The time is nearly upon us! Banish next week’s post-Thanksgiving blues by getting involved in the celebration of John Dickson Carr’s 110th birthday on 30th November. Post an article, review, discussion piece, poem, comparison, or anything you damn well please about Carr, put the link in the comments here, and I’ll collect everything together for summing-up post at the end of the day.
17 thoughts on “#166: One Week Until #Carr110 – Some Links to Help You…”
Wow! I’d forgotten I’d written that! It kind of holds up, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t matter if I’ve hit the nail on the head or not . . . WE HAVE TO GET THIS GUY RE-PUBLISHED!!!
I am sorely tempted to do so, especially as I am knee deep in Magpie Murders and may not have time to re-read my Carr of choice. I have been known to dabble in doggerel now and then.
John Dickson Carr’s One Hundred and Ten —
Which must surely be as many men
As he has interred in fictional tombs
By slaughtering them inside locked rooms…
There we go, that lays down a marker; anyone should be able to improve on that 🙂
I’ve been taking advantage of the holiday break in an effort to read some new books, as well as reviewing a few in the backlog. Crossing my fingers, I hope to hit 6-7 posts in the two weeks leading up to the date. I still haven’t narrowed in on the topic for my post on the 30th. I’m dying to do a top 5 list, but I have some key books missing from my portfolio
The good news: I actually have something for this.
The bad news: It might be too self-indulgant, I might not have it done in time, and if Blogspot’s formatting doesn’t agree with me we’re going to have problems. XD
I fear the indulgance will kill it! It’s essentially showing part of a personal project that happens to involve Carr. Hopefully it’ll be useful, at least. 😛
The Invisible Event 
Wow! I’d forgotten I’d written that! It kind of holds up, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t matter if I’ve hit the nail on the head or not . . . WE HAVE TO GET THIS GUY RE-PUBLISHED!!!
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I really hope someone writes a Carr themed poem now…
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I am sorely tempted to do so, especially as I am knee deep in Magpie Murders and may not have time to re-read my Carr of choice. I have been known to dabble in doggerel now and then.
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John Dickson Carr’s One Hundred and Ten —
Which must surely be as many men
As he has interred in fictional tombs
By slaughtering them inside locked rooms…
There we go, that lays down a marker; anyone should be able to improve on that 🙂
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Bravo! Very good.
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I’ve been taking advantage of the holiday break in an effort to read some new books, as well as reviewing a few in the backlog. Crossing my fingers, I hope to hit 6-7 posts in the two weeks leading up to the date. I still haven’t narrowed in on the topic for my post on the 30th. I’m dying to do a top 5 list, but I have some key books missing from my portfolio
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I regret to say that I’ve been unexpectedly busy the past few days and won’t be able to contribute a tailored article for the event. As such, I’ll have to fall back on my recent review of The Man Who Could Not Shudder:
https://thegreencapsuleblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/the-man-who-could-not-shudder/
Still, I managed to hit 5 reviews in the two weeks leading up to the event, including these:
https://thegreencapsuleblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/hags-nook/
https://thegreencapsuleblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/till-death-do-us-part/
https://thegreencapsuleblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/he-who-whispers/
https://thegreencapsuleblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/the-reader-is-warned/
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And you shall get credit for those in due course!
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The good news: I actually have something for this.
The bad news: It might be too self-indulgant, I might not have it done in time, and if Blogspot’s formatting doesn’t agree with me we’re going to have problems. XD
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…but apart from all those problems, it sounds perfect!
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I fear the indulgance will kill it! It’s essentially showing part of a personal project that happens to involve Carr. Hopefully it’ll be useful, at least. 😛
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it’s my review for The Case of Constant Suicide… but i just a novice reader of Carr . 😀
http://glintjewas.blogspot.co.id/2016/10/suicidal-note-to-murderer.html
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Novices and old hands alike are welcome, thanks for getting involved!
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The Unicorn Murders is up at my blog – one that I think you haven’t read, but as ever, it’s spoiler-free
https://classicmystery.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/the-unicorn-murders-by-carter-dickson-aka-john-dickson-carr/
I was planning something a little more involved, but life, work, you know…
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Fantastic stuff, many thanks for getting involved!
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Here is the link to my Carr review on The Nine Wrong Answers:
https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/the-nine-wrong-answers-1952-by-john-dickson-carr/
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