Now that I’ve joined the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge I’m a lot more aware of all things Agatha. This challenge will take me several years to complete since it requires reading all of her work in publication order. I’m not moaning about that. I definitely am happy about it. No, what has me shaking my head is all the “knock-offs” of her novels. And I’m not sure “knock-off” is the right term.
This past week I clicked on the main site for Wikepedia and right there in their feature article of the day was this big picture and a big discussion about new video games (on the right) using the mysteries of Agatha Christie! The first one is “And Then There Were None”. They assured me the game “will retain the basic plot elements of the novel.” The main exception will be the playable character and a set of possible endings to the story. What? Different endings? If you want to read the full story, the link is here.
And then I discover there are graphic novels (on the left) of her books. Comic strips of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple? Kerrie, our Challenge Leader read one in an hour and posted her review here.
In addition, you can go to Agatha Christie.com and shop for all sorts of things. [Just as a side note to my family: don't buy me a mug or a game or a deck chair that resembles Agatha Christie. A book bag might be nice though.]
I’m sure all of this stuff has been around for quite some time and I’m just now discovering it. I don’t like to think of myself as old-fashioned. I’m just behind the times. I could qualify as set in my ways, though, because I like my Agatha Christie’s to be novels. One that takes time to read and think about and mull over what the one true answer is.
Our Agatha Christie Reading Challenge has a once a month carnival that you should check out. This is where everyone who is involved in the challenge posts what they’ve read the past month. The link is here. If you are an Agatha fan you’ll want to join in.
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February 27, 2009 at 5:29 am
Cerrin
Didnt we do a mystery puzzle? Where you read clues and try to find out what the puzzle is about? Is it anything like that.
February 27, 2009 at 6:55 am
ng kai-lee
i’m in the challenge too! for this month anyway. but being a student i don’t have much time to post my reviews. if i write reviews on every single christie work i’ve read it might take me 2 years (plus my english is not very good so it might take the readers quite a while to realise what i meant)
bout the games, i’ve wanted to try them out for a long time. i tried to download them from yahoo games once, but they just wouldn’t work on my pc. and the “christie comics” are available in my country too, at ridiculously high prices. its better for me to read the original versions
February 27, 2009 at 8:00 am
bermudaonion
I love to read and I love mysteries, but I’ve never read any Agatha Christie. I’m not sure why, but I think I need to do something about it.