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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wright's pen name was S. S. Van Dine ( on Wikipedia ), a mystery writer himself when he posited his rules and (allegedly) obeyed them in his own stories.

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah thanks. I actually went and read his rules right after making my previous comment. My main thought was that it's basically a more explicit enumeration of the same underlying rules Knox had. Interesting to read, if only because it implies more about what his contemporaries were often doing wrong.