tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post8608825748290955538..comments2024-03-28T04:15:00.814-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: BLOOD RELATIONS: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF ELLERY QUEEN, 1947-1950Jerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-76869738504125178232015-01-15T16:44:58.259-08:002015-01-15T16:44:58.259-08:00A very interesting piece, as always. Joe Goodrich...A very interesting piece, as always. Joe Goodrich, the author, has also written a theatrical version of "Calamity House," which played for a few nights in Clermont, New Hampshire, under the directing hand of Arthur Vidro, another Queen fanatic. Lengthy discussions of who wrote which of the Ellery Queen volumes can be found on Kurt Sercu's encyclopedic website Ellery Queen: A Website on Deduction, http://queen.spaceports.com/ And (finally!) my own article on Blood Relations, which was posted on SleuthSayers a couple years back, is available at http://www.sleuthsayers.org/2012/03/blood-relations.html Dale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-22543650381100292752014-08-23T13:40:43.483-07:002014-08-23T13:40:43.483-07:00Mea culpa. Blame my fumble fingers and tired brai...Mea culpa. Blame my fumble fingers and tired brain. The true crime books were written by Lee, but the magazines and the anthologies were Dannay's work.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-43524186500124983562014-08-23T11:55:11.803-07:002014-08-23T11:55:11.803-07:00Thanks Jerry, for the very interesting information...Thanks Jerry, for the very interesting information. I started reading EQ when I was 12. The novels got me hooked on a EQ TV series which first starred George Nader who was replaced at mid-season by Lee Phillips. The show only ran for one season. Apologies for spelling Mr. Dannay's name wrong. westcrazedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414097203068344169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-89269203996728344212014-08-23T09:37:21.349-07:002014-08-23T09:37:21.349-07:00Lee suffered from a five-year writing block during...<br />Lee suffered from a five-year writing block during which several EQ books were plotted by Dannay and written by such authors as Theodore Sturgeon and Avram Davidson. Following this writing block, Lee polished one of these manuscripts and the partnership continued until Lee's death. A series of original paperbacks by "Ellery Queen" were written by various authors -- Jack Vance, Edward D. Hoch, Henry Kane, Talmadge Powell, Richard Deming, Gil Brewer, Charles Runyon, Fletcher Flora, Walt Sheldon, and Stephen Marlowe. The few books novelized from early EQ movies that featured Ralph Bellemy appeared under the EQ name but were written by anonymous writers. The Ellery Queen, Jr. novels were written by Samuel Duff McCoy, Frank Belknap Long, Jr., and James Powell. Six historical novels published by Pocketbooks in the 1960s under the Barnaby Ross name were written by Don Tracy. The two collections of true crime articles under the EQ name were written by Lee, who also was responsible for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and it's precursor Mystery League, as well as the anthologies. Both cousins were involved writing the radio series The Adventures of Ellery Queen, again with Dannay plotting and Lee doing the writing; Anthony Boucher took over the script writing in 1945 when Lee was unable to do it. Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-88707433705335997582014-08-23T08:08:15.178-07:002014-08-23T08:08:15.178-07:00Is there any mention in these letters that, appare...Is there any mention in these letters that, apparently, Danny and Lee did not write all of the novels which appear under the name Ellery Queen? In fact, I don't believe that they wrote any of the EQ novels which followed,"The Finishing Stroke." <br />Jim Meals westcrazedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414097203068344169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-69139443751652243172014-08-22T12:00:09.397-07:002014-08-22T12:00:09.397-07:00Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason was my intr...Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason was my introduction, Bonnie, followed by Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen. (In fact, I think I was reading EQMM before I read EQ.) It was Ellery Queen who was more consistently on target than any of the others I was reading. My favorite authors were EQ and Richard S. Prather -- an interesting dicotomy but perfectly understandable because I was a teenager.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-29260928301925175772014-08-22T11:49:33.924-07:002014-08-22T11:49:33.924-07:00The stories in the EQ OMNIBUS are extremely tempti...The stories in the EQ OMNIBUS are extremely tempting, George, especially for someone with discerning tastes such as you.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-31086328449792840262014-08-22T07:04:47.557-07:002014-08-22T07:04:47.557-07:00Ellery Queen was one of my first introductions to ...Ellery Queen was one of my first introductions to crime fiction, their books handed down to me from my librarian mother. I think they were a fine introduction, truth be told! This book of letters sounds like a worthwhile read. FYI, Jerry, I'm collecting the links for Patti Abbott's FFB this week. Here is the permalink:<br /><br />http://inreferencetomurder.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/08/ffb-.htmlBVLawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104434170537269673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-31190150450082868642014-08-22T07:02:53.157-07:002014-08-22T07:02:53.157-07:00I recently read an essay on Ellery Queen by Ed Hoc...I recently read an essay on Ellery Queen by Ed Hoch in 100 GREAT DETECTIVES. I wanted to drop everything and read some Ellery Queen. I have THE ELLERY QUEEN OMNIBUS tempting me.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com