Re: Comfort books

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
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ilya2@xxxxxxx wrote:

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Any Nero Wolfe mystery

Mysteries shouldn't work for a reread, but if the interest is having a
married couple bitch at each other, then who killed whom doesn't matter.


Depends what you read mysteries for. I reread my favorite mysteries a
lot -- Sayers, Stout, Doyle, things like that. Some of them I've
reread so often I even remember the plot.

For me, Hammett and Chandler, mainly for the style in which they wrote and the interesting characters they portray as for plot and mystery; and Ross Macdonald for his style, the ease with which his stories flow, and his observations of the Southern Cal. society of the '60s. I expect the Easy Rawlins books by Walter Mosley may fall into this group in the future.

Recently I reread half the short stories in _Uncle Abner: Man of Mystery_ (approx. title) by Melville Davison Post, a fairly obscure past master, whose stories are filled with a sense of dour, righteous fate. Their texture and steady pace still fascinate me and I'm always surprised that they are not better known.

Randy M.


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    ... Mysteries work fine for a reread if your only interest is finding ... out whodunit. ...
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  • Re: Comfort books
    ... Mysteries shouldn't work for a reread, but if the interest is having a ... married couple bitch at each other, then who killed whom doesn't matter. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)
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    ... Mysteries shouldn't work for a reread, but if the interest is having a ... married couple bitch at each other, then who killed whom doesn't matter. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)
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