--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFV00001 Date: 11/25/96 From: JOAN RENNE Time: 04:16pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: New reads SB> JR> Ooooh, page turners keep me SB> JR> up all night. Thank God I'm retired and can do that. SB> Show off. Well, it sure took long enough! I had to work, work, work, to pay, pay, pay, and save, save, save to rest, rest, rest. Phew. But speaking of new reads: My sister brought down a sack of books, and though most of them came from me to begin with, she did throw in an old Mary Higgins Clark, vintage 1979 I'd not read, called "A Stranger Watches." It was a page turner, fast read because I had to find out HOW it ended... Another all nighter. The rest of the bag was trashy romances and I sack them for my used book store. I cannot abide those books. Hmpfh! * SLMR 2.1a * ... The moving cat sheds, and having shed, moves on... --- WM v3.01/93-0495 * Origin: Friend's BBS Omaha Ne (1:285/662.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFV00002 Date: 11/25/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:47am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Travis Mcgee On (24 Nov 96) Fred Runk wrote to John Dechancie... JD> Can anyone tell me if any movie or TV show was ever adapted from the JD> Travis McGee novels of John D. MacDonald? JD> And if no such bird exists, don't you find it curious? FR> I vaguley remember that there was a Travis McGee movie that was made FR> years ago. It was set in Florida, if I'm not mistaken. I may be FR> confusing this with another movie made from a detective novel, but I FR> think Paul Newman starred in it. Newman starred as Ross McDonald's hero, Harper. I looked in my Maltin's guide and found a 1983 TV-movie called HARPER McGEE. Stars Sam Elliott. The reviewer indicates that it is dreadful: "Elliot's McGee is so somnambulent that by the first commercial break you'll be asleep, too." Based on The Empty Copper Sea. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00000 Date: 11/24/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 11:23pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 5 times) Subj: JAMES PATTERSON >SS> > as stated in another message Sam Elliot and he does do TV. DR>SS> Well, maybe but Sam has that wry smile which is something I would DR> Yeah he does have a wry smile. The perfect example of the old > saying "Smile, it will make people wonder what you're up to." > And McGee does make one wonder about that at times. (g). McGee is a cynic (which is prolly why I like him) & Sam's smile sorta gives me that impression, too. DR>SS> Harrison is a tad too pretty. This is from a woman who told her >SS> teen-aged daughter that any movie that has Harrison Ford with his >SS> shirt off can't possibly be a bad movie. DR> Agreed and he is rugged! But not McGee, IMHO. DR>SS> > DR> Dennehey, but he's not tall enough. He sure is sexy though. >(G). DR>SS>DR> I do love Dennehey though. >SS> > He has gorgeous eyes, full of mischief, and a very nice smile. >SS> > Do you watch his Jake Reed series, by any chance? It's very good. >SS> > Of course I could be a tad partial. (G). I like him very much but as McGee, no. According to MacDonald's description, McGee is a former tight end. Dennehy looks more like former tackle. DR>SS> I adore him. Have you seen his FX series with Brian Brown> Fun >SS> stuff. The man just oozes Irish charm. OTOH, I tend to go for eddy >SS> bear types. DR> No I haven't seen FX. I'll have to watch for it. I love Irish >charm and I collect teddy bears. Truly. Have about 50 of them. Would >lovvve to add Dennehey to the collection. (VBG). >Anyhow, can we think of someone else besides those mentioned to play >McGee? Isn't this fun? Yup. I guess I'm kinda stuck on Sam. Considered Kevin Costner & Mel Gibson--two of my favorite hunks--& just couldn't see either as Trav. Best regards, Sharon * QMPro 1.53 * Technically, it's the lethal dose but it keeps me happy. