--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFL00003 Date: 11/16/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:19pm \/To: JOAN RENNE (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson JR> I can't recall the name, but he played the butler, caretaker of two little JR> kids in a series. Right size, distingushed enough to have worked on all JR> Street, right age... (at least at that time he would have been the right age. Sebastian Cabot? Yeah, he'd be fine if he could play shabby (but I think he's Gone to Glory)> JR> Some one else as Travis might be Roseanne's ex-husband. He's doing some fine JR> work these days. He's a good actor, alright. Not my mind's Meyer, though. * JABBER v1.2 * Smith & Wesson: The original "Point-and-Click" interface. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFL00004 Date: 11/16/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 09:22am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: James patterson -=> Quoting Fn:susan Bulla@1:130/916. to Sharon Skelly <=- 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. FB> I could live with that (even if he's not Travis in my mind's eye, FB> he's fine to look at!). Here I am jumping in again. Hey, I like the idea of Sam Elliott for McGee. Darn, why didn't I think of him? He is fine to look at and rugged too. Good thinking girls. What say we get up a petition to some production company to make the series? (G). As for Meyer, how about John Schuck who used to play on the old McMillan and wife series? Or is he a tad too old? Just my opinion. Dorothy FB> * JABBER v1.2 * You need professional help. May I suggest Jack FB> Kevorkian? FB> -!- InterEcho 1.19 FB> ! Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) ... I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere! ___ 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: DFL00005 Date: 11/15/96 From: IRV KOCH Time: 10:25pm \/To: RUSS JERNIGAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Expiration Warning RJ> This looks ominous! Anyone out there been in touch with Pamela RJ> recently? Do we nee to "elect" a new moderator? Last year this It is mildly ominous. I haven't heard from or of our moderator lately. We "CANNOT" "elect" a moderator. If neither the moderator nor someone to whom she's given the elist password to, doesn't reregister the echo with the "Elist" within the appointed amount of time and a grace period, it drops first off the elist, and then off the backbone. In theory. In practice, large parts of the backbone may continue it for quite a while. After another few months it becomes fair game for anyone to elist themselves as moderator. Once it's back in the elist it's fairly easy/fast to get it back onto the backbone. To make a long story short, whoever here knows how to get ahold of the moderator needs to do so and nicely, pretty please, ask her to not only either send in the elist update (or have someone else do so) or pass on the password ... but to also post here that it's been done so the worriers don't panic. OTOH, she might have already done it. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFM00000 Date: 11/17/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 09:28am \/To: BRENDA MORGAN (Read 5 times) Subj: New reads On (16 Nov 96) BRENDA MORGAN wrote to MAUREEN GOLDMAN... BM> Hi, Dorothy. I see you have good taste in books. I'm a BM> mystery writer myself. My books haven't reached the States BM> yet, but they're doing ok in the Persian Gulf. MG> What language are you published in? BM> English. I'm obviously totally obtuse about this. Your English-language publisher is in the Persian Gulf? --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFM00001 Date: 11/14/96 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 09:36am \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Books > SW> biography and cookbooks) by spring. Meantime, I'm Brodarting > djs > SW> like crazy, since it seems that a Brodart cover on a > beat-up dj > SW> makes a book much more likely to sell--the whole book > doesn't look > SW> so tatty any more, you see. ... > Never heard that term before, Sam. Can you explain the technique? > I know, I know! ;-) Brodart is a brand name for the plastic-and-paper dust jacket protectors that you most often see in libraries. Gaylord is another manufacturer. There are several different designs, some with plastic only and some with paper. A common design has a sheet of plastic or mylar and a sheet of paper which have been glued together at the top, with the paper folded over a bit to make a clean edge. The other edge is open. First measure the book in order to select the proper size cover. Start with a nice flat surface and a couple of extra books, plus a burnishing tool like a Bic ballpoint pen (good because the barrel is made up with little flat surfaces). Place the Brodart/Gaylord dj protector with the long open end at the top and the folded closed part toward you. Put the plastic side down and the paper side on the top. Now you can lift the paper and slide the dustjacket in, with the bottom of the dustjacket resting