tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post7661424219806463322..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Nothing is Impossible!TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-62313043206004391152015-12-02T08:46:50.342+01:002015-12-02T08:46:50.342+01:00Its a great pleasure reading your post.Its full of...Its a great pleasure reading your post.Its full of information I am looking for and I love to post a comment that "The content of your post is awesome" Great work. <br /><a href="http://10etext.com" rel="nofollow">product reviews</a><br />Ramihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457508773593154604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-43852238768024071502011-05-27T23:53:24.051+02:002011-05-27T23:53:24.051+02:00Well, to put it real simple, everything about him ...Well, to put it real simple, everything about him just rubs me the wrong way, but I'm not afraid to have views challenged – especially ones based mostly on emotion. Take your best shot! ;)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-83859650837225726732011-05-27T14:20:29.545+02:002011-05-27T14:20:29.545+02:00Hi TomCat, I've decided I shall have to review...Hi TomCat, I've decided I shall have to review some Julian Symons books on my blog and see if I can change you mind (well, i can hope ...)! Having said that ... I am curious as to why you think he deserves such criticism though. I mean, yes he had his personal preference for works that in his view stood up as works of literature rather then just as good puzzle stories, but he does actually say extremely positive things about the puzzles created by Ellery Queen (even devoted a whole book to him/them), Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr in the 30s and 40s even in Bloody Murder / Mortal Consequences, doesn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-40008096384180454552011-05-25T17:48:38.638+02:002011-05-25T17:48:38.638+02:00Good call on the Hoch review - it's good, but ...Good call on the Hoch review - it's good, but not his best by a long way (also not the worst in the series, which I'd probably say is The Problem of Cell 13). Looking forward to the next anthology, even though I've got them all in magazine form.Puzzledoctorhttp://www.classicmystery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-62195845799381499012011-05-25T17:39:52.020+02:002011-05-25T17:39:52.020+02:00You think I was too hard on Julian Symons? I was m...You think I was too hard on Julian Symons? I was merely trying, as someone who's relatively new to reviewing mysteries, to apply the method of the great critical commentator himself – and put him on the receiving end of some harsh and biased criticism (I wasn't <i>that</i> harsh, though). <br /><br />It's so hypocritical of him to lambaste his fellow mystery authors for writing these kinds of stories and then turned around and did himself. Even if he wrote a good puzzler it still makes him a hypocrite. <br /><br />As you said on your blog, I'm very opinionated. :)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-79879833330699215582011-05-25T13:45:06.656+02:002011-05-25T13:45:06.656+02:00Thanks for this very thorough review for a collect...Thanks for this very thorough review for a collection that really deserves the attention. But why so hard on the late Mr Symons? The Quarles stories are no great shakes, to be sore, being just ultra short little vignettes, originally written for newspaper publication. Definitely not even remotely on the same level as the author's best work, nor meant to be, surely. Symons wrote some excellent puzzles in short story form ('The Tigers of Subtopia' collection springs to mind) and novels (especially THE PLOT AGAINST ROGER RIDER) which are certainly worthy of respect. Of course my profile name is taken from his history of the genre, so make of that what you will ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-52735109032866930422011-05-24T23:52:13.853+02:002011-05-24T23:52:13.853+02:00Well, her story may be historically accurate, but ...Well, her story may be historically accurate, but this is an impossible crime themed anthology and not a compilation of historical mysteries – and should therefore be judged as such. <br /><br />Oh, thanks for pointing out the mistake concerning Vincent Cornier. For some reason, I lumped him in with the Americans. I blame Georges Simenon presence for confusing me on this issue. :)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-59705462251326888952011-05-24T22:51:03.229+02:002011-05-24T22:51:03.229+02:00Vincent Cornier couldn't have been included in...Vincent Cornier couldn't have been included in this collection, as the book is made up only of MWA authors. You may not like the de la Torre solution, but it's based on a real life locked room, and is the probable solution.<br /><br />Doug GreeneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com