For me, the most important change is that it makes it too
easy for someone in danger to call for help. How many times
can writers use the ploy of the cell phone running out of
juice?
All in all, I find myself preferring stories that take place
before the personal computer/cell phone age.
--John Celestri the male half of Cathie John
ccpub@worldnet.att.net http://www.cathiejohn.com
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>From: Robison Michael R CNIN <
Robison_M@crane.navy.mil>
>To: "'
rara-avis@icomm.ca'" <
rara-avis@icomm.ca>
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Cell phones in crime
novels
>Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2003, 5:10 AM
>
> Betsy wrote:
> Cell phones have changed crime novels more than they
have
> changed lives (unless you have an ailing child or
parent).
>
> ***********
> Ain't that the truth! The ritual of trying to locate
a
> phone in order to make an important call was
performed
> over and over again in the pre-cell phone mysteries.
It
> was often a successful vehicle for adding local
color.
>
> miker
> --
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