--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGU00004 Date: 12/24/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 10:06am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Books On (23 Dec 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman... MG> Same here. There are several well-known mystery writers whose MG> works I won't touch for that reason. FR> Who are some? Elizabeth George, Steven Saylor, and Patricia Cornwell have violence that is far too graphic for me. I like Dick Francis, but he has a few books that deal with mistreatment of animals that amounts to torture; this isn't enough to make me stop reading the author's works, but I'm more careful. MG> I prefer my mysteries to have victims who are killed but not MG> hurt. Well, okay, by the time they realize that they've been MG> hurt, they're dead. (*I* know what I mean.) FR> I think I understand. FR> Just wish to take this opportunity to wish one and all FR> SEASON'S GREETINGS You, too. ... "I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause." --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGU00005 Date: 12/22/96 From: ROBERT WHITE Time: 12:01pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Susan Bulla <=- FR> I'm going to begin Wilkie Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE, as soon as the FR> semester break arrives. Have you read it? Hi Fred, If you like 'classic' mysteries and especially if you are an Anglo-fan, ou're going to love TWIW. Try finding 'The Moonstone' as well. I read Moonstone decades ago, and can't remember much about it, so maybe I'd better take my wn advice and reread it! The best of the season to ya, and may your new year be full of great reading! Bob 8-{) --- Blue Wave/Max v2.20 * Origin: TechTalk; Calgary, Alberta. V.34+ (1:134/40) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGU00006 Date: 12/22/96 From: ROBERT WHITE Time: 11:47am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Robert Barnard -=> Quoting Maureen Goldman to Fred Runk <=- Hi Maureen, MG> I've had a different one of Collins' books for years. Will MG> probably never read it. Right now I'm reading a mystery by Must be 'The Moonstone'? I've read that and 'Woman in White' years ago and enjoyed them, buit I generally like classic mysteries like that. MG> Robert Barnard writing as Bernard Bastable. The detective is What is the title, so I can keep an eye out for it. I've read all of arnard's books that I can find and really love his ironic sense of humor. I just finished 'No Sign of Murder' by ALan Russell and found it so-so. The hero-detective kind of put me off, his attitude just irritated me and he wasn't a very believable character. This was his first book and I've heard o many raves for his later ones like 'The Fat Innkeeper' and 'The Hotel Detective' that I guess he must have improved immensely in his writing. Anyway, I'm still keeping my eyes open for his others to judge for myself. I just finished reading one by Jack Batten called 'Straight No Chaser'. It's the second of his Crang series, written a few years ago. I read and enjoyed the first on, 'Crang Plays the Ace' and I'm finding this one quite enjoyable. His characters are believable and suitable for Toronto. The book revolves around a film festival and he makes side comments and observations about ilms that tended to coincide with my feelings, so that helped make it agreeable to me as well. Currently I'm reading another of Edna Buchanan's Britt Montero series. I'm reading the series out of order, so I have an unfortunate preview of part of the plot. She refers to an incident in this book in a later one that I have read. She is a good writer, really captures the feel of Miami, and doesn't gloss it over at all. I'm sure the Miami C of C wishes she would move elsewhere! As it will be nearly Xmas by the time I get back into Calgary and can get his U/L'd, I'll wish everybody on the echo the warmest of Season's Greetings and my best wishes for the new year! Bob 8-{) --- Blue Wave/Max v2.20 * Origin: TechTalk; Calgary, Alberta. V.34+ (1:134/40) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGU00007 Date: 12/23/96 From: JOHN DECHANCIE Time: 11:59am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Travis Mcgee On 20 Dec 96 11:19pm, Fred Runk wrote to John Dechancie: JD>> ... Old subspace radio show: Phaser McGee & Molecule... FR> Yes, and Phaser's cloud chamber was always a favorite of mine. Yeah, nearly split my sides every time he opened it and all those mu-mesons came flying out. ... I was an English majer in collage. * Silver Xpress V4.3 SW11474 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: SoundingBoard, Pittsburgh PA (1:129/26) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGU00008 Date: 12/24/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 08:00pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 4 times) Subj: Books HF> Weird thing about the edition of the Down East Murders is that the HF> copyright is listed as 1954 under another name, even though this is HF> obviously the second book in that series and had to have been written HF> 30 years after that, judging by the technology. FR> It might have been revised and updated to make it more current. Except that it is obviously the sequel to a book written in '83. I think it's a misprint in this edition. The viewpoint, technological, and societal differences are too pervasive for an update, too. Many aspects central to the plot wouldn't have existed in the 50s. I've read one updated mystery and it didn't work all that well, also for technological reasons. Issues of electrification, central to the plot were not so easily explained, shifting the tale 30 years later. FR> Just wish to take this opportunity to wish one and all FR> SEASON'S GREETINGS And to you, too! ... I let my mind wander, and it didn't come back. * 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: DGW00000 Date: 12/25/96 From: JOAN RENNE Time: 01:49am \/To: POLLY FITT-JONES (Read 4 times) Subj: John RENNE PF>Hello Joan... Hello Polly, PF>Are you by any chance related to John RENNE who married Annistatia PF>FITZGERALD...whose daughter Belle RENNE married Lewis Morris JONES in PF>Chicago about 1897. Rumor has it Lewis Morris was a horse-thief run out f PF>Wales in 1887. John was a liquor dealer in Chicago in the early 1900s. RENNE is my married name, and sorry to say I have no idea whether or not he might have been related. His birth certificate was lost and I'm not sure how to get a copy, because he was born at home. All I know is that his Mother first name was Opal. PF>I am not sure if this is "off topic" as it really is a mystery in itself! You must be into genealogy the way I am. It IS a mystery! