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SensualPoet · 12-08-2009, 08:06 PM

This may sound both picky and ungrateful, but I'd like to see the GK Chesterton Father Brown Omnibus actually broken up into the original five books. It makes navigating them easier.

Innocence of (1911) and Wisdom of (1914) are currently available. But Incredulity of (1926), Secret of (1927) and Scandal of (1935) are not.

As Chesterton died in 1936, I don't believe this is a copyright issue.

And, on a related note, Dashiell Hammett died Jan 10 1961 ... making Sam Spade etc PD in some jurisdictions in just 13 months. Yippee!

And ... wait a sec! Doesn't that make Raymond Chandler PD already (died Mar 1959)?

12-08-2009, 08:06 PM	#140
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	This may sound both picky and ungrateful, but I'd like to see the GK Chesterton Father Brown Omnibus actually broken up into the original five books. It makes navigating them easier. Innocence of (1911) and Wisdom of (1914) are currently available. But Incredulity of (1926), Secret of (1927) and Scandal of (1935) are not. As Chesterton died in 1936, I don't believe this is a copyright issue. And, on a related note, Dashiell Hammett died Jan 10 1961 ... making Sam Spade etc PD in some jurisdictions in just 13 months. Yippee! And ... wait a sec! Doesn't that make Raymond Chandler PD already (died Mar 1959)? Last edited by SensualPoet; 12-08-2009 at 08:14 PM.