tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post893635831361704047..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, Friday, March 21, 2014: Ed McBain Day pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-57440392219473585702014-03-22T09:57:33.769-04:002014-03-22T09:57:33.769-04:00Of course I missed this because we were on the roa...Of course I missed this because we were on the road, but also I forgot about it. I would definitely have wanted to participate as Hunter/McBain is one of my favorite authors. I've read more of his books (92) than any other writer other than Simenon, including a play and several collections of his stotries.<br /><br />While they aren't all great - surely the worst book he ever wrote was the Matthew Hope title MNARY, MARY - there are a lot of gems there, including STREETS OF GOLD. I finally read LAST SUMMER a couple of years ago and was surprised how good it was and how close to the movie adaptation (in tone at least).<br /><br />The one howler that stands out, Todd, is in one of his later books (can't recall which offhand) where the protagonist is telling someone of the worst, pivotal day of his life, the day JFK was assassinated, which also happened to be the main character's birthday. It was a day etched in his memory forever.<br /><br />And yet, several times in the book (so it was not just a one time typo) he said the day was November 21 rather than the 22.<br /><br />Editing, please!<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43388302183563146562014-03-21T23:05:57.241-04:002014-03-21T23:05:57.241-04:00Will do!Will do!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15083999161828251762014-03-21T22:42:37.203-04:002014-03-21T22:42:37.203-04:00Maybe the best idea would be for you to give me a ...Maybe the best idea would be for you to give me a heading each week. There is usually too many to get them neatly on a line. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-66799896163994106642014-03-21T22:04:10.808-04:002014-03-21T22:04:10.808-04:00And, fwiw, my post isn't about Assorted Public...And, fwiw, my post isn't about Assorted Publications per se, but about all the fiction magazines published by pulp veteran Leo Margulies and his wife, Cylvia Kleinman, as Renown Publlications...the magazine group that, among other things, fostered (not exclusively, but not insignificantly) the careers of James Reasoner, Joe Lansdale, Lewis Shiner, Richard Moore and others...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76867025586282668292014-03-21T21:31:02.716-04:002014-03-21T21:31:02.716-04:00I had originally set this aside as Ed McBain day b...I had originally set this aside as Ed McBain day but when the response to Shirley Jackson Day was sparse I took it down (and also Dorothy Hughes). When a few people came forth with reviews for McBain I quickly added some info. <br /><br />If anyone wants to do a special author on their blog, I will gladly participate. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-34735441687845793082014-03-21T17:28:17.274-04:002014-03-21T17:28:17.274-04:00Sorry for missing that this was Ed McBain day. Not...Sorry for missing that this was Ed McBain day. Not sure how I did that, but clearly I did.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75708617452450205492014-03-21T13:30:54.822-04:002014-03-21T13:30:54.822-04:00Patti, thanks for hosting the Ed McBain special an...Patti, thanks for hosting the Ed McBain special and highlighting my contribution. I'm glad I still have many of his books to read.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60289511286528260072014-03-21T12:58:48.756-04:002014-03-21T12:58:48.756-04:00Slight typo above...my fellow Italian-American was...Slight typo above...my fellow Italian-American was born Salvatore Lombino, rather than Lambino. Happily for me, Italian-Americans were much less likely to be messed with by they time I was born, and I'm only a quarter, and have the world's WASPiest name...except perhaps for "Evan Hunter"...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44580686132106569012014-03-21T12:29:51.046-04:002014-03-21T12:29:51.046-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-34251857939663705782014-03-21T11:18:42.225-04:002014-03-21T11:18:42.225-04:00I read my first Ed McBain novel, "Hail, Hail,...I read my first Ed McBain novel, "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" thanks to Erin Mitchell, who was so flabbergasted by this lapse in my crime fiction education that she bought me two of his novels. (For the record, I bought her a Richard Stark novel in trade, and we are both the better for it)<br />I loved the book, his ability to paint rich characters with a few strokes and juggle so many plotlines effortlessly, while building a city from scratch as he goes, is rather amazing. I may not read all of the 87th Precinct novels but I will surely be reading more of them.Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-86749818867316706452014-03-21T10:43:37.049-04:002014-03-21T10:43:37.049-04:00My apologies; Evan Hunter week slipped right past ...My apologies; Evan Hunter week slipped right past me. Mention should be made of his 80-plus paperback originals under the name "Dean Hudson" for William Hamling's sleaze publishing company Corinth; although a number of these books were actually written by writing students of Hunter, he remains the author of record for each of them. Hunter received a thousand bucks cash for each book, allowing him to hide the money from his then-wife and to spend it on things his wife would not approve of. Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80191509762965166022014-03-21T10:42:39.784-04:002014-03-21T10:42:39.784-04:00Mine's up now, Patti. Thanks in advance.
The ...Mine's up now, Patti. Thanks in advance.<br /><br /><a href="http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2014/03/ffb-chill-and-kill-joan-fleming.html" rel="nofollow"><i>The Chill and the Kill</i> by Joan Fleming </a>J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36607774536498173552014-03-21T10:39:34.719-04:002014-03-21T10:39:34.719-04:00Thanks for including my post Patti and great to ce...Thanks for including my post Patti and great to celebrate McBain's large contribution to fiction in general - by the way, I also posted two other McBain reviews earlier this week in anticipation: <br /><br />http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/hail-to-the-chief-1973-by-ed-mcbain/<br /><br />https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/bread-1974-by-ed-mcbain/Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-78363661415781765302014-03-21T10:09:22.310-04:002014-03-21T10:09:22.310-04:00I'm sorry I somehow missed this date because I...I'm sorry I somehow missed this date because I know I've posted before that Evan Hunter's Mothers and Daughters was the first "adult" ( as in themes and also flashbacks/non-linear storytelling) that I ever read. It was the first book I read with one of those slowly-revealed "shocking" revelations--to this day, one of my favorite story-telling methods.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14474026204280900762014-03-21T09:34:59.792-04:002014-03-21T09:34:59.792-04:00Thanks for the link to my 1000th post, Patti! Very...Thanks for the link to my 1000th post, Patti! Very kind of you.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24883995685162070622014-03-21T09:33:03.332-04:002014-03-21T09:33:03.332-04:00Thanks, Patti--though in the slimmest of reeds, I ...Thanks, Patti--though in the slimmest of reeds, I managed to make my quick survey of the Renown Publications fiction magazines relevant to the man who would eventually legally become Evan Hunter (having hated the slights he faced as Salvatore Lombino). All told, I've never read a Hunter/McBain/etc. story that didn't have something importantly stupid about it, and he'd made any number of dopey remarks outside his fiction over the decades, though I did agree with his championing of Hammett over Chandler in THE PARIS REVIEW special issue about crime fiction (though, again, he managed to spike it somewhat by his utter hostility to Chandler, which I don't share...Hunter was an angry man, and often not too discriminate in his prey).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88354450383670483712014-03-21T09:29:32.430-04:002014-03-21T09:29:32.430-04:00Definitely a writer worth reading. I'm lucky i...Definitely a writer worth reading. I'm lucky in that I've got quite a few more of his to read.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com