On (22 Sep 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman...
 MG> Mysteries have been around since long before either writer (I
 MG> guess that should have been the Arthur, rather than the Conan).
 MG> It seems to me that Poe was supposed to have written the first
 MG> detective story using a pro.  Or something.
 FR> I think he was the first to portray an amateur who used pure reason to
 FR> deduce the culprits.
 MG> [blush]
 FR> Er....Did I say something nasty?
 No, but it appears that I was wildly incorrect.
... I don't have a license to kill-- I have a learner's permit.
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