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2351	Dear Arun, Welcome aboard. We recognize a true fan when we see one.We are the best Indian Society disussing SH and we intend to stay that way. Thanks for the...	sumalsn	Aug 5, 2007 7:19 am
2350	Ah, yes. The "inverted" detective story was pioneered by R Austin Freeman, who wrote the stories about Dr Thorndyke. The first was 1908, I think. Freeman based...	jeff katz jeff_katz_2	Jul 31, 2007 2:11 am
2349	Dear Tim and other SHians, Isn't that what was being said about Die Hard? Willis nevertheless is back with his "yippee-ka-yay" stuff and what's more there is...	sridhar C cs_gollum	Jul 27, 2007 3:17 am
2348	There was an interesting television series made in the US which was broadcast here in the UK a few years back, about a detective in (presumably) California who...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 26, 2007 2:07 pm
2347	I haven't looked at the seventh and 'final' JK Rowling but I believe she has bumped off a significant character. I wonder if in the future the demand for her...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 26, 2007 1:57 pm
2346	LOL, Sumal. She has just finished off (or has she?) one of her major headaches and you expect her to start off on another?!! Sridhar sumalsn...	sridhar C cs_gollum	Jul 26, 2007 1:03 pm
2345	Majority of the novels in the Golden Age period struck to these rules and the popular authors have been very successful in using these rules and playing fair...	arun.pkumar@... piorot13	Jul 26, 2007 4:49 am
2344	As illustrated by the events and denouement of my favourite story, many of these 'rules' don't always work. Nikhil *"...[I]f it should ever strike you that I...	Nikhil Prasad Ojha nikhilprasad...	Jul 26, 2007 3:18 am
2343	Dear Sherlockians, Having had read Arun�s and Tim's letter regarding the detective fiction authors' not giving a clue to what is rally going to happen, I...	pinaki roy monkaroy	Jul 25, 2007 6:13 pm
2342	Arun's point about authors playing it fair with the reader is a good one. There is a lot of detective fiction where the reader really has no chance of guessing...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 24, 2007 10:32 am
2341	Ok. Here goes: I'm a 28 year old male S/W Engineer from Bangalore. My hobbies include reading, travelling & photography. I started off crime fiction with...	arun.pkumar@... piorot13	Jul 23, 2007 4:53 pm
2340	This is wonderful information and many thanks to Arun for sending it. I like the idea of Trincomalee at the end of the information - there is a now nearly...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 23, 2007 8:21 am
2339	Dear Arun, Welcome aboard. Please introduce yourself and keep on posting informative posts like that. Sumalsn...	sumalsn	Jul 23, 2007 7:48 am
2338	My mail came up blank - maybe becoz of the attachments. Adding links in the mail instead of the attachemnts. I joined this group just a few days back and...	arun.pkumar@... piorot13	Jul 23, 2007 3:30 am
2336	He spent time in Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and Lhasa (Tibet), as far as I remember. And of course, the Mandala of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the best of the...	Nikhil Prasad Ojha nikhilprasad...	Jul 22, 2007 4:46 pm
2335	Ideally from the Society's point of view the plot should bring Sherlock Holmes out to South Asia, perhaps with Dr Watson showing him his old military posts. I...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 22, 2007 12:22 pm
2334	Today is the day millions of copies of the new JK Rowling are flying around the world. A copy was delivered by special delivery at 7 this morning here, deep in...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 21, 2007 9:52 am
2333	Dear Holmesians, I suppose Ms JK Rowling would have been a good choice. She is expected to be free too! Sumalsn...	sumalsn	Jul 21, 2007 6:46 am
2332	Dear Sri and Holmesians, I suppose a new James Bond novel is being written by Sebastian Faulks.I think the Estate of Sir ACD should commission a well known ...	sumalsn	Jul 15, 2007 1:09 pm
2331	LOL. There's always someone who has done it before. Like Holmes says, there's nothing new under the sun. Well, we could still give it a try. More than just 6...	sridhar C cs_gollum	Jul 15, 2007 8:18 am
2330	Dear Tim and Holmesians, It may be made more contemporary- Probably we may think of using current events as the background! sumalsn...	sumalsn	Jul 15, 2007 3:25 am
2329	Back in the 1960s or 1970s a group of about 6 people in New York wrote a novel together and I think it sold well, possibly because of the publicity it...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 13, 2007 11:27 am
2328	Dear Sumal and SHians, Actually I was thinking more on the lines of a novelette, if not a novel. A collaboration of at least 10-11 Holmesians. LOL, we could...	sridhar C cs_gollum	Jul 12, 2007 3:14 am
2327	Dear Tim and Holmesians, There are not many National level magazines/ Newspapers who publish short stories of Amateurs nowadays. I remember " Mirror " of the...	sumalsn	Jul 11, 2007 1:47 pm
2326	I was thinking more on the lines of Anarchists from today. Maybe give Holmes a really long life (he drank the Elixir of Life when he was Sigersen in Potala!)...	sridhar C cs_gollum	Jul 11, 2007 3:20 am
2325	Sounds like a good idea from Sridhar. First there's have to be the plot. How about involving the Anarchists from those times? _____ From:...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 9, 2007 7:27 am
2324	I think Penguin would go for it. Also Oxford and Rupa. Of course, it would have to be really good. What say we all contribute a bit? Make a sort of...	sridhar C cs_gollum	Jul 8, 2007 3:43 am
2323	Dear Sumal and members, if any of us members writes a 'sherlock holmes' story, which magazines in India might want to publish it? _____ From:...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 7, 2007 9:16 am
2322	Dear Nikhil and SHians, Yup, there is asociety which brings railway enthusiasts with Holmesians in England. Sumalsn...	sumalsn	Jul 7, 2007 5:32 am
2321	In case any members are in England on Sunday August 5 there is a performance of The Hound of the Baskervilles, taking place within one of the UK�s most ...	Tim Symonds tim.symonds@...	Jul 2, 2007 11:54 am

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