--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDH00004 Date: 09/12/96 From: DEBBIE SHANKER Time: 09:31pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Mystery newsletters > Does anyone know where Cate used to get those mystery reviews > that she would post periodically? I thought that this was a free > newsletter to which one could subscribe on the Internet. If so, > I can't seem to find it. It was Murder on the Internet. to Subscribe: majordomo@www.randomhouse.com body of message subscribe MOI-dist (your internet address) <<< Debbie >>> --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: chocolate, Chocolate, CHOCOLATE: Roch, NY (1:2613/321.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDH00005 Date: 09/13/96 From: JAMES MCNEILL Time: 01:45am \/To: DAVID CHESSLER (Read 3 times) Subj: LIVING FOREVER DC> In one novel, Ariadne Oliver, Agatha Christie's "detective" who DC> is most clearly her alter ego, mentions the fussiness of readers DC> who write in to complain that a revolver in one chapter has DC> become an automatic in another, and the difficulty of the poor DC> crime writer who has to remember what she wrote and know the DC> difference. DC> > A few chapters later, I tossed it in the trash. Too bad. Other DC> > than that one mistake, it might have been a decent book. DC> Christie's expertise was toxocology. DC> We tend to forget it, but Ian Fleming made several howlers about DC> James Bond's gun in the first few novels. I'm a longtime Fleming fan, but I don't recall any problems with Bond's gun. I've often wondered what a 'skeleton grip' is, though. I much preferred the Walther of the later stories to the Beretta of the earlier ones, but if you're close and hit the right spot, a .25 has been known to get the job done. It's easy to fall into the pit if the writer isn't familiar with the subject and the reader is. If one is writing, it pays to do a little research. To get caught on a technicality is one thing, but to put cylinders on a Browning is like having your Pony car wearing shoes instead of tires. (8-} * OLX 2.2 * james.mcneill@privy.com --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Privy Ledged BBS, Kearns, Utah (801) 966-6270 (1:311/5.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDI00000 Date: 09/12/96 From: MYRL PARDEE Time: 09:21am \/To: JAMES MCNEILL (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: LIVING FOREVER Hi, Mr. Mcneill: My favorite "goof" which nearly ruined the book was one of Margaret Truman's otherwise well researched (I guess) books set in Washington, D.C. and environs. From her, I got a good sense of Georgetown. However, her heroine visits her father in Calistoga, California, and after a late and leisurely breakfast, mentions that she has a noontime lunch appointment in San Francisco. Unless her "late" breakfast ended by 9:30, she could not have made her appointment on time. I believe Ms. Truman was deluded, as all easterners are, by the distances in the west. The roads are too narrow (mostly two lane) through most of the county to achieve freeway speeds. That error in research overshadowed most of the rest of the book for me. I see that you are from Utah. Are you familiar with the detective series featuring a man whose first name is Moroni. The author is named Irvine, and the location is southern Utah. I'm sorry that I can't provide more information but I've been shuffling books between book-cases and cannot put my hand on them. I would be interested in a "natives" point of view on the background. I only know a small part of Utah (SLC to Provo). Thank you for sharing your "goof" experience. As a person unfamiliar with guns, I would not have caught that really egregious error. I'll start looking for those now. Myrl Pardee --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: 24th Street Exchange * A BBS Since 1983 * 916.448.2483 (1:203/52) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDI00001 Date: 09/13/96 From: JIM MAGILL Time: 12:13pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 3 times) Subj: TV Mysteries Hi: Speaking of the A&E mysteries - have you seen the newest series, -> "Silent Witness"? A bit reminiscent of Patricia Cornwall with the -> female pathologist, Yes, I have seen the newest series. But the face of the pathologist is so striking (pretty? beautiful? clean-looking? whatever) that IZ can't pay attention to the plot! Regards Jim --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 10 * Origin: T.O.I.L. BBS (315) 331-1556/5878 Newark,NY,USA (1:2613/608) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDI00002 Date: 09/13/96 From: JIM MAGILL Time: 12:16pm \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: Religious Here's an easy test: name four or five crime solvers who are religious (i.e., priest, rabbi, minister, nun, or al.) Too easy?? Jim --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 10 * Origin: T.O.I.L. BBS (315) 331-1556/5878 Newark,NY,USA (1:2613/608) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDJ00000 Date: 09/14/96 From: BELLE BIJOU Time: 11:09pm \/To: JIM MAGILL (Read 3 times) Subj: TV Mysteries I'd like to say to , Jim Magill (1:2613/608) who said: > Speaking of the A&E mysteries - have you seen the newest series, -> "Silent Witness"? A bit reminiscent of Patricia Cornwall with the -> female pathologist, > Yes, I have seen the newest series. But the face of the pathologist >is so striking (pretty? beautiful? clean-looking? whatever) that IZ >can't pay attention to the plot! She really is lovely, isn't she? Which is a bit of a change for the Brits - I'm always amazed that they seem to have an endless supply of perfectly looking ordinary actors, and unlike Hollywood they give them major roles. --- msged 2.05 * Origin: 1:109/253 Dinah's Scrabblemania (1:109/253) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDJ00001 