tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7971502923041031661..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Was Corinne's Murder Clued?Martin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-34941729352735832412011-11-20T13:00:34.804+00:002011-11-20T13:00:34.804+00:00J, I'm sure you'll find Curt's essay o...J, I'm sure you'll find Curt's essay of much interest, and I strongly recommend CADS generally. It's a great read and Geoof does a fine job.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-27834894471730152332011-11-20T12:59:49.069+00:002011-11-20T12:59:49.069+00:00Doug, you put it very well. I think it's still...Doug, you put it very well. I think it's still probably true to say that getting the social mix right is important to a good many members.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-74775139105044307382011-11-20T01:41:44.430+00:002011-11-20T01:41:44.430+00:00Well, I got a nice note from Geoff, and my copy is...Well, I got a nice note from Geoff, and my copy is ordered.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679605532704204031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-8630705111014661382011-11-05T15:23:33.599+00:002011-11-05T15:23:33.599+00:00I think I wrote in the Carr biography (you know th...I think I wrote in the Carr biography (you know that time is passing when you no longer recall whether you wrote something . . .) that fairplay was the dominant mantra of the Golden Age and the Detection Club, but once the members gathered it was primarily a social club. Someone --Michael Gilbert? Harry Keating? Clarice Carr -- that a prospective member could be rejected because s/he talked too much about him/herself. Curt is correct that the fairplay concept was twisted, pulled apart, turned upside down, but still the members demanded it in some form. Curt's essay is exceptional -- as is all his writing -- and every fan of the Golden Age should read it.Doug Greenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-18031153134581766742011-11-01T22:56:54.115+00:002011-11-01T22:56:54.115+00:00J., you can contact Geoff Bradley at
Geoffcads@a...J., you can contact Geoff Bradley at <br /><br />Geoffcads@aol.comThe Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-71610287433902968562011-10-30T18:15:41.291+00:002011-10-30T18:15:41.291+00:00Could someone post how a U.S. reader would get the...Could someone post how a U.S. reader would get their hands on this? (Google is not--for once--very helpful...)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679605532704204031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-22316680920982315922011-10-28T22:50:42.023+01:002011-10-28T22:50:42.023+01:00You are quite right, Curt, and I really must congr...You are quite right, Curt, and I really must congratulate you on both your research and the finished product. Kudos also to Geoff for doing us a real service by publishing it.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-46518420795093780892011-10-28T04:27:39.677+01:002011-10-28T04:27:39.677+01:00Thanks for the kind review, Martin. Anthony Berkel...Thanks for the kind review, Martin. Anthony Berkeley Cox was something of a right bloody barstard, but then those types make life interesting, don't they? And I doubt that he could have written the sort of books that he wrote had he been a sweet and mild personality like Freeman Wills Crofts.<br /><br />I think the doings of the Detection Club should be interesting to all fans of Golden Age mystery. The detail on the struggle to keep the Club alive during World War Two was something I personally found quite interesting and wanted to include.<br /><br />You'll have to let me know what Corinne makes of it!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com