--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBA00011 Date: 07/04/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 03:53pm \/To: BERT QUILLIN (Read 3 times) Subj: Arthur Upfield Here you go, and happy reading! TITLES BY ARTHUR UPFIELD (1888-1964) ( > marks ones I'm looking for) Alternate Publication Title: 1 The House of Cain (1928) 2 The Barrakee Mystery (1929) The Lure of the Bush >3 The Beach of Atonement (1930) 4 The Sands of Windee (1931) >5 A Royal Abduction (1932) 6 Gripped By Drought (1932) 7 Murder Down Under (1937) Mr. Jelly's Business 8 Wings Above the Claypan (1936) Wings Above the Diamantina, Winged Mystery 9 Wind of Evil (1937) 10 The Bone is Pointed (1938) 11 The Mystery of Swordfish Reef (1939) 12 No Footprints in the Bush (1940) Bushranger of the Skies 13 Death of a Swagman (1945) 14 The Devil's Steps (1946) 15 An Author Bites the Dust (1948) 16 The Mountains Have a Secret (1948) 17 The Bachelors of Broken Hill (1950) 18 The Widows of Broome (1950) 19 The New Shoe (1951) 20 Venom House (1952) 21 Murder Must Wait (1953) 22 Death of a Lake (1954) 23 Cake in the Hat Box (1954) Sinister Stones 24 The Battling Prophet (1956) 25 Man of Two Tribes (1956) 26 Bony Buys a Woman (1957) The Bushman Who Came Back 27 Bony and the Black Virgin (1959) The Torn Branch 28 Bony and the Mouse (1959) Journey to the Hangman 29 Bony and the Kelly Gang (1960) Valley of Smugglers 30 Bony and the White Savage (1961) The White Savage 31 The Will of the Tribe (1962) 32 Madman's Bend (1963) Madman's Bend 33 The Lake Frome Monster (1966 --posthumously) Also: The Murchison Murders, a true-crime story (US Copyright 1987, first Australian publication date unknown, estimated at 1934) Only one short story, published posthumously in Ellery Queen Dec 1979. ... There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. * 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: DBA00012 Date: 07/04/96 From: LARRY HORTON Time: 03:34pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Holmes 's addiction Ah Maureen, I have been properly corrected by one who remembers Doyle better than I. I admit it has been some ten years since I last read his works. Since abuse of opiates was a fad with the upper class of Victorian England it does not surprise me that this is true. Do you read Anne Perry. She is a serious student of Victorian England and addresses social issues of the times in her mystery novels. She has also served time for murder of a friends mother thus lending credibility to her writing. ttyl Larry --- JMail-H 2.80 (Omega 4) [EVAL DA * Origin: Dusty's Palace (Home Of The DownTown BBS) (FIDONET 1:387/1001) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBA00013 Date: 07/04/96 From: LARRY HORTON Time: 03:35pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Holmes 's addiction Thanks Fred, Maureen has already done a good job in correcting my oversight. ttyl Larry --- JMail-H 2.80 (Omega 4) [EVAL DA * Origin: Dusty's Palace (Home Of The DownTown BBS) (FIDONET 1:387/1001) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBA00014 Date: 07/03/96 From: PHIL POCOCK Time: 10:00pm \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Late Reading -=> Quoting Debbie Shanker to Phil Pocock <=- > Just browsing as that's practically all I ever do in this echo, > but did note that your message made its way this far south! [g] DS> Hey Phil... Hi, Debbie! DS> Didn't know you lurked here!! Also didn't know you were a DS> mystery fan. Have you read anything good lately? I'm in the DS> middle of the new Kat Colorado mystery, "Honky tonk Kat" DS> and it's very good. I've given myself 15 minutes to read DS> through here, then back to Kat's latest adventures. DS> Say hello to Dot for me. Actually, I'm trying to find time to get into my favorite authors, although there are those among "YOU" who would descry my selection as a *mystery* authors. I love Leslie Charteris and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I've read a little bit of the current stuff, and still return to the OLD stuff. << Phil from San Antonio, TX at 22:04:07 on Wed 07-03-96>> ... Mystery is the spice of life! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Rock BBS--Religion, Debate, Literature. (1:387/31) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBA00015 Date: 07/04/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:56am \/To: SALLY SPRINGETT (Read 3 times) Subj: Libraries -=> While in the White Hart, Sally Springett insisted to Fred Runk that <=- SS> Join the Friends of the Library and you'll know everything. They SS> hate to pay for advertising so what does appear appears in places SS> that are free. The Friends do enough good with the money they take SS> in that they are worth joining. It's a thought. Now I got to find them. Perhaps I might locate some loitering around libraries? SS> ... We need to get a new bard. All this one does is drink and sing. No juggling? Card tricks? Extemporaneous declamations? Origami? Psychic Phenomena? A rather limited repertoire, I should say. ... Cats are the proof of a higher purpose to the universe. ___ 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: DBA00016 Date: 07/04/96 From: BETH FRIEDMAN Time: 01:29pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: McCrumb and other cross-over writers13:29:5407/04/96 JM> Now what do we do with the books by McCrumb which are JM> neither mystery or SF? I don't have a good answer for you, but a similar situation is why all my paperbacks are filed alphabetically by author, regardless of genre. It was Madeleine L'Engle who was the final straw for me. I had the children's books in one place, the mainstream in another, and the SF (by far the largest category) in a third. When I realized that I had one series by her that started out as with children's books, but continued into adult, and SF-flavored adult at that, I gave up. It leads to some interesting juxtapositions, but mostly it works. I can't really recommend it for a bookstore, though. Maybe just put all the McCrumb together in mystery, since she mostly appeals to mystery readers, the same way Borders files books about or related to an author's fiction writing with the author's titles? --- Sirius 1.0ya * Origin: Beth's Point: Minneapolis, MN (1:282/26.