--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFT00012 Date: 11/23/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:50pm \/To: RUSS JERNIGAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie King -=>While in the White Hart, Russ Jernigan explained to Fred Runk that<=- RJ> There are at least three out that I know of. As is often the case, RJ> the second (title escapes me) is *slightly* weaker (but still a RJ> worthwhile read). The third is "up to snuff", though! Thanks for the information. I will look around for them. RJ> I just finished Carol Nelson Douglas' _Cat In A Diamond Dazzle_ and RJ> _Cat With An Emerald Eye_. Enjoyed CiaDD but was disappointed with RJ> CWaEE. It didn't feel like a whole story or even an interesting one. RJ> Has anyone else read these? What did you think? I haven't read any of those, but I have read several of her SF/Fantasy books. FINISHED: Robert Silverberg. FACE OF THE WATERS FINISHED: Steven Saylor. ROMAN BLOOD FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. CR: Batya Gur. SATURDAY MORNING MURDER, 209/294 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... You should always try to be yourself, but don't overdo 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: EFT00013 Date: 11/23/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:51pm \/To: DAVID CHESSLER (Read 1 times) Subj: J Maddox Roberts -=>While in the White Hart, David Chessler explained to Fred Runk that<=- DC> John Maddox Roberts, not Robert Maddox. Ah, that's better. I know that name. DC> He may be better known as an SF writer, and he did one or more DC> books in the "Conan" series of adventure-fantasy. I do know of him as an SF writer and read one of his works many years ago. DC> A search of the LA public library catalog produced the following DC> (in cronological order). The last two do not take place in Rome. DC> Murder in Tarsis would appear to be from that period, but from DC> the middle east (perhaps it has something to do with St. Paul?). Could be. DC> AUTHOR(s): Roberts, John Maddox. DC> TITLE(s): SPQR / John Maddox Roberts. This title I remember seeing, but I didn't connect the author with the SF JMRoberts. I wasn't aware that there were so many of the SPQR titles out. DC> AUTHOR(s): Roberts, John Maddox. DC> TITLE(s): The ghosts of Saigon / John Maddox Roberts. DC> 1st U.S. ed. Vietnamese detective? FINISHED: Robert Silverberg. FACE OF THE WATERS FINISHED: Steven Saylor. ROMAN BLOOD FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. CR: Batya Gur. SATURDAY MORNING MURDER, 209/294 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... "So--the mighty Hercules! Welcome to our space ship!" ___ 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: EFT00014 Date: 11/23/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:54pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie King -=>While in the White Hart, Jan Murphy explained to Fred Runk that<=- JM> There are two other books, TO PLAY A FOOL, and WITH CHILD. Thanks for the information. FINISHED: Robert Silverberg. FACE OF THE WATERS FINISHED: Steven Saylor. ROMAN BLOOD FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. CR: Batya Gur. SATURDAY MORNING MURDER, 209/294 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally. ___ 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: EFT00015 Date: 11/23/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:38pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 1 times) Subj: Elizabeth George -=>While in the White Hart, Dorothy Reynolds explained to ** All ** that<=- DR> long time no participate in Mystery, but I'm still here. Been busy Welcome back. DR> doing lots of creative stuff, but do lurk a lot. (g). DR> I've discovered a mystery writer I've gotten hooked on. How many of DR> you die hard mystery fans have read any of Elizabeth George? I think I've read everything she's written except for the last one. DR> I just finshed reading "Well Schooled in Murder" and am into "In the DR> Presence of the Enemy." Excellent writer. This lady keeps you guessing DR> from beginning to end. Her main protaganist is Inspector Thomas DR> Lynley, an aristocrat, who often teams up with a forensic scientist, DR> Simon Allcourt St. James. Like the way she works their private lives DR> into the story, just enough to make them human and interesting. I haven't read IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY yet, which I think is the only one I haven't read. And, the aristocratic detective, private or Scotland Yard variety, is one of my favorite subcategories--Wimsey, Campion, and Allyn being three of my favorites. FINISHED: Robert Silverberg. FACE OF THE WATERS FINISHED: Steven Saylor. ROMAN BLOOD FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. CR: Batya Gur. SATURDAY MORNING MURDER, 209/294 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Silence means never having to say you're sorry. ___ 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: EFT00016 Date: 11/23/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:43pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie king -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Suzze Tiernan that<=- ST> Susan, it *IS* "With Child." It came out last year ST> (in fact the pb is already ST> out). The third in the Mary Russell series