tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post8015967478098058208..comments2024-01-03T09:14:36.282+00:00Comments on Reading in Reykjavík: List Love: More bookish pet peeves, detective novel and mystery versionBibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-26485702354593795382011-04-05T19:12:05.556+00:002011-04-05T19:12:05.556+00:00Yes, #3 gets to be a problem when they're talk...Yes, #3 gets to be a problem when they're talking about technology because it's so quickly out of date. I tried reading Umberto Echo's <i>Foucault's Pendulum</i> and was immediately turned off by the obviously outdated techno-babble. What might have been hip and cutting edge in 1985 is just plain old now.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-75373128172072720362011-04-05T15:52:31.388+00:002011-04-05T15:52:31.388+00:00The early Ellery Queen mystery novels had very com...The early Ellery Queen mystery novels had very complex plots. Troubled Kurt Wallander from Henning Mankell is about the only dysfunctional detective I can abide.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com