On Jul 16, 4:33=A0pm, Blue Sow <janet.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FCS wrote:
> > I note in today's THE TIMES that Ben
> > Hoyle (Arts Re****ter) believes "...the cult
> > of the detective peaked with the creation
> > of Sherlock Holmes".
>
> > I can't see this go unchallenged, much as
> > it is quite cleverly couched. Has the guy
> > never read any Isaac Asimov? Or any of
> > the countless other works of detective fiction
> > which still sell more than Conan Doyle?
>
> *SNIP
>
>
>
> > And nor can the "cult" of the detective have
> > peaked a century ago: purely in numeric terms
> > there are far more narratives in far more media
> > now than ever before. And folk still visit Lodnon's
> > Baker Street daily to see the door of 221B.
>
> Thus proving Mr Hoyle's point that the detective cult peaked with the
cre=
ation
> of Sherlock Holmes, which I doubt you intended to do.
> Admittedly, many people visit Oxford to see the haunts of Inspector
Morse=
but,
> as you say, people still go to see 221b even after all this time.
So perhaps you might like to expand on the
part played by Mr Brownlow in Oliver Twist
if it wasn't to weave together the clues which
were never provided?
I notice you draw no distinction between the
past tense implicit in "peaked" and the ongoing
interest.
I note also that you entirely overlook the works
of Agatha Christie.
I note also that you follow your usual MO of
adding nothing worthwhile to the discussion.
> You seem to be thinking of sales of detective fiction peaking in which
ca=
se,
> have you allowed for population growth, improved access, etc.?
>
> Isaac Asimov? =A0You do have a sense of humour.
Whereas you merely appear not to have a thermometer.
> --
> Blue Sow
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