--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EES00004 Date: 10/22/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:15pm \/To: DENNIS MCCUNNEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? -=>While in the White Hart, Dennis Mccunney explained to Fred Runk that<=- DM> Hard to say. I'm nowhere near as well read in mysteries as I am in DM> SF, and don't have a good feel for the history and development of the DM> field. There are some writers I've discovered that I like and read DM> anything by, but I've never read a number of authors who are probably DM> considered classic. Who are some that you like, then? DM> What counts as the "Golden Age" of mysteries? I've heard that it was during the 20s and 30s, when Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers, and a host of others (meaning I can't think of any other names right now ) were publishing. Since it's mostly the English writers who are listed, it may be a bit biased. FINISHED: William Hope Hodgson, THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND FINISHED: Marcel Proust, Vol. I, SWANN'S WAY FINISHED: Greg Bear, HEGIRA CR: Anne Perry, CAIN HIS BROTHER, 142/404 CR: Matsuo, Basho, THE NARROW ROAD TO THE NORTH, 106/143 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 159/366, ghost story coll. Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Serenity: an excellent memory for blessings, a poor one for injuries. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EET00000 Date: 10/23/97 From: IRV KOCH Time: 10:09am \/To: STEVEN HORN (Read 1 times) Subj: Favorite Golden Ager SH> 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? Golden Age? I've only recently moved into Mystery "Fandom" myself. I'm not sure what the Golden Age is. I'll just go for "Old" Mystery. Sherlock Holmes, of course. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EET00001 Date: 10/23/97 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:03pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Current reads ST> SB> I have read most of these (in order, which I think helped) and have ST> SB> thoroughly enjoyed them. ST> ST> I am finding it slow going, it is running hot and cold with me. I will really ST> enjoy a section, then it seems to drag. I like historicals, but this one ST> doesn't seem to be giving me much history. I don't think I'd read another of ST> hers. Ah, too bad. The repartee reminds me of "Moonlighting" and I enjoy the books from that perspective rather than from the plot or history. I'll finish reading all this series. * JABBER v1.2 * Shin - Device for finding furniture in the dark. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: The Oasis BBS: (817) 613-9002 (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EET00002 Date: 10/23/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:22pm \/To: STEVEN HORN (Read 1 times) Subj: Hammett -=> Quoting Steven Horn to Fred Runk <=- FR> Who, if anyone, would be your favorite writer from the Golden Age FR> of the Mystery? SH> Dashiel Hammett. Our Mystery reading group a the store is reading "The Thin Man" for our January meeting. I am looking forward to it, as I have never read any of his work. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEU00000 Date: 10/24/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 02:38pm \/To: STEVEN HORN (Read 1 times) Subj: Golden Agers -=>While in the White Hart, Steven Horn explained to Fred Runk that<=- SH> Fred Runk (1:300/105) wrote to Dennis Mccunney at 13:17 on 19 Oct SH> 1997: FR> Who, if anyone, would be your favorite writer from the Golden Age FR> of the Mystery? SH> Dashiel Hammett. Ah, you've wandered across the ocean. He's a good choice. I'm not certain whom I would consider my favorite Golden Ager. I would probably include several, including Hammett, Sayers, Marsh. FINISHED: Marcel Proust. Vol. I, SWANN'S WAY FINISHED: Greg Bear. HEGIRA FINISHED: Matsuo Basho. THE NARROW ROAD TO THE NORTH CR: Anne Perry. CAIN HIS BROTHER, 142/404 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 174/366, ghost story coll. CR: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN, 56/398 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Constancy itself is nothing but a more sluggish movement. -Montaigne- ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEU00001 Date: 10/24/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 