tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post5932146284946160777..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Encyclopedia BrownGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61085921505177620872012-07-18T04:44:44.308-04:002012-07-18T04:44:44.308-04:00Maybe I need to read some Chandler. I had always ...Maybe I need to read some Chandler. I had always been a bit dismissive of it- perhaps too hastily.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90266130563387372182012-07-17T16:40:40.942-04:002012-07-17T16:40:40.942-04:00I read several of those when I was a child. I even...I read several of those when I was a child. I even got some of them before the ending. <br /><br />I think Glen Cook read Chandler's essay and took it to heart; You should read his "Garrett, P.I." series.Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81679663396953949522012-07-17T01:11:22.568-04:002012-07-17T01:11:22.568-04:00I still clearly remember one of them in which he &...I still clearly remember one of them in which he "cheated." The key detail that Encyclopedia Brown picked up on was that the girl's crying was fake because the tear was coming out of the outside of her eye, instead of the inside--ergo, it was an eyedrop or something not a real tear.<br /><br />This detail was not actually in the story; you couldn't pick it out. At least, I couldn't twenty years ago, even when I looked.<br /><br />Another one which was fair but required knowledge I didn't have was that towels that are air-dried (i.e. on a line) are going to be not nearly so soft as those machine-dried. I lived in Bremerton; the very idea of hanging something OUTSIDE to dry was preposterous.<br /><br />Loved those books as a kid.Sighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075928393817224607noreply@blogger.com