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ My tagline shows how nuts genealogy can make us... * SLMR 2.1a * ... My Family Coat of Arms ties at the back. --- WM v3.01/93-0495 * Origin: Friend's BBS Omaha Ne (1:285/662.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGW00001 Date: 12/25/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:36pm \/To: ROBERT WHITE (Read 4 times) Subj: Robert Barnard On (22 Dec 96) Robert White wrote to Maureen Goldman... MG> Robert Barnard writing as Bernard Bastable. The detective is RW> What is the title, so I can keep an eye out for it. I've read all of RW> Barnard's books that I can find and really love his ironic sense of RW> humor. DEAD, MR. MOZART (not sure about the comma) RW> I just finished 'No Sign of Murder' by ALan Russell and found it RW> so-so. The hero-detective kind of put me off, his attitude just RW> irritated me and he wasn't a very believable character. This was his RW> first book and I've heard so many raves for his later ones like 'The RW> Fat Innkeeper' and 'The Hotel RW> Detective' that I guess he must have improved immensely in his RW> writing. Anyway, I'm still keeping my eyes open for his others to RW> judge for myself. I'm looking at a mystery set in New Amsterdam, by Maan Meyers. Seems to be the third or fourth in a series, though, and I'm sure my library hasn't any others. Am only a short way in. I might stop reading this one and see if I can get the first through InterLibrary Loan because I feel uncomfortable getting capsulizations about the lives of the characters before this point. That being said, so far I'm finding the style a bit florid; still, the setting is certainly unique. RW> As it will be nearly Xmas by the time I get back into Calgary and can RW> get this U/L'd, I'll wish everybody on the echo the warmest of RW> Season's Greetings and my best wishes for the new year! You, too! --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGW00002 Date: 12/25/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:45pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 4 times) Subj: Books On (24 Dec 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman... MG> Same here. There are several well-known mystery writers whose MG> works I won't touch for that reason. FR> Who are some? MG> Elizabeth George, Steven Saylor, and Patricia Cornwell have MG> violence that is far too graphic for me. I like Dick Francis, MG> but he has a few books that deal with mistreatment of animals MG> that amounts to torture; this isn't enough to make me stop MG> reading the author's works, but I'm more careful. FR> Elizabeth George? Hmmm, I've read so far everything she's written, as FR> far as I know, and I don't remember any scenes with graphic violence FR> that I would consider excessive. Any particular book in mind? SCHOOLED IN MURDER it for me. I think that's the title; something with the word "school". I had read an earlier book by her, and the scalding death of a character was already too strong for me. This one was centered around the death of a young schoolboy, cigarette burns on the corpse, etc. FR> I haven't read any Cornwell yet, so I can't comment. What does Saylor FR> write? His name is familiar. He writes a series that takes place in ancient Rome. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DGW00003 Date: 12/24/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 09:37pm \/To: JOAN RENNE (Read 4 times) Subj: reading now -=>While in the White Hart, Joan Renne explained to Fred Runk that<=- JR> I'm reading two books. "Windy City Blues" a collection of stories by JR> Sara Paretsky. She wrote "Tunnel Vision" which I thought was a great JR> read. Her description of places almost makes me feel like I'm there. I have yet to read anything by her, even though I'm an ex-Chicagoan. JR> The second book is by Richard North Patterson, "The Final Judgment" JR> and it's the one I'm having a hard time putting down at night. Haven't read anything by him yet either, although I must admit I'm attracted to the books because of the covers. They really stand out on the shelf in contrast to others. One of these days... ... MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR. ___ 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: DGW00004 Date: 12/24/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:01pm \/To: ROBERT WHITE (Read 4 times) Subj: Hello again -=>While in the White Hart, Robert White explained to Fred Runk that<=- RW> If you like 'classic' mysteries and especially if you are an RW> Anglo-fan, you're going to love TWIW. Try finding 'The Moonstone' as RW> well. I read Moonstone decades ago, and can't remember much about it, RW> so maybe I'd better take my own advice and reread it! I was thinking about that one also, but was waiting to see how I reacted to TWIW. I read that THE MOONSTONE was his most popular work and that these two "created" the mystery novel. RW> The best of the season to ya, and may your new year be full of great RW> reading! Thanks. Actually I'm not waiting for the New Year to bring great reading-- I'm starting now. ... MORALIST: Each day OUGHT to be a new beginning. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2)