tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5453336679670480924..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Half-Moon Investigations -- Eoin ColferAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-20309394648196241212007-11-22T21:01:00.000-06:002007-11-22T21:01:00.000-06:00I suppose Half Moon Investigations reminded me tha...I suppose <I>Half Moon Investigations</I> reminded me that a writer is a writer, no matter what age group he writes for. I found it after reading and enjoying Eoin Colfer's "adult" story in the <I>Dublin Noir</I> collection and finding, much to my surprise, that all Colfer's other writing was for kids. (Though now it transpires he is working on an "adult" novel.)<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many kids will read the opening paragraph of <I>Half Moon Investigations</I>, then remember it fondly years later when they read some of the crime fiction to which it pays amused and amusing tribute.<BR/><BR/>===================<BR/><A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Detectives Beyond Borders</A><BR/><BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69117813738546297872007-11-22T20:57:00.000-06:002007-11-22T20:57:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21432457214543194352007-11-21T17:10:00.000-06:002007-11-21T17:10:00.000-06:00Sounds like something I need to have a look at.Sounds like something I need to have a look at.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-54472950073424095632007-11-21T16:58:00.000-06:002007-11-21T16:58:00.000-06:00Have you read "Fly By Night" by Frances Hardinge? ...Have you read "Fly By Night" by Frances Hardinge? Terrific first YA novel set in a semi-Regency period world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69751454487906806032007-11-21T13:34:00.000-06:002007-11-21T13:34:00.000-06:00I agree, Patti, and I need to do an update post on...I agree, Patti, and I need to do an update post on that very topic. Thanks for the reminder. (I'll probably forget again, though.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29852227406611012322007-11-21T09:13:00.000-06:002007-11-21T09:13:00.000-06:00There are kid's books that stay with you a lifetim...There are kid's books that stay with you a lifetime and I'm talking about ones I first read as an adult. I remember reading Tom's Midnight Garden to two yawning six year olds and finishing it on my own.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com