tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post2766335748018752490..comments2024-01-11T13:15:48.832-08:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit--Part 5: ArsenicAnne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-2722173695642533002016-05-21T14:10:36.863-07:002016-05-21T14:10:36.863-07:00LOL! You're right, a codec mystery thriller mi...LOL! You're right, a codec mystery thriller might be just the angle to make another dream come true. Being hampered the past few years by a thankfully-now-over writing partnership I had to abandon all thoughts of writing anything that might require brain cell stimulation. No more dumbing down. Time to dumb up! Fun fact: I "discovered" the periodic table when I was seven because I had a glossy colour plate in my encyclopaedia, and Dmitri Ivanovich Mendelyev was the first name I learned to spell in Cyrillic Russian when I was twelve. Time was I could recite the entire (as then) periodic table, in order. Just thought about it now and got stuck at 21. Must be getting old.Mark Williams Int.https://www.facebook.com/groups/441469159372773/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-43668674549854476342016-05-20T20:45:13.794-07:002016-05-20T20:45:13.794-07:00Patricia--Isn't it amazing to see how a smart ...Patricia--Isn't it amazing to see how a smart kid will put two and two together and get 37? That is so cute. And smart. :-) Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-49806371208662603632016-05-20T16:02:57.419-07:002016-05-20T16:02:57.419-07:00Just today my daughter told me how she thought whe...Just today my daughter told me how she thought when people spoke of arson and arsonists, they were referring to arsenic! I was howling. And here you wrote about it today. Thank you.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512099085568969698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-48004363790867713562016-05-20T14:59:04.625-07:002016-05-20T14:59:04.625-07:00Mark--So there are only two Holmes arsenic poisoni...Mark--So there are only two Holmes arsenic poisonings? But it was so handy for Victorians! <br /><br />I like your Periodic Table mystery idea. Although Ruth may be right...I like her idea of a Dan Brown type code thing, though. Hmmmm. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-31391184864651296292016-05-20T14:56:59.947-07:002016-05-20T14:56:59.947-07:00Ruth--That's a fabulous story, whoever said it...Ruth--That's a fabulous story, whoever said it. Thanks for the laugh! Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-35074244509693793472016-05-20T14:13:49.997-07:002016-05-20T14:13:49.997-07:00Mark, A lot of them might think Periodic Tables re...Mark, A lot of them might think Periodic Tables refers to menstruation! lol<br /><br />Actually, I think it might be the start point of a good idea for mysteries or maybe thrillers. For one thing, you don't have to tell them it's the periodic table. The chemical symbols can be code that needs to be broken, leads to explosives and nukes. Plus the names of the less well known elements might make good titles. The Titanium Threat. There's platinum and gold—remember Auric Goldfinger?<br /><br />Anyway, my two cents off the top of my head but why not play with the idea a little? See what happens.Ruth Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246050315747917109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-46311290591646119802016-05-20T14:04:03.582-07:002016-05-20T14:04:03.582-07:00Loving this series!
The Adventure of the Devil...Loving this series!<br /><br />The Adventure of the Devil's Foot and A Study In Scarlet are I think the only two Sherlock Holmes stories to involve murder by poisoning, but not sure if it was arsenic specifically.<br /><br />I once toyed with the idea of a series of mysteries based on the Periodic Table, in order, but it quickly became clear very few people other than chemists would even have heard of most of the elements, let alone make the connection to the stories, and I'd be on a hiding to nothing.<br /><br />Mark Williams Int.https://www.facebook.com/groups/441469159372773/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-69444298454466922382016-05-20T13:01:58.266-07:002016-05-20T13:01:58.266-07:00There's an anecdote, possibly apocryphal, invo...There's an anecdote, possibly apocryphal, involving Winston Churchill and (I think) Lady Astor, a member of parliament. She said: "If you were my husband, I'd put arsenic in your tea." WC said: "Madame, if I were married to you, I'd drink it."Ruth Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246050315747917109noreply@blogger.com