tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post4670812592447816616..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: "The burning ghost without a name"TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-58392864130005563082011-06-21T01:22:56.546+02:002011-06-21T01:22:56.546+02:00Yeah, I have been a Cowboy Bebop fan for years and...Yeah, I have been a Cowboy Bebop fan for years and never made a secret of it. I guess your powers of observations are failing you, my dear Arman. ;)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-19877674545817825352011-06-20T21:44:30.246+02:002011-06-20T21:44:30.246+02:00lolwut...Tomcat, you watched Cowboy Bebop? Love th...lolwut...Tomcat, you watched Cowboy Bebop? Love the reference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-35517179301580581922011-06-20T21:09:59.758+02:002011-06-20T21:09:59.758+02:00Not at all! It's gratifying to know that my bl...Not at all! It's gratifying to know that my blog is being appreciated and proving itself as a helpful tool, for my fellow connoisseurs in crime, when it comes to picking up books and discovering new authors – which was what I was aiming (hoping) for when I opened up this place for business.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-40424285610524612092011-06-20T18:00:01.240+02:002011-06-20T18:00:01.240+02:00Good!
Hope that I didn't sound too pompous.
...Good!<br /><br />Hope that I didn't sound too pompous.<br /><br />SextonblakeSextonblakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-51922775679389102002011-06-20T13:06:11.527+02:002011-06-20T13:06:11.527+02:00Well, it seems that both Bill Pronzini and me stan...Well, it seems that both Bill Pronzini and me stand corrected, but my amendment still stands – Holmes squirted the stuff through a needle instead of powdering his nose with it.<br /><br />@Sexton Blake<br /><br />I'm glad you're enjoying the blog! And I won't be stopping anytime soon.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-35144066263557835092011-06-20T12:04:58.301+02:002011-06-20T12:04:58.301+02:00Actually, Holmes' drug was a 7% solution of co...Actually, Holmes' drug was a 7% solution of cocaine, injected directly into the vein, He occasionally used morphine, but after he returned from the dead he managed to kick the drug habit completely and only smoked loads of tobacco instead (which is considered to be just as bad these days!) Doyle gave him the habit in the second novel THE SIGN OF THE FOUR, probably because he thought that he wouldn't write any more about the character. In THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER in RETURN, we learn that Holmes has managed to wean himself off drugs, much to Watson's relief.<br /><br />TomCat: Really like this blog. Hope you keep going.<br /><br />Bill Pronzini: I'd not read anything of yours until recently, and then tried both HOODWINK and shortish story about thefts from a bookshop. Absolutely terrific. I shall read more of your novels (as soon as I can bully my local bookshop to start stocking your stuff!)Sextonblakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-67131836370487408962011-06-20T03:05:26.579+02:002011-06-20T03:05:26.579+02:00I think you're "the cat's nuts" ...I think you're "the cat's nuts" too, TomCat. Thanks for another great review.<br /><br />I dunno how I could have made the mistake about Sherlock's drug habit that you pointed out. I must have been on something myself the day I wrote that line -- beer or martinis, since I neither snort nor shoot up drugs. The sins of my younger days. Mea culpa.Bill Pronzininoreply@blogger.com