tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6697474044128654285..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, Friday, August 14, 2015pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76837040152615126592015-08-14T22:12:55.360-04:002015-08-14T22:12:55.360-04:00I only just now read that SIERRA won the 1996 Spur...I only just now read that SIERRA won the 1996 Spur Award. I am not surprised, and only 19 years late.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26200637533195714772015-08-14T18:19:45.489-04:002015-08-14T18:19:45.489-04:00Here's something involving Larry Shaw and Hunt...Here's something involving Larry Shaw and Hunter, oddly enough, given my citation of Shaw this week:<br /><br />(One [account of life at <i>If: Worlds of Science Fiction</i> magazine] which definitely caught my eye detailed editor Larry Shaw's run-ins with Evan Hunter, whom he found unpleasant, not least when Shaw sought to have him correct an error in his famous, overrated story "Malice in Wonderland," and Hunter replied, "Well, it's <i>only</i> science fiction, after all." A kind of irresponsibility I tend to find in all the Hunter [McBain, et al.] fiction I've read.) Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25758015244402840162015-08-14T17:46:34.487-04:002015-08-14T17:46:34.487-04:00And, no I'm not about to spoil the party thus!...And, no I'm not about to spoil the party thus! (Though I'm tempted, as Gerald suggests to go back through all the handy items and refresh my memory of things such as the supercilious teacher, wanting to play these rotten, ignorant kids Some Good Music, does so by bringing in supposedly irreplaceable shellac 78s only, surprise, to have the superannuated brats smash them...who could've foreseen? How many collectors will refuse to handle their own copies of the hugely rare and fragile, much less lug them into even a well-behaved classroom?) <br /><br />Please, don't begin to not go Hunter week on my account. (It would be as nothing compared to what I might say on Hemingway week, where one of the books in my queue is by someone who had the misfortune of being around him in the Spanish Civil War.)<br /><br />If I could eventually, on something like the twentieth try, find something by TC Boyle that was actually worth reading, there's a chance that a Hunter, even if not a Curt Cannon, will do the trick.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70035120417599762512015-08-14T16:42:51.760-04:002015-08-14T16:42:51.760-04:00I have only read Farris' THE FURY, which on th...I have only read Farris' THE FURY, which on the whole did not impress me greatly (I preferred his screenplay fo rth emovie version in fact). This sounds much more fun!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81449941114180422702015-08-14T15:37:01.717-04:002015-08-14T15:37:01.717-04:00Patti, I finally got one posted for today. Thanks ...Patti, I finally got one posted for today. Thanks for your forbearance. Frazzled as usual - motto of my life. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49206045908884186162015-08-14T14:28:50.212-04:002015-08-14T14:28:50.212-04:00Ouch, Todd.
Instead of a single review of a McBa...Ouch, Todd. <br /><br />Instead of a single review of a McBain novel you should list your reasons for disliking the novels. That would be an interesting read. (That was not sarcasm, by the way.)Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-78179541746180259112015-08-14T13:47:35.234-04:002015-08-14T13:47:35.234-04:00If everyone else has a problem like Todd's wit...If everyone else has a problem like Todd's with McBain, we can find someone else. I am not wedded to him. But his output allows many people to participate. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22846364065789780552015-08-14T13:26:22.751-04:002015-08-14T13:26:22.751-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271250698430923736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-78446625071851928912015-08-14T13:15:57.890-04:002015-08-14T13:15:57.890-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271250698430923736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49444247708149388782015-08-14T13:12:38.755-04:002015-08-14T13:12:38.755-04:00Posting a late entry--and my first here, so if I m...Posting a late entry--and my first here, so if I made any errors in protocol, put it down to that. <br /><br />https://thewestlakereview.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/review-comfort-station/<br /><br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271250698430923736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41971094367620604312015-08-14T11:59:13.806-04:002015-08-14T11:59:13.806-04:00I remember reading HARRISON HIGH and wondering at ...I remember reading HARRISON HIGH and wondering at the difference between it and the high school I was going to, which was more like the one in "Happy Days".<br /><br />So it's already decided: McBain? OK. Jeff, I'll be emailing you for ideas on this. Watch the e-inbox.