--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFK00005 Date: 11/13/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 11:02pm \/To: SHARON SKELLY (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson SS> At one point there was talk of Sam Elliott playing Travis SS> McGee. Dunno why, but I like that idea. He has sort that beat-up SS> look that MacDonald uses in his description of Trav & the sort of SS> smile that I'd guess McGee to have. I could live with that (even if he's not Travis in my mind's eye, he's fine to look at!). SS> The really tough casting for SS> me would be finding just the right actor to play Meyer. The guy that plays the coffee man on TV's "Ellen" fits the physical description (if a bit too young). * JABBER v1.2 * You need professional help. May I suggest Jack Kevorkian? --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFK00006 Date: 11/12/96 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 10:42pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Hello again > 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. There is one Judge Dee tale which Van Gulik translated -- all the rest he wrote himself. The original Chinese tale was published once by Dover books; Gulik's own tales have recently been reprinted in a handsome new uniform edition from University of Chicago Press. We have the UChicago books in stock; anybody who can't find them and wants them can send me e-mail. Great stuff, highly recommended. --- 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: DFK00007 Date: 11/14/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 02:42pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Books FR> A cat? Wonder if the director decided a dog would be better. I FR> just might look around for them. It's been a long time since I saw FR> them. I suppose, though, one might find them occasionally on a FR> cable channel that specialized in older movies. Yep, a cat. Many of the stories were re-released in trade paperback lately, but some of the older mass markets are still readily available at used book stores. They aren't always easy to find at the library. HF> I loved the scene where she was trying to make butter from table HF> cream, because they'd run out of butter coupons during rationing. HF> Reminded me of the time my sister and I tried to make butter. ;) FR> Also sounds something that Lucy might try. Not quite as disastrous as that, just suprised at the amount of work it takes to make the transformation. ... Walk softly and knit loud socks. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy and Fiber Artist --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * MetroNet * Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFK00008 Date: 11/13/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 01:00pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: James Patterson -=> Quoting Fn:patricia Ferrara@1:382 to Bears <=- -=> Quoting dorothy reynolds to Patricia Ferrara <=- Quoting Patricia Ferrara FF> It was on the shelf when I took out "Kiss The Girls" but I FF> didn't want to take out two books by an author that was new FF> to me. It will probably be checked-out when I look for it. FF> Not that I'm a pessimist or anything... I can understand you not taking more than one book by the same author. Especially if you've never read him before. How do you know if you'll like him/her. Well, if the book is checked out you can always reserve it. I do that at times. I wouldn't call you a pessimist. More like cautious. :}. dr> Travis McGee lives aboard a boat called the Busted Flush and dr> has a friend by the name of Meyer. I think he does have money. FF> I think Susan Bulla was right... I was thinking of Lawrence FF> Sanders' McNally series. I've added the Travis McGee series FF> to my list. Thanks! If you would like a list of the McGee series, I will post it for you. Let me know. Do you like Sanders? I've read some of his older books and liked them, however, was not impressed with McNally's Risk, etc. Feel it's a complete rip off of the Nero Wolfe series. Once again, a good writer who has slipped in his later books. But that's only my opinion. dr> Crazy weather, but Southern Cal. dr> is notorious for that. Never know how to dress from one day to the dr> next. FF> And I thought it was Southern Cal that always had mild FF> temperatures. I've never been to California. New Orleans area FF> weather is ever-changing, too. People often blame cold and flu FF> epidemics on drastic weather changes. We're having a stretch of FF> cool, dry weather. For me, that's always a welcome change. Usually we do have mild temperatures, but we do have spells of warm weather sometimes, and never when we're supposed to, like Summer. (smile). And we are very spoiled. If the temperature drops below 50 we gripe. FF> people who visited this area during the winter said they couldn't FF> wait to get back to the freezing temperatures back home. I guess FF> our humid cold kind of chills to the bone. Yeah, it does have a tendency to do that. Guess we're never satisfied, whatever the conditions. FF> As for our summers, there were similar feelings expressed by FF> visitors. Many said that they could feel the humidity when the FF> plane started it's descent. I don't know about that but I know FF> that when you step off of the plane into the terminal, the FF> humidity seems pretty thick. At one time my oldest son lived in Baton Rouge. I visited him there in the summer. It's a beautiful place full of history, but I sure didn't like what the humidity brings. Your mosquitoes could pass for dive bombers. Other than that, was fascinated with the place. Didn't get to stay long enough to take in NO but hope too some day. I'm a history buff and love to visit cities that are full of historical things. Wish I had the $$ to travel all over. Oh well, maybe when I sell my novel will be able to do that. One can dream anyhow. Talk to you later, and let me know if you find a good mystery. (G). Dorothy FF> -!- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 FF> ! Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1) ... I'm not old, I'm chronologically gifted. ___ 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: DFK00009 Date: 11/13/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 01:00pm \/To: BRENDA MORGAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: New reads -=> Quoting Fn:brenda Morgan@5:7411/1 to Bears <=- FM> DR: Have you read any of Steve Martini's books? He's fairly new to FM> the game : but is also a good writer. Books with twists and turns FM> that keeps you : guessing to the very end. The kind of stuff I really FM> enjoy. FM> DR: Trouble is, there are so many good mysteries about, and I enjoy FM> reading : so much, I sometimes forget, I' |}. Some of of us will go FM> to any lengths : to delude ourselves. research. FM> Hi, Dorothy. I see you have good taste in books. I'm a mystery writer FM> myself. My books haven't reached the States yet, but they're doing ok FM> in the Persian Gulf. As much as I love writing mysteries, I love to FM> read them even more. You're right, once you get caught up in a mystery, FM> there's no turning back. When I'm writing, I often put myself in the FM> character's shoes, so, that I know by practicality, what is the right FM> step to be taken. It's fun. Mysteries are fun. Have you read any of FM> Christopher Pike or Ruthe Furies' works? FM> Hope to hear from you. Hello Brenda, You are hearing from me. (G). And what a nice surprise. I too am a writer, as yet to be published, but I keep plugging away at it. How lovely you write mysteries and am looking forward to them coming to the States. Give me the titles and I'll keep an eye out for them. Do you write under your own name? I have written a novel that might be classified as a mystery, however it is more in the romance genre. At least that's what it started out to be. My protaganist has to solve the mystery of finding out why a chain of hotels is losing money when their business is increasing. No murders or anything, but her life has been threatened. I too had had fun writing it, even if it never gets into print, I can say I did it. Do you find yourself falling in love with any of the characters in your books? I did, with the brother of my protaganist and am thinking of maybe doing a book with him as the main character. Thinking being the operative word. I have never heard of the two writers above, but will certainly look for them in the library. Thanks for mentioning them. As we say in this conference, our to be read list gets longer and longer. Thanks for writing to me Brenda. I'ts wonderful to hear from a fellow writer. Do hope I will someday have the privilege of reading your works. Keep going. The world needs good reading. Sincerely Dorothy Reynolds aka Bears. FM> Bye.. FM> Bren. FM> -!- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.2j FM> ! Origin: The Diplomat BBS : 971-2-659913 (5:7411/1) ... Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. ___ 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: DFK00010 Date: 11/13/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 01:00pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: James patterson -=> Quoting Fn:susan Bulla@1:130/916. to Joan Renne <=- JR> Can't think of anyone to play Travis... FB> I think Harrison Ford would be my pick but I don't think he'd do TV! Hi Guys: Dorothy jumping in here. Harrison Ford might be good, Except Travis is 6'4". Is Harrison that tall? I thought of Brian Dennehey, but he's not tall enough. He sure is sexy though. (G). Dorothy FB> * JABBER v1.2 * High speed dumb tagline: Turbo Duh! FB> -!- InterEcho 1.19 FB> ! Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) ___ 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: DFK00011 Date: 11/03/96 From: RUSS JERNIGAN Time: 10:44am \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: Expiration Warning Hi, Everyone! This looks ominous! Anyone out there been in touch with Pamela recently? Do we nee to "elect" a new moderator? Last year this happened and peoples feeling got hurt when these questions were asked. I hope that this doesn't occur this time, I just would like the echo to stay alive. SS>Hello. SS>The Zone 1 Backbone only carries echoes listed in the Zone 1 EchoList. It SS>seems that the listing for this echo will expire this month. Thus, it is SS>necessary for the moderator to update it's listing if it is to remain on SS>the Zone 1 Backbone. SS>For more information please consult these files: BOFAQxxx.TXT and SS>ELISTxxx.ZIP, where "xxx" is the version number. They are available from SS>most hubs or can be requested from 1:1/200, 1:1/201, 1:283/120 or 1:396/1. SS>If you need assistance, please contact Marge Robbins, 1:283/120. SS>Regards, SS>Zone 1 Backbone Operations Best, RussJ * SLMR 2.1a * Mom knows everything -- so go ask Dad. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.11 * Origin: Rams' Island BBS (1:104/333.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFK00012 Date: 11/14/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 07:02am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again FR> SB> I've moved on from "Silver Pigs" to "Shadows in Bronze." FR> SILVER PIGS, if I remember it correctly, was a sad one. It was the first one but didn't strike me as particularly sad (now you've got me wondering if my concentration on this genre has hardened my heart!) FR> Interesting, and also informative books. I've a slight problem though with FR> the PBS MYSTERY dramatizations of them though. My picture of Brother Cadfael FR> differs radically from Derek Jacoby? Think that's his name--he played FR> Claudius in the MASTERPIECE THEATRE version of I, CLAUDIUS. Hmmm. I haven't seen any of that series, either, so will be able to picture my own Brother also. Maybe then I'll make a point of seeing some of the PBS series. Usually I'm hunched over the computer keyboard rather than watching the TV. FR> It's a very different legal system. Judge Dee is judge and investigator. Yeah, that sounds interesting. * JABBER v1.2 * Vasectomy - Below the belt lobotomy for one track minds. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFK00013 Date: 11/14/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 07:02am \/To: BERT QUILLIN (Read 5 times) Subj: Lindsey davis BQ> SB> Do you happen to know how many she has written and the order of BQ> SB> publication? BQ> Here they are: Thanks, Bert! I've saved this so I can read them in order. I think you're right. Books one and two dovetailed nicely so perhaps this is the way to enjoy them best. BQ> Susan: This last one, "Time to Depart" is a new release. I just placed a hold BQ> for it at our local library. Sounds sort of ominous. Like maybe Falco and his BQ> girl friend will tie the knot and sail off into the sunset, never to be heard BQ> from again. Hope not as I thoroughly enjoy this series. I have, too, but my goodness there's a lot out there to read that I haven't even tried! * JABBER v1.2 * Middle-aged women don't have hot flashes - we have power surges! --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFK00014 Date: 11/15/96 From: MATT MITCHELL Time: 09:01am \/To: KAREN BOUDREAU (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again Hi Karen, Thanks for the reply. Actually all the beaches around here are on lakes. Onieda Lake, Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, and Lake Ontario. I live just north of Syracuse, NY USA. MM P.S. Nice wink!! :) --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Phoenix High School BBS - Phoenix, New York (1:2608/20)