tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post109679901847163171..comments2023-06-13T08:23:51.707-05:00Comments on FLIGHTS OF PEGASUS: My Own Kind of Miracle: Part IIFleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-422428240387584102007-01-22T23:48:00.000-05:002007-01-22T23:48:00.000-05:00i know that colin wilson has written extensively o...i know that colin wilson has written extensively on the occult and the esoteric and there is a writer who wrote a book specifically on coincedance some years ago. his name escapes me for the moment but i will google about and return.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roots_of_Coincidence<br /><br />the wonders of the internet continue..........Dr.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308832220555479141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-85985911203888994472007-01-22T10:08:00.000-05:002007-01-22T10:08:00.000-05:00Dr. Alistair, I do believe as you do, although I c...Dr. Alistair, I do believe as you do, although I can't prove it, that there are no coincidences. I know from experience that MANY so-called coincidences are not coincidences, so why should the rest be coincidences?<br /><br />Here my "scientific" attitude butts in: I wonder if anybody has done a systematic study of "coincidences", even in one person's life.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-69152365868345595752007-01-21T07:05:00.000-05:002007-01-21T07:05:00.000-05:00Serenity, and Anonymous Victor, thanks for the fla...Serenity, and Anonymous Victor, thanks for the flattering suggestion about finding a publisher. It makes me feel very good when you say that, but it's sort of like saying it's time I found a hen that lays golden eggs. If you ever hear of a publisher that might be receptive, please tell me.<br /><br />As you know, many things I wrote were published, but the world of publishing and agents has changed in ways that make it much more difficult for a writer. In the past dozen years I've tried to find an agent and a publisher for a satirical novel and children's books that are at least as good as anything of mine published in the past, with no success whatever.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-27724429749352367872007-01-20T22:28:00.000-05:002007-01-20T22:28:00.000-05:00you are welcome. there are no coincedances are the...you are welcome. there are no coincedances are there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-61585075844293247352007-01-20T21:09:00.000-05:002007-01-20T21:09:00.000-05:00I agree it is time for a publisher :)I agree it is time for a publisher :)serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299260798953154347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-88986268197231625332007-01-20T09:37:00.000-05:002007-01-20T09:37:00.000-05:00Dr. Alistair, thanks for the intriguing story.Dr. Alistair, thanks for the intriguing story.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-85739725179580068072007-01-20T09:36:00.000-05:002007-01-20T09:36:00.000-05:00Yves, I did not write that story, and so it had to...Yves, I did not write that story, and so it had to be Leslie Charteris. A story I wrote about a betting scam that turned out not to be a scam was published in "The Saint Magazine", but of course I can't find that issue right now.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-59879215079858674672007-01-20T09:02:00.000-05:002007-01-20T09:02:00.000-05:00In the matter of the horse-racing, there is a ques...In the matter of the horse-racing, there is a question I have wanted to ask you for a while. I have never seen <i>the Saint</i> on TV but have read just a few of the short stories, and one of them involved a scam about betting on horses. I just wanted to check if you had written it. (I have no idea of its date.)<br /><br />Simon Templar decides to teach a lesson to a conman who takes money from punters based on his uncanny knack of predicting winners. He teaches the lesson by tricking the conman in precisely the manner that the conman uses.<br /><br />The conman sets the clock an hour forward, so that when he demonstrates his predictive abilities to a client, the race is already over. The Saint invites the conman to his place, where he has set the clock <b>two</b> hours forward. Conman astonished: thinks Saint really can predict winners.<br /><br />It sounds a flimsy plot: did people go around with no wrist-watches, and no sense of the time of day? But whoever wrote it must have had a phenomenal way with words!<br /><br />My question: was it you, or Leslie C?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-48089510813724199952007-01-20T00:10:00.000-05:002007-01-20T00:10:00.000-05:00ok, so the other day i`m in shop here in burlingto...ok, so the other day i`m in shop here in burlington more just to bide my time than to buy anything, and i noticed a woman wearing a baseball cap with a very familiar logo on it. the saint stick figure with the halo from the t.v. series that i used to watch as a child......"but the ferry wasn`t running that evening, heavy fog you know....."<br /><br />the hat was unusual enough in that it wasn`t something that that woman would seemingly have worn, but there was something more compelling about the whole thing that i couldn`t quite put my finger on.......until i saw your blog.Dr.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308832220555479141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-13457188108963741962007-01-19T19:30:00.000-05:002007-01-19T19:30:00.000-05:00Fleming, I think it's time you shop for a publishe...Fleming, I think it's time you shop for a publisher. These are very entertaining posts. Time for a book, I think. You could easily write one from the past two entries. The Scorpion, my God that is so un-real. <br /><br />VictorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com