tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7080942000196319656..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': April FoolsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-3250987924537100072009-04-02T04:12:00.000+01:002009-04-02T04:12:00.000+01:00No, Martin, not a good read. It is quite short, an...No, Martin, not a good read. It is quite short, and while the premise is good, I rather suspect Fields had at least one eye on a movie deal -- the characters are young and it has something of Friday the 13th and similar about it. April 1 is my birthday, and I was given it as a jokey present. A bottle of Glenmorangie would have been considerably more entertaining.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80147020442247922102009-04-01T21:25:00.000+01:002009-04-01T21:25:00.000+01:00Thanks again for these comments. The film looks ra...Thanks again for these comments. The film looks rather interesting, Dorte. As for Fields' book, Philip, can you tell me if it is a good read?Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-64338238385871609762009-04-01T16:09:00.000+01:002009-04-01T16:09:00.000+01:00No, Martin, I can't think of any myself, although ...No, Martin, I can't think of any myself, although it sounds just the sort of thing that Golden Age writers would have loved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-88103081981818104352009-04-01T15:42:00.000+01:002009-04-01T15:42:00.000+01:00I've come across a few that sound as if they might...I've come across a few that sound as if they might given their titles, but do not in the execution. But one in which April Fool's Day is most definitely an integral part of the proceedings is Robert Fields' The April Fool. The murders take place on April Fool's Day, and there is an April Fool's joke at the foundation of the plot.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-19609281049757076782009-04-01T13:27:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:27:00.000+01:00Interesting angle.I googled it, and found an Ameri...Interesting angle.<BR/>I googled it, and found an American thriller (film) with the title "April Fool's Day". <BR/>Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool%27s_Day_(film)Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-51893390967420681092009-04-01T13:00:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:00:00.000+01:00Thanks, Maxine, Janet is very knowledgable! And th...Thanks, Maxine, Janet is very knowledgable! And thanks, Jakob. I have a copy of the Ellery Queen book somewhere, so I'll check it out.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-21122303933126480102009-04-01T12:51:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:51:00.000+01:00Ellery Queen's "Calendar of Crime": the April stor...Ellery Queen's "Calendar of Crime": the April story may be such an example.<BR/><BR/>JakobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-24477789075180479662009-04-01T12:45:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:45:00.000+01:00As predicted! Here's Janet Rudolph's post on April...As predicted! Here's Janet Rudolph's post on April Fools' mysteries - <BR/>http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-fools-mysteries.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-42436612161138596912009-04-01T12:35:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:35:00.000+01:00I know a lady who was born on 1 April but has alwa...I know a lady who was born on 1 April but has always celebrated her birthday on 31 March.<BR/><BR/>I also know twins who were born on 1 April in the millennium year - a year when everyone was having babies, but twins on 1 April might be considered to be one joke too far? ;-)<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Martin, cannot think of an April Fools' mystery, but I am sure there must be one - I will watch out for Janet Rudolph later as she often runs "themed" mysteries on appropriate days.<BR/><BR/>So far the only April Fools' joke that has been attempted on me (so far as I know) is an office memo from our administrators to say that we have to take used ball-point pens to heve them checked off as empty before we are allowed to requisition a new one. At least, I hope that is a joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-43943057600056520082009-04-01T12:17:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:17:00.000+01:00Good question!!Good question!!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-6408470561790103092009-04-01T11:00:00.000+01:002009-04-01T11:00:00.000+01:00Um April Fool story in the Guardian was that the s...Um April Fool story in the Guardian was that the story about replacing the paper with twitter or this one:<BR/>Brown says G20 'within a few hours of agreeing global plan for recovery and reform'Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76914411723237296352009-04-01T10:06:00.000+01:002009-04-01T10:06:00.000+01:00Thanks, Uriah. I rather like good April Fool stori...Thanks, Uriah. I rather like good April Fool stories in the media - there 's a nice one today in The Guardian, for example.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-77634084207344809152009-04-01T09:25:00.000+01:002009-04-01T09:25:00.000+01:00I had my interview for a place in university on 1s...I had my interview for a place in university on 1st April 1963. It was supposed to be at 12.00 too late for an April Fool's joke, but I had to go in earlier as a candidate from Northern Ireland was delayed. I was offered a place then and there as an outstanding candidate, or they were short of short rugby players.<BR/><BR/>Twenty years later my first son was born on 1st April.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.com