--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBG00001 Date: 07/11/96 From: PATRICIA FERRARA Time: 06:53pm \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Carolyn Hart -=> Quoting Debbie Shanker to Patricia Ferrara <=- DS> Which Carolyn Hart are you reading? Dead Man's Island was great. DS> It's the first of the Henry O' series. They did a made-for-TV movie DS> of it but as usual, the book was much better. This one is called "A Settling Of Accounts". I'm starting to wonder if it's the same Carolyn Hart... I'll have to go read the jackets on the others I have in own little library and see if I can verify that it's the same person. I had never heard this title before. I read Dead Man's Island, but I didn't enjoy it all that much. I like her other series, though. DS> Finally started Killing Critics...it's just as good as I expected. DS> O'Connell's Mallory is incredible. Okay, I'm adding it to my library list! :) 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: DBH00000 Date: 07/11/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 07:07am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Late Reading -[ Quoting Jan Murphy <07-09-96 11:17>, to Sam Waring ]- > Finding ANY Bramah is hard. Some years ago, I stumbled across > Penguin paperback of THE GOLDEN HOURS OF KAI-LUNG, but never JM> Both GOLDEN HOURS and KAI_LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT were published as part JM> of Ballantine Books' Adult Fantasy series, edited by Lin Carter. If JM> you're interested in getting a copy of MAT, send me netmail with your JM> mailing address and I can put you on our wantlist at the store. I have "The Wallet of Kai-Lung," which is currently in print as a trade paperback. What I'm most interested in, however, is any of Ernest Bramah's writings (in paperback) of his famous blind detective, Max Carrados. Can you help? ... Do agnostic dyslexics wonder if there's really a dog? -=- 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: DBH00001 Date: 07/11/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 08:24pm \/To: PHIL POCOCK (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Late Reading -[ Quoting Phil Pocock <07-07-96 19:23>, to Dennis Menard ]- PP> I am amazed, simply amazed! I had absolutely no idea that there PP> were any Saint fans still extant. I expected a bunch of "Huh? PP> read seem to have disappeared from my library. All I have left PP> is an anthology, and I'm guarding it with my life! Want some titles to look for? I can provide most the ISBN #s, as well. You're likely able to find at least some of them through any good second- hand bookstore. I scoured hundreds of them to fill the gaps in my own collection, but could have duplicated many single titles dozens of times. PP> As for Mr. Bramah, I can't report that I've ever heard of the man or PP> his writings. Ernest Bramah wrote of 2 characters: Kai-Lung, an itinerant Chinese story- teller, with fascinating word-pictures to weave; Max Carrados, a detective, blind from birth, who used all his senses to solve difficult mysteries. These works date from near the turn of the century. DM> ! Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3) PP> Now here's a first! My friends in Calgary and Edmonton would PP> probably say that I'm still "stereotyping" Canadians, but your PP> message was the first I've ever received from the Yukon PP> Territory, and I was tempted to say, "Gee, I didn't know y'all PP> had computers!" [g] :) Well, it's not as tough as it used to be ... but that old story about plugging into trees is nothing but a myth. However, with these new multi- media machines, sometimes we have to hook up those little exercise wheels in tandem and feed the gophers coffee to get them running fast enough to provide the necessary juice to run for a couple hours with clean power. :) Honest though, I've been running the oldest and most long-lived BBS in the Yukon, in operation since '86: NetWork North; and we're in the nodelist as 1:3409/2. Unfortunately, the Internet has left the BBS scene up here just a bit slow (I'm trying to take a 'positive' outlook) these days. :( ... Dyslexics Of The World: Untie! -=- 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: DBH00002 Date: 07/12/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 10:25am \/To: DELORES E ROWE (Read 3 times) Subj: Criteria for a Mystery On (11 Jul 96) Delores E Rowe wrote to Maureen Goldman... DE> I think that the key element to a good mystery is suspense. DE> [...] MG> What sort of suspense? I