tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post6322148188953975845..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Solving the Unsolvable TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-85862954201759076752014-11-03T01:46:09.385+01:002014-11-03T01:46:09.385+01:00I read The House in Goblin Wood a couple of days a...I read <em>The House in Goblin Wood</em> a couple of days ago (it's included in <em>The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories</em> which I've been working my way through). Good story.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-73955698473297737932014-08-22T23:53:07.444+02:002014-08-22T23:53:07.444+02:00Ouch, and you still found it too long ... :)Ouch, and you still found it too long ... :)Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-86477100488181851492014-08-22T17:55:41.962+02:002014-08-22T17:55:41.962+02:00I figured it was a typo and guess macabre ones are...I figured it was a typo and guess macabre ones are appropriate for this blog. And it seems this edition reprinted the arbidged version, since I can't find the reference to the Belgian manufacture. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-48052387944245324112014-08-22T10:20:15.727+02:002014-08-22T10:20:15.727+02:00Addenda - first off TC, apologies for writing you ...Addenda - first off TC, apologies for writing you 'you died TC' - I meant, more correctly, to say 'you fiend TC' - sorry about that, a bit more macabre that I was aiming for! I have checked the 'Locked Room Puzzles' mystery novellas anthology edited by Greenberg and Pronzini and it is definitely the shortened text. The giveaway is easy to spot as at the end of paragraph 2 it should say that the .32 is of 'Belgian manufacture' - if it doesn't, then it's the Dannay abridgement. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-7087833183941744632014-08-21T16:02:46.484+02:002014-08-21T16:02:46.484+02:00Thanks for the correction, I got the wrong antholo...Thanks for the correction, I got the wrong anthology - I'll have to check but I did think that Dannay version was the one used pretty much throughout until the Greene book. I really will have to look now - you died TC, making me read even more Carr!!!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-86530981141073326122014-08-20T04:38:24.568+02:002014-08-20T04:38:24.568+02:00If you're referring to "The Third Bullet&...If you're referring to "The Third Bullet", you want to check Fell and Foul Play.The Dark Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453733187338447742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-74661326141334188782014-08-20T01:05:38.985+02:002014-08-20T01:05:38.985+02:00I have read the complete version of The Third Bull...I have read the complete version of The Third Bullet in Doug Greene's collection, Fell and Foul Play, and it is excellent! As Doug pointed out in his introductory remarks, "Frederic Dannay...omitted large chunks of the story, including in several instances entire pages. Character descriptions, details of the murder site, red herrings, and even some clues to the solution - all disappeared." As all other magazine and book reprints used Dannay's abridgment, I recommend that Carr fans seek out a copy of Fell and Foul Play for a fine example of Carr's ingenuity.Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100980024238963573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-43986772969417453102014-08-19T09:45:01.799+02:002014-08-19T09:45:01.799+02:00I'm sure Locked Room Puzzles used the original...I'm sure <i>Locked Room Puzzles</i> used the original version (c. 100 pages) and the story in this collection was, I think, the same length as the original. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-51409708816390750062014-08-19T09:40:47.823+02:002014-08-19T09:40:47.823+02:00Some of Carr's short story collections have a ...Some of Carr's short story collections have a confusing publication history, because subsequent editions would leave out and/or add stories that weren't in the original collection. <i>The Department of Queer Complaints</i> is a good example of this. There are three or four different editions with a varying amount of stories in each of them. You can probably chalk that up to copyright issues between US and UK editions. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-12959960783579423802014-08-19T09:39:49.385+02:002014-08-19T09:39:49.385+02:00If you really want to shock and upset people’s fal...If you really want to shock and upset people’s false and cozy view of classic mysteries, you should introduce them to Gladys Mitchell. She’ll upset more than just the notion that Golden Age detective stories were all light, breezy village cozies. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-13644772037170987212014-08-19T09:11:16.791+02:002014-08-19T09:11:16.791+02:00Great stuff TC - I have the Pronzini/Rawson/Carr a...Great stuff TC - I have the Pronzini/Rawson/Carr anthology too - does that use the cut version of the text that was shortened by Dannay for a reprint in EQMM? I have a feeling that the longer version is the one in Doug Greene's March, Merrivale and Murder anthologySergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-57983269303481075232014-08-19T08:47:20.046+02:002014-08-19T08:47:20.046+02:00I still wonder why the Japanese collection with th...I still wonder why <a href="http://ho-lingnojikenbo.blogspot.nl/2014/03/mr-short-and-mr-long.html" rel="nofollow">the Japanese collection with the same title</a>, has a slightly different story selection...<br /><br />And I too thought that the Third Bullet was waaaaaay too long. Especially in Japanese *ahem*. <br /><br />(And your neglecting-your-blog-mode still results in more posts a month than the minimum quota I've set for my blog ^^' Though because of a couple writing binge sessions I had, I'm now in the curious position of having enough reviews finished to last me until mid-January at a normal posting rate >_>)Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-64467288695007169592014-08-19T01:23:40.444+02:002014-08-19T01:23:40.444+02:00Interesting complaint about "The Third Bullet...Interesting complaint about "The Third Bullet". I believe Doug Greene said that the copy you read was a badly editied version, and if THIS was too long, I dread reading the original.<br /><br />"The House in Goblin Wood" should be required reading for those who think Golden Age mysteries were free of gruesomeness...<br /><br />I read the story that "The Wrong Problem" was based on/became. Good story (I wanted to punch that uncle every time he showed up) but the solution isn't one I care for. It did give me an idea though... (Sorry for the rambling post...)<br />The Dark Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453733187338447742noreply@blogger.com