16 Feb
2001
16 Feb
'01
2:13 a.m.
Dana Shilling wrote:
Neil said:
ObB7? Er, Mission to Destiny owes too much to Agatha Christie, who was
crap.
Well, crappish.
But Agatha Christie (although she couldn't write a character if you nailed HER feet to the floor) was one of the most brilliant technicians of pure plot in all genre fiction. ObB7: it's beginning to look like there are at least as many fen who like detective stories as who like science fiction--I've often wondered why there are so few B7 detective story fanfics.
Hm. Well I actually like Poirot; he's quirky, if not entirely round. I've been toying with the idea of putting him on the Liberator to show Avon how it's done.
Mistral
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