Presenter Joe Haldeman saddened to suddenly remember that, 25 years before, his wife had been here in California while he was in the battlefields of Vietnam with two weeks to go until their R&R rendezvous, one he never kept because he was seriously wounded and hospitalized. Joe recovered and...
Though primarily a writer of horror fiction, he did write three stories in the Sherlock Holmes metaverse: The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard, The Adventure of the St. Marylebone Ghoul and The Case of the Vanished Vampire. He also wrote a Sookie Stackhouse short story, “Don’t Be Cruel”...
with Chambers addressing his friendly enemy as “my dear Parker†and the lieutenant in turn griping about the PI’s Sherlock Holmes act.
I didn't want to put a jacket on, even though I'd brought one out there with me. That last drive, I was like, 'Please rain. Please rain. Keep raining.' I was soaked. And by the time it was over, I was like a wet rat."...
Even by the novel's end, he is not glorified as a genius sleuth in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes or Ellery Queen. Dennis lacks the eccentricities found in some, but by no means all, Intuitionist detectives. There are signs at the book's end that Dennis is considering continuing ...
He began to live lavish, Mike had a great car collection, luxurious mansions and even kept Bengali Tigers. He even bought his now ex-wife a $2.3 million bathtub for a birthday present. vanityfair.com Mike was living it up but it wasn’t so long until things began to go south. His ...
On January 22, 1988, while defending his titles, 'Iron' Mike fought former heavyweight champion, Larry Holmes. The latter had beaten Muhammad Ali on October 2, 1980. Hence, when the turn came, many reported on Mike Tyson avenging his boxing idol. The fight ended with a fourth-round knock...
Yes. The real Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple in the garage of Steve's parents' house in Los Altos. They also commandeered the kitchen table and his sister's vacated bedroom. They recruited whoever was available to help, including Daniel Kottke, his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Holmes,...
Several Christie tales show the influence ofConan Doyleand his Sherlock Holmes stories. "The Case of the Missing Lady" is a dynamic spoof of Doyle's "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (1911). The finale of "The Chocolate Box" (1923) parodies the finale of Doyle's "The Yellow Fa...