--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EG400000 Date: 12/04/97 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:10pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie king FR> SB> My only claim to immortality! FR> Ah, well, there will be others. Wouldn't count on it. Am pretty damned amazed at that one! FR> I just finished reading Laurie King's TO PLAY THE FOOL, her second "Kate FR> Martinelli" book. The murder plot was adequate, but what made the book a good FR> one was Brother Erasmus, who actually provided the second and far more FR> interesting mystery in the book. Who was he and why was he that way? FR> After reading the story, I felt the murder plot was just a device for King to FR> present Brother Erasmus to us. I thought the book was interesting but not satisfying. It really didn't *engage* me as much as the first. Am eager to find "With Child" to see what my reaction is to that one. FR> Have you read this one? FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of FR> Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. No, probably won't go a'hunting for it either, am not a particular fan of fantasy, horror or science fiction! FR> FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ Would be interested in one by this author after having read your reaction. * JABBER v1.2 * The closest I can come to a brainstorm is a drizzle. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: The Oasis BBS: (817) 613-9002 (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EG400001 Date: 12/03/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 11:06pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie king -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR> I'm going to steal this for my tagline file. FR> Happiness is a stack of unread books! - Susan Bulla - SB> My only claim to immortality! Ah, well, there will be others. I just finished reading Laurie King's TO PLAY THE FOOL, her second "Kate Martinelli" book. The murder plot was adequate, but what made the book a good one was Brother Erasmus, who actually provided the second and far more interesting mystery in the book. Who was he and why was he that way? After reading the story, I felt the murder plot was just a device for King to present Brother Erasmus to us. Have you read this one? FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ CR: Martin Gardner, ed. GREAT ESSAYS IN SCIENCE, 19/427 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise. -Lao Tse ___ 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: EG400002 Date: 12/03/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 11:25pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 1 times) Subj: Detecting men & women -=>While in the White Hart, Suzze Tiernan explained to Fred Runk that<=- -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Suzze Tiernan <=- -=>While in the White Hart, Suzze Tiernan explained to Fred Runk that<=- ST> Yes, and it has won some major mystery awards recently. FR> Sounds interesting. pb or hb? ST> They are both pb. The large one is fairly expensive but has immense ST> amounts of information in it. ($24.95 I believe). The pocket versions ST> are $14.95 and $16.95. At that price, they must be trade paperbacks. FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ CR: Martin Gardner, ed. GREAT ESSAYS IN SCIENCE, 19/427 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Reality is for people who can't face Science Fiction! ___ 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: EG400003 Date: 12/03/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 11:26pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 2 times) Subj: Papa sherlock? -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR> SB> Don't get me lying again! FR> Don't say lying! Call it a creative use of one's imagination. Or an FR> exercise in reality-free thought experimentation. SB> Yeah, that's it! See, isn't that much better? FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ CR: Martin Gardner, ed. GREAT ESSAYS IN SCIENCE, 19/427 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... Never go bird hunting with a cannon. 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: EGA00000 Date: 12/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 06:32pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie king -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Fred Runk that<=- SB> I thought the book was interesting but not satisfying. It really SB> didn't *engage* me as much as the first. Am eager to find "With SB> Child" to see what my reaction is to that one. I can understand that if you were looking for a decent mystery to get your teeth into. It really wasn't much--and it was wrapped up at the end as sort of an afterthought. Brother Erasmus was really the focus of the tale--not the mystery, I thought. I found a new version of WITH CHILD, but passed it up. Cash flow drying up as the end of the semester approaches. I'm temp faculty, paid on a course-by-course basis, so when the semester ends, I get a vacation from work and from paychecks. :( FR> Have you read this one? FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. FR> Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of FR> Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. SB> No, probably won't go a'hunting for it either, am not a particular SB> fan of fantasy, horror or science fiction! Actually I was referring to TO PLAY THE FOOL, not the SF anthology. Looks like the format got a bit scrambled. FR> FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ SB> Would be interested in one by this author after having read your SB> reaction. I like her work--good plots so far, good background stuff for all three, good characterization also. I hope No. 4 comes along soon, if there is a number 4. There will be a longer than usual delay, since Gur's works have to be translated into English. FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ CR: Martin Gardner, ed. GREAT ESSAYS IN SCIENCE, 19/427 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... An occasional whimper gratifies the gods. ___ 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: EGA00001 Date: 12/05/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 06:49pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Lord Wimsey Got revved up by the earlier discussion about the classical age of mystery, so I found an old copy of Dorothy L. Sayers' WHOSE BODY?, her first Lord Peter Wimsey novel. What is strange is that I don't remember reading it, and everything that happened was completely unknown. However, I did recognize the murderer as soon as the name was introduced and I did figure out one of the "puzzling events" in the book. Was this book dramatized on PBS's MYSTERY many years ago? Regardless, still an enjoyable story. Next is THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB, a story I know was televised on MYSTERY. FINISHED: COPPER STAR, ed. Bruce D. Arthurs. Anth. of Southwestern fantasy, horror, and science fiction. FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ CR: Martin Gardner, ed. GREAT ESSAYS IN SCIENCE, 19/427 CR: Marcel Proust. Book 2, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE, 110/546 Email: fredr@gci-net.com ... KEYBOARD - An instrument used for entering errors into a computer. ___ 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: EGB00000 Date: 12/06/97 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 09:20am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Laurie king FR> I can understand that if you were looking for a decent mystery to get your FR> teeth into. It really wasn't much--and it was wrapped up at the end as sort FR> of an afterthought. Brother Erasmus was really the focus of the tale--not the FR> mystery, I thought. I'm not that picky, it doesn't have to be the mystery element that grabs me but something better in order for me to really enjoy a book. FR> I found a new version of WITH CHILD, but passed it up. Is this out in PB do you know? FR> Cash flow drying up as FR> the end of the semester approaches. I'm temp faculty, paid on a FR> course-by-course basis, so when the semester ends, I get a vacation from work FR> and from paychecks. :( Thank heavens for public libraries for just such exigencies! FR> Actually I was referring to TO PLAY THE FOOL, not the SF anthology. Looks FR> like the format got a bit scrambled. Oh! Yes, I did read To Play The Fool. It was the one I found interesting but not satisfying as "A Grave Talent." * JABBER v1.2 * ... Deja Booboo: The feeling you've screwed this up before. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: The Oasis BBS: (817) 613-9002 (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EGB00001 Date: 12/06/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 12:58pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Falco -=> Quoting Susan Bulla to Suzze Tiernan <=- ST> SB> Yes, I found them quite charming in that respect - I think there re ST> SB> one or two left that I have not yet read. ST> And a new one coming out soon....A Dying Light in Corduba (I THINK is the ST> name) SB> Goody! A new one to look for! One of my customers was in the other day, I told her about that one, she had already read it AND the next one after it! She bought them in London, seems we get them way after they are released there. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EGB00002 Date: 12/06/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:01pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 1 times) Subj: Detecting men & women -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Suzze Tiernan <=- ST> They are both pb. The large one is fairly expensive but has immense ST> amounts of information in it. ($24.95 I believe). The pocket versions ST> are $14.95 and $16.95. FR> At that price, they must be trade paperbacks. The full size one is 8 1/2 x 11. The small one is the size of a pocket calendar. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: EGB00003 Date: 12/06/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:05pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Gur -=> Quoting Susan Bulla to Fred Runk <=- FR> FINISHED: Batya Gur. MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ SB> Would be interested in one by this author after having read your SB> reaction. I picked up Saturday NIght Murder used for 1.50 yesterday. ... suzze@concentric.net --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278)