mean, the person has already been MG> killed. The detective does this sort of thing for a living. MG> Offhand, I don't see much to hold one's breath about. This MG> sounds more like the definition of a thriller. DE> Did you ever watch the Columbo series on TV with Peter Falk? Each DE> episode opened with the murder being committed, sometimes you even knew DE> who the killer was. Yet the beauty of the series was in see how Columbo DE> worked with a few clues and managed to overcome tremendous odds, and yet DE> use cunning and logic to get his man. I had no interest whatever in that show because of the way it was set out, although of course I liked the Columbo character and watched occasionally. I didn't want to know whodunnit - that's for me to try to figure out. DE> The same was true with the Perry Mason stories. You knew the defendant DE> was innocent. The suspense was in watching how Mason was able to fit DE> together the pieces of the puzzle, eventually revealing the real killer. The Perry Mason mysteries were genuine whodunnits. DE> Neither of them could possibly be considered "thrillers", and yet both DE> managed to draw huge audiences, because of the suspense. I wouldn't call that suspense. They both qualified as puzzles. With Columbo, it's a matter of figuring out where the murderer messed up. With Mason, a straightforward whodunnit, sometimes with aspects of proving the client innocent as well as finding the perp. --- PPoint 1.88 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBH00003 Date: 07/12/96 From: SAM BOYD Time: 06:32am \/To: TO: SAM BOYD (Read 3 times) Subj: Subject: Boyd Distribution List Address 06:32:1207/12/96 Apparently-to: Sam.Boyd@1201.ima.infomail.com Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 15:59:52 -0600 From: braswell@pbmo.net (Keith Braswell) (by way of braswell@pbmo.net (Keith Braswell)) If you receive this message it means that the new BOYD-Listserver is up and running! I sent this message via the boyd-l@genealogy.emcee.com email address. The new email address of the Boyd-List is: boyd-l@genealogy.emcee.com (Thats Boyd-L@genealogy.emcee.com) Subscription information is listed below... Subcription/unsubscription/info requests should always be sent to boyd-l-request@genealogy.emcee.com To subscribe to a mailinglist, simply send a message with the word subscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list. To unsubscribe from a mailinglist, simply send a message with the word (you guessed it :-) "unsubscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list. In the event of an address change, it would probably be the wisest to first send an unsubscribe for the old address (this can be done from the new address), and then a new subscribe to the new address (the order is important). Most (un)subscription requests are processed automatically without human intervention. Do not send multiple (un)subscription or info requests in one mail. Only one will be processed per mail. NOTE: The -request server usually does quite a good job in discriminating between (un)subscribe requests and messages intended for the aintainer. If you'd like to make sure a human reads your message, make it look like a reply (i.e. the first word in the Subject: field should be Re:", without the quotes of course); the -request server does not react to replies. There is more to be known but this will do for now.... Keith --- --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: The HUB * Austin TX * Centex PCUG * 512-346-1852 (1:382/1201) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBH00004 Date: 07/12/96 From: PHIL POCOCK Time: 07:55pm \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Late Reading -=> Quoting Debbie Shanker to Phil Pocock <=- > "Jeremy Brett series?" I must be out of touch! [g] DS> The A&E TV series of Sherlock Holmes, staring Jeremy DS> Brett. I had always visualized Basil Rathbone as Sherlock, DS> but Brett has become THE Holmes as far as I'm concerned. Oh, O.K. I just don't pay that much attention to cast members. I've watched that show on occasion, but hate the commercials! [g] Maybe I should tape a couple of them so I can skip over the ads! Re: The Beekeeper's Apprentice > I've not read it, but I saw a review or an offer for it the other > day. I'll try to remember to check it out the next time I'm in a > library or book store. DS> It's worth the search. An excellent addition to the Holmes genre. Just what I need on my shelves.... another unread book! [g] Actually, I'd probably get right to