Date: 09/14/96 From: PATRICIA FERRARA Time: 07:32pm \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 3 times) Subj: Graves -=> Quoting HELEN FLEISCHER to Patricia Ferrara <=- HF> Speaking of which, there's a picture of just such a cemetary on the HF> cover of _Now Let's Talk Of Graves_. Trouble is the decoration on the HF> side of the tomb looks like a urinal to me; kept cracking me up every HF> time I looked at it. Hehehehe! That would tend to stick in your mind, wouldn't it? In a cemetery where I-10 and Metairie Road intersect (near the end of world-famous Canal Street) there's a tomb that has caused a lot of speculation in my family over the years. There is what appears to be a bathtub perched way up high over a corner tomb. We've always imagined that the deceased must have spent a good portion of their life hogging the bathroom. HF> Well there are a few crafts that don't require expensive tools and HF> supplies, but it's all too easy to spend a fortune on most of them. So true. I've just received notification from the sysop that he's picked up the crafting echoes I requested. I'll be downloading those messages in my next packet. HF> Nope. As far as I can tell, only this one. The sleuth is from HF> Atlanta and that's home base for the stories, even though she does HF> travel a bit. Okay, thanks. I'll add her name to my 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: DDJ00002 Date: 09/15/96 From: DAVID CHESSLER Time: 12:45am \/To: JAMES MCNEILL (Read 3 times) Subj: LIVING FOREVER On 13 Sep 96, 01:45am, James Mcneill wrote to David Chessler on the subject of "LIVING FOREVER": > I'm a longtime Fleming fan, but I don't recall any problems with Bond's > gun. I've often wondered what a 'skeleton grip' is, though. I much > preferred the Walther of the later stories to the Beretta of the > earlier ones, but if you're close and hit the right spot, a .25 has > been known to get the job done. The earliest was a .25 with the grips removed and replaced with friction tape. This is an unsuitable weapon for defence. Also, the chamois leather holster was unsuitable for defence. When told, Fleming misconstrued the advice, and had Bond use, if I recall, a Walther PPK in a Berns-Martin Holster. Berns-Martin Holsters are only for revolvers. Later, I think Bond did use a revolver in some books. > It's easy to fall into the pit if the writer isn't familiar with the > subject and the reader is. If one is writing, it pays to do a little > research. To get caught on a technicality is one thing, but to put > cylinders on a Browning is like having your Pony car wearing shoes > instead of tires. (8-} No, it's a matter of forgetting whether you had a pony car or a pony. For someone who doesn't know or care much about firearms, it's an easy mistake to make, whether the character had a revolver or an automatic, 100 pages back. (Usually the plot doesn't hinge on the detail.) Thus, I think Christie did make the mistake in the first of the Tommy and Tuppence novels (N or M?), back at the beginning of her career, and later had Adriane Oliver complain of people who notice things like that. -- ___ __ david.chessler@mix.cpcug.org david.chessler@neteast.com d_)--/d chessler@capaccess.org chessler@trinitydc.edu ... E-mail: ->132 1:109/1111 david.chessler@mix.cpcug.org * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 1 * Silver Xpress V4.3 --- Synchronet+SBBSecho v1.23 * Origin: << Crystal Aerie >> (703) 415-0134 (1:109/1111) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDK00000 Date: 09/14/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 11:25am \/To: SAM WARING (Read 3 times) Subj: W.E.B. Griffin Hello Sam: Long time no talk. Since you work in a book store and are very knowledgeable, maybe you can answer a question for me. The other day, a bunch of donated books came into our building library. Among them were 2 Badge of Honor series. We already have a few of this series, written by Griffin. However, the two in question were written by John Kevin Dugan. The copyright on them were previous to Griffin's. In all other aspects, they bore the same covers, etc. Are these two authors one and the same? This is a mystery to me within itself (G). I wondered if maybe Dugan may have passed away and Griffin took over. Didn't find mention of this anywhere. Just curious. Now to get on topic. Have you read any of James Patterson's books? I picked up one titled Kiss the Girls. Wow! Can't put it down. His style is much different than any author I've ever read. Keeps his chapters to about 2 and half pages, the writing snappy and keeps you on the edge of your seat. One of those books that makes the hair stand up, but you can't help turning the pages. First time to read him for me, but will be looking for others by him. Guess my grandson never did get into your store. He's very busy these days, working and playing guitar with his band. I understand he's doing well with it too. Last message I got from him, they have several Gigs lined up to play in the night clubs around Austin. Well, gotta go. Would appreciate any feed back re: Dugan/Griffin. Thanks, Dorothy Reynolds ... Some days the only good things on TV are the lamp and the clock. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDK00001 Date: 09/15/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 03:12pm \/To: REBEKAH DICKERSON (Read 3 times) Subj: Good Author -=>While in the White Hart, Rebekah Dickerson explained to Fred Runk that<=- RD> I'm a good swimmer and a fast reader,but I think you were RD> right!Thanks for the list. You are welcome. Hope you enjoy them. What are you reading now? Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com ... Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold. Horace Walpole ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2)