in the nice reinforced manufactured folded bit. Center the dustjacket in the protector, since (unless you bought longs) the flaps will probably stick out a bit on the short sides. Be sure that the bottom of the dustjacket is all the way down into the fold on both sides, that it didn't get folded up anywhere (especially likely if what you are working on are merely fragments of the original dustjacket). Once the dustjacket is in position, weigh it down with the book you're covering and the extra books. Re-check the position to make sure that the dustjacket didn't slip when you put the weights down. Now, here's the tricky part. Fold the paper down so that the fold is even with the top of the dustjacket. Fold it gently by hand and then when you have it right, use your burnishing tool to crease the paper. Repeat process with the plastic. If using a Brodart cover, take off the tab which covers the little sticky place at the center top and stick the stick-em strip to the paper which will be underneath. Unweight the sandwich of dustjacket and protector and gently fold the whole thing where the dustjacket itself is folded (the flaps and spine). Then tuck the cover-plus protector back around the book. Voila! You're done. --- 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: DFM00002 Date: 11/14/96 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 09:52am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Brother Cadfael by Peters > > Interesting, and also informative books. I've a slight > problem though with > the PBS MYSTERY dramatizations of them though. My picture > of Brother > Cadfael differs radically from Derek Jacoby? Think that's > his name--he > played Claudius in the MASTERPIECE THEATRE version of I, > CLAUDIUS. Yes, and speaking of I, CLAUDIUS -- I like Jacoby, he's a fine actor, but I picture Cadfael as being much more like Brian Blessed, who played Caesar Augustus in I,C. Cadfael's supposed to be an ex-soldier, right? So you want someone who can give you the impression that they used to be soldierly but they've seen a little mileage. Don't mean to malign Jacoby's physique, but Blessed is better at doing scruffy-looking, which would hint at Cadfael's past a bit better. --- 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: DFM00003 Date: 11/16/96 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 10:07pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Expiration Warning > RJ> to stay alive. > > Since Fido isn't a democracy, Moderators aren't elected. > In this > case, it would be a matter of trying to connect with Pamela > and > asking if she wants to continue or hand over the reins, > etc. > Or, if she can't be found, then the echo will expire and > it > can then be started again from scratch. I've heard this > can be > a fiddly business, though. Hi Maureen (and all), The last time this happened, I 'rescued' the echolisting and re-listed the echo with Pamela as Moderator. Then long-time MYSTERY participant Beth Friedman (who is also a neighbor and friend of Pamela's) volunteered to take over the echo, so I sent her a copy of the echolisting and password. I expected that Beth would take over the listing for the echolist, but that didn't happen. So when I saw the expiration warning come up, I submitted a new listing to keep the echo in the echolist. This should satisfy the guys running the backbone. I am willing to do any of the caretaker-chores which are needed for backbone echos, like helping sysops track down possible breaks in distribution, and so on. When I get the chance, I will netmail Beth and ask her what she intends to do. I know Pamela is currently under deadline with an overdue book, and you know what that means. In the meantime, the echolisting has been renewed, so we shouldn't have a problem with the echo being dropped from the backbone. --- 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: DFM00004 Date: 11/17/96 From: BRENDA MORGAN Time: 08:59am \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: New reads DR: 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? Hi. Yes, I do write under my own name. My real name is Maliha Aqeel. My book is called, "Brenda Morgan in Misconception", hence the handle. I've written eight books so far in the series, but getting them published is a long process. DR: 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. You know something, it's an interesting plot. I hope you do get it published, I'd love to read it. The whole series is set in Westerburgh, a fictional town on the California coastline. The area is basically of all rich people. It starts with an influential businessman being murdered and it seems as a hit and run accident. The main character gets involved because she knew the victim. As things start to unfold, many secrets unearth. : 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. Actually, it has happened to me. I found myself falling in love with my main character's best friend. I based him on what every girl wants, and at one point I found it hard to detach myself. DR: 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. DR: 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. Thanks. By the way, do you know any good publishers in the States. I didn't quite don the list of the three I approached, but the US is a big place, right? Take care. Bye.. Bren. DR: FM> Bye.. : FM> Bren. : FM> -!- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.2j : FM> ! Origin: The Diplomat BBS : 971-2-659913 (5:7411/1) DR: ... Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. : ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 DR: --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] : * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.2j * Origin: The Diplomat BBS : 971-2-659913 (5:7411/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFM00005 Date: 11/17/96 From: DAVID CHESSLER Time: 03:28am \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 5 times) Subj: BOOKS On 13 Nov 96, 05:42pm, Irv Koch wrote to Sam Waring on the subject of "Books": > You will also, if you deal with it long enough, discover another > peculiarity of Used Books. The stores which charge the highest prices > drive out those who charge the least. It's totally counter-intuitive > but there's a math type reason for it. There are other products where this happens. Generally, the public associates higher prices with better quality. In the case of used books, I suspect the higher prices pay for slightly cleaner surroundings, matching bookshelves, and other inconsequential amenities. -- ___ __ 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 # 0 * Silver Xpress V4.3 --- Synchronet+SBBSecho v1.23 * Origin: << Crystal Aerie >> (703) 415-0134 (1:109/1111) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFM00006 Date: 11/17/96 From: SAM WARING Time: 01:08pm \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 5 times) Subj: Books On 13 Nov 96 Irv Koch said this about that to Sam Waring: SW>> However, the manager told me to stop because she thought we were SW>> getting overbought, so I had to quit having that particular kind of SW>> fun. B-{(### IK> You can't. They breed. A large percent is unsalable. We've been culling some and putting things out on a table at 99 or $1.99, and we've got rid of some things that way. One things that's helped is that we now have some staff who will actually be *picky* about what they buy, rather'n taking anything that comes in the front door. I'm still trying to teach them to be cautious about buying BCEs and I've made limited progress, but we've still got a ways to go. Nonetheless, we've got some nice history and social science titles in, and they just won't move for beans; can't figure out why. I guess it means I'll have to quit buying in those categories. IK> You will also, if you deal with it long enough, discover another IK> peculiarity of Used Books. The stores which charge the highest prices IK> drive out those who charge the least. It's totally counter-intuitive IK> but there's a math type reason for it. Been working on that issue, too. When we first started in, our then- bookkeeper insisted, based on his limited experience in O/P, that we shouldn't price anything above five dollars unless it was a rarity or some other kind of exceptional item. However, we lost him in a corporate reshuffle, so now I'm going through and marking up a lot of the two-dollar items to five, and four-dollar to seven or eight, to see if we can't do better outa this. This weekend I performed one of my taking-candy-from-a-baby stunts with the local Half Price Books. They were at this giganto book fair/ literacy thing that the Governor's wife put together (the tents took up three blocks of Congress Avenue beginning at 15th Street), and as I went by I saw they had some mid-level Texana sitting out, so I stopped to see if there were any wonderful sleepers. There was--underneath another mediocre displayed title, I spotted a first printing of LONESOME DOVE, priced at $25. I pondered whether to say anything, but finally decided that they're supposedly big boys and girls now and have to take responsibility for their own mistakes. Bought the book, took it down to our store, and repriced it at the $100 it should have brought. It's really easy to do this with Half Price; they know just enough to be dangerous to themselves. ObOnTopic: Since I was home with a cold for a couple days, I finished up NEVERMORE, by William Hjortsberg. The premise is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini have to track down a serial killer who's offing his victims by the same methods used in Poe's detective stories, and in Poe's sequence of publication. Eventually they work out that the killer's actually after one of them, and the other murders are so much cover story. The book's fairly fun because of the spiritualism that gets mixed up in it (Sir Arthur was a well-known believer, and Houdini made a second career of debunking fake mediums), and Poe's shade himself keeps putting in appearances to Doyle, in a kind of gate-between-times situation. Sam ... Achieve Blender Consciousness: visualize whirled peas --- PPoint 2.02 * Origin: Shallow end of the gene pool (1:382/48.1)