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00001 Date: 11/24/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 11:34pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: JAMES PATTERSON SB> SS> SB> Better, but still not "there." > SS> > SS> Theodore Bikel would have been awesome according to Skelly > SS> when I brought the subject up at dinner the other night. That sort > SS> works for me. SB> Perfect! Who does he have for Travis? He kinda agrees that Sam is the man. Best regards, Sharon * QMPro 1.53 * I clawed to the top of the food chain to eat veggies? --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00002 Date: 11/24/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 11:52pm \/To: ROBERT WHITE (Read 5 times) Subj: BOOKS N' STUFF RW> SS> Just finished Dick Francis' "To the Hilt" & really liked it. > SS> OTOH, I always enjoy his work. I've been trying to get up to date RW>I've rarely been able to get hooked on Francis' books. Not sure why, they >just don't click with me. Oh well, if we all liked the same stuff the world would be a boring place. RW> SS> on Linda Barnes' Carlotta Carlyle series & right now I can't recall RW>I like this series also, kind of light and quick to read, generally enjoyabl Indeed. Not in my top 10 but definitely a good quick read. RW> SS> also reading Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone series. I really like >I've never read any of this series, tell me a bit about it. Set in San Francisco & it's really best if read in order--which I didn't, of course. Lots of local color & Sharon really is an appealing heroine, IMHO. > SS> isn't going much of anywhere these days. I hate it when it > SS> acts like my social life. RW>Well this message made it into the great never-never of FIDO land. I think >social life is what I had in college, then I got married and a mortgage. You had a social life in college. I was too busy going to parties & drinking beer. RW>I just finished 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt. It kind of plods long >and I nearly put it aside a couple of times, but I'm glad that I didn't. t >is worth the effort to get to the end, and the slow pace of the book is >probably intentional, to mirror the characters view. She uses the names f >several actual Inns, restaurants, and hotels in the book; but geographically >shuffles there locations. Just an interesting point, but I wonder why she >didn't just make up names? Poetic license? RW>I've now finished SHTR and it was pretty good. Campbell gets on the soapbox >bit and that got a bit tiring, but she does have a very real and valid ase >about spousal abuse. The ending was a bit too neat and tidy for my liking, b >that's kind of nit-picking. I try very hard not to do that myself. I do realize that various of my favorite authors use their books as a forum for their personal agenda but as long as it doesn't interfere with the story, I don't mind a lot. When I was finishing my BA, I wrote a story centered on spousal abuse & my professor gave me a B+ instead of an A because my story was "unrealistic". I passed it along to several women I knew who said the prof was off his rocker. As a result I've come to believe that I can't be too critical because very often my experience with the author's agenda may be, at best, different, & at worst, non-existent. RW>I'm not reading a book by that isn't from either of her series. It's alled >'The Horn of Roland' and it has all the hallmarks of Peters' writing, good >plotting, strongly drawn characters. I'm liking it a lot so far. All these titles are noted for future reference. Thanks! RW> SS> * QMPro 1.53 * My inner child is now on a milk carton. >Good tag! - stolen! Consider it a gift! Just finished _Miracles in Maggody_ by Joan Hess. Gave me some much-needed giggles. Just started William Bernhardt's _Double Jeopardy_ &, so far, I like it. It's a lot more grisly than his "Justice" series so if you lean away from that, you may not like it. Read Steve Martini's _The Judge_ & can't put my finger on why I didn't like it. It was my first by him & I don't think I'm in a hurry to read another. Best regards, Sharon * QMPro 1.53 * When will they write: Where in Hell is Carmen Sandiego? --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00003 Date: 11/25/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 11:11am \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 5 times) Subj: Westlake HF>DR> Also have Donald E. Westlake's "Trust Me On This." According to HF>DR> the synopsis on the dust jacket sounds like a great read. Will HF>DR> let you know. This is not one of the Dortmunder series. The HF>DR> protagonist is a woman reporter named Sara. Will let you know HF>DR> how I like it. Westlake has never let me down yet. HF>have only managed to find two of the books in that series. I enjoyed HF>them both tremendously, even though I did't care for the one Dortmunder HF>I ever read (Bank Shot?). Interesting. I didn't realize this was a series. What's the title of the other one? I really liked Trust Me. As for Bank Shot, I liked it, but my favorite