tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post4736769328683595324..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, January 14, 2011pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13724601972035854802011-01-15T00:24:55.385-05:002011-01-15T00:24:55.385-05:00It's no wonder I love FFB - you don't ofte...It's no wonder I love FFB - you don't often run across Vladimir Nabokov and Mickey Spillane hanging out together.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745665231586422220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46856608950324152022011-01-14T13:33:53.064-05:002011-01-14T13:33:53.064-05:00One of the reasons that the explosion of ebooks gi...One of the reasons that the explosion of ebooks gives me some hope. Sales are rocketing up.<br /><br />My <a href="http://yfrog.com/h0id4ecj" rel="nofollow">Cain cover</a>: forgot it's a hardcover and not a paperback.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17859349987951439262011-01-14T13:14:23.507-05:002011-01-14T13:14:23.507-05:00And that is a sad thing to contemplate. I know sev...And that is a sad thing to contemplate. I know several couples my age whose children do not read at all. Not even a newspaper or magazine. People in their thirties with advanced degrees.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17259851828713305392011-01-14T13:00:37.606-05:002011-01-14T13:00:37.606-05:00Patti--well, survival depends on publishers, and t...Patti--well, survival depends on publishers, and to some extent on us as readers/purchasers/propagandists...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31115152711483049552011-01-14T12:59:20.744-05:002011-01-14T12:59:20.744-05:00I will disagree, Jeff, only to the extent that the...I will disagree, Jeff, only to the extent that the stories I've read in Joe Gores's SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, non-DKA stories, are even better than the excellent DKA stories.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28951346396638520802011-01-14T12:30:11.828-05:002011-01-14T12:30:11.828-05:00Yeah, the cover of my copy is very Garden of Edeni...Yeah, the cover of my copy is very Garden of Edenish. Not like any other Cain cover I'd seen.Mike Wilkersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771502395254223219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87354653046099338102011-01-14T12:26:31.728-05:002011-01-14T12:26:31.728-05:00Better late than absent x2.Better late than absent x2.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56528495466718934442011-01-14T12:11:01.919-05:002011-01-14T12:11:01.919-05:00Cain has a wonderful economy with words and a grea...Cain has a wonderful economy with words and a great sense of the absurd. I have/had? a great pulpy edition of <i>Serenade</i> -- very trashy cover.<br /><br />I did finally get a FFB up: <a href="http://katewombat.blogspot.com/2011/01/fridays-forgotten-books-bend-sinister.html" rel="nofollow">Nabokov's <i>Bend Sinister</i></a>.<br /><br />-- the perpetually late KateC. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38756740040123285682011-01-14T12:10:03.844-05:002011-01-14T12:10:03.844-05:00Mine is now up as well. Sorry I am so late.Mine is now up as well. Sorry I am so late.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28692693907772690112011-01-14T12:03:21.670-05:002011-01-14T12:03:21.670-05:00I've not read that one but I'd like to.I've not read that one but I'd like to.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63995378800590166992011-01-14T09:57:55.434-05:002011-01-14T09:57:55.434-05:00Patti - That's one of the great things about t...Patti - That's one of the great things about this feature of yours. I'm always discovering authors I should've "met" long ago...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-566690426980947032011-01-14T09:39:32.975-05:002011-01-14T09:39:32.975-05:00My FFB is up.My FFB is up.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-57842093930636622362011-01-14T09:25:36.632-05:002011-01-14T09:25:36.632-05:00Will look for them.Will look for them.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31935623896886839672011-01-14T09:20:16.594-05:002011-01-14T09:20:16.594-05:00Yes, HAMMETT and SPADE & ARCHER were great boo...Yes, HAMMETT and SPADE & ARCHER were great books, but you really need to read the DKA Files novels and stories to get Gores at his best, IMHO.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70181779143049655982011-01-14T09:19:23.866-05:002011-01-14T09:19:23.866-05:00I wonder who will survive as did Hammett, Cain and...I wonder who will survive as did Hammett, Cain and Chandler.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79821706648886700522011-01-14T09:16:32.592-05:002011-01-14T09:16:32.592-05:00Mr. Cain had many highs as a writer of which Seren...Mr. Cain had many highs as a writer of which Serenade is one.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com