--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFA00002 Date: 11/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:26pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: PBS Mystery! series -=>While in the White Hart, Jan Murphy explained to Fred Runk that<=- > The Campion series was especially interesting because I > kept thinking I had > seen him before. It took awhile, but I finally recognized > him as one of the > six "Dr Who" incarnations--definitely a versatile actor. JM> JM> Peter Davison is also well-known for his portrayal of JM> younger brother and scalliwag Tristan Farnum on the TV JM> series "All Creatures Great and Small". JM> Peter Davison--that sounds familiar. I never regularly watched ACG&S, so I probably missed those episodes. FINISHED: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN FINISHED: Batya Gur. LITERARY MURDER CR: Laurie S. King. A GRAVE TALENT, 192/342 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 324/366, ghost story coll. CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 65/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... O eggs...Never fight with stones! -Old Chinese Proverb- ___ 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: EFA00003 Date: 11/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:28pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Pot pourri -=>While in the White Hart, Suzze Tiernan explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR> CR: Batya Gur, LITERARY MURDER, 155/357 ST> Fred, tell me about this. I sell a lot of copies, but haven't decided ST> yet if I want to read it. I finished it--grabbed my attention immediately. Strong on character development and also atmosphere. The protagonist is Michael Ohayon, Superintendent of the Criminal Investigations Division In Jerusalem. He's got a boss he doesn't like, and who doesn't like him--think it's Ohayon's college education, among other things. Two lit. professors in the English Dept are killed on the same weekend--one apparently an accident and the other obviously murder. Heh--Batya Gur, according to the brief bio, teaches literature in Jerusalem--I would like to meet some of her colleagues--since most of the characters in the book, aside from the police, are faculty or staff, I suspect many of her colleagues went out and bought the book also--looking to see if they could identify any of her "fictional" faculty and staff-- especially to see if they could recognize the victims... It's a police procedural, obviously--my favorite type, and a good one. She has at least one other out and one forthcoming, probably out already as this was published in the early 90s. I will be looking around for them. The problem of course is that her books have to be translated, so if some of the first ones don't sell, then it's doubtful about the later ones. Any thing else you would like to know? Other favorites of mine are PD James, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth George, Anne Perry (Inspt. Monk series), William Bayer, LP Davies, Ellis Peters-- that should give you a glimpse into what I like in my mysteries. FINISHED: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN FINISHED: Batya Gur. LITERARY MURDER CR: Laurie S. King. A GRAVE TALENT, 192/342 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 324/366, ghost story coll. CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 65/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... A whimper a day keeps the gods away. ___ 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: EFA00004 Date: 11/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:45pm \/To: STEVEN HORN (Read 1 times) Subj: Pot pourri -=>While in the White Hart, Steven Horn explained to Fred Runk that<=- SH> Fred Runk (1:300/105) wrote to Steven Horn at 13:22 on 02 Nov 1997: FR> No, usually it's a two hour made-for-TV movie. SH> I normally see those advertised but gaven't seen an ad for SH> any of these. Post a note if you become aware of one. Ok, it's been a few years since the last one, which was based on his last book. I haven't seen a new "Janek" book out in some time, though. The movies were all based on Bayer's books, and I haven't seen any "based on the characters created by..." yet. FR> Well, remember Monk has amnesia, but we do know he has a sister and FR> we learned a bit about Hester's relatives in the first book. But, FR> we really haven't learned that much, as you point out, in the 4-5? FR> books about them. SH> I certainly haven't learned enough to want to have coffee SH> or lunch with them.:-) Well, I might knock down a few beers with them, though. FINISHED: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN FINISHED: Batya Gur. LITERARY MURDER CR: Laurie S. King. A GRAVE TALENT, 192/342 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 324/366, ghost story coll. CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 65/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... It hasss the Tagline, me Preciousss. We wantsss it, we do... ___ 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: EFA00005 Date: 11/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:48pm \/To: RUSS JERNIGAN (Read 1 times) Subj: PBS Mystery! series -=>While in the White Hart, Russ Jernigan explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR>The Campion series was especially interesting because I kept thinking I had FR>seen him before. It took awhile, but I finally FR>recognized him as one of the FR>six "Dr Who" incarnations--definitely a versatile actor. RJ> Not to mention Tristian in "All Creatures Great and Small". As you RJ> say, versatile. So I've been told. I never was a regular watcher of ACG&S--came on prime time Saturday