tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post8084780444146542308..comments2024-03-29T00:31:02.713+01:00Comments on ボクの事件簿: "Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle"Ho-Linghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-19763468236492580482013-06-26T00:09:55.307+02:002013-06-26T00:09:55.307+02:00I like it more and more and more and further and f...I like it more and more and more and further and further and further every time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-46248569510663052402013-06-25T20:43:46.947+02:002013-06-25T20:43:46.947+02:00Here in the U.S., of Simon Ark, they have publishe...Here in the U.S., of Simon Ark, they have published The Judges of Hades, City of Brass, and The Quests of Simon Ark. Based on the list you cite, I imagine that the Japanese have republished these three books. In addition, they seem to have published a fourth book, Funeral in the Fog. The publisher Crippen & Landru has been promising a book by this title for many years, but it has not been published in the U.S. The first two books were published as cheap paperbacks in 1971, and Quest in 1984, and no more Ark books published since. I think Japan has shown more respect for this fine author than his native country. I can see why Japan would do a better job in publishing Ark though, because the stories tend to have the more grotesque elements that are more common in Japanese detective stories. Also, they tend to be more in the nature of fair-play detective stories, which is not something I see all that often anymore in American detective stories.<br /><br />The naming scheme you cite for the Japanese Hawthorne books is truly epic. I like it more every time I read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-44133463206514095082013-06-25T11:11:03.249+02:002013-06-25T11:11:03.249+02:00The Japanese Dr. Sam Hawthorne have the following ...The Japanese <i>Dr. Sam Hawthorne</i> have the following English subtitles by the way:<br /><br />Diagnosis Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne<br />Diagnosis Impossible II: More Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne<br />Diagnosis Impossible III: Further Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne<br />Diagnosis Impossible IV: More and More Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne<br />Diagnosis Impossible V: Further and Further Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne<br />Diagnosis Impossible VI: The Last Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne<br /><br />Not sure who decided to name those volumes like that though ^_~Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-20682982384615053772013-06-25T10:17:39.081+02:002013-06-25T10:17:39.081+02:00Crippen & Landru has a third volume of Dr. Sam...Crippen & Landru has a third volume of Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories, <i>Nothing is Impossible</i>, in their section of upcoming releases, but they're a small publisher and these are usually long-term projects. <br /><br />And the Anthony Berkeley covers do feel retro and more fitting than some of the more recent reprints in the West, like the dark and moody ones from the House of Stratus, or the ones they slapped on Dorothy Sayers. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-19514617055904454022013-06-25T09:07:19.736+02:002013-06-25T09:07:19.736+02:00There are four books released, so they didn't ...There are four books released, so they didn't publish everything of Simon Ark. You can see which stories are published <a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF" rel="nofollow">at the Japanese Wikipedia site</a> (those with Japanese titles are published, naturally).<br /><br />I have the first volume, still have to read it though (reading Hawthorne at the moment...).Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-54396790437495328412013-06-25T04:46:32.014+02:002013-06-25T04:46:32.014+02:00I was interested to see that Japan has published t...I was interested to see that Japan has published the entirety of the Sam Hawthorne stories. Here in the U.S., I think there have only been two collections published, so that only 27 of the approximately 68 Hawthorne stories are in book form. I am a much bigger fan of Hoch's Simon Ark stories, of which only a few of the 61 stories are in book form. In fact, the only full listing of the Ark stories I was able to find was in Japanese (translated into English). Do you know how many books of Ark stories have been translated into Japanese?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com