tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post5640528399678052257..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: All in a MazeTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-86333934005274914352015-09-27T13:11:03.948+02:002015-09-27T13:11:03.948+02:00I guess I'll have to take a "look" a...I guess I'll have to take a "look" at that <i>hoorspel</i>, but I would be much more interested in a TV-documentary titled <i>Onder de bekoring van het Oosten</i>, which was broadcast on Dutch TV in the mid-1990s. It's about Robert van Gulik and Rechter Tie (Judge Dee), but I have only found two snippets on YT (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYmRbHB3BDk" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR7h_noRvQo" rel="nofollow">here</a>). TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-5778054828125926022015-09-27T13:05:48.020+02:002015-09-27T13:05:48.020+02:00If you really want to re-aquaint yourself with Jud...If you really want to re-aquaint yourself with Judge Dee, I'd recommend starting with <i>The Chinese Gold Murders</i>. <br /><br />The book has everything: it functions as Dee's origin story, suggestive touches of the supernatural and a good locked room mystery with an overall plot that was a lot tighter than <i>The Chinese Maze Murders</i>. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-20084017346848693522015-09-27T11:09:45.510+02:002015-09-27T11:09:45.510+02:00There's a Dutch radio play based on this book ...There's a Dutch radio play based on this book which I enjoyed. It's errr, out there, somewhere. Haven't read the original book though, so no idea how faithful it is.Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-57226878313378054212015-09-27T11:02:57.351+02:002015-09-27T11:02:57.351+02:00I think I have this in an Italian translation some...I think I have this in an Italian translation somewhere but from decades ago - thanks for rekindling my interest - and congrats on the double century!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-25611100948478639992015-09-25T21:51:05.898+02:002015-09-25T21:51:05.898+02:00I'm more than familiar with being sidetracked,...I'm more than familiar with being sidetracked, because it happens with a certain regularity to me. Anyhow, I hope you'll find the round of Judge Dee novels as rewarding as the first one! TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-60500857081046468552015-09-25T18:38:17.607+02:002015-09-25T18:38:17.607+02:00Last year I read a half dozen of these and enjoyed...Last year I read a half dozen of these and enjoyed every one of them. I think this may have been the next in line but then, as so often happens, I got sidetracked by other things. But this and another are in the TBR bookcase, and I'll have to move it onto the top shelf.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com