is "A ST> Letter of Mary". It will be ST> out in pb next month. SB> Well, son of a gun. Blew right past me. Have you read it? Did you SB> like it? I was in B&N buying a book for Mother Sunday and cruised SB> the mystery section for King's books, but all they had in stock was SB> "Beekeeper's Apprentice." SB> Can't wait to get my hands on "With Child." Fred, are you SB> "listening"?! Yep, I'm reading. I'm gettin' all this good stuff. FINISHED: Robert Silverberg. FACE OF THE WATERS FINISHED: Steven Saylor. ROMAN BLOOD FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. CR: Batya Gur. SATURDAY MORNING MURDER, 209/294 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Silence means never having to say you're sorry. ___ 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: EFT00017 Date: 11/23/97 From: IRV KOCH Time: 08:46pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: Roman mystery series (was Re: Laurie Kin20:46:0611/23/97 JM> JM> John Maddox Roberts. I've seen 4 books so far in the SPQR series. JM> I've heard rumors of a fifth volume in hardcover, but have never JM> laid eyes on one. JM> JM> His most recent work has been some Conan novels, JM> published by Tor Books. I believe he also participated JM> in the mystery series done in the Forgotten Realms JM> universe (and why those were published in hardcover, JM> I'll never understand....) He used to write Science Fiction, often with Eric Kotani (whose real name I've forgotten). There's no telling how many of those are out there. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFT00018 Date: 11/24/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:09pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 1 times) Subj: Elizabeth George -=> Quoting dorothy reynolds to ** ALL ** <=- dr> long time no participate in Mystery, but I'm still here. Been busy dr> doing lots of creative stuff, but do lurk a lot. (g). dr> I've discovered a mystery writer I've gotten hooked on. How many of dr> you die hard mystery fans have read any of Elizabeth George? Hi Dorothy!!!! I read "Missing Joseph" and hated it! But she is a very popular author. dr> Sorry to be away so long, but I'll be back when I have something to dr> offer. Just an added note: Walking on air at the moment. Had an dr> article I submitted to the local Deputy Sheriff's Association magazine dr> printed, and a second one accepted by another magazine, which will dr> be in print "when space permits." Now, I can truthfully say, "I'm a dr> Writer," Yeah. Yippee! Congratulations!!!! dr> Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. And the same to you and yours..... ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFT00019 Date: 11/24/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:16pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie King -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Suzze Tiernan <=- ST> I can't believe everyone here doesn't own Detecting Women and ST> Detecting Men!!! FR> Why? Anyone that devours mysteries the way we do needs it. An invaluable reference to characters, series order, etc. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFU00000 Date: 11/23/97 From: MICHAEL LABRECK Time: 12:49am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Agatha Christie readers? Jan: ML> I'll look into Dorothy Sayers, and let you know how I like her -- ML> thanks! FR> You might look into the Campion stories too -- I've never read any, FR> but I saw several on MYSTERY!. Somebody here could tell you who FR> wrote those. ML> Again, I say thanks.... JM> Hello, Michael -- JM> I see you've wandered into the 'golden age' of detective fiction. Yep, I guess that I have.... JM> Let's see if we can come up with a comprehensive list so that you'll JM> have all the information in one place. Thanks.... JM> Like many other readers of this echo, I am a fan of Dorothy Sayers' JM> novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey [....] JM> Are there any more? I don't know -- are there? Well, even though I haven't read Sayers yet, (haven't had the time to since I'm working) I plan to; since Christie can be quite boring some times. -={Michael}=- --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: A Bit Of Light In Your Night 860/290-8578 10p-8a Only (1:142/578) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EFU00001 Date: 11/22/97 From: MICHAEL LABRECK Time: 11:56pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Dark Tower IV Fred: FR> In case anyone is interested, Stephen King's "Dark Tower IV", WIZARD FR> AND GLASS, is now out. I was surprised to see it when I glanced in FR> BDalton's window as I wandered by. I hadn't heard a word about it FR> coming out, or at least I don't remember hearing anything about it. FR> It's a tp version, costing $17.95. FR> I went over to wallybooks because I have a discount card and FR> discovered that it is already reduced 20% at wallyb, and it's been out FR> only a week or so, according to clerk. Thanks Fred.... Yes, I'm interested -- because King is one of my favorite authors. As far as knowing about "Dark Tower IV" coming out, I've known for a couple of days now and plan on getting myself a copy of it for my collection. -={Michael}=- --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: A Bit Of Light In Your Night 860/290-8578 10p-8a Only (1:142/578)