lee@doc (12/22/85)
You might try Isaac Asimov's "Murder at the ABA". That's as in American Bookseller's Convention. It wasn't all that good a mystery but it was passable. It also had thinly disguised characters of Harlan Ellison and Asimov. Lee Cochenour ctvax:trsvax:doc:lee
render@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (12/23/85)
> I'm looking for novels (mysteries and SF especially, but not > exclusively) that are about books/bookshops in some way. The Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries by Lawrence Block have book-related themes, especially THE BURGLAR WHO STUDIED SPINOZA and THE BURGLAR WHO LIKED TO QUOTE KIPLING. They are fairly light, witty books with a slight difference from most mysteries--the hero is a burglar and most of the cops are crooked. I recommend them to anyone who likes some humor with their suspense. Hal Render University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign {pur-ee, ihnp4} ! uiucdcs ! render render@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU