In a 1990 Saint Club Magazine Leslie Charteris set a worldwide test: "Are you a Saintly Mastermind?" * This is what he wrote in the following issue:
"Two competitors tied for the second place (imaginary) silver halo. They were J Martin of Galashiels in sunny Scotland who simply skipped question 9. And Daniel Bodenheimer of Santa Cruz, California [webmaster of the Official Saint website]: who unaccountably fudged question 2. The outright winner of the gold, which unfortunately is much too expensive for us, is Peter Dunn of Northamptonshire in good old England with a perfect score of 10/10."
The prize was a Saint book. On the right is what was inscribed in the front. And no, it's not for sale! |
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So, as a Saintly Mastermind I know a thing or three about the books. What I am offering here is a an ebook written by me which contains (nearly) all I know about the books. It is basically my notes made over the last 40 years or so converted to an ebook and is an invaluable reference guide to The Saint books.
In it you will find
- Over 100 pages containing
- All of the Saint books, including the rare one-off compilation reprints, listed in chronological order
- All of the alternative titles and many of the publications they were ever printed in - including magazine sources and bootlegs. Many stories first appeared in magazines, and this lists the source of every one
- Dates and descriptions of first publishings including title changes
- A very short blurb giving the outline of each story
- A listing of the chapter titles (index) in each book
- Pictures of some of my favourite cover art for each book
This is published as a .pdf file which can be read on any PC or printed off with acrobat reader, available free on the internet. I will send the winner the book on a cd-rom which also contains acrobat reader. No more wondering whether it's a first edition you have.
This is your chance to know all there is to know about the Saint books. There is at least one page of content per book, but for some books there are two or more pages.
The above information was taken from my
CDROM 'A History of the Saint books'
It is an ebook in pdf format and has over 190 pages full
of information and over 600 pictures of my favourite
cover art.
It costs £5.99 to download from the web, but because it
is so large it could take a long time to download on a
slow link.
It costs £6.99 on cdrom to anywhere in the World.
New edition contains lots more biographical, radio, TV,
comics, non-Saint book details, etc.
Here's a small thumbnail of the original 3 pages on Meet
the Tiger (now 5 pages).
Buy
it here now
Please select download or cdrom delivery as required
Unsolicited testimonial on new version:
Thanks for Saint e book [pdf] .
i am most impressed and cannot fail to compliment you on
this fine work / and so easy to Download and
read. Regards ian