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Old 05-11-2011, 09:22 AM   #9334
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back to my Agatha Christie collection, and her 13th book, The Mysterious Mr. Quin
A good collection of short stores featuring the elderly Mr Satterthwaite, who often sees things others don't, helped by the mysterious Mr Quin. Interesting, but leaning a little too much towards the supernatural for my taste, and the stories would have been better without that element, IMO.

I think that she was experimenting with story telling in the first books, seeing what worked well for her and what didn't.

Although I rather liked Mr Satterthwaite, I hope that the supernatural element won't be repeated in future books.

Next, the third from my recent purchase of a bundle of Frederick Pohl books: The Way the Future Was, first published in 1978.
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