tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post605545814127346950..comments2024-03-17T02:38:18.796+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: And Between the Wasteland and the Sky...TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-74818997545756042442016-04-20T11:39:16.990+02:002016-04-20T11:39:16.990+02:00I mentioned that in the review:
"The govern...I mentioned that in the review: <br /><br />"<i>The governor in this book is on the verge of introducing a controversial piece of legislation that will break the back of the illegal rum runners in his state and as a result he's been receiving death-threats from a gang leader known only as <b>The Stingaree!</b></i>" <br /><br />And thanks for the heads up about the Hornung novel.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-48607379580308102242016-04-20T02:40:05.509+02:002016-04-20T02:40:05.509+02:00Sounds intriguing, but am none the wiser as to why...Sounds intriguing, but am none the wiser as to why the name 'Stingaree' featured in the title. But you may wish to note that 'Stingaree Rides Again' by E.W. Hornung will be published in May 2016 - a sequel to the same author's 'Stingaree' (1905), albeit one hundred and eleven years overdue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896378540201748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-74452807901038601512016-04-20T02:37:33.597+02:002016-04-20T02:37:33.597+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896378540201748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-89977710990345725482012-04-09T01:26:25.315+02:002012-04-09T01:26:25.315+02:00I can put it down as an product of its time and po...I can put it down as an product of its time and point out its merits, but I know that there are people who have a real problem with it. Fellow mystery fan/critic Mike Grost even takes a books racial attitude into judging its merits and demerits. He always praises writers, like Clyde Clason, for fighting the stereotypes of their times and I don't think he would be as kind to this book as I was, just for that.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-46208063061070256092012-04-09T01:07:38.587+02:002012-04-09T01:07:38.587+02:00"If you can put it down as a product of its t..."If you can put it down as a product of its time"<br /><br />Well, why wouldn't one be able to do that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-31080944346766990632012-04-06T15:50:26.611+02:002012-04-06T15:50:26.611+02:00Felling a bit self-conscious now about my over-use...Felling a bit self-conscious now about my over-use of exclamation marks ... (and ellipses ...). Thanks for unearthing this curio - have not read it, or even come across a copy, but I'll park the info for some future book browsing - cheers.<br /><br />SergioSergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-5915534659239724682012-04-03T10:23:14.627+02:002012-04-03T10:23:14.627+02:00The Invisible Host overstayed its welcome on my sh...<i>The Invisible Host</i> overstayed its welcome on my shelves a long time ago and I think I even noted it as one of the worst detective novels read in 2008. I bought it purely for the Christie-connection, but quickly understood its obscurity. <br /><br />Thanks for the warning on <i>The Ebony Bed Murders</i>. I was sort of tempted to buy it one of these days.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-54099565008261642082012-04-03T10:21:04.345+02:002012-04-03T10:21:04.345+02:00I can't help that I like what I like and why t...I can't help that I like what I like and why the wariness? As far as I recall, the only one we differed about was Green's <i>What a Body!</i> and yours is a minority opinion (yes, that was an <i>argumentum ad populum</i>, but it so wonderfully proves my point ;-). <br /><br />Besides, have you read the Herbert Resnicow novels I praised for their original take on the locked room problem? Aha! Note how the exclamation mark marks my victory in this debate.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-29730847504482858672012-04-03T09:02:04.320+02:002012-04-03T09:02:04.320+02:00The Mystery League had an editorial board of dubio...The Mystery League had an editorial board of dubious tastes. Though they managed to snag two classics -- DEATH WALKS IN EASTREPPS and THE SECRET OF HIGH ELDERSHAM -- as first US editions they did publish an awful lot of stinkers including THE EBONY BED MURDERS, THE CURSE OF DOONE and TURMOIL AT BREDE - all of them loony tunes in their plots and writing styles. You ought to track down THE INVISIBLE HOST. After Patrick's recent dissection of the entire cast of TEN LITTLE INDIANS it would be an eye-opening reading experience as it is an near duplicate of Christie's book and it came many years before hers.<br /><br />As for a stingray barb as a fatal way to meet your death -- that's exactly the way poor Steve Irwin, TV adventure host and wildlife expert, left the world though his was a bizarre accident.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-33271965669498178342012-04-02T21:48:20.397+02:002012-04-02T21:48:20.397+02:00I've grown very wary of your praising impossib...I've grown very wary of your praising impossible crimes as "original"... Still, this does sound like it has points of interest! Argh!!! It's started again!!! Damn you, Red Baron!!!! (Hey, these exclamation marks really work!!!)<br /><br />But on a more serious note, I will have to do something about this situation to get you back for this.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.com