Dortmunder was Drowned Hopes. Loved the surprise ending. But of course, I kind of have a warped sense of humor. (G). Thanks for your input on Westlake. Guess if we all liked the same author it would keep he/she busy eh what? HF> * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy and Fiber Artist Interesting tag line. Are you an artist? Writer? Both? DR HF>--- InterEcho 1.19 HF> * Origin: * MetroNet * Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1:261/1137) --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00004 Date: 11/25/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 11:11am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: james patterson -=> Quoting Fn:susan Bulla@1:130/716. to Bears <=- DR> You're probably right Susan, but it would be a nice change of DR> pace. As for Meyer, I'm still thinking! FB> I think Sharon Skelly's husband came up with the quintessential Meyer FB> - Theodore Bikel. Yeah! He's Meyer. Now we still have to find a McGee. (G). How about Tom Selleck? Yummie! DR> I have James Patterson's DR> Along Came a Spider lurking in the background. Just waiting to get DR> up my courage to open it. FB> Guess I'll have to launch a search for some of his series. I like FB> those hair-raisers! Sometimes I do too, but don't like stuff dealing with the occult. Hate Stephen King. Too way out for me. DR> Also have Donald E. Westlake's "Trust Me On This." FB> Hey, great! I get a big kick out of the Dortmunder ones. Will be FB> interested to see if this new series has a humorous bent. Just finished the book. It's great! Don't think it's a series. One of a kind, but typical Westlake. He's a master at writing the inner thoughts of his characters. Hysterically funny. By all means, if you can find it, I recommend it highly. My next read is The Hotel Detective, by Alan Russell. Hear it's funny too. Love humorous stuff. Well, hope you have a nice Thanksgiving. My best to you. Dorothy FB> * JABBER v1.2 * My lawyer gets me off! FB> -!- InterEcho 1.19 FB> ! Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * FB> (1:130/716) ... Eternity is two people and a 20 pound turkey. ___ 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: DFX00005 Date: 11/26/96 From: JOHN DECHANCIE Time: 10:51am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Travis Mcgee On 24 Nov 96 09:21pm, Fred Runk wrote to John Dechancie: JD>> Can anyone tell me if any movie or TV show was ever adapted from the JD>> Travis McGee novels of John D. MacDonald? FR> I vaguley remember that there was a Travis McGee movie that was made FR> years ago. It was set in Florida, if I'm not mistaken. I may be FR> confusing this with another movie made from a detective novel, but I FR> think Paul Newman starred in it. Newman played a detective called Harper, I think. Think I'd remember if he ever played McGee. ... "Tau, tau, carry the tau...Yeah, that's the ticket." --A. Einstein * Silver Xpress V4.3 SW11474 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: SoundingBoard, Pittsburgh PA (1:129/26) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00006 Date: 11/26/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 10:12pm \/To: JOAN RENNE (Read 5 times) Subj: New reads JR> SB> Show off. JR> Well, it sure took long enough! I had to work, work, work, to pay, pay, pay, JR> and save, save, save to rest, rest, rest. Phew. I look forward to getting there, myself. JR> But speaking of new reads: My sister brought down a sack of books, and JR> though most of them came from me to begin with, she did throw in an old Mary JR> Higgins Clark, vintage 1979 I'd not read, called "A Stranger Watches." It was JR> a page turner, fast read because I had to find out HOW it ended... Another all JR> nighter. You know, I've never read any of hers. Guess I'll have to pick up one. I like really suspenseful ones. JR> The rest of the bag was trashy romances and I sack them for my used ook JR> store. I cannot abide those books. Hmpfh! Yeah, but *somebody* does! * JABBER v1.2 * Pardon my driving; I'm trying to reload. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFX00007 Date: 11/26/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 10:12pm \/To: SHARON SKELLY (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson SS> SB> Perfect! Who does he have for Travis? SS> SS> He kinda agrees that Sam is the man. Nope. Not for me. Harrison Ford is as close as I can get. * JABBER v1.2 * I tried to play my shoehorn... all I got was footnotes! --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716)