Cole Parker
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On 9/27/2021 at 11:26 AM, Merkin said:
I’m surprise there’s been no mention so far of John Dickson Carr, generally regarded (according to Wiki) as one of the greatest of the “Golden Age” mystery writers. An American living in England, Carr’s mysteries have mostly English settings, and his two best-known fictional detectives are Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale. He is also known for his biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Another mystery writer from the 1930s worth noting is Ellery Queen. Himself a fake, Queen poses both as the writer and as the central amateur detective character in over thirty books. These were actually written by two men, cousins, whose names turn out to be pen names as well. The titles set in the 1930s wear well, and remind one of Rex Stout's New York.
To further cloud the trail of attribution, "Ellery Queen" became so popular that the 1950s, 60s, and 70s saw all sorts of spin-offs, including television shows, even children's books, written by all sorts of hacks.
You can't mention them and leave out Earl Stanley Gardner and John MacDonald.
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You have your Ulsters, we have our gentle folk who attacked our capital and tried to overthrow our democracy with no idea at all what they'd like to replace it with. Why is this the age of a return to Authoritarianism? We tried that a couple of times in Europe and it didn't work well.
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I don't think you really want Maryland back, Camy. Baltimore is located there, and it still might be the murder capital of the U.S. Also, and perhaps more importantly, Maryland may be the worst team in the Big Ten.
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What's even more amusing than that is that the UN doesn't recognize the separate countries in the UK while the citizenry does! It's sort of like Iowa deciding it was it's own country and asking for UN recognition.
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I was thinking the same thing! 🙂
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1 hour ago, Rutabaga said:
Looks to me like that pool could negotiated in about 15 strokes. Trip's dad wants him to be a great swimmer, and it's the one sporting activity that Trip has taken to. Might as well train in a competition pool where he can stretch himself. Besides, think of the effect on visitors who walk out and see a full-sized pool!
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Not niggles, just misunderstandings. You just missed the bit where I said his folks have lots of money, good jogs, and wanted a house in which to entertain and make an impression. Sure, it's a huge pool. But in the acreage they have, it fits.
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Sounds like a Hardy Boys book to me.
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More, please.
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Peeking out above the waistband? Is that poetic hyperbole?
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3 hours ago, Camy said:
Love it! 😂
I forget the names of characters I've written, too.
You often have the same characters. It should be easier for you! 😄
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Aha! You can tell, I don't remember the characters or even the stories well after finishing them. Always moving on to the next. That has an upside, however: if I ever go back and read one of my own, it often seems like something new!
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Who's Jody?
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I love striking pictures of boy. The one showing with My Incredible Summer I find astounding.
http://awesomedude.com/cole-parker/my-incredible-summer/my-incredible-summer.htm
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You do like to get involved, don't you, R? Welcome into my world!
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You guys are too kind.
However, there are several times in this story when you're fed info that seems to lack provenance. All will be explained, all questions answered, in their time. Well, most of them.
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I'm not sure one Lamprey doesn't count as a surfeit.
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I have been remiss in not mentioning two current mystery writers I find topnotch. It's also somewhat intriguing that both are Americans, yet both set their mysteries in England. One is Elizabeth George, whose main character is Thomas Linley, the other is Deborah Crombie who has two main characters, Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid. The George books are very long, very detailed, and expertly written. The Crombie books are a bit more accessible. George has 20 Linley novels written which should be read in order and they grow sequentially. Crombie's 17 books do the same. All the books are very good.
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I couldn't help myself, and so here comes another. It'll start Saturday. Have fun! I'm fond of this one.
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Thanks, Gee. Nice to have your heart warmed now and then.
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James:
Your reason for getting vaccinated is a wonderful, humane reason. It's also the reason to get a booster when the time comes. The way to stop the virus from spreading it so stop people from getting it so they themselves won't spread it. To date, the number of people who have been harmed by the vaccine is extremely small. Any medicine seems to have this capability, yet we continued to take our meds because the chances of disaster are minute and the chances for a cure overwhelming.
Without the vaccine, people were dying in large numbers. Since vaccinations have increased, hospitals are no longer overrun with patients, and very few people are dying, except the ones who are most affected by the disease. The vaccines have stopped the epidemic, and waiting for herd immunity to do the same while thousands are dying every day and our health care systems are overloaded to the point of shutting down is an answer to the problem most people just shake their head at as being innane.
It's easy when down the road a ways from how things were back in the early spring to begin to minimize the effects of it all. Yet in the states where the government is anti-vax and anti-masks, the epidemic is getting worse.
The risks from getting vaccinated are exceptionally small. I had my two shots back as soon as I could get them. I'll get my booster shots when advised, too. Not just for me! For the people I don't want to kill by spreading the disease when there's no need to.
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Oh, come on! Lady Felicia is delightful, and while Bunty can be annoying, calling her a pain in the ass is a bit overboard, don't you think. Mrs. McCarthy, on the other hand . . .
I will admit to enjoying the show more before when Lady Felicia was more prominent and the advent of Bunty hadn't occurred.
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Yes, there's an old joke about God providing help and people not recognizing it came from him and thus perishing. I'd guess it's much the same here: a vaccination has been provided, but they won't give credence to God's hand in that, even while believing he controls everything. That's nonsensical, but then, that's a good word to describe those people.
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19 minutes ago, Rutabaga said:
Are you referring to Mrs. McCarthy, Lady Felicia, or Bunty?
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Isn't it obvious?
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"Golden Age" Detective Fiction
in Roamin' Reader
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We can easily skip Hiaasen, Koontz and Child: they're all currently still writing. I just finished a Hiaasen novel last week.