I'm not typically drawn to mystery novels, but I appreciate them when they're incorporated into a larger science fiction narrative, like in the three-book series "The Last Policeman" or Isaac Asimov’s “The Caves of Steel,” published in 1954. The last pure mystery book I remember reading was a Hardy Boys novel from the 1930s, which an elderly neighbor gave to me in 1981. Wish I could revisit that book today. Loved the ambiance. Probably in some box I left in Puerto Rico back in 1984 when we thought it was going to be our new home. I can’t remember the title. Does highlight the importance of a physical book plus keeping notes in something like a commonplace book, as I do today.
Great ideas Luis! I'll have to check out those you mentioned; I'm an Asimov fan as well--my dad introduced me to the Foundation series growing up. Sometime last year, I found myself listening to one via audiobook, during a long drive, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a lead character was smoking a cigar--from inside a spaceship! Since I enjoy an occasional cigar, I was comforted by Asimov's confidence in the enduring power of them, if not on earth, yet still in the Heavens! (P.S. I loved the Hardy Boys books as well, and I'm pretty confident I've kept them somewhere...)
I'm not typically drawn to mystery novels, but I appreciate them when they're incorporated into a larger science fiction narrative, like in the three-book series "The Last Policeman" or Isaac Asimov’s “The Caves of Steel,” published in 1954. The last pure mystery book I remember reading was a Hardy Boys novel from the 1930s, which an elderly neighbor gave to me in 1981. Wish I could revisit that book today. Loved the ambiance. Probably in some box I left in Puerto Rico back in 1984 when we thought it was going to be our new home. I can’t remember the title. Does highlight the importance of a physical book plus keeping notes in something like a commonplace book, as I do today.
Great ideas Luis! I'll have to check out those you mentioned; I'm an Asimov fan as well--my dad introduced me to the Foundation series growing up. Sometime last year, I found myself listening to one via audiobook, during a long drive, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a lead character was smoking a cigar--from inside a spaceship! Since I enjoy an occasional cigar, I was comforted by Asimov's confidence in the enduring power of them, if not on earth, yet still in the Heavens! (P.S. I loved the Hardy Boys books as well, and I'm pretty confident I've kept them somewhere...)