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBA00017 Date: 07/05/96 From: DELORES E ROWE Time: 11:17am \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Criteria for a Mystery Patricia Ferrara was asking der what's in a mystery..... Hi, Patsy.... PF> I've been wondering lately, what constitutes a true mystery? PF> Most fiction has to have some element of mystery about it or PF> you wouldn't be drawn into the story enough to follow through PF> to the end, would you? I suppose it has to include a dastardly PF> deed, murder being one of the ultimates. I think that the key element to a good mystery is suspense. Having read so many, I am disappointed when I can figure out "who dun it" when I am a fourth of the way through the book! :) Any writer who can keep the suspense building, amd me guessing, through to the climax, had my admiration. der * SLMR 2.1a * Put de lime in de coconut and den you'll feel betta! --- 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: DBA00018 Date: 07/05/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 02:38pm \/To: LARRY HORTON (Read 4 times) Subj: Holmes 's addiction On (04 Jul 96) Larry Horton wrote to Maureen Goldman... LH> I have been properly corrected by one who remembers Doyle better than I. Nope. You have been corrected by someone who has just connected with the Internet. Right now I'm finding my way by going on various "scavenger hunts" to see if I can find information. Sherlock Holmes is easy. Old TV shows like "Fame" or "Dallas" are hard. LH> Since abuse of opiates was a fad with the upper class of Victorian England it does not LH> surprise me that this is true. Since they were legal, I doubt that this was considered a great problem at the time. LH> Do you read Anne Perry. She is a serious student of LH> Victorian England and addresses social issues of the times in LH> her mystery novels. She has also served time for murder of a LH> friends mother thus lending credibility to her writing. I've read quite a few of her Pitt novels. After a while, it becomes a matter of identifying the murderer by finding for the correct perversion. Did she actually spend time in jail? I can't recall. The girls were fairly young at the time, only 15, and supposedly Perry was ill when it happened (or so she says, now). In a juvenile facility, perhaps? I've been meaning to take out the video of HEAVENLY CREATURES, which is supposed to be very good. --- PPoint 1.88 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBA00019 Date: 07/05/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 07:25pm \/To: PHIL POCOCK (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Late Reading -[ Quoting Phil Pocock <07-03-96 22:00>, to Debbie Shanker ]- PP> Actually, I'm trying to find time to get into my favorite authors, PP> although there are those among "YOU" who would descry my PP> selection as a *mystery* authors. I love Leslie Charteris and Sir PP> Arthur Conan Doyle. I've read a little bit of the current stuff, PP> and still return to the OLD stuff. :) I confess that I am a fan of Leslie Charteris and The Saint. I spent in the neighbourhood of 20 years attempting to complete my collection of all the paperback novels of "The Saint." I claimed success with Charter's first publication of "The Saint Meets the Tiger" (a.k.a. "Meet the Tiger") in '80. This was the first publication of Book 1 of the series which had been out of print since 1929 when it was first published, 1 printing. :) I believe I enjoyed the short stories best; they were not only entertaining, I actually learned a great deal from them. There are 37 books in the series, (although I do not include the few pastiches which I consider most UN-Saintly.) :) How about "Max Carrados," by Ernest Bramah? I'm still trying to find some information on how to acquire novels of this first famous blind detective. -< Dennis >- ... So Far, So Good ... So What? -=- 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: DBB00000 Date: 07/06/96 From: PATRICIA FERRARA Time: 06:19pm \/To: DELORES E ROWE (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Criteria for a Mystery -=> Quoting Delores E Rowe to Patricia Ferrara <=- DER> I think that the key element to a good mystery is suspense. Having DER> read so many, I am disappointed when I can figure out "who dun it" when DER> I am a fourth of the way through the book! :) Any writer who can keep DER> the suspense building, amd me guessing, through to the climax, had my DER> admiration. Yes, suspense is necessary to a mystery, but I don't think that a suspenseful book is necessarily considered a mystery. I used to read romance novels (can no longer stand them) and I found them quite suspenseful. Patsy --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1)