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deleted_detective7955
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May-16-2004 16:41
Hi any body has read or is a fan of Nancy Drew, The Hardy boys, Trixie bendel? Puhleez post!
P.S. If so do ya have a fave?
A book lover - Mag
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Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected
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May-17-2004 23:25
Yes, I am reading Sherlock Holmes now.
By the way I read that Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew) is not actually one writer but actually a group of writers hired by the publisher to all write under this name. Is this true?
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Ellie Etnes
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May-17-2004 23:37
That's what I've heard as well about many similar series. Ghost writing has been an enormous industry ever since the advent of the dime novel. So I wouldn't be in the slightest bit surprised to hear this.
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Ellie Etnes
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May-17-2004 23:40
Here's your answer Wayne.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/10/08/keene_q_a/
Kneel before Google!
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MegAmy
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May-18-2004 06:23
Also, considering "Carolyn Keene" has been writing books since my grandmother was a child....:)
I had forgotten about the Encyclopedia Brown books until a few days ago, when I came across a book of 2 Minute Mysteries, by Sobule. Man, those books were fun!!!
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Fat Chuck
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May-18-2004 07:23
My favorite as a kid of the group efforts was Conan.
I'm not a fan of Agatha Christie, except the Poirot series on PBS with Suchet.
Voraciously read every Doyle I could get my hands on as a youngster too. (Even those not about Holmes.)
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james lee
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May-18-2004 09:15
unfortunately for me, i've read to many hardy boy books, most in the fourth grade
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inspector
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May-18-2004 13:50
I guess I got started, with a copy of "The Boy's Sherlock Holmes", and then "Enclycopedia Brown", (anyone for a "garage agency"?). I don't really remember crossing paths with Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys. There were a lot of books that were titled like "The Mystery of the Deserted "Whatever", but always seemed to turn out an "innocent mystery" that just needed to be "explained".
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reda
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May-18-2004 16:25
used to read a lot of doyle/christie when i was a kid. in the last years i still read a lot but not so many detectives any more.
kitten i liked the secret history too :)
reading a dean koontz book now. not a detective really but a bit of a mystery.
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deleted_detective9972
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May-29-2004 18:16
i really like Dan Brown(DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons). he counts as a mystery writer, right? for detective stories, i like Robert B. Parker and Lawrence Block.
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james lee
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May-30-2004 11:21
what about detective shows? ANGEL is a story about a PI, does that count?
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