Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <Xns9A7CB1B3AF0C6genewardsmithsbcglob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> ted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote in news:_8yLj.34585
>> $rC6.21625@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> BTW, how does he fall under the 100-year rule? IIRC, he died working
in
>>> Hollywood on the initial idea for King Kong, so that puts him well
under
>> the
>>> limit.
>> The point is, he's well under the limit and people seem to have stopped
>> reading his once immensely popular books anyway.
>>
>
> Sure, and that may stand for the rest of the 100-year period, or he
could
> undergo a revival like Lovecraft or Howard. Not that I want to stay in
> the weeds on that point, never having read him, I'm also interested in
> any responses to your query for some good books of his.
>
> Ted
Another contender; Agatha Christie's first book was written during WW1
and published in 1920. _The Mysterious Affair at Styles_ is a good way
of spending a wet afternoon or a long train journey, and it has been
more or less in print since it was first published. During her long and
prolific career, Christie was probably the best selling author in the
twentieth century. Many of her books have been adapted for film or TV.
Look, I /like/ Christie, but I can see books by half a dozen other
English mystery writers (sticking to a sub-genre) that I like more
without standing up. Does Christie become part of the canon in 12 years?
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