tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post3965730455325457920..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: E. W. Hornung and the Crime Doctordfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-57091015529879301752015-10-18T16:31:20.099-07:002015-10-18T16:31:20.099-07:00It may be of some interest that, to mark the 150th...It may be of some interest that, to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth in June 2016, some NEW books by Hornung are currently being published - 'The Graven Image' and 'His Brother's Blood' (both by ELT Press, in hardback and kindle) and 'Tall Tales and short'uns' (by Nekta Publications, in paperback). More information can (or will) be found on Amazon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896378540201748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-61034384399237484892015-10-18T16:28:56.001-07:002015-10-18T16:28:56.001-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896378540201748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-45382773738771044462015-10-18T07:45:36.924-07:002015-10-18T07:45:36.924-07:00All the stories were serialised in 'Everybody&...All the stories were serialised in 'Everybody's Magazine' in 1913 and 1914 prior to their publication in book form. Hornung also developed them into a play which, so far as I know, was never produced - the plots were amended quite drastically but cleverly rehashed into a continuous narrative. (The manuscript is in the Cadbury Research Library at University of Birmingham University, UK.) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896378540201748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-60244081731941130482013-06-10T20:10:54.034-07:002013-06-10T20:10:54.034-07:00I just downloaded a kindle ebook of "The Crim...I just downloaded a kindle ebook of "The Crime Doctor" for free on Amazon. You can find it here:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/The-Crime-Doctor-ebook/dp/B005LXHTR8Steven Paul Leivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09743140911542210680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-87651775227015649572013-03-16T07:25:52.419-07:002013-03-16T07:25:52.419-07:00In the book there is a underlying theme that ties ...In the book there is a underlying theme that ties together all the incidents that apparently is not touched upon in the single story you read. Dr. Dollar's mission in life is to prevent crime before it happens. In the opening of the book Dollar discusses advocating forgiveness above rehabilitation in the apprehension of criminals. "It isn't as if [imprisonment] undid anything he's done...", Dollar observes. He proposes to start a consultancy and residence for potential criminals and teach them how to recognize their criminal tendencies and transform and channel that behavior to a more productive use.<br /><br />I intended to write about this book two years ago, but I lost interest in it. I made it only half way through before Hornung's message got to be too preachy and a bit too utopian for our crime ridden 21st century world. The adventure sequences were not all that original either. Still, it was fascinating to discover this kind of radical idea coming from a man who invented the first gentleman thief.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com