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Re: J.G.Reeder

Dear Riju and Holmesians,
Why do detectives like JG Reeder fail to carry their appeal through
Generations like Sherlock Holmes. Edgar wallace was a near
contemporary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Yet Sherlock Holmes continues
to captivate the fascination of succeding generations which other
detectives failed to do
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:07 pm

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Dear Holmesians, We have just passed 07 years of existence on May 28 2008. We must be one of the oldest active societies existing on the Net. It has been only...
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Jun 2, 2008
3:13 am

Dear Sumal and other SHians,   This is good news indeed. Congratulations everybody! :)   Have we ever discussed Edgar Wallace's J.G. Reeder in...
sridhar C
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Jun 8, 2008
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Dear Sri and Holmesians, I remember reading Edgar wallace a long time ago. JG Reeder is the guy who has side whiskers and falls in love witha girl and ends up...
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Jun 16, 2008
8:31 am

Dear Friends,   Edgar Wallace's creation J.G.Reeder had earned considerable fan-following in his days, but unfortunately, the subsequent times have not been...
riju ganguly
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Jun 16, 2008
5:27 pm

There is another book "J G Reeder Returns" which contains 2 long stories. I've been lucky enough to have both the copies with me - The Mind of J G Reeder &...
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Jun 17, 2008
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Interesting.... I did not know that such a character even existed. How does he compare to Sherlock Holmes btw ? ... -- -Anand...
Anand Balachandran Pi...
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Jun 17, 2008
7:33 am

Dear Arun and Holmesians,   Thanks indeed for all this info, Arun!   Did anybody know that there was a mention of JG Reeder in one of the westerns by JT...
sridhar C
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Jun 19, 2008
3:35 am

There are some ingenious plots. The way he solves the crimes is by putting himself in the shoes of the criminal and think like him. Intuitionist type. But it's...
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Jun 17, 2008
10:23 am

Dear Riju and Holmesians, Why do detectives like JG Reeder fail to carry their appeal through Generations like Sherlock Holmes. Edgar wallace was a near ...
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Jun 18, 2008
12:07 pm

Dear Holmesians,   If we're talking just JG Reeder here, I would say that maybe it was because like Sauron and the Ring, Sir ACD's whole life was bound to...
sridhar C
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Jun 19, 2008
4:36 am

I guess it can be summarized to a sentence. "No other detective in history, both fictional and real has never been attributed with such a curious set of...
Anand Balachandran Pi...
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Jun 19, 2008
12:34 pm

Dear Holmesians,   I agree with Anand that Sherlock Holmes had indeed been attributed with certain characteristics that had caught the imagination of not only...
riju ganguly
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Jun 21, 2008
6:06 pm

Dear Riju, Edgar Wallace was also not as good a writer as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.He was prolific but was not classy. The Canon can stand not only as a good...
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Jun 24, 2008
12:12 pm

Dear Holmesians,   I agree wholeheartedly with Sumal on the point of the Canon being good detection fiction and a work of literature. In fact, my initial...
sridhar C
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Jun 29, 2008
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