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Subj: Re: Genres of prose fictionPosted: Tue May 17, 2022 at 12:54:28 am EDT (Viewed 84 times)
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 at 10:55:00 am EDT (Viewed 84 times) |
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Way back in the day I used to read mystery/detective stories, along with science fiction. I found Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine at a local used bookstore.
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I go through phases where I read murder mysteries. This usually coincides with me frequenting the local library. I don't want to spend money on murder mysteries, but I'll read them if I can get them for free, like via the local library.
It didn't have to be a MURDER mystery for me. It could be a robbery, con game, anything that needs a detective to figure out what's going on. It also doesn't have to be a police detective or private eye. The 'detective' of the story can be a teacher, a doctor, shopkeeper, student, construction worker, etc.
I'm not one to often commit to reading a lot of long novels. EQMM is a collection of short story mysteries by various authors. It was like a reading buffet for me. I could see which authors and characters were my taste. I also got them very cheap from the bookstore. (BTW, I still read more short stories than novels.)
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Quote: I also read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy after seeing it on my local PBS station, along with various Star Trek short stories collections.
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When I belatedly became a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, I didn't want it to end with the final season, so I started reading novels set in that framework. I liked them a lot.
I was also sorry to see DS9 end. That setting of a space station allowed for characters that would never have worked onboard series based on a federation ship, like Quark or Garek. Those two characters would fit in very well in a mystery story.
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