--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEQ00000 Date: 10/19/97 From: MICHAEL LABRECK Time: 04:54pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? Fred: -=>While in the White Hart, Michael Labreck explained to All that<=- ML> Hi Everyone: ML> Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm new to this echo, and trying ML> to find some Agatha Christie readers out there. So, if there are any, ML> drop me a line. I'd love to chat with you. FR> I'm a Miss Marple fan from the first time I saw her on PBS MYSTERY! FR> Hercule, on the other hand, is a bore. However, I suspect many out FR> there disagree with me. Hey, *SOMEONE* besides me *DOES* like Agatha Christie! To be honest with you, I like both of them....(Marple and Hercule) My favorite Hercule mystery is "Death On The Nile", and my favorite Marple mystery is "Murder On The Links". What are yours? -={Michael}=- --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: A Bit Of Light In Your Night 860/290-8578 10p-9a Only (1:142/578) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEQ00001 Date: 10/19/97 From: MICHAEL LABRECK Time: 05:50pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? Suzze: -=> Quoting Michael LaBreck to All <=- ML> Hi Everyone: ML> Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm new to this echo, and trying ML> to find some Agatha Christie readers out there. So, if there are any, ML> drop me a line. I'd love to chat with you. ST> Michael, I devoured Agatha Christie when I was younger, but it has ST> been ages since I read one. I have gotten away from British mysteries ST> and more into American present-day ones. Well, to each its own - but it's nice to know that *SOME* of us readers do still read her books.... :) -={Michael}=- --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: A Bit Of Light In Your Night 860/290-8578 10p-9a Only (1:142/578) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEQ00002 Date: 10/20/97 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:39am \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Current reads ST> and also "Silver Pigs" by Lindsey Davis. I have read most of these (in order, which I think helped) and have thoroughly enjoyed them. * JABBER v1.2 * Pardon my driving; I'm trying to reload. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: The Oasis BBS: (817) 613-9002 (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEQ00003 Date: 10/20/97 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 09:08am \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Current reads > I understand that TEN POUND PENALTY or the next one is to > be the last. He is very very old, after all, and not in > the world's best shape. I'm sorry to hear that Mr. Francis' health is not the best, but I'd hardly characterize him as "very very old." Good grief! He was born in 1920, thus he is in his late 70's. That's hardly remarkable in this day and age. Yes, the man is getting on, and deserves a well-earned rest, but to me "very, very old" would describe somebody in their 100s. --- 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: EER00000 Date: 10/20/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 02:25pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: Current reads -=> Quoting Jan Murphy to Suzze Tiernan <=- JM> JM> Most of my reading lately has been non-mysterious, except for dipping JM> my toes into CRIME THROUGH TIME (I've read the Laurie King short story JM> in it, but not much else) and reading the new William Monk paperback JM> by Anne Perry (and then wondering why I bothered). I just happen to have "Crime Through Time" sitting about 8 inches from me right now! As soon as I finish "Silver Pigs", and read more of "Angel of Darkness" I will be reading it. Getting ready to leave for Magna Cum Murder, I am so excited! I have not read any Anne Perry. I plan on it - - - sometime! JM> It's shocking to me that I am now TWO novels behind reading Dick JM> Francis! Usually when his books come in, they are in the read-right JM> away pile, but somehow I never got around to reading TO THE HILT. JM> (It's been sitting there in hardcover, waiting all this time.) I also JM> have 10 LB. PENALTY in the to-read stack. I have read one of his and it was very good! JM> Ditto for Richard A. Lupoff's newest mystery, THE RADIO RED KILLER, JM> which is set in a Berkeley public radio station. The book would be JM> enjoyable enough on its own, but I bet it will be even more fun for me JM> since I'll get a lot of the local references (and I know people who JM> have worked for the real-life station that was the model for the JM> fictional one). Tell me how you like it when you are done, I have picked up that book more than a few times, because I LOVE the cover! ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EER00001 Date: 10/20/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 02:32pm \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 1 times) Subj: Current reads JM> It's shocking to me that I am now TWO novels behind JM> reading Dick Francis! Usually when his books come in, IK> I understand that TEN POUND PENALTY or the next one is to be the last. IK> He is very very old, after all, and not in the world's best shape. Yes, I had heard something like that too, in fact I heard it before this one came out and thought maybe there wouldn't be any more, so I was surprised to see 10 Pound Penalty. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EES00000 Date: 10/22/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 12:20pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Current reads -=> Quoting Susan Bulla to Suzze Tiernan <=- ST> and also "Silver Pigs" by Lindsey Davis. SB> I have read most of these (in order, which I think helped) and have SB> thoroughly enjoyed them. I am finding it slow going, it is running hot and cold with me. I will really enjoy a section, then it seems to drag. I like historicals, but this one doesn't seem to be giving me much history. I don't think I'd read another of hers. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EES00001 Date: 10/21/97 From: DENNIS MCCUNNEY Time: 11:12pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? ** From Fred Runk to Dennis Mccunney on 19 Oct 97 13:17:00 ** Re: Agatha Christie readers? DM> Christie bores me, period. I admire her technical skill in creating DM> mysteries and providing all the clues the reader needs to solve it, DM> but I've never been able to take an interest in her characters, and DM> her writing style reminds me of the old joke about the *really* dry DM> martini, which you produce by waving the unopened Vermouth bottle DM> over the gin in the glass. FR> "Every body to her own taste," said the old lady as she kissed the FR> cow. FR> Who, if anyone, would be your favorite writer from the Golden Age of FR> the Mystery? Hard to say. I'm nowhere near as well read in mysteries as I am in SF, and don't have a good feel for the history and development of the field. There are some writers I've discovered that I like and read anything by, but I've never read a number of authors who are probably considered classic. What counts as the "Golden Age" of mysteries? --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Lunatic Fringe * Richardson, TX * 972-235-5288 * (1:124/2113) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EES00002 Date: 10/20/97 From: STEVEN HORN Time: 08:26pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? Fred Runk (1:300/105) wrote to Dennis Mccunney at 13:17 on 19 Oct 1997: FR> Who, if anyone, would be your favorite writer from the Golden Age FR> of the Mystery? Dashiel Hammett. Take care, Steven Horn (shorn@yknet.yk.ca) Moderator CAN_SYSLAW --- timEd/386 1.10+ * Origin: Yukon Mail, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (1:3409/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EES00003 Date: 10/22/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:11pm \/To: MICHAEL LABRECK (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? -=>While in the White Hart, Michael Labreck explained to Fred Runk that<=- ML> Hey, *SOMEONE* besides me *DOES* like Agatha Christie! ML> To be honest with you, I like both of them....(Marple and Hercule) ML> My favorite Hercule mystery is "Death On The Nile", and my favorite ML> Marple mystery is "Murder On The Links". What are yours? NEMESIS--definitely paints a different picture of Miss Marple. She's not just a sharp-eyed bystander, but she has a role to play in the grand scheme of things. MURDER MUST ADVERTISE--another of my favorites, but can't explain why at this moment. 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