Mistral mistral@centurytel.net wrote:
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
Father Knox wrote ten rules of detective fiction (ie overused topics - no more than one secret passage, no acts of God etc) and Agatha Christie breaks several of them.
Both of the B7 detective episodes - this and the one in which Tarrant eliminates the death squad follow the rules more. __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/