Hello! I am indeed doing that Terrence. Thank you for your good advice. ---- Gregg C Levine xxxxxx@gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway." On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM Terrence Fugate <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Re: "one was sadly destroyed by the individual supposedly hired to sort out his estate." > > I'd cut that poor person some slack. My Mom, older sister and I spent over a year going through my maternal grandmothers papers, it was one of the hardest tasks in our lives. > Photocopy paper boxes filled with scribbled notes, half written stories; we saved about 2 pounds of stuff and gave to Grannie's college. [which I suspect they promptly tossed] > > The rest made a glorious bonfire. > > > ________________________________ > From: xxxxxx@simplelists.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> on behalf of Gregg Levine <xxxxxx@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2026 7:37 PM > To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> > Subject: Re: [HBP] Why do we read Piper's works? > > Hello! > In my case I've read nearly everything that Piper did write. There a > few exceptions. As for Murder, that one I found out about via > Gutenberg, and rate it as interesting. According to Carr in a private > email from my musings on the old Yahoo list, Piper did indeed write > three such ones, one was sadly destroyed by the individual supposedly > hired to sort out his estate. One is in private ownership, I think I > know who that is. > > And for mysteries, I got started reading the series from two YA > authors, guess which ones, and Sherlock Holmes, and yes Perry Mason. > > As for all of what Piper has written, I've got several in hardcopy, > Uller certainly, and the three Fuzzy stories, (Little Fuzz says > "YEEK!" by the way.) Also Federation, and Empire. Plus Four Day > Planet. > ---- > Gregg C Levine xxxxxx@gmail.com > "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the > Moscow subway." > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM David Sooby <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM Terrence Fugate <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> My wife is a mystery fanatic and she wonders why Piper didn't pursue more mysteries. She rates Murder.... right up there with Agatha Christie. From her that is high praise. > > > > > > Well, "diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks". My "mileage" varies from yours on that book, a lot. Agatha Christie is one of my favorite mystery authors. So far as I know, I've read every piece of fiction Piper ever had published except "Rebel Raider". Of all those, Murder in the Gunroom is the only one that I have no interest in ever re-reading. I'm surprised it got published. > > > > —David Sooby > > ----- > > The H. Beam Piper Mailing List > > Archives at https://archives.simplelists.com/H_Beam_Piper/ > > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > > To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://lists.simplelists.com/subs/ > > ----- > > The H. Beam Piper Mailing List > > Archives at https://archives.simplelists.com/H_Beam_Piper/ > > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > > To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://lists.simplelists.com/subs/ > ----- > The H. Beam Piper Mailing List > Archives at https://archives.simplelists.com/H_Beam_Piper/ > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://lists.simplelists.com/subs/
