["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

Hah!  I wish.  I bought them all.  I don't regret it.

C

[Georgette Heyer]

That was really a mouthful.

[Info]

Does anyone remember back when—really way, way back —when telephones were a relatively new item and still not in every home, and when many of us had party lines; private lines weren't available yet?  I do.  We had a phone that when you picked it up off the cradle, there would often be someone else, some stranger, talking to another stranger.  You could listen to them, or hang back up and wait till the line was free if you wanted to call someone; that call, of course, could be listened to by others as well.  I can't be the only one here who can remember that.

["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

Yes, and a series.  A good one, and they should be L.A. library.  Read them in order.  You'll be hooked.

["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

The Louise Penny books are marvelous.  But aren't from the Golden Age, so perhaps I shouldn't mention it.

[I'm Alive!]

So, so good to hear from you, Mike.  You've been missed; that goes without saying.  Sounded like a horrible accident.  We're all pulling for a complete recovery, and for your return to full capacity ASAP.

C

["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

Here is the address of Wolfe’s house on W. 35th street from

Stout himself (well, the addresses)

 

506 in Over My Dead Body, chapter 12

618 in Too Many Clients, chapter 4

902 in Murder by the Book, chapter 7

909 in "Before I Die", chapter 10

914 in Too Many Women, chapter 24

918 in The Red Box, chapter 3

919 in The Silent Speaker, chapter 12

922 in The Silent Speaker, chapter 2

924 in "Man Alive", chapter 9

938 in Death of a Doxy, chapter 4

 

 

 

["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

I don't know NYC from fairy dust, but have read in several places it being said that Wolfe's address would be somewhere in the East River.  I won't argue the point, however, as I'm not even sure where the Hudson and the East are with regards to Manhattan.

["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

I've read that Wolfe's house on 34th street would actually be somewhere out in the East River.  As I know nothing of NYC, I don't know whether he made up the bulk of the streets Archie mentions or not.

 

[Info]

Unlike you guys who are way ahead of me, I had to change every clock and appliance in the house by hand.  Amazing how many there are, and how some are nigh on inaccessible. 

My body is also having more trouble dealing with this hour change.  The worst, however, is the dog.  He insists we're an hour late feeding him.

[Info]

So said the world's greatest cook!

["Golden Age" Detective Fiction]

I've read all the Wolfe books many times over.  I have them all, but unfortunately, in paperback, and many are suffering from old age, rather like me.  They're wonderful books, if a little dated now, and I still find them captivating.

Stout died six months after A Family Affair debuted.

 

 

 

[Info]

Spring forward, fall back.  Be warned.  Time to meddle with you clock.

["The Powder Monkey" by Alan Dwight]

As is everything Alan sets his pen to.

[Slimming gaff]

Well, I can't help but think the competition for  'best male member' must have been lots of fun with the comparisons and all.

[Update on Mike]

Great news, John.  Thanks for keeping us up ;to date.

 

C

[Laika by EleCivil in picks of the past sep/oct 2022]

I miss him, too.  We've lost so many wonderful people.  Sigh.

["High School Dither" by Cole Parker]

I wish!  I get many, many more ideas that are stupid and nuts than ones that can be made to work.  What I dislike is getting halfway through a story and only then realizing how vapid it is.  

But, glad you enjoyed this one.

 

 

 

["Genus Corvidae" by Pedro]

Donny doesn't seem to be the brightest or most vocal of our hero's friends.  Perhaps whatever the ritual was, it embarrassed him.  I like to think that that's the case; it sets my imagination free.

[Update on Mike]

This is the best news ever!  Thanks, John, and Mike, welcome back!  You scared the shit  out of us!  So happy to hear you're in recovery mode.

 

C

["A Spark in Marks" by Pedro]

Such a great compendium of stories!

[In the Service of Princes by Michael Arram]

He's such a wonderful writer.  You get enchanted by his characters and settings.  I'm looking forward to this, too, and I'm delighted to see it here.

[Update on Mike]

Any updates, John?  Is he still in the hospital?  Is he communicating yet?

 

C

[Delay to site updates]

Such terrible news!  Mike hasn't had the best of luck the past few years, and this is just one more thing poured on top.  He's so valuable to all of us, deserves better, and I'm sure everyone wishes for him to have a complete, rapid, painless recovery.  

Good luck, Mike, and come back when you can.  You'll be missed.

 

C

 

 

[The Tourney, by Cole Parker]

Thanks, Camy.

After all, you chaps invented the game.

C