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  Sep 23 2006, 10:38 PM
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I didn't see a topic exclusively dedicated to Agatha, so I thought I would start one.
Barring J.K.R. , I'd have to say that Agatha Christie is my favorite author. I'm trying to collect all of her books and I'm constantly re-reading them. I think at this point I have around 70 of them.
Is anyone else a fan? If so, why? Which are your favorites? Which do you like least?
I'm a sucker for the Hercule Poirot stories, Murder on the Orient Express and Cat Among the Pigeons being two of my favorites. My favorite non-recurring character one is Ten Little Indians. Genius! Honestly though, the only one that I've read that I haven't really enjoyed is Passenger to Frankfurt. I do like the other adventure/espionage books that she wrote, but for some reason, I just can't seem to sink my teeth into it. Miss Marple is someone that I'd definately want to get to know. Like a fluffy aunt with a mind like poison. 
I'm currently reading Postern of Fate, which is one that I haven't read before. Tommy and Tuppence are adorable!
Another thing I've noticed (any maybe it's because they're common British names and I'm just ignorant of that fact) is that JKR has used a lot of the names I come across while reading Agatha's books.
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Sep 24 2006, 02:29 AM
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Well, you must have guessed that Agatha Christie is my joint favourite author, with Rowling. And although I use "Miss Marple" as my name, I really like Poirot too...perhaps because there are more books of Poirot. Lets see, my favourite Poirot has to be "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd". Favourite Miss Marple is "A Murder is Announced" (followed by "4:50 from Paddington) and my favourite Tommy and Tuppence is N or M?. Postern of Fate is a good book though.
I can't leave Agatha Christie without mentioning "And Then there were none", my all time favourite Christie. It is such a great book...no matter how many times you read it, you are always surprised at the end  Rowling does use quite a few of Christie's name in her books. What I find most fascinating is my two favourite male characters in fiction (Hercule Poirot and Harry Potter) share the same initials 
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Sep 24 2006, 09:42 PM
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Gee, I never would have guessed you were a fan by the name!
Yep. And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians) is my favorite not recurring character book. It's amazing and so eerie! Wargrave really had it in for everyone, no?
I like N or M as well. My favorite Marple would have to be The Sleeping Murder.
What do you think about the plays that Charles Osborne has adapted?
I know. H.P. rules!
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Sep 25 2006, 02:59 AM
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I love Agatha Cristie!! Her books were my passsion before Harry Potter came in my life!! 
Anyway, I prefer the Poirot ones, though I also enjoy Miss Marple aa well as Tommy and Tuppence. I was ekstatic when one of the poems we studied at University was the one she mentioned in The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side. When I got back I ran in my library to see the excerpt!
I like her style of writing and the atmosphere in her stories. There is nobility and a feeling that you are in another time and place...(you actually are in an other time and place of course, since she discribed the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s  )
And as you said JaneMarlpe, no matter how many times you've read her books, you are always surprised at the end!
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Sep 26 2006, 11:21 AM
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Yes, I've read that one, Smartaps_2! It's a good one. I always crack up at Ariadne Oliver. Throw in Poirot, and it's all good.
I know, SusannahMio! It's so boring with all those people showing up dead. 
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