tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post2487699405988273507..comments2024-03-18T19:00:03.047-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Gone South (with Travis McGee)Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21324915140114680332013-02-12T23:53:28.403-05:002013-02-12T23:53:28.403-05:00Another observation about McGee struck me (and was...Another observation about McGee struck me (and was a bit like me), that Travis tended to fix sparrows with broken wings.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89504822557842433122013-02-12T14:19:40.760-05:002013-02-12T14:19:40.760-05:00A little off the subject, Dale, but your remarks a...A little off the subject, Dale, but your remarks about February reminded me of an opening line in one of my stories.<br />"Shakey crashed through the door of the bar looking like the last day of February." I always thought it presented a pretty clear picture of the guy. But it may take someone living on the East Coast to fully appreciate it.Herschel Cozinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097703750150309319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91792371112359798072013-02-12T10:45:40.596-05:002013-02-12T10:45:40.596-05:00David -- "House Guests" was one of my fa...David -- "House Guests" was one of my favorite John D. MacDonalds<br /><br />Liz -- I am with you on SHERLOCK, which I think is a sensational updating of Holmes. Registering a dissent however on Laurie King, who in my view epitomizes Maynard's point. I find her Holmes unrecognizable and unwelcome. As my kids would say "just say'in!"<br /><br />BTW, anyone still working on John Floyd's quiz from his last article will find some answers not only in this article but also on my previous one on The Art of Detection!<br />Dale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-12686703916300213872013-02-12T10:28:47.478-05:002013-02-12T10:28:47.478-05:00Of the non-McGee books, SLAM THE BIG DOOR (great t...Of the non-McGee books, SLAM THE BIG DOOR (great title!) and THE LAST ONE LEFT probably shook me the most, but it was THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE that got me started on John D. I think I've read everything he wrote, including his non-fiction, NO DEADLY DRUG and THE HOUSE GUESTS---about his cats.... An utter pro. David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66411032797311863472013-02-12T10:18:28.725-05:002013-02-12T10:18:28.725-05:00I was impressed and moved by Maynard's stateme...I was impressed and moved by Maynard's statement, and whether or not I think pastiches and continuations sometimes work, I'd like it to be true. Come to think of it, the ones I like best aren't trying to imitate the master but to extend the vision of the original. Example: the TV series SHERLOCK and Laurie R. King's Mary Russell series, each of which presents a Sherlock Holmes that Conan Doyle would never and could never have written.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-76091789219504406172013-02-12T10:11:05.593-05:002013-02-12T10:11:05.593-05:00Great post, Dale. I read a number of them in my y...Great post, Dale. I read a number of them in my younger years and loved them. (Perhaps that's why I've always liked the idea of moving to a houseboat, although mine would be in Amsterdam, not Florida.) Anyway, I hope McGee is sitting back on the Busted Flush, watching the sunrise. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-44497749646238409062013-02-12T09:33:36.617-05:002013-02-12T09:33:36.617-05:00Truly a great series of books, and captured its er...Truly a great series of books, and captured its era impeccably. Good article, Dale, and I think ol' Travis deserves another go, too.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.com