evenings and I wasn't home that much, so I only watched a few episodes on an irregular basis--must have missed him. FINISHED: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN FINISHED: Batya Gur. LITERARY MURDER CR: Laurie S. King. A GRAVE TALENT, 192/342 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 324/366, ghost story coll. CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 65/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... While it is still good weather, clean the drainpipes. Chinese Proverb ___ 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: EFA00006 Date: 11/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:50pm \/To: MICHAEL LABRECK (Read 1 times) Subj: Agatha Christie readers? -=>While in the White Hart, Michael Labreck explained to Fred Runk that<=- ML> I'll look into Dorothy Sayers, and let you know how I like her -- ML> thanks! You might look into the Campion stories too--I've never read any, but I saw several on MYSTERY!. Somebody here could tell you who wrote those. Funny Campion and Wimsey never met, both being in the aristocracy, although I guess Campion ran around with a much more select group than Wimsey did. I think there was a hint or two that he did a few odd jobs for the "Royals." FINISHED: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN FINISHED: Batya Gur. LITERARY MURDER CR: Laurie S. King. A GRAVE TALENT, 192/342 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 324/366, ghost story coll. CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 65/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Are YOU the Solipsist who started all this? ___ 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: EFA00007 Date: 11/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:57pm \/To: FREDERICK OSBORNE (Read 4 times) Subj: Sherlock Holmes -=>While in the White Hart, Frederick Osborne explained to All that<=- FO> Are there any other Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts out there? Yep, a favorite of mine. I have the complete Sherlock Holmes volume, as well as the "Illustrated" version. I read one or the other completely every few years. As my memory seems to be fading, I will soon be able to read them every year and not remember a thing from the last reading. FINISHED: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN FINISHED: Batya Gur. LITERARY MURDER CR: Laurie S. King. A GRAVE TALENT, 192/342 CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 324/366, ghost story coll. CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 65/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Never try to catch two frogs with one hand. Old Chinese Proverb ___ 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: EFA00008 Date: 11/04/97 From: DAVID CHESSLER Time: 06:15pm \/To: RUSS JERNIGAN (Read 1 times) Subj: FIDO TROUBLES On 1 Nov 97, 08:13pm, Russ Jernigan wrote to Suzze Tiernan on the subject of "Re: FIDO troubles": > BTW, did you get this? No. > * SLMR 2.1a * Most people mistake my humor for a rare pituitary > problem Nothing that a little Prozac won't fix. -- ___ __ chessler@mix.cpcug.org d_)--/d chessler@capaccess.org ... E-mail: ->132 1:109/459 david.chessler@mix.cpcug.org * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 0 * Silver Xpress V4.3 --- Synchronet+SBBSecho v1.23 * Origin: << Crystal Aerie >> (703) 415-0134 (1:109/1111) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFB00000 Date: 11/06/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:32pm \/To: JAN WERTZ (Read 5 times) Subj: Sherlock Holmes -=> Quoting JAN WERTZ to FREDERICK OSBORNE <=- JW> Are there any other Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts here? Elementary My JW> Dear Sir! Can one really call oneself a true fan of the genre without JW> having read The Mysteries solved by the Baker Streed duo? To be truthful, I have not read any Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, although my son has read them all, does that count? I have read Laurie King's Mary Russell series though. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- ** A related thread FOLLOWS this message. FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EGV03188 Date: 12/26/97 From: PAUL KRUEGER Time: 12:53am \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 0 times) Subj: R: Sherlock Holmes ST>To be truthful, I have not read any Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, although ST>my son has read them all, does that count? I have read Laurie King's ST>Mary Russell series though. ST>... suzze@concentric.net ST>--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 ST> * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) If you really want to get into Sherlock Holmes, I'd suggest you try to find a copy of "The Annotated Sherlock Holmes" by William S. Baring-Gould (it's out of print, but I got mine just yesterday). It has all the stories, all the Strand's illustrations, discussions on the most debated subjects (Watson's wives, The Great Hiatus, the real location of 221B etc.) and annotation for everything. --------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LAST Message In Thread <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFB00001 Date: 11/06/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:33pm \/To: STEVEN HORN (Read 1 times) Subj: Anne Perry -=> Quoting Steven Horn to Jan Murphy <=- SH> I've always thought that what happens between Lord Peter and Harriet SH> happens rather quickly but there's certainly character development. SH> And I do re-read those four again and again. Are you ready for "Thrones and Dominations"? We just got an ARC of it,. looks good! ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278)