tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post4098094260073689791..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: Weird Tales BooksTerence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-67788936821340867972015-10-08T19:15:58.564-04:002015-10-08T19:15:58.564-04:00John,
I hadn't thought of Hercule Poirot as I...John,<br /><br />I hadn't thought of Hercule Poirot as I have never read any of those stories or books. Thanks for the insight.<br /><br />Humor is not as easy as what people might think. Trying to make something light or amusing doesn't always work. I get the impression that Quinn was trying to inject humor in his stories by making Jules de Grandin so eccentric. In my opinion, it didn't work. Quinn would have been safer just writing a straight story and leaving out the attempts at humor or lightness.<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-18807717312855464402015-10-07T21:32:19.369-04:002015-10-07T21:32:19.369-04:00I have managed to accumulate a set of the Popular ...I have managed to accumulate a set of the Popular Library Jules de Grandin over the years. The last title I had to wait for as it was priced too rich for my blood from sellers at the time. I occasionally return to them when I'm in the mood for reading a quaint "occult detective" tale or two. I agree that Mssr. de Grandin's character is very much in the spirit of Sherlock Holmes and that Dr. Trowbridge is an analogue to Dr. Watson. I also believe there is a good bit of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot in de Grandin, as well. Christie was a contemporary of Quinn's so there is a strong argument for the comparison. In any event, any literary shortcomings that Quinn may have had, he most certainly made up for in adventurous plots and visceral scenes.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926491868571442274noreply@blogger.com