chesterton *is* a bit weird
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 16 March 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
Conan Doyle every time, but I do love Father Brown as well. The stories are nothing like the (IMO terrible) BBC TV series, which made Father Brown simpering and undignified. In the stories he's mild mannered but iron willed, a bit like Miss Marple. The puzzles are ingenious but don't have the depth or richness of the Holmes stories.
― Neil S, Thursday, 16 March 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Thursday is a great book for teenagers, specifically *because* of its do-you-see-ness. Also some nice sentences and jokes.
I like the Father Brown stories, but Chesterton's greatest accomplishment is to inspire that PG Wodehouse line about a noise like "GK Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin”
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
(Also - OTM re: "iron willed-ness", which reminds me how surprisingly badass Marple gets at the very end of Pocketful of Rye)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
some nice sentences
no bad sentences
― mark s, Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Also, at the risk of outing myself as one of Hitchcock's plausibles, I find it hard to buy FB as a man of great psychological insight when everyone behaves completely ludicrously and unpredictably. E.g. the witnesses mentioned above, or the wannabe professional juggler (and conjuror and ventriloquist) who has a major stage show opening within a week despite not being able to juggle three glasses.
(I have to admit the puzzle in that story, where everyone is looking for a Mr Glass because the juggler is heard saying 'missed a glass' when practising, is inventive. Yet nonsense.)
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
no spoilers for odysseus dude!
that was the first one i ever read, my dad bought my the book as a present when i was ill in bed on holiday
― mark s, Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Book arrived today but I'm ill in bed after being sick down the town centre this morning when I was with my dad for his opticians appointment.
― Odysseus, Friday, 17 March 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
Read the first two stories today while on my sick bed.
― Odysseus, Friday, 17 March 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
Ive read about 6 now including the one with the postman entering the house to kill as mentioned upthread. Nobody said "do you see"
― Odysseus, Saturday, 25 March 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
i will write something up (inc.a response to ledge) when you're got a bit further
― mark s, Saturday, 25 March 2017 11:14 (seven years ago) link
its certainly very different to the tv show (which is set in the early 50s) not to mention Flambeau is quite different
― Odysseus, Saturday, 25 March 2017 11:16 (seven years ago) link
Fir people who wAnt cheap but nice editions if Fr Brown, came across this yesterday: https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?productId=677218&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&searchTerm=father+brown
Havent ordered from them myself, but that is super cheap
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Sunday, 26 March 2017 08:30 (seven years ago) link
This is a silly question if you wanted to talk about fr brown you should say so but this is holmes and anyone saying not is a liar and im gonna stamp on their sandwiches
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 March 2017 09:50 (seven years ago) link
Not sure mark will like that
― Odysseus, Sunday, 26 March 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
i already ate my sandwiches, deems can do what he likes
― mark s, Sunday, 26 March 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link
he didn't say he would only stamp on uneaten sandwiches
― Odysseus, Sunday, 26 March 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
It's said now and i wont unsay it
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 March 2017 12:58 (seven years ago) link
Nobody said "do you see"True but I just checked and FB says "have you noticed" and "you have not noticed" to much the same effect.
― ledge, Sunday, 26 March 2017 13:14 (seven years ago) link
now I feel as guilty as him in using a spurious case to try and prove my point.
― ledge, Sunday, 26 March 2017 13:16 (seven years ago) link
Still unwell and after throwing up yesterday morning I went to the docs and she thinks I have gastroenteritis so not really been able to concentrate enouh to read the past week but last night I finished 'The Sins of Prince Saradine (I worked out the ending due to a sorta similar feel on the tv series although the actual plot was very different from the tv ep)
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
geez get well soon KD, i wz a bit worried not hearing :(
― mark s, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link