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TRUE or FALSE?.......Part 4
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- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2009
FALSEKazoo -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2009 edited
sdtom wrote
Can anyone remember any other popular authors in that time frame?
Truman Capote; Arthur Miller; Maigret; Tennessee Williams, and the ones Timmer already mentioned come to mind...'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorStavroula
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2009
FALSEWhatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better... -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009 edited
editOn Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009
TRUE - 4
FALSE - 3On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009
Thor wrote
sdtom wrote
Can anyone remember any other popular authors in that time frame?
Shakespeare?
smart asslisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009 edited
We-e-e-e-e-l-l-l-l...Thor has a point, in that Shakespeare has been a best-read/bestselling author throughout the centuries (i.e. also in the 1950s)!
(Though I'm of course not sure that actually was his point.
)'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009
Martijn wrote
We-e-e-e-e-l-l-l-l...Thor has a point, in that Shakespeare has been a best-read/bestselling author throughout the centuries (i.e. also in the 1950s)!
(Though I'm of course not sure that actually was his point. )
It was. Just my "smartass" comment of the day.
I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009
sdtom wrote
TRUE OR FALSE NEW QUESTION
Going back to the era of "To Hell and Back" found Agatha Christie as the #1 best selling novelist of all time.
Thomas
bumpedOn Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 16th 2009
Anyone else care to hazard a guess?listen to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
Last chance and I'll post the answer tomorrowlisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
7 - 8 answers here seem to be about average Tom, I would go ahead and post the answer tomorrow.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
Will dolisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
The answer is false. Erle Stanley Gardner, at least back in that era, was the #1 selling writer. As a side note he wrote over 150 books.
Thomaslisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
For those of you who don't know he was the creator of the fictional character Perry Mason.listen to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
Your turn again Timlisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
Just looked him up and I see that he'd written eighty Perry Mason novels.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorPawelStroinski
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
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- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
He has written over 150 novels but is not that well known today.listen to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
I'm sure Martijn is familiar with him though he hasn't chimed in on it.listen to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
I am only familiar with Perry Mason.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
He wrote some western, baja california travel, aa fair among otherslisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
<chiming>
Of COURSE I know the man.
Had no idea he was that much of a bestseller, though.
I'd have given odds Spillane would have outsold him ten to one.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
He didn't and neither did Harold "Carpetbagger" Robbins at the time. Raymond Burr at one point was a huge deal, at least in the US. Perhaps this show never had the popularity in Europe?listen to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2009
It did in the early sixties!'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorPawelStroinski
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2009
They actually played some of it in Poland too few years ago.http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2009
I'm glad at least some of you know who it islisten to more classical music! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 20th 2009 edited
On July 20th 1969, 40 years ago this very day, man landed on the moon.
TRUE or FALSE ?
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthoromaha
- CommentTimeJul 20th 2009 edited
True
This makes me miss Cronkite today.
I love him quoting Armstrong and describing what is happening -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 20th 2009
Yeah, I was sad to hear of Walter's passing, I'm old enough to remember many of his reports, the moon landing and Vietnam among others.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
