tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post116297376643044114..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Fictional Forensicsbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163204903380819992006-11-11T08:28:00.000+08:002006-11-11T08:28:00.000+08:00it's understandable that crime fiction need to hav...it's understandable that crime fiction need to have larger than life characters and fantastical plots to grab their readers' attention but we all know that real life can be a lot stranger than fiction.<BR/><BR/>i feel sorry that we don't have any writers here who find it worthwhile to write books on some of our more famous crimes (malaysia boleh!)...say on mona fandey etc...and i hope somebody will someday write about this poor mongolian woman that was blown to pieces recently...i think there is a very good story in there somewhere... <BR/><BR/>the last book i read on true crime was on the serial killer john wayne gacy...and that was some years ago...Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163204053901646692006-11-11T08:14:00.000+08:002006-11-11T08:14:00.000+08:00anonymous - welcomekrishna - yes, of course ... al...anonymous - welcome<BR/><BR/>krishna - yes, of course ... although according to the article one of Susan Hill's detective novels leaves a major crime unsolved ...<BR/><BR/>kak teh - must read patricia cornwell soon ... i have enjoyed some of ruth rendall's novels and short stories<BR/><BR/>unladen swallow, pablo - yes, very true ... we have to have a sense of satisfaction reading a novelbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163170514020723442006-11-10T22:55:00.000+08:002006-11-10T22:55:00.000+08:00neat little packages tied up with string and this ...neat little packages tied up with string and this is the way of any ending for me. <BR/>escapism = happiness. aye! aye! for unladen swallow :DCheranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807562669754057927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163165145389054392006-11-10T21:25:00.000+08:002006-11-10T21:25:00.000+08:00Of course, which is why most writers write fiction...Of course, which is why most writers write fiction that portrays either larger-than-life or wonderful-seeming(depending) situations. Its a means from escaping from the real world, where things are either very dull or just plain damn weird. It's just escapism, so why would anyone want to watch a forensic show where the main characters would be doing paperwork, or something like that?The Unladen Swallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420520584422800239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163141224208418472006-11-10T14:47:00.000+08:002006-11-10T14:47:00.000+08:00I am a big fan of Patricia Cornwell and she is one...I am a big fan of Patricia Cornwell and she is one of those who writes unputdownable books. Quite gruesome but unputdownable. and sexy too!Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163138420568411012006-11-10T14:00:00.000+08:002006-11-10T14:00:00.000+08:00I for one, am still thankful for the closures acco...I for one, am still thankful for the closures accorded the reader at the end of most fictional police procedurals. If one has a hankering for unsolved cases with perpetrators being allowed to go scot-free,the newspapers are depressingly fertile territory for such reads.<BR/>Give me my Master Criminal bound and Gagged by pg450 and my broody/vulnerable/tough/sensitive Cop Hero alive and ready to tackle the next Maniacal Killer:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1163130110957592352006-11-10T11:41:00.000+08:002006-11-10T11:41:00.000+08:00Thanks for the information regarding the book awar...Thanks for the information regarding the book awards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com