--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGD00000 Date: 12/07/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 02:27pm \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 5 times) Subj: Books -=>While in the White Hart, Helen Fleischer explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR> Mysteries are ok too. HF> Obviously, or we'd be having this discussion in an SF echo. ;) Too true. Have you ever visited the Fido SF echo? HF> Looks like Sherry's name is evolving into Cherie as the series HF> progresses, or at least Pam was toying with the idea by the end of HF> that book. This echo must be moving slowly. I've finished that book, HF> read a Lydia Adamson and started a William DeAndrea, The Hog Murders. Developing a foreign accent along the way? Not that slow. I had a week's messages backed up, so I may be the one moving slowly. HF> ... Gone crazy. Back soon. Please leave a message. Well, at least you're optimistic about the situation, though one might question why one might want to return. ... "Power corrupts.....absolute power corrupts absolutely." -Lord Acton- ___ 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: DGD00001 Date: 12/07/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 12:30pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again FR> Good idea, as they do follow in sequence, especially concerning Falco's FR> relationship with his lady love. FR> I'm going to begin Wilkie Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE, as soon as the FR> semester break arrives. Have you read it? Not familiar with the title or the author. * JABBER v1.2 * Death is just Nature's way of dropping carrier. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGD00002 Date: 12/07/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 09:46am \/To: BOB DONAHUE (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Travis Mcgee -[ Quoting Bob Donahue <12-04-96 11:09>, to Dennis Menard ]- DM> Although I've enjoyed Sam Elliott in several of his movies, I DM> simply can't imagine him as a credible Travis McGee. BD> FWIW my opinion was quite the reverse; I thought he was quite good as BD> Travis McGee. It is well that we don't all concur on the same things, else there would be no variety. :) But when I read J.D.MacDonald, it strikes me that there is always an underlying tension, and immediacy, about McGee that I simply fail to perceive in S.Elliott. McGee's lifestyle demands that - even when he is in his most gentle and laid-back mode - he is constantly aware and prepared to react instantly, like a coiled spring, a force disciplined by restraint; Elliott's style of acting rather reminds me of a slow-burn to ignition (ie, when he's laid-back, he's "laid back"). I get a sense! from Conrad's style of acting, he could naturally portray McGee's flexible lifestyle and return to recover from his adventures in a simple luxury, (battered, bruised, and) soul-weary), I don't get from Sam Elliott. Still, it's only my opinion. I hope I've explained my reasoning a touch better this time. :) In any case, no matter; I prefer the books anyway ... there's more of 'em. -< Dennis >- ... Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra? -=- Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#0185) * Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGD00003 Date: 12/07/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 10:44pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Ross McDonald On (06 Dec 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman... FR> I've got a copy of Wilkie Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE. Will settle FR> down with it during the semester break, along with Lord of the Rings. FR> Have you read Collins' book? I've heard it's supposed to be a good FR> one. I enjoy reading 19th century novels during the winter FR> break--even though we don't get much of a winter here. But, it seems FR> appropriate somehow. And, atmosphere is important, right? I've had a different one of Collins' books for years. Will probably never read it. Right now I'm reading a mystery by Robert Barnard writing as Bernard Bastable. The detective is the 65-year-old Mozart, whose life went in a different direction when he was a a child so that he ended up being raised in England. It's kind of fun. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGD00004 Date: 12/08/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 11:39am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Books FR> Mysteries are ok too. HF> Obviously, or we'd be having this discussion in an SF echo. ;) FR> Too true. Have you ever visited the Fido SF echo? Just a few times. It had far too much traffic to keep up with. HF> read a Lydia Adamson and started a William DeAndrea, The Hog Murders. The Hog Murders is a bit gruesome in places, but well written so far. FR> Developing a foreign accent along the way? You mean Sherry/Cherie? Perhaps so. The book doesn't give a reason for her thinking of making that change to the kitten's name. FR> Not that slow. I had a week's messages backed up, so I may be the FR> one moving slowly. OIC. HF> ... Gone crazy. Back soon. Please leave a message. FR> Well, at least you're optimistic about the situation, though one FR> might question why one might want to return. Depends on what you return to. ;) I'll never be what some folk call normal and I wouldn't want to be, but there are degrees of function. ... I think I need a spin doctor, this yarn is overplied. * 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: DGE00000 Date: 12/07/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 12:21pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: JAMES PATTERSON > SS> actor. Been wracking what's left of my brain to come up with > SS> someone who'd be perfect. SB> Am