<br /><br />I would have suggested some other authors, but I'll submit some ideas for a November one.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16519758526274087922015-08-14T11:39:52.582-04:002015-08-14T11:39:52.582-04:00That is one I have that I haven't read as yet ...That is one I have that I haven't read as yet so I will be looking forward to the review. I've read all the 87th Precinct and Matthew Hope books as by McBain, the two "Curt Cannon" books and three by "Richard Marsten," a bunch by Hunter, several volumes of short stories and even a YA.<br /><br />And yet I still have a number of books unread on the shelf - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS is only one of them. (Other pseudonyms include Ezra Hannon, John Abbott and Hunt Collins.)<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52946146172619266462015-08-14T11:39:12.652-04:002015-08-14T11:39:12.652-04:00And I'm finally up and discursing and digressi...And I'm finally up and discursing and digressing:<br /><b><a href="http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2015/08/ffb-yesterdays-tomorrows-edited-by.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Yesterday's Tomorrows</i>, edited by Frederik Pohl; <i>Editors</i>, edited by Saul Bellow and Keith Botsford</a></b><br /><br />I suppose I can attempt to find an example of McBain/Hunter/Lombino/etc. fiction that isn't at its heart profoundly stupid, in some important detail if not thoroughly. A challenge.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22278995161078268332015-08-14T11:10:14.038-04:002015-08-14T11:10:14.038-04:00John--I think we did a Ross McDonald a few years b...John--I think we did a Ross McDonald a few years back. Others will correct me if I'm wrong.<br /><br />If we do Ed McBain, I assume we can write about the books he published as Evan Hunter too? If so, I call MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43883942375102859022015-08-14T10:49:50.617-04:002015-08-14T10:49:50.617-04:00Hi Patti,
Please include my entry for this week: ...Hi Patti,<br /><br />Please include my entry for this week: <a href="http://casualdebris.blogspot.ca/2015/08/midnight-fright-collection-of-ghost.html" rel="nofollow">Midnight Frights: A Collection of Ghost Stories</a>.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />FrankCasual Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85210553116519895372015-08-14T10:49:10.187-04:002015-08-14T10:49:10.187-04:00Going to have to look for this. Have not read this...Going to have to look for this. Have not read this authorCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31104162049948607902015-08-14T10:00:27.688-04:002015-08-14T10:00:27.688-04:00I will make it for the first Friday in October. Se...I will make it for the first Friday in October. Sept. is just a real wipeout for me. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8143273211849488082015-08-14T09:55:55.515-04:002015-08-14T09:55:55.515-04:00I was going to say McBain. I didn't think he&...I was going to say McBain. I didn't think he'd been done. And I have 93 titles already read to choose from!<br /><br />Jeff M.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51165664365625486722015-08-14T09:51:05.897-04:002015-08-14T09:51:05.897-04:00We've done Christie too. How about Ed McBain? ...We've done Christie too. How about Ed McBain? I don't think enough people would want to read Hemingway. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32958966628629147212015-08-14T09:04:08.356-04:002015-08-14T09:04:08.356-04:00I need to see the list again of the ones we've...I need to see the list again of the ones we've done: Millar, yes, plus Elmore Leonard I believe, Donald Westlake, John D. MacDonald...?<br /><br />What about Hemingway?<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.<br /><br />Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19891581125195551092015-08-14T08:56:27.226-04:002015-08-14T08:56:27.226-04:00Mine's up now. Thanks, Patti!
A Taste for Hon...Mine's up now. Thanks, Patti!<br /><br /><a href="http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2015/08/ffb-taste-for-honey-h-f-heard.html" rel="nofollow"><i>A Taste for Honey</i> by H. F. Heard</a><br /><br />I have a suggestion for author of the week. Since we've done already done a tribute to Margaret Millar, why not one for her husband Ross Macdonald?J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83722328524037971982015-08-14T08:09:11.393-04:002015-08-14T08:09:11.393-04:00Do you have an idea for one?Do you have an idea for one?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64214027308459686242015-08-14T08:08:08.460-04:002015-08-14T08:08:08.460-04:00I did like BABY MOLL, which I read when Hard Case&...I did like BABY MOLL, which I read when Hard Case's edition came out in 2009. But I also really liked his SHARP PRACTICE, which I read nearly 30 years earlier.<br /><br />Jeff M.<br /><br />PS - Is there going to be another "Author of the Week" as in the past?Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.com