tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7105871488705819568..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): EIGHTIES FICTIONpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67382461073824687052013-02-07T14:48:18.110-05:002013-02-07T14:48:18.110-05:00We have several 80s favorite books in common!We have several 80s favorite books in common!Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678698296265168217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1976626646722610512013-02-06T23:27:09.551-05:002013-02-06T23:27:09.551-05:00There were better releases than WHITE PALACE, but ...There were better releases than WHITE PALACE, but there sure were worse ones, too (these lines, after all, produced BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY and LESS THAN ZERO...but also Lucius Shepard's LIFE DURING WARTIME and some else brilliant or close to it).<br /><br />Tom Jenks in the LA TIMES in '87:<br /><br />Gossip travels fast in publishing circles. The phone rings--a magazine editor wanting to know if I think Glenn Savan is the next McInerney. The phone rings again--a book editor calling to say she's heard that McInerney dismisses Savan, decides not to read him, after seeing Kakutani's glowing review in the daily New York Times. [...]<br />In the battle for reputation, Tama Janowitz stands outside rock clubs handing out Tama Janowitz flyers. Mona Simpson learns literary politics inside out. But as Savan's old classmate puts it, "Jayne Anne Phillips hustled but you forgive it because the work stands up."<br /><br />http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-02/books/bk-691_1_white-palaceTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31678781495404155482013-02-06T23:19:25.495-05:002013-02-06T23:19:25.495-05:00...Penguin Contemporary American Fiction, Harper&#......Penguin Contemporary American Fiction, Harper's Perennial Library and Dell's Laurel Editions relaunched/re-invigorated, the Scribner Signature Editions...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2141142430135883842013-02-06T23:15:33.233-05:002013-02-06T23:15:33.233-05:00Have read a lot of them, Kent. Especially like Has...Have read a lot of them, Kent. Especially like Hassler, Kinsella, Ward, Malone and of course, Crumley. <br />BONFIRE is the definitive book but I never read it. <br />Love WHITE PALACES and ANYWHERE BUT HERE.Books and movies both. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-30468290475509730252013-02-06T23:03:29.103-05:002013-02-06T23:03:29.103-05:00Though not -punk'd, Urban Fantasy v. Epic Fant...Though not -punk'd, Urban Fantasy v. Epic Fantasy (in older terms, low v. high fantasy, not in terms of quality so much as degree of divorce from consensus reality...but half the fun is pretending what one is doing is Completely New).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35611217166266371392013-02-06T22:59:45.864-05:002013-02-06T22:59:45.864-05:00Most '80s:
1) the Bantam New Fiction and Vint...Most '80s:<br /><br />1) the Bantam New Fiction and Vintage Contemporaries lines and a few similar projects (WHITE PALACE, ANYWHERE BUT HERE, etc.--to stick with the novels later filmed with Susan Sarandon)<br /><br />2) Tor (rather good) and Zebra (rather atrocious) horror lines...also, horror lines at paperback publishers generally<br /><br />3) -punk fiction and their antitheses: Cyberpunk (and the Humanist); Splatterpunk (and Quiet Horror); Cowpunk (and Fiction of the West); Steampunk well before it became a clothing line (and Counterfactual)<br /><br />4) Elaborate semipro magazines about fiction and related media, before the web got here to make that too easy to do online and not lose one's shirt with: <br />SCIENCE FICTION EYE, THE SCREAM FACTORY, THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE at its height, among others.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16780074822565952492013-02-06T22:19:38.015-05:002013-02-06T22:19:38.015-05:00The most 80s books I could think of were Bonfire o...The most 80s books I could think of were Bonfire of the Vanities and, (ick) Trump: Art of the Deal.Dan_Lufthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096055160420981482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63847267338519108252013-02-06T21:28:01.074-05:002013-02-06T21:28:01.074-05:00I suspect that readers will be saying "who?&q...I suspect that readers will be saying "who?" for many of the authors on my list. I went back to the mini-reviews that I have kept for years to see which books from the 1980s were right or near the top. <br />Uncivil Seasons- Michael Malone Red Baker - Robert Ward<br />Dangler - Charles Gaines<br />Buddies - James Whitfield Ellison<br />The Love Hunter - Jon Hassler<br />Spirit of the Hills - Dan O'Brien<br />Any Good Jordan - David Bottoms<br />Ghost - Peter Barsocchini<br />King of the Road - Paul Hemphill<br />The Sportswriter - Richard Ford<br />Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella<br />Dancing Bear - James Crumley<br />Cadillac Jack - Larry McMurtry<br />Blues Notes Under a Green Felt Hat - David RitzKent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49008547328584702832013-02-06T21:18:40.130-05:002013-02-06T21:18:40.130-05:00I find BE Ellis pathetic in ways I can discuss. If...I find BE Ellis pathetic in ways I can discuss. If the Syracuse class with Malzberg and Oates was impressive, the Bennington class of '86 lost its cache when Jonathan Lethem dropped out, leaving them only with Ellis and Tartt.<br /><br />There actually were angsty vampires, not least Barnabas Collins, well before Rice...but few who managed to write so many words (So Many Words) about that angst as Rice...<br /><br />In the '80s, the book I remember recommending that brought the customers back to our Crown (I've led a glamorous life), a cute lesbian couple a few years older than I was, as MARCO POLO AND THE SLEEPING BEAUTY by Grania Davis and Avram Davidson. They apparently were less thrilled with my second suggestion, YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS by Robert Coover.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81011608955065252462013-02-06T17:47:09.761-05:002013-02-06T17:47:09.761-05:00I will go with IRONWEED because Kennedy is amazing...I will go with IRONWEED because Kennedy is amazing-the Albany books just incredible. But Easton Ellis, I find obnoxious in ways I can't discuss. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59556962413791197422013-02-06T14:12:04.812-05:002013-02-06T14:12:04.812-05:00Patti, Patti, Patti...c'mon...LESS THAN ZERO a...Patti, Patti, Patti...c'mon...LESS THAN ZERO and BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY? IRONWEED?<br /><br />If music is the next question, well, that may take some time...Kieran Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681787953865476304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68539058276090842712013-02-06T13:59:45.610-05:002013-02-06T13:59:45.610-05:00All the choices mentioned seem appropriate. I'...All the choices mentioned seem appropriate. I'd have to study my databse for mystery authors to add to the list. Robert B. Parker is probably one, and maybe Sue Grafton.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60726085992964265702013-02-06T13:43:45.435-05:002013-02-06T13:43:45.435-05:00I always liked the covers on the early 1980s Steph...I always liked the covers on the early 1980s Stephen King books: FIRESTATER, DIFFERENT SEASONS, and CHRISTINE.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64920241373599887842013-02-06T13:14:57.645-05:002013-02-06T13:14:57.645-05:00Yeah, Anne Rice really started that trend--whether...Yeah, Anne Rice really started that trend--whether for good or bad, I'll leave that for others to decide.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63918671296361859342013-02-06T12:23:44.621-05:002013-02-06T12:23:44.621-05:00I knew a woman who only read Anne Rice novels. But...I knew a woman who only read Anne Rice novels. But today she would have a much wider reading choice. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60170379023116543442013-02-06T12:23:12.113-05:002013-02-06T12:23:12.113-05:00I am enjoying it immensely. I almost put up Bourne...I am enjoying it immensely. I almost put up Bourne Identity. That was really a ground-breaker that still resonates today.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87198661534983305592013-02-06T12:20:23.291-05:002013-02-06T12:20:23.291-05:00I found a list of 1980s bestsllers at the PW webs...I found a list of 1980s bestsllers at the PW website. Lots of Stephen King's famous books appeared, like Cujo, plus The Bourne Identity, the glitz and glamour of Judith Krantz, and big historical novels by Michener and Jakes. Sounds like a fun theme for a restaurant, but they definitely need to add some books!<br /><br />Hope you enjoyed being in SoCal. Linda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16195144451176522742013-02-06T12:09:24.933-05:002013-02-06T12:09:24.933-05:00All those Anne Rice vampire books (although I thin...All those Anne Rice vampire books (although I think the first one was published in the late '70s). Debnoreply@blogger.com