that one, just to see if what you say is true! << Phil from San Antonio, TX at 20:12:07 on Fri 07-12-96>> ... You see, but you do not observe. ACD ___ 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: DBI00000 Date: 07/12/96 From: SAM WARING Time: 09:25am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 3 times) Subj: Late Reading On 09 Jul 96 Jan Murphy said this about that to Sam Waring: SW>> Finding ANY Bramah is hard. JM> Both GOLDEN HOURS and KAI-LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT were published as part JM> of Ballantine Books' Adult Fantasy series, edited by Lin Carter. If JM> you're interested in getting a copy of MAT, send me netmail with your JM> mailing address and I can put you on our wantlist at the store. Thanks for the offer, Jan, but that's one of the advantages of me *being* a booksearcher--if I *really* want something for myself, I put it on Interloc and (maybe) run it in AB, and there I am. And that's not to mention that if a title's in BIP (side note: do y'all use the CD version with the Ingram interface, these days? We do, and I like it.), I just order it and take my 40 per cent. As far as Bramah goes, right now he's on my "look for it someday" list rather'n my "GOTTA have it" list. Lots of stuff has been bumped down to my "someday" list for a while, since money's rather tight at the moment. ObOnTopic: I read THE CAT WHO SAID CHEESE last week, and liked it a lot better then THE CAT WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE. It seemed to me to be a more "cozy" cozy than she's managed in her past two or three outings. I've also been digging some of my Rex Stout titles back out for re-reads; this week it's THE BLACK MOUNTAIN, in which we find that Wolfe is actually *not* an immovable object. B-{)### Which reminds me: I was sorry that I didn't get to stop by Murder by the Book when I was in Houston over the weekend. One of my favorite T-shirts is their shirt that has a silhouette of Wolfe on it, with the quote "Go to hell--I'm reading. -Archie Goodwin" right below. You wouldn't believe the number of people who have asked where *they* could get one a them shirts.... (Trivia: in which Wolfe novel does that quote appear?) Sam ... Any small object, when dropped, will hide under a larger object. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Shallow end of the gene pool (1:382/91.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBI00001 Date: 07/08/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 11:47am \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Digging for Treasure -=> Quoting Patricia Ferrara to Dorothy Reynolds <=- -=> Quoting DOROTHY REYNOLDS to FRED RUNK <=- FR> Ah, buried treasure! DR> Yeah. I found a Julie Smith and 3 Robert Goldsboroughs among them. PF> It's so exciting to find those treasures! I was thrilled when I PF> attended my first Friends of The Library sale last month. I PF> found several books by some of my favorite authors, such as Joan PF> Hess and Rex Stout. Hello Patricia: It is exciting to find your favorite authors. I attend a lot of the Friends of the Library sales. Mostly looking for books for our private library. I'm the librarian in our building and know what people are looking for. Also for my own personal reading pleasure. Amazing the treasures one finds. Keep praying eventually will find Kevin Robinson's first mystery Split Seconds. Have his other two, which he autographed for me, as I bought them direct from him. So far no luck, but it will turn up one of these days. I just finished my first Lawrence Block book, titled "The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza. A fast and very good read. He is so funny. Have you ever read him? Am starting my very first (but certainly not the last), James Lee Burke. Black Cherry Blues. He is so highly recommended by everyone in this Conference. What little I've read so far is wonderful. As Belle Bijou describes his writing, it is almost like poetry. The words just flow off the pages. Since I'm in love with Louisiana, he makes the area come alive. I once visited Baton Rouge and was greatly impressed by the lovely place. Hope to visit New Orleans some day. So historical and picturesque. DR> It was chestnut, bordering on auburn, in my youth, but DR> I'm still the same ME. PF> Once a redhead, always a redhead... at least in spirit, eh PF> Dorothy? Mine has just started showing some silver at my PF> temples... but I still refuse to grow up! Amen to that statement. Lots of redheads in my family on both sides. My mother was absolutely stunning. Red hair and green eyes and a figure that wouldn't quit. Pure French and a spit fire almost to the day she passed away. My father also had the green eyes, even though his hair was dark brown. Strange though, my sister and I both have hazel eyes. But sometimes they do look green. Close enough. As for growing up, well . . . who wants to? :}. Some of us older folks say they're reaching their "second" childhood. I never got over the "first" one. And Ain't it Great! From one redhead to another, have fun. Sincerely, Dorothy PF> ... Nobody knows the trouble I've been! Swiped! I love it. PF> -!- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 PF> ! Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1) ... Give a child an inch and he thinks he's a ruler. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro * Origin: Pacific Rim Information -=- San Diego, CA -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBI00002 Date: 07/13/96 From: PHIL POCOCK Time: 09:45am \/To: DENNIS MENARD (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Late Reading -=> Quoting Dennis Menard to Phil Pocock <=- PP> read seem to have disappeared from my library. All I have left PP> is an anthology, and I'm guarding it with my life! DM> Want some titles to look for? I can provide most the ISBN #s, as DM> well. You're likely able to find at least some of them through any good DM> second- hand bookstore. I scoured hundreds of them to fill the gaps in DM> my own collection, but could have duplicated many single titles dozens DM> of times. Titles would of course be welcome, but actually, all I have to do is list the ones I have in the anthology, and check the local book stores for any Charteris books that are not included. There is only one used book store in the immediate area, but there is also a great 1/2-price store that carries many "seconds." I'll give them both a gander as soon as I can scrape up some extra cash and time. PP> As for Mr. Bramah, I can't report that I've ever heard of the man or PP> his writings. DM> Ernest Bramah wrote of 2 characters: Kai-Lung, an itinerant Chinese DM> story- teller, with fascinating word-pictures to weave; Max Carrados, a DM> detective, blind from birth, who used all his senses to solve difficult DM> mysteries. DM> These works date from near the turn of the century. Sort of doubt that any of Mr. Bramah's books would turn up during just a cursory search, but I'll keep the name in mind. Thanks for the explanation. PP> Now here's a first! My friends in Calgary and Edmonton would PP> probably say that I'm still "stereotyping" Canadians, but your PP> message was the first I've ever received from the Yukon PP> Territory, and I was tempted to say, "Gee, I didn't know y'all PP> had computers!" [g] DM> :) Well, it's not as tough as it used to be ... but that old story DM> about plugging into trees is nothing but a myth. However, with these DM> new multi- media machines, sometimes we have to hook up those little DM> exercise wheels in tandem and feed the gophers coffee to get them DM> running fast enough to provide the necessary juice to run for a couple DM> hours with clean power. :) LOL! Thanks for my morning chuckle! DM> Honest though, I've been running the oldest and most long-lived BBS in DM> the Yukon, in operation since '86: NetWork North; and we're in the DM> nodelist as 1:3409/2. Unfortunately, the Internet has left the BBS DM> scene up here just a bit slow (I'm trying to take a 'positive' outlook) DM> these days. :( Just out of curiosity, how large is your "user base?" Yes, the Internet is having its affect on everyone. We didn't have access until the first of this year, and just in seven months, we've seen the traffic on FidoNet drop off to a mere ghost of itself. << Phil from San Antonio, TX at 09:56:06 on Sat 07-13-96>> ... ASCII and it shall be given unto you. ___ 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: DBI00003 Date: 07/13/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:40pm \/To: DELORES E ROWE (Read 3 times) Subj: This and that.... -=> While in the White Hart, Delores E Rowe insisted to Fred Runk that <=- DER> Well, of course! However, better the first page, than the last! Definitely. FR>Don't know if I mentioned this before, but there are ten stories in the FR>collection, with five being "Morse" tales. DER> DER> What are the other five? Just general mysteries? Yes. Can't remember anything about them though. ... 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)