Not yet caught up with r-a messages, but some time ago Jiro wrote about a forthcoming Oxford UP Hammett publication. That reminded me, in turn, that way some time ago (2+ years) I contributed a piece on computer detective games--now quite dated--to a "forthcoming" Oxford Companion to Mystery Writing (think that's the title). Last summer (?) heard the project was back on track, but since then...nothing. Anyone else in that project have more recent information on when/whether that Companion is going to be run? Even rumors appreciated. If you prefer, send directly to me--<billha@ionet.net> Bill Hagen billha@ionet.net - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca