tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post655573630001517469..comments2024-03-29T01:43:05.524-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, Friday, October 20, 2017pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60806787844468179532017-10-22T04:42:32.975-04:002017-10-22T04:42:32.975-04:00Thanks Todd! (Although considering how longwinded ...Thanks Todd! (Although considering how longwinded my latest post is, interested parties might actually prefer to be directed to oblivion.)Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22256030149651460092017-10-21T23:29:55.285-04:002017-10-21T23:29:55.285-04:00http://www.existentialennui.com/2017/10/2017-scien...http://www.existentialennui.com/2017/10/2017-science-fiction-odyssey-three.html for convenience!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59211290176969307632017-10-21T23:17:47.523-04:002017-10-21T23:17:47.523-04:00Nick Jones has a bad link at the moment...welcome ...Nick Jones has a bad link at the moment...welcome back to assembly, and thanks!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56536697281536383462017-10-21T23:03:39.277-04:002017-10-21T23:03:39.277-04:00And I believe the TO DIE FOR crew was aware of HRF...And I believe the TO DIE FOR crew was aware of HRF Keating's 100 BEST book which did cover the earlier era rather well, albeit with the same potential arguments than any such book faces. <br /><br />http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2017/04/ffb100-best-books-books-and-lists-and.htmlTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14589251499388682912017-10-21T11:24:33.343-04:002017-10-21T11:24:33.343-04:00Daughter of Time, one of my all-time favorites. Su...<i>Daughter of Time</i>, one of my all-time favorites. Sucker for historical mysteries.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81262805735650703012017-10-21T07:51:29.240-04:002017-10-21T07:51:29.240-04:00Seems like someone chose Daughter of Time. Seems like someone chose Daughter of Time. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85555898089504962732017-10-21T07:51:10.005-04:002017-10-21T07:51:10.005-04:00I don't think I have read that one. Maybe only...I don't think I have read that one. Maybe only read the first in the Parker series. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62588080632733151792017-10-20T18:58:57.523-04:002017-10-20T18:58:57.523-04:00Of the Ripleys, I'd pick Ripley Underground, e...Of the Ripleys, I'd pick Ripley Underground, even though the first of the Ripliad is perhaps the most original and disturbing mystery novel ever written. It doesn't break the rules so much as hit them with an oar and dump them overboard. I just happen to prefer the second, because that's where it becomes a series, which she never imagined it would ever become. The man we think of as Ripley doesn't really take form until then. <br /><br />My book to die for might be The Man With the Getaway Face, by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake)--for much the same reason. Parker was never going to be a series character, he was one of those hardboiled hooligans who flame out in the end, but Bucklin Moon, who was editing at Pocket, said they'd buy The Hunter if Westlake would change the ending, and write a bunch more. So good as The Hunter is, original as it is, it's the second book (that Westlake wanted to call The Mask, but Moon wouldn't let him) that opens up the character, gives him room to run. He had run quite a long way before Ripley got back to work. <br /><br />I know Westlake was very aware of Highsmith (and anybody in his genre who could write and think, a rare combo). I've yet to determine whether she was aware of him. I'm guessing yeah.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271250698430923736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74663607918301362852017-10-20T15:59:57.038-04:002017-10-20T15:59:57.038-04:00I too might have picked a Rex Stout book. Though D...I too might have picked a Rex Stout book. Though Dick Francis and Robert Crais both have written 'books to die for' as well. Did anyone pick Josephine Tey's DAUGHTER OF TIME? Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69259830944476740672017-10-20T15:43:43.270-04:002017-10-20T15:43:43.270-04:00Any book like that is a product of it's times....Any book like that is a product of it's times. Not to mention dependent on those people chosen to write a chapter. As Bill Crider writes on link lists, "I'm Sure You'll All Agree".Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32516927545184488672017-10-20T15:34:34.781-04:002017-10-20T15:34:34.781-04:00Well, I don't think they were trying to cover ...Well, I don't think they were trying to cover the genre. It was mostly free choice, I think. Although I loaned someone my copy who never returned it. So I can't check on that aspect. Written thirty years earlier, some of those writers would have appeared. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18111962556679601842017-10-20T15:21:42.054-04:002017-10-20T15:21:42.054-04:00I agree with Sergio that there were many authors f...I agree with Sergio that there were many authors from the early years of the genre that I would have included, but I enjoyed reading about the books that were included and I loved reading Books to Die For.<br /><br />I would choose a book by Rex Stout. Fer-de-Lance or Some Buried Caesar or ...TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58320498146109289332017-10-20T14:21:59.803-04:002017-10-20T14:21:59.803-04:00Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye. I've ...Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye. I've read it at least 5 times.Steve Oerkfitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91866095249317813722017-10-20T14:04:52.218-04:002017-10-20T14:04:52.218-04:00I liked the book a lot too.I liked the book a lot too.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51575205007388899532017-10-20T12:58:28.183-04:002017-10-20T12:58:28.183-04:00TIMELESS isn't forgotten, it's brand new, ...TIMELESS isn't forgotten, it's brand new, but thanks for the listing anyway.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-34085531049279860112017-10-20T11:01:06.958-04:002017-10-20T11:01:06.958-04:00Well as you've already bagged The Talented Mr....Well as you've already bagged The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patti, I'll have to go for Ripley's Game. Although I've probably banged on about that one on my blog quite enough as it is...Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58032445790267129922017-10-20T10:22:29.205-04:002017-10-20T10:22:29.205-04:00I'd rather think of books to live for, but the...I'd rather think of books to live for, but there are so many I'd have to put another 100 or so years on my tires to read even half of them. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72908597006386651902017-10-20T09:47:16.196-04:002017-10-20T09:47:16.196-04:00It is an odd book to me - quite often the right au...It is an odd book to me - quite often the right author with the wrong book (I mean, HAVE HIS CARCASE as the best of Sayer?) but tother thin when it comes to the early years of the genre. The omission of the likes of Ellery Queen, Camilleri, Pronzini, Stanley Ellin, GK Chesterton, Len Deighton and John Dickson Carr is truly inexcusable thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4247609882424295042017-10-20T09:40:57.962-04:002017-10-20T09:40:57.962-04:00Hi Patti, my contribution is up and running as of ...Hi Patti, my contribution is up and running as of right this minute. :) Thanks.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44903487113387940112017-10-20T09:40:29.171-04:002017-10-20T09:40:29.171-04:00I consider myself a big fan of Westlake's Rich...I consider myself a big fan of Westlake's Richard Stark novels. The Parker series is an absolute favorite of mine and I'd list one as a "book to die for".<br /><br />But, those guys on <i>Westlake Review</i> go into way more detail and discussion than I can handle.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31916988822272725472017-10-20T09:33:56.769-04:002017-10-20T09:33:56.769-04:00I'd choose THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO as ...I'd choose THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO as the book to die for. I've read all the books in the series and really enjoyed the Swedish movie version, too!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com