-=>While in the White Hart, Jan Murphy explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 >  MS> I am currently working my way through First Cases 2.
 >
 > Not familiar with this one.  Is it a collection of short
 > works?
 JM> 
 JM> _First Cases_ and _First Cases 2_ are anthologies.  The 'theme' is 
 JM> that the stories feature the first appearances of the 
 JM> detectives in question.  I haven't had the time to read 
 JM> them yet, so I don't know if this is "first" in the sense 
 JM> of "first publication" or "first" as in series story 
 JM> chronology.
The title sort of suggests the first case the detective handled, which
doesn't have to be the first published.
They do sound interesting though, regardless of "who's on first."   
FINISHED:  Greg Bear. PSYCHLONE
CR: Robert Silverberg, BEYOND THE SAFE ZONE,  488/565, short story coll.
CR: Marcel Proust, SWANN'S WAY, 124/462.
CR: Stephanie Barron, JANE AND THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT SCARGRAVE MANOR, 60/318
Email: fredr@gci-net.com
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