And while on that topic, Ludlum's ghost-written books after his demise don't
seem to have that magic touch anymore, although I guess the authors do their
best. I wish they would stop writing any more of the Bourne series.
 
 
Sridhar

--- On Wed, 8/6/08, sridhar C <cs_gollum@...> wrote:

From: sridhar C <cs_gollum@...>
Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] Robert Ludlum
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 5:11 PM






Dear Sumant and other Holmesians,
 
Everybody must have heard of and perhaps even seen the Bourne series of Robert
Ludlum  by now. Well, when I first read them about 9 years back, I was very,
very impressed and Jason Bourne/David Webb remained in my mind long after I had
read the series.
 
I remembered having seen a movie starring Kamalhassan (can't remember the name
of the movie) which had him being washed ashore and waking up an amnesiac. As
the movie progressed it was revealed that he was actually a plainclothes police
detective who had infiltrated the gang of the villain (played to a nicety by
that guy who was in that Hindi serial Subah - dealing with drugs in the college
campus - quite some time ago), had been caught and shot at in the sea (or near
it).
 
The movie, brilliant though it was and a superhit, was still not a patch on the
3 original Bourne series of Ludlum. Tracking down each and every clue/hint from
bits and pieces of his memory of people, places, and pictures, like a jigsaw
puzzle, well, it is the best I've ever read. Though he is not a detective on par
with Holmes, I wonder if he might not have bettered himself as a detective if
his memory were whole and he was not so emotionally troubled by his past.
 
Matt Damon, of course, did a wonderful job as the amnesiac former CIA assassin
with the shadowy past, presumed to have gone rogue by his former colleagues who
are unaware of his medical condition, and though the movies deviated completely
from the books, he was nevertheless a pleasure to watch, especially in the
action sequences.
 
Incidentally, Ludlum's 'Road to Gandolfo' and 'Road to Omaha' are brilliant
works of wit and humour, something I never expected from him - a complete
deviation from the serious conspiracy theory type books set at the time of the
Cold War and before.
 
 
Sridhar

--- On Tue, 8/5/08, sumant30 <sumant30@yahoo. co.in> wrote:

From: sumant30 <sumant30@yahoo. co.in>
Subject: [sherlock holmes society of india] Re: Happy Friendship Day!
To: SherlockHolmesSocie tyofIndia@ yahoogroups. co.in
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 9:33 PM

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> Dear Holmesians,
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> I wish you all a very happy and delightful Friendship Day. And
though we are separated from one another by space and time, I hope we
can continue to stay in touch for a long, long time to come.
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> Have any of you read the works of Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937)?
Apparently, he is connected to Sir ACD in that he was a dentist who
used to write detective stories while awaiting patients just like
Doyle. He created a professional detective, Jack Barnes, and an
amateur, Leroy Mitchel, both of whom on occasion sent each other
prospective clients.
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> I accidentally happened upon him while reading a collection called
Classic Mystery Stories edited by Douglas G. Greene (Dover Thrift
Edition). I'm still in the process of reading it, so I'll let you know
of any other detectives worth discussing once I'm through.
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> Well iam currently reading Robert Ludlum and i love his covert books
always reminds me of Holmes.
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