tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7275527696505751210..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: John Buchan: The Power HouseLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31824283912351874982012-08-09T12:43:46.184-04:002012-08-09T12:43:46.184-04:00@R.T. Thank you very much. I just in fact wrappe...@R.T. Thank you very much. I just in fact wrapped another bounty hunter story. And the October issue of AHMM is available now, I believe. All the best.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54090382988213403692012-08-09T12:07:13.583-04:002012-08-09T12:07:13.583-04:00David, glad to have you with us. I just finished r...David, glad to have you with us. I just finished reading BLOOD MONEY and enjoyed your series featuring Placido Geist. "Crazy Eights" is next up in AHMM's October 2012 issue.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74133661607876747662012-08-09T05:11:49.309-04:002012-08-09T05:11:49.309-04:00Enjoyed the erudite article!Enjoyed the erudite article!JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53382538099611098972012-08-08T22:39:18.564-04:002012-08-08T22:39:18.564-04:00@Dix: Check out some of his historical novels, if...@Dix: Check out some of his historical novels, if you can find them, MIDWINTER, or THE BLANKET OF THE DARK. If not, then one of his thrillers, THE THREE HOSTAGES is terrific. Or JOHN MACNAB, which is kind of s burlesque. I don't think you'll be disappointed.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62078293945465640902012-08-08T22:03:14.635-04:002012-08-08T22:03:14.635-04:00Welcome aboard, David.
I rather like period works...Welcome aboard, David.<br /><br />I rather like period works and try not to judge by today's standards… Lord knows modern authors can make awful muckups.<br /><br />As you say, WW-I affected an entire generation, understandable as it changed the face of politics and power around the globe. I've sometimes thought Britain spent its young men in war with wanton disregard.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38801967633882334852012-08-08T21:00:17.544-04:002012-08-08T21:00:17.544-04:00David this is a great and informative piece. Warm...David this is a great and informative piece. Warm welcome to the Sleuth Sayers.<br /> <br />I don’t believe I’ve read any Buchan. But, from the way you describe him, via contemporaries, I think he must be right up my alley. A trip to the library this weekend!!<br /><br />Thanks, Buddy!<br />--DixDixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80905735368433614152012-08-08T20:02:44.598-04:002012-08-08T20:02:44.598-04:00@Dale: This is a device Hitchcock used more than ...@Dale: This is a device Hitchcock used more than once. He loved performance, burlesque, clairvoyance (as an act), and anything like, and of course his pictures are nothing if not "staged." In the novel, the thirty-nine steps are literal: which of the stairs leading down to sea have only thirty-nine? I think Hitchcock actually comes up with a more elegant solution to the mystery.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-15905351091792135442012-08-08T16:53:54.774-04:002012-08-08T16:53:54.774-04:00Welcome, David. A very informative piece.Welcome, David. A very informative piece.Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21284406378336415192012-08-08T16:16:33.778-04:002012-08-08T16:16:33.778-04:00Welcome, David! Great column. Look forward to re...Welcome, David! Great column. Look forward to reading many more.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78724301737173699762012-08-08T15:54:01.237-04:002012-08-08T15:54:01.237-04:00Nice piece, David, and welcome aboard.
One of my ...Nice piece, David, and welcome aboard.<br /><br />One of my secret desires is, at the end of a lecture when the speaker asks if there are any questions, to stand up with a crazed look in my eyes and yell "Yes! What are the 39 steps?"Dale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55149890233852296232012-08-08T14:45:23.677-04:002012-08-08T14:45:23.677-04:00@Rob: I think probably meant ironically. LeCarre...@Rob: I think probably meant ironically. LeCarre wrote a preface to a book about Philby and the Cambridge spies some years ago, and he says something to the effect that back when Philby was recruited by SIS, that their tradecraft was like that of John Buchan's day, e.g., "You may be asked to do things a gentleman might prefer not to...," and so on.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35870672129034837152012-08-08T13:55:33.293-04:002012-08-08T13:55:33.293-04:00One fan of Buchan's was apparently George Smil...One fan of Buchan's was apparently George Smiley. In John LeCarre's books heoccasionally used names from Buchan as pseudonyms, like Mr. Standfast. Or maybe LeCarre was making an ironic contrast...Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-42020336502325752562012-08-08T12:01:30.631-04:002012-08-08T12:01:30.631-04:00Thank you all. @Fran: my family hails from Ohio, ...Thank you all. @Fran: my family hails from Ohio, actually. @Eve: soe of them stand up, some of them don't (Edgar Rice Burroughs, say, is pretty much unreadable), and Holmes is in a sense sui generis. @Jacqueline: I didn't mean to condescend to THE 39 STEPS (the Hitchcock) which is a terrific picture; there was also a BBC or A&E series adapting four or five of the Richard Hannay books.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72611714799620014452012-08-08T11:50:49.450-04:002012-08-08T11:50:49.450-04:00I saw the film version of "39 Steps" but...I saw the film version of "39 Steps" but never read any of the author's work. You wrote an informative piece which I enjoyed reading. I agree that many earlier writers simply don't hold up well for modern readers.<br /><br />Jacqueline Seewald<br />THE TRUTH SLEUTHJacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-16430639598752464962012-08-08T10:39:22.472-04:002012-08-08T10:39:22.472-04:00Welcome aboard, David! Great article. Personally...Welcome aboard, David! Great article. Personally, I read a lot of H. Rider Haggard when I was a kid, and when I reread some a couple of years ago... well, those 19th century boys do date badly - except (IMHO) Sherlock Holmes who lives in such a sealed world that I think he's the great exception.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60805608630042877942012-08-08T09:38:06.844-04:002012-08-08T09:38:06.844-04:00Welcome, David! Great piece and interesting topic...Welcome, David! Great piece and interesting topic.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70943538979978262092012-08-08T08:47:44.518-04:002012-08-08T08:47:44.518-04:00Good piece and glad to have you on board!Good piece and glad to have you on board!Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50191470816417309202012-08-08T05:56:51.523-04:002012-08-08T05:56:51.523-04:00David, welcome! I enjoyed reading about John Buch...David, welcome! I enjoyed reading about John Buchan, as I wasn't familiar with his work. Do you have any connection to the Gates family in SC? My maiden name was Gates.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.com