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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "GERLACH, Steve"
<steve.gerlach@s...> wrote:
> G'day Richard,
>
> Let me know what you think when you've read the
novel.
>
> I...ah... <<<confession time>>>
collect books about Ventriloquist
Dummies
> and would like to know if it's worth picking
up.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
Steve, I will let you know if there is an honest-to-God
ventriloquist dummy in the novel. By the way, my favorite in
this sub-sub-genre is the story by John Keir Cross in his
fine collection THE OTHER PASSENGER. I forget the name of the
story (both the hardback first and the Ballentine paperback
are not at hand) but I also recall (and have on tape) the
very nice 30 minute adaptation on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
that starred Tom Conway. Cross was good enough in what I have
read by him to make me wonder if there is enough uncollected
finery for a collection.
By back to MR. BLUR and the woman in a cat suit with an 8 mm
Beretta on one thigh and a carbon steel throwing knife on the
other. After my last post I have continued to cogitate on the
scene the author presents and more and more aspects trouble
me.
I presented the problem in my previous post on the basis of a
woman with both weapons strapped to opposing thighs with my
image being the thighs are beneath a skirt. But the
description says "...wearing a black leather catsuit..." not
a "catskirt." Hmmm...if the catsuit is, as commonly depicted
in movies, a skintight outfit that covered the legs then
having a Beretta or a throwing knife stapped to her thigh
makes no sense what so ever. Having anything strapped to
one's thigh indicates the purpose is concealment. If one's
thigh is covered with black leather, then the lumps created
by the pistol and the knife would defeat that purpose.
Secondly, if the pistol and knife are encased in a black
leather skin suit, how the hell is the wearer supposed to
access them? Are there flaps allowing weapons to be drawn
without stripping? If so, doesn't that kind of blow the
concealment?
Richard Moore
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