-[ Quoting Phil Pocock , to Dennis Menard ]-
 PP> to find the time to go hunting!
I have found used-bookstores a good bet for finding the bulk of the Saint
series; the biggest problem I found was trying to find "specific" titles to
fill in the gaps when I only had 7 or 8 left to find.  Always a pleasure to
help out a fellow fan.  Good hunting.  :)
 DM> Saint books  written by Leslie Charteris include (there may be
 PP> Were these all by one author?  And, does the style vary considerably
 PP> from that of Mr. Charteris?
Honestly, I can't tell you if all the books  written by Charteris are
by the same author or not.  I have read only 3 of them: The Saint and the
Fiction makers, The Saint and the People Importers, and The Saint and the
Hapsburg Necklace.  Yes, they differed greatly from L. Charteris' style of
writing, enough so that I got rid of the ones I had and have accepted the
fact that 37 original books are all that were written.  My greatest fear's
that I may read them into a state of unreadability.  :)  Perhaps I should
just type (or scan) them into a word processor as I read them next time to
preserve them for posterity.  :)
What I'd really like to know about the Saint, is exactly what kind of a
car a "Hirondel" was?  A picture (drawing or photo) would be great.  It's
the vehicle that Simon drove in the early books, when he wasn't driving
the Daimler.
 PP> I "log on" to only two local BBS', and I've seen the traffic on both
 PP> of them drop drastically.  I really don't understand how either of them
 PP> can stay in business, but I'll continue supporting them in my meager
:)  Who knows; perhaps BBSs will revive if/when the novelty of the Internet
begins to wear thin.  My system was/is free and will remain so as long as I
continue to Sysop it; Radio Shack provides most the hardware and a location
for it; I provide the software and run it; another party has provided some
of the hardware and a considerable amount of time in debugging parts of it.
We've kept it up more as a community forum than for any other reason and do
have some hopes (though a bit faded) that it will continue to survive.  It
is tough to give up a BBS when you've put 10 years into it.  :)
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