03:01pm \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 1 times) Subj: Favorite Golden Ager -=>While in the White Hart, Irv Koch explained to Steven Horn that<=- SH> 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? IK> Golden Age? I've only recently moved into Mystery "Fandom" IK> myself. I'm not sure what the Golden Age is. I'll just go IK> for "Old" Mystery. IK> Sherlock Holmes, of course. He and Poe's Dupin both fixated me in the cerebral form of the detective or mystery story. Given that bias, I tend to lean toward the British writers when choosing a work. FINISHED: Marcel Proust. Vol. I, SWANN'S WAY FINISHED: Greg Bear. HEGIRA FINISHED: Matsuo Basho. THE NARROW ROAD TO THE NORTH CR: Anne Perry. CAIN HIS BROTHER, 142/404 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 174/366, ghost story coll. CR: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN, 56/398 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... MONEY TALKS ... but all mine ever says is GOODBYE! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEU00002 Date: 10/24/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 03:04pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Hammett -=>While in the White Hart, Suzze Tiernan explained to Steven Horn that<=- -=> Quoting Steven Horn to Fred Runk <=- FR> Who, if anyone, would be your favorite writer from the Golden Age FR> of the Mystery? SH> Dashiel Hammett. ST> Our Mystery reading group a the store is reading "The Thin Man" for ST> our January meeting. I am looking forward to it, as I have never read ST> any of his work. There were several movies, decades ago, featuring a detective called "The Thin Man." I wonder if it was the same character. I also remember a radio detective who was called "The Fat Man." The intro was "he tips the scales at 250 lbs, his fortune DANGER!" or something like that anyway--it was awhile ago. FINISHED: Marcel Proust. Vol. I, SWANN'S WAY FINISHED: Greg Bear. HEGIRA FINISHED: Matsuo Basho. THE NARROW ROAD TO THE NORTH CR: Anne Perry. CAIN HIS BROTHER, 142/404 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 174/366, ghost story coll. CR: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN, 56/398 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Is yours a real cat, or does it come when you call it? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EEV00000 Date: 10/24/97 From: STEVEN HORN Time: 06:21pm \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 1 times) Subj: Favorite Golden Ager Irv Koch (1:362/629) wrote to Steven Horn at 10:09 on 23 Oct 1997: IK> Golden Age? I've only recently moved into Mystery "Fandom" myself. IK> I'm not sure what the Golden Age is. I'll just go for "Old" IK> Mystery. IK> Sherlock Holmes, of course. "Golden age" is the 20's and 30's which is a bit late for Sherlock. It does catch Agatha Christie as well as Hammett and Raymond Chandler. 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: EEV00001 Date: 10/24/97 From: STEVEN HORN Time: 06:24pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Hammett Suzze Tiernan (1:2410/278) wrote to Steven Horn at 13:22 on 23 Oct 1997: ST> Our Mystery reading group a the store is reading "The Thin Man" for ST> our January meeting. I am looking forward to it, as I have never ST> read any of his work. I know you'll enjoy it. It's been so long since I've read from that period that I can't even be sure if Dashiel Hammett or Raymond Chandler was responsible for the 'Continental Op'. Right now I'm reading Robert X. Cringely's _Accidental_Empires_ which in its own way is a mystery. 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: EEV00002 Date: 10/24/97 From: STEVEN HORN Time: 09:47pm \/To: DENNIS MENARD (Read 1 times) Subj: Hammett Dennis Menard (1:3409/3) wrote to Steven Horn at 22:29 on 24 Oct 1997: DM> It was Hammett. The "Continental Op" was written in 1923. "The DM> Big Knockover" was written in 1924, "The Dain Curse" in 1928, "Red DM> Harvest"in 1929, "The Maltese Falcon" in 1929, "The Glass Key" in DM> 1931 and finally, "The Thin Man" in 1933. Thank God my brain has a few cells left.:-) I'm going to have to look for "The Big Knockover" as I don't remember reading it. Take care, Steven Horn (shorn@yknet.yk.ca) Moderator CAN_SYSLAW --- timEd/386 1.10+ * Origin: Yukon Mail, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (1:3409/1)