me from I posted > directly on > the BBS, I want to see if my messages in Blue Wave are making > it out. Both test messages received in Berkeley, CA. --- Opus-CBCS 1.73a * Origin: Sci-Fido II, World's Oldest SF BBS, Berkeley, CA (1:161/84.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DB400000 Date: 06/26/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 10:55pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Rhys Maddox On (25 Jun 96) Patricia Ferrara wrote to Maureen Goldman... PF> Wright won the Edgar ten or so years ago for her book "The PF> Suspect", set up the coast from Vancouver, Canada. MG> I know. It's set HERE. PF> Hehehe! I have no idea how that happened. That quote, PF> though it shows my initials, is actually your words. I'm PF> not going to try to figure it out, okay? What can I say? I recently connected with the Internet, and the experience of learning new skills is HARROWING. If I can't recognize my own words, it's not surprising. MG> I find her too chirpy, although I sometimes read the Rhys Maddox MG> books. I enjoyed "Trouble in the Brasses". PF> Rhys Maddox? I don't think I've seen any of those, but I've PF> made a note of it on my library list. Thanks for the PF> recommendation. He's a Mountie, the only tone-deaf member of a family noted for professional opera singers. ... Angry Aliens breed in the Great Radioactive Swamps of Crayola Prime. --- PPoint 1.88 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DB400001 Date: 06/27/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 12:09pm \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 3 times) Subj: Test, again On (26 Jun 96) HELEN FLEISCHER wrote to Suzze Tiernan... HF> Current Bedtime Reading: Dead Men's Hearts by Aaron Elkins. A Gideon HF> Oliver story set in Egypt; who could ask for more? ;) A new Gideon Oliver? Great! Somehow I could never get interested in his art historian detective (something to do with art, anyway). --- PPoint 1.88 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DB400002 Date: 06/27/96 From: KATHLEEN MORRISON Time: 01:32pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Voodoo ** From Patricia Ferrara to Fred Runk on 25 Jun 96 20:25:50 ** Voodoo -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Patricia Ferrara <=- PF> Apparently, though, it is an acceptable spelling PF> according to the dictionary. Live and learn. FR> So I noticed from other responses to your message. Well, now you FR> know. PF> PF> Yep. Guess I should work on getting the gris-gris taken PF> off of the author now, huh? I would say so, yes. Just be careful that the gris-gris doesn't to a 180 and come to rest in YOUR lap.. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: * BlueDog BBS * (212) 594-4425 * NYC FileBone Hub (1:278/304) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DB400003 Date: 07/01/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 10:23am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Test, again HF> Current Bedtime Reading: Dead Men's Hearts by Aaron Elkins. A Gideon HF> Oliver story set in Egypt; who could ask for more? ;) MG> A new Gideon Oliver? Great! Somehow I could never get MG> interested in his art historian detective (something to do with MG> art, anyway). I don't think it's all that new. I found it in paperback in a used book store. I'm not as fond of the art series, either. I did finish Dead Men's Hearts and really liked it. Now I'm halfway through _The Case of the Hook Billed Kites_ by Borthwick. It was recommended to me by my mystery-loving knitshop-owing friend and I'm really liking it. So far she's recommended only winners. ... Fiber artists dye laughing. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DB400004 Date: 07/01/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 10:23am \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Nessen DS> The picnic is Sat. and a few of us plan to go to Hershey on Sun, DS> weather permitting. Hmm, no overnighters for me. DS> I'm certainly no expert on DC..but it sounded like they knew what DS> they were talking about. Nessen spent many years working at the DS> White House so he should be pretty accurate. The policeman in the DS> series gives the book a reality check while the two main characters DS> are more lighthearted and tend to romp through the first book. They DS> get a bit more serious in the second one. Sounds worth having a look at. I assumed they'd get the details right, given the years he spent here. DS> Betty just sent me a newspaper article featuring an interview with DS> McCrumb. She seems to be making the series more mainstream rather DS> than "mystery/murder" although each one does have a mystery of DS> sorts. She said Nora was actually based on a real person. It's up to DS> the reader to either accept or not her second sight. She is DS> definitely a wonderful character and one of my favorites...Nora is DS> the reason I keep going back to the series. McCrumb said she is now DS> researching her next in the series (Ballad of Frankie Silver). I don't demand a mystery, though it probably shouldn't be shelved with them if it drifts away from the genre. Not that that makes a difference to the publishers. ;) DS> RE: Killing Critics DS> One of the other staff members got the book on Wed or Thur, went DS> home, and finished it in one sitting. I'm off to the bookstore this DS> afternoon with plans of buying it...I'll start it tomorrow...Have to DS> finish Karen Kijewski's "Honky Tonk Kat" tonight..I love the Kat DS> Colorado series. There's a review of Killing Critics in the paper that I just cut out for Betty. She always gets those first. ;) I've been picking up the Kat Colorado books, but only recently found the early ones. I didn't want to start in the middle, so they'd languished on my to-read shelf. Guess they're going to hit the top of the stack soon. ;) DS> I also saw a note on DotL that Jan Burke has finished the first DS> rewrite of her latest in the Goodnight Irene series. That's another DS> series I gobbled up (I had gone home sick with the flu during the DS> winter and brought home with me the first 3 of her series. Finished DS> them by the time the sniffles were gone). Boy, you do gobble, them! I haven'te tried any of those. Will try to remember to grab one. ... A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137)