Chapter 2 editor's note

2005 was an exciting year for Quinn fans as we celebrated the centenary of Ellery Quinn's birth! Behind the name of Ellery Quinn lies the cousins ​​of Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971) and Frederick Denney (1905-1982), who can be called the cooperation time in history One of the longest and most accomplished partnerships.From the publication in 1929 to the death of Lee in 1971, there were more than 40 long and short works, shaping the most famous characters in the history of detective novels, Ellery Quinn and Jerry Lane, and Agatha Christie, John Dixon Carr also called the three masters of the golden age, one of the best representatives of mystery mystery novels.In addition to novels, they also left a large number of anthologies, magazines, academic works, etc., with profound and inestimable influence.

Quinn's works were also translated into Chinese as early as the 1930s and 1940s to meet Chinese readers, including "Greek Coffin", "The Strange Case of Red and Orange in China", and "Snowy Night Flying House" (God's Lamp) and other works. The translator of "Greek Coffin" is the famous detective novelist and translator Cheng Xiaoqing. In 1979, it was published by Mass Publishing House and translated by Wang Jingzhi. It was printed in more than 800,000 copies and won the translation award in the first National Detective Fiction Competition. Beginning in 1999, "Quine's Collection of Modern Detective Stories" introduced by Beijing Shiwen Book Company was published by Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House (1-5 episodes) and Mass Publishing House (6-10 episodes), with a total of 27 volumes (not include).

In celebration of Quinn's centennial birthday, the Ellery Quinn Mystery Magazine (EQMM) took the brunt of publishing commemorative articles in various issues throughout 2005, including previously unpublished correspondence between Danay and Lee, Joe Eun Brin gave a detailed introduction to "Mysterious Alliance" founded by Quinn in the early stage, "Quine's Novel" written by Edward D. Hawke, the king of short detectives, and so on. EQMM even invited many heavyweights in the reasoning world to hold a 100-year symposium on April 28.Crippen & Landru, which specializes in collections of short detective stories, also released a collection of Quinn's radio drama stories, Murdered Moths and Other Detective Radio Fiction, in July.Across the ocean, Japan also has a number of commemorative projects: Tokyo Sogensha published Dannai's autobiographical novel "Golden Summer", and Japan's EQFC (Ellery Quinn Fan Club) Iicheng Yuzo edited and published "Ellery Quinn". · Quinn's Perfect Guide" and so on.In Taiwan, Facebook Publishing Company, which originally published Quinn's works, republished Quinn's works and published several new translations. It is said that Facebook will also have related plans in the second half of the year.

As a Quinn fan, why don't I want to plan a collection of Chinese Quinn fans' own commemorative essays in such a commemorative year?And I think that I am definitely not the only one who has such a dream, so I joined a group of people who also like Quinn and edited such an anthology.I know that such a booklet cannot cover all aspects of Quinn, but it can convey the reader's respect for Quinn.I would like to thank the authors of the various articles for their hard work on this booklet.My hats off to Manfred Lee and Frederick Dennay, without whom there would be no Ellery Quinn. The king is gone, but Quinn lives forever!