tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post3909931382021982266..comments2024-03-22T07:00:25.081-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: A Little Bit of EverythingJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-80787894359251586092010-07-27T09:03:57.022-07:002010-07-27T09:03:57.022-07:00As for the great trailer to the awful movie The Av...As for the great trailer to the awful movie The Avengers, have you ever read the movie novelization by Julie Wallin Kaewert? The book included much of the story that was edited out of the film. I had read the book before I saw the movie which allowed me, unlike most others watching the movie, to actually understand what was going on and why. <br /><br />michaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-10011637101130412762010-07-27T08:10:45.639-07:002010-07-27T08:10:45.639-07:00Glad it only took the LA Times 14 years to find th...Glad it only took the LA Times 14 years to find the plaque at 454 West 35th St. in New York marking the site of Nero Wolfe's brownstone. According to the Wolfe Pack - which placed the plaque there - the New York Times discovered it five years ago and put it in their literary map of New York. <br /><br />Oh - and I agree with the comments about both Nameless and the Continental Op. They should be on any list of the best "unnamed" detectives.<br /><br />Harrumph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-23534603561987057522010-07-27T04:55:29.708-07:002010-07-27T04:55:29.708-07:00He was evidently thinking literature with a capita...He was evidently thinking literature with a capital L, not genre detective fiction. In other words the usual putdown of the mystery/crime field.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-87992327027333466222010-07-26T15:05:48.667-07:002010-07-26T15:05:48.667-07:00You're absolutely right, Mark. Both are pretty...You're absolutely right, Mark. Both are pretty glaring omissions. What was <i>The Guardian</i>'s John Mullan thinking?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />JeffJ. Kingston Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-7918813364688353572010-07-26T14:38:57.679-07:002010-07-26T14:38:57.679-07:00Hey, Hammett's Continental Op doesn't appe...Hey, Hammett's Continental Op doesn't appear on the nameless list either!Mark Cogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662234747419296715noreply@blogger.com