Comments for http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on 5 Mind Blowers by Bob Sanchez http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-45921 Bob Sanchez Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:25:32 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-45921 Thanks for the suggestions--they all sound like great reads. Thanks for the suggestions–they all sound like great reads.

]]> Comment on 5 Mind Blowers by Joe McCusker http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-9729 Joe McCusker Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:18:45 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-9729 Great lists! Nice to see a shout out to "The Payoff" but I think almost every Ellin is a mind-blower (check out "Death on Chrismas Eve"). Two relatively recent mind-blowers: "Exit Line" by Reginald Hill and "Driven" by Brendan DuBois. Look forward to reading "Sinkhole". Great lists! Nice to see a shout out to “The Payoff” but I think almost every Ellin is a mind-blower (check out “Death on Chrismas Eve”). Two relatively recent mind-blowers: “Exit Line” by Reginald Hill and “Driven” by Brendan DuBois. Look forward to reading “Sinkhole”.

]]> Comment on Return My Wife, Please by Brian http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/02/04/return-my-wife-please/#comment-9705 Brian Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:52:29 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/02/04/return-my-wife-please/#comment-9705 Thank you Kimura-san. As you say, Ellin did not win the Edgar for Mirror Mirror. He won France's Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Regards, Brian Thank you Kimura-san. As you say, Ellin did not win the Edgar for Mirror Mirror. He won France’s Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.

Regards,
Brian

]]> Comment on Return My Wife, Please by Jiro Kimura http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/02/04/return-my-wife-please/#comment-9701 Jiro Kimura Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:27:18 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/02/04/return-my-wife-please/#comment-9701 No, Ellin did not win another Edgar for MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL, but for the 1958 novel, THE EIGHTH CIRLE. No, Ellin did not win another Edgar for MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL, but for the 1958 novel, THE EIGHTH CIRLE.

]]> Comment on 5 Mind Blowers by admin http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-9128 admin Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:45:19 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-9128 Thanks, Rob! That's two for me too. I'll check out Sinkhole and Come Back, Come Back. Brian Thanks, Rob! That’s two for me too. I’ll check out Sinkhole and Come Back, Come Back.

Brian

]]> Comment on 5 Mind Blowers by Rob Lopresti http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-9075 Rob Lopresti Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:43:02 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/06/17/5-mind-blowers/#comment-9075 Fun column. Now I have two stories I have to read. (Stribling and Christie). Let me throw out a few more suggestions for great mindbenders: The Possibility of Evil, by Shirley Jackson. Sinkhole, by Carol Cail. Come back, come back, by Donald Westlake. The Payoff, by Stanley Ellin. Enjoy. Fun column. Now I have two stories I have to read. (Stribling and Christie).

Let me throw out a few more suggestions for great mindbenders: The Possibility of Evil, by Shirley Jackson. Sinkhole, by Carol Cail. Come back, come back, by Donald Westlake. The Payoff, by Stanley Ellin.

Enjoy.

]]> Comment on 10 Ways to Get Books Cheap by Jacqueline Seewald http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/03/06/10-ways-to-get-books-cheap/#comment-2337 Jacqueline Seewald Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:07:24 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/03/06/10-ways-to-get-books-cheap/#comment-2337 As a voracious reader, I'm all in favor of getting books on the cheap. So I really appreciated this article. I would add a comment about libraries. They are the best bargain in town. As a former librarian, I'm well aware of this. I encourage everyone not to spend the money for a hardcover book but borrow from the library. My current novel THE INFERNO COLLECTION was published in hardcover by Five Star/Gale. It is being widely ordered by libraries throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Some friends and relatives have purchased the mystery/thriller from Amazon, B&N or Borders. I tell everyone, ask for it at their library instead. It might make my publisher unhappy, but at the price of hardcover mysteries these days, it seems a smart thing to do. Also, don't forget about Friends of the Library Book Sales! It's a wonderful way to stockpile books you want to read inexpensively. Jacqueline Seewald As a voracious reader, I’m all in favor of getting books on the cheap.
So I really appreciated this article. I would add a comment about libraries.
They are the best bargain in town. As a former librarian, I’m well aware of this. I encourage everyone not to spend the money for a hardcover book but borrow from the library. My current novel THE INFERNO COLLECTION was published in hardcover by Five Star/Gale. It is being widely ordered by libraries throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Some friends and relatives have purchased the mystery/thriller from Amazon, B&N or Borders. I tell everyone, ask for it at their library instead. It might make my publisher unhappy, but at the price of hardcover mysteries these days, it seems a smart thing to do. Also, don’t forget about Friends of the Library Book Sales! It’s a wonderful way to stockpile books you want to read inexpensively.

Jacqueline Seewald

]]> Comment on 10 Ways to Get Books Cheap by Dave Zeltserman http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/03/06/10-ways-to-get-books-cheap/#comment-2238 Dave Zeltserman Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:25:30 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2008/03/06/10-ways-to-get-books-cheap/#comment-2238 and if you want to get flooded with more free books than you'll ever be able to read... start a book review blog or web-site! and if you want to get flooded with more free books than you’ll ever be able to read…

start a book review blog or web-site!

]]> Comment on Which Game is Afoot? by Peter http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2007/09/06/which-game-is-afoot/#comment-167 Peter Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:24:46 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2007/09/06/which-game-is-afoot/#comment-167 Doesn't almost everything ultimately derive from Shakespeare? This dovetails very nicely with a comment I posted on my blog asking for crime-fiction titles, lines and other devices taken from Shakespeare. You can find the post and comments here it you;d care to take a look: <b>http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/2007/09/bill-shakespeare-sleuth-question-for.html</b> ============== Detectives Beyond Borders "Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home" http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/ Doesn’t almost everything ultimately derive from Shakespeare? This dovetails very nicely with a comment I posted on my blog asking for crime-fiction titles, lines and other devices taken from Shakespeare. You can find the post and comments here it you;d care to take a look: http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/2007/09/bill-shakespeare-sleuth-question-for.html
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Detectives Beyond Borders
“Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home”
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on It Appears to be Just Me by Charles Ardai http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2007/09/05/it-appears-to-be-just-me/#comment-145 Charles Ardai Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:36:25 +0000 http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/bookflings/2007/09/05/it-appears-to-be-just-me/#comment-145 Speaking of five-word titles, ask Larry to tell you the secret behind Stanley Ellin's THE WINTER AFTER THIS SUMMER sometime. Speaking of five-word titles, ask Larry to tell you the secret behind Stanley Ellin’s THE WINTER AFTER THIS SUMMER sometime.

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