Who is your favorite detective in fiction?

by **kishore** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:10 pm

hey guys, everyone has a detective hero whose qualities one would like to possess. I personally like three detectives who i believe are among the top of fiction\'s illustrious creations. 
1. sherlock holmes (creator: arthur conan doyle) 
2. inspector morse (creator: colin dexter) 
3. hercule poirot (creator: agatha christie) 
...though not necessarily in the above order. but, for their sheer brilliance, the first 2 compete for the first 2 places. can u please stop by and give ur favourite detective heroes?

by **krishna chaitanya** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 6:42 pm

chodo fiction and think about some real life stuff. in the real life i\'m undoubtable the number one detective (as my friends call me). if dare posing a puzzle go ahead.

by La » Sat Mar 08, 2003 9:01 pm

Sherlock Holmes is my all time favourite! I\'m extremely fond of his character and during my school days, DD used to air the televised series every sunday ...never missed a single one! And ofcourse, I have read all his stories at least a dozen times !!

by M » Sat Mar 08, 2003 10:59 pm

Sherlock Holmes in English, Imran & Faridi in Urdu and Karamchand on TV :-)

by Me » Sun Mar 09, 2003 2:10 am

karamchand rocked...but some of his episodes were direct sherlock holmes ripoffs.anyhow it was still great!!
shut up kitty!!

by **Surajee** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 11:44 am

My favourite detective is Edgar Allan Poe\'s \"C. Auguste Dupin\" a French(?). You\'ve to read \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\" to comprehend his real reasoning prowess. You will instantly admit Holmes and others stand behind Dupin, when you read his two more classics \"THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET\" and \"The Purloined Letter\".

Incidentally I believe none of Poe\'s other stories featured Dupin again!

by **Fiddler** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:29 pm

Old board, new post. My favourite, if not as brilliant or eccentric as Holmes or Dupin ('The Murders in the Rue Morgue' was definitely brilliant) is Asimov's team of Elijah Bailey and R. Daneel Olivaw (and, later, Daneel and R. Giskard Reventlov) I mean, who on Earth (or elsewhere, for that matter) could have thought of the concept of robot detectives who have to do all their detecting and deducing within the framework of the Three Laws of Robotics?? Brilliance at it's height!

by **IgiveAdamn** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:00 am

Sherlock Holmes is I believe definitely the best for the following reasons:

1) His acurate instincts and logical reasoning.

2) The ease with which he solves cases.

3) And the speed with which he clears cases.

4) And ofcourse a faithful and an educated assistant.

None other has all the above qualites combined together.

And how can u guys forget 'Byomkesh Bakshi'?

by **vikram** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:39 pm

I think the best detective changes along with the author and the kind of plot. That being said i feel the best detective in science fiction is Elijah Bailey in I, Robot and the speaker of the second foundation in the Foundation series (sorry...dont remember the name). I'd have to say that the credit for the best detective work ever written goes to Isaac Asimov in The Robot and the Foundation series for the way he articulates science fiction with detective work and manages to make both sound futuristic and concievable. Hercule Poirot and Perry Mason are also good and it is interesting to note the contradictions between the two.

by **Fiddler** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:10 pm

Ahhh, another sci-fi buff. Was wondering if I was the last remnant of an endangered species. But, dude, Elijah Bailey wasn't in 'I' Robot' as far as I can recall. He was only in the 'Caves of Steel' series. And I think of the speaker of the Second Foundation as more of a psychologist than a detective. That said, it was INCREDIBLE, the way he took out the Mule in 'Second Foundation'.

Where art thou, all ye fans of Asimov??

by **jethro** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:55 am

h finally.....another sci-fi lover.....i read a bit of everything......asimov is good no doubt but i am not so convinced that he is the best in the business

by **vikram** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:24 pm

Happy to know people are still interested Asimov. I havent read Caves of Steel but Elijah Bailey sets out to investigate the murder of Jander Pannell, the second humaniform robot after Daneel Olivaw on Aurora in I, Robot.

by **vikram** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 7:03 pm

I think i got it wrong. Bailey and Daneel pair up to investigate Jander's death in 'The Robots of Dawn' not I, Robot. BTW who do you guys think are the best science fiction authors ever.

by **aditi** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:49 pm

Sherlock Homles by Conan Doyle

Murder she wrote by Jessica Fleticher r my fav's

by **black wizard** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:38 am

byomkesh bakshi!!!

:lol:

by **Johnny** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:18 am

aditi wrote:Sherlock Homles by Conan Doyle
Murder she wrote by Jessica Fleticher r my fav's

Yu like diggin out old posts eh? But its okie, i am able to see some interesting topics which i wudnt have owing to my Lethargy :evil:

.

Now coming to the topic of discussion, for the record lemme declare " I hate FICTION

". But somehow Sherlock Holmes is da only one who has impressed me, among the very few fiction material i have been exposed to.

by **LP_Fan** » Thu May 06, 2004 2:39 am

Holmes all the way.Sri Arthur Conan Doyle ROCKS :!:

by **Stingrae** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:59 am

as mr.wizard already said...

BYOMKESH BAKSHI!!!!!

n lest we forget.....HARDY BOYS n Nancy Drew....!!

harharhar.....

naa...i'm jus kidding....

***goes to his shelf n checks up on his collection of Chacha Choudharys***

whew..still hav got 'em all....

by **nanzone** » Thu May 06, 2004 1:30 pm

Adam Dalgliesh, the poet cop in most of P D James books. The author is my fav in detective fiction.

How come nobody has voted for Miss Marple?

Asimov has written/edited a few collections of short detective stories as well, which are quite good.

by **gods_gift2_mankind** » Thu May 06, 2004 1:38 pm

my fav wud be the french speaking belgian omelet - Hercule Poirot!! :lol:

Miss Marple only managed to annoy me :evil:

Haven't read any other detective stories

by **Habitual Perfectionist** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:48 pm

How come there's no mention of Perry Mason here? There were days in school when I bunked classes just to finish off the latest Perry Mason mystery I was hooked to.

Byomkesh Bakshi rocked bigtime. There are so many similarities between the styles of Byomkesh and Sherlock Holmes.

I never liked Agatha Christie (too boring) and so, Poirot & Miss Marple are out of the list.

Inspector Morse, The Old Fox, Karamchand all deserve a special mention.

But my favourite...dunno how many have read him...would always remain Inspector John Appleby (Created by Michael Innes). Death at the President's Lodging by Innes is probably the best ever work of detective fiction ever written, but sadly unsung and unheralded.

by **Imran** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:49 pm

From my side ..my fav detective series was of ..... Bijoy Anand's TehKikat ...karamchand & Boymukesh Bakshi were Superb too :wink:

Who is your favorite detective in fiction?