always open to suggestions re improvement! have successfully > survived T'giving with relatives and am back in my casita in FW - > thank God! YAY!!!!! SB> SS> Am currently reading _The Fool's Run_ by John Sandford & am > SS> enjoying it. It's very different from his "Prey" series > SS> which I love. SB> Have read a few of thesae "Prey" ones 'casue my cousin enjoys them > and I can ususally find one or two in Miss. when I go there for > Christmas visits, but I can't get a good feel for his character, > Lucas, or Luke, or whatever. Finished _The Fool's Run_ & really liked it. It was interesting. I'd like to see more of his hero in this one but couldn't tell if it might be the beginning of a new series. As to Lucas, he's a bit macho/psycho for my taste although I seen him grow through the series. I think my fascination with the "Prey" series is that the villains are so insidious that I marvel at the mind that created them. Found a neat bookstore when I was down at Ohio U. this weekend. Bought a couple used books, met the owner & solemnly promised to visit their web page. Best regards, Sharon * QMPro 1.53 * Curable with Prozac & a polo mallet. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGE00001 Date: 12/07/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 12:28pm \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 5 times) Subj: MULLER LIST >SS> Wolf in the Shadows >SS> Till the Butchers Cut Him Down HF>SS> I think there's one or two newer ones but don't have the >SS> titles available. She also has two other series. HF>Thank you, Sharon! That should keep me busy for a while, just tracking >them down at the used book stores. Yup. Found a neat little one in Athens, OH when I was down there this weekend at Ohio U. to watch #1 son swim (he qualified for NCAA--Div. II Nationals--gotta brag!). Bought Muller's _The Shape of Dread_ & James Lee Burke's _In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead_. Met the owner who told me all about their web page. Interesting note: when I told him that I was from out of town, he informed me that they ship books for *free*. HF>SS> * QMPro 1.53 * I let my mind wander & it didn't come back. HF>I have GOT to steal that one. It's so like me. Consider it a gift from someone who resembles that greatly. Best regards, Sharon * QMPro 1.53 * Gonna find my inner child & kick its little a**. J. Walsh --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGE00002 Date: 12/08/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 11:37am \/To: STEVEN HORN (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Travis Mcgee SH> It's been some time since I've seen Harper but my SH> recollection of The Drowning Pool, on which it was based, SH> is that it was set in Louisiana. As for reading Ross SH> McDonald, I can recommend him highly -- well worth the SH> effort. Hollywood may have taken some liberties with the settings of both film versions of "Harper" and "The Drowning Pool," but in both those books, the action occurs between California and Nevada. -< Dennis >- ... The handwriting on the wall MAY be a forgery. -=- Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#0185) * Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGE00003 Date: 12/08/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 11:57am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Travis Mcgee -[ Quoting Fred Runk <12-06-96 18:46>, to Dennis Menard ]- FR> Ok, thanks. McGee is Florida, right? Haven't read any of the Marlowe FR> books, but I'm fairly certain I've seen several movies based, perhaps FR> loosely, on them. Yes McGee is Florida based; Harper (and Marlowe ) are California. I'd recommend all three without reservation. I've noticed, too, that I made an error in my original message to you when I referred to "Philip Marlowe's style of writing." Actually, it was Raymond Chandler who wrote about his creation, Philip Marlowe. Apologies. :) FR> How about Newman's eyes--aren't those blue? :) True; although it takes more than "just" blue eyes to be a Travis McGee. Young Newman didn't look either world-weary or fighter enough ... and he was rather white and string-beaned, as well; but an older Newman, was an "older" Newman. Let's face it, McGee was not only intelligent, he was "tough!" :-) FR> Just out of curiosity, many years ago I read a story serialized in the FR> SAT EVE POST, I think, that had something to do with spies and a FR> nuclear device on a boat. I've always connected that with McGee for FR> some reason. Are you familiar with anything even remotely similar to FR> that? Hmm, well, the association of a "nuclear device" with T.McGee does not ring any bells ... but you may want to check out "The Green Ripper" (a sequel to "The Empty Copper Sea" which does have some Government involvement, terror- ists, an organization called the "Weather Underground," a so-called Church, and some rockets. Year published, 1979; "The Empty Copper Sea" was 1978. -< Dennis >- ... Much attention is given the early bird; little given the worm. -=- Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#0185) * Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGE00004 Date: 12/08/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 12:04pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Stuff -[ Quoting Fred Runk <12-06-96 18:41>, to Dennis Menard ]- DM> mention) were in 1967 and 1984, respectively. "Hondo" was actually a DM> John Wayne movie from 1953. :) FR> Hmmm, do you think I'll get any other messages informing me that HONDO FR> was a John Wayne flick? :) Probably not. It was a great teaser though ... just to keep us all on our toes. :) -< Dennis >- ... I'm not arrogant, I'm RIGHT! -=- Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#0185) * Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3)