--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00005 Date: 11/05/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:46pm \/To: SAM WARING (Read 5 times) Subj: Books -=> Quoting Sam Waring to Suzze Tiernan <=- SW> Well, I've gone all retro and picked up Frances and Richard SW> Lockridge's DEAD AS A DINOSAUR, from 1952. A book-club copy came into SW> the bookstore, and while I was brodarting the remnants of the dust SW> jacket, I read the blurb and it sounded interesting enough that I SW> thought to give it a try. The Lockridges use a husband-and-wife SW> detective team, Jerry and Pam North. Jerry's an editor for a New York SW> publisher, and far's I can make out, Pam is a sort of Nora Charles SW> type--at least, I don't see her engaged in any outside-the-home SW> employment. I dunno yet whether I'm gonna care for the story, in SW> which a paleozoologist (say that three times fast) winds up with an SW> overdose of phenobarb in his evening glass of warm milk. Right now, SW> the Norths are swanning around the relatives while expressing vague SW> "something-isn't-right-here" noises to themselves, and using as a SW> cover story that the Prof died owing Jerry a manuscript for his next SW> book, and Jerry is trying to work out whether a ghost can finish up SW> the book, or if it's publishable as is, or if it's a write-off, so to SW> speak. SW> Letcha know what I thought of it once I'm done. Please do. You work/own a used book store? I convinced the owner of our store to let us start doing some used books as an experiment. ... Unable to locate COFFEE.MUG -- Search in progress, please wait... --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00006 Date: 11/05/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:46pm \/To: GIL DAVIS (Read 5 times) Subj: Please... -=> Quoting Gil Davis to Lee Kirby <=- GD> Exactly what kinds of topics does this conference cover. I had a user GD> request it, but am unable to determine what goes here. We discuss Mystery books. Simple. ... If you lose your memory - just forget about it. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00007 Date: 11/08/96 From: IRV KOCH Time: 10:50pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Books FR> I think I remember the Norths from a radio program--never did read any f FR> the novels--don't think I even knew there were novels FR> featuring them at the FR> time. Must be back in the late 40s or early 50s. The Norths were FR> middleclass types in comparison to the high society FR> Charles. Think they had FR> a dog too--a mutt if I'm not mistaken. I haven't thought of them in ages. I remember the dog barking. FR> Hmmm, might even have been an early TV show too, but I won't bet on at. Radio for sure. Could have had a TV show too. I think there were some movies as well. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00008 Date: 11/08/96 From: IRV KOCH Time: 10:52pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again MM> Nothing at the present. Just thought I'd see MM> what other folks were MM> reading. SB> I'm reading "Silver Pigs" by Lindsay Davis. The protagonist is a SB> public informer in ancient Rome. It's a fairly painless way to learn SB> some history! Science Fiction crossover! I'm reading MURDER AT CITY HALL by Edward I. Koch (pronounced Kotch ... mine is Coach). First time I ever had anything good to say about the guy . --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00009 Date: 11/10/96 From: DAVID CHESSLER Time: 02:22am \/To: MATT MITCHELL (Read 5 times) Subj: PLEASE... On 5 Nov 96, 11:27am, Matt Mitchell wrote to Karen Boudreau on the subject of "Please...": > Noticed that you're from Nova Scotia. I was wondering, do you really > get a thirteen foot tide up there? At Minas Basin in Truro, 39 feet, but that's because the Bay of Fundy is shaped like a funnel. 13 feet isn't unusual anywhere along the Atlantic coast of NS. It's about 10 feet anywhere in Maine, but only about 4 feet here in Maryland. It's about 3 feet down in North Carolina, and only a foot or less at islands in the Carribean. -- ___ __ 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: DFJ00010 Date: 11/08/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 11:07am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: HIAASEN > SS> * QMPro 1.53 * My inner child is now on a milk carton. SB> Stolen! SB> * JABBER v1.2 * I'm cultivating my inner bitch. Likewise, I'm sure. * QMPro 1.53 * Never wrestle a pig, you get dirty and the pig likes it. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00011 Date: 11/10/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:15am \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 5 times) Subj: Books -=>While in the White Hart, Irv Koch explained to Fred Runk that<=- IK> Radio for sure. Could have had a TV show too. I think IK> there were some movies as well. Don't remember any movies. I vagulely remember the male lead--blonde or light brown hair; I think he played a number of roles on TV--Richard Denning? Or something like that. ... Rivers and mountains may change...Human nature never. Chinese Proverb ___ 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: DFJ00012 Date: 11/10/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 11:14am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Matt Mitchell that<=- MM> Nothing at the present. Just thought I'd see what other folks were MM> reading. SB> I'm reading "Silver Pigs" by Lindsay Davis. The protagonist is a SB> public informer in ancient Rome. It's a fairly painless way to learn SB> some history! Great series. I've read 3 or 4 of them--everything but the most recent one. Great fun and yes, a relatively painless way to learn some history. The historical mysteries are becoming quite popular in the past decade or so. The "Brother Cadfael" series is a great favorite of mine--unfortunately, Ellis Peters died recently--she will be missed. I also enjoy the Anne Perry "Inspector Monk" Victorian mysteries--perhaps it should be "Private Investigator Monk" now. The Judge Dee mysteries are also interesting--although I'm uncertain as to their authorship. I'm not sure whether they were all written by Van Gulik in the 20th century, or were Chinese tales which he translated, or are a combination of the two--some he translated and some he wrote himself. ... KEYBOARD - An instrument used for entering errors into a computer. ___ 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: DFJ00013 Date: 11/08/96 From: JOAN RENNE Time: 11:24pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 5 times) Subj: James Patterson DR>I'm slowly discovering more and more mystery writers, and having a field DR>day with them. Am into one of the Travis McGee seies by John D. DR>McDonald. Now there is a real change of pace. I do like him though. DR>What's so interesting about these older books is the way the love scenes DR>are handled. Much less explicit than the newer authors. I find it rather DR>refreshing. Hey! I'm glad to see someone else likes Travis! I've read JDMc books for years, and really miss looking forward to his new books. I wish the powers that be would do a series on TV about Travis. Can't think of anyone to play Travis... * SLMR 2.1a * ... Aquarian: interactive television for cats. --- WM v3.01/93-0495 * Origin: Friend's BBS Omaha Ne (1:285/662.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00014 Date: 11/10/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 10:29am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Books FR> I think I remember the Norths from a radio program--never did read FR> any of the novels--don't think I even knew there were novels FR> featuring them at the time. Must be back in the late 40s or early FR> 50s. The Norths were middleclass types in comparison to the high FR> society Charles. Think they had a dog too--a mutt if I'm not FR> mistaken. In the books they have a cat. Well, more than one, as the stories span quite a time frame. No more than one at a time in any I've read so far, but I'm only a little way into them. I just got hooked on them this year. Wanted to read them in order, but couldn't find the second one so I've skipped a bit. I loved the scene where she was trying to make butter from table cream, because they'd run out of butter coupons during rationing. Reminded me of the time my sister and I tried to make butter. ;) ... If you can't see the bright side, polish the dull side. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * MetroNet * Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1:261/1137)