tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7239335876601097616..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFBs: HRF Keating: CRIME & MYSTERY: THE 100 BEST BOOKS; Lupoff & Thompson, eds.: ALL IN COLOR FOR A DIME; Peter Nicholls, ed. SCIENCE FICTION AT LARGETodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-50160296042203584862011-04-15T16:39:35.096-04:002011-04-15T16:39:35.096-04:00Yes, this is nostalgia day except for the Keating,...Yes, this is nostalgia day except for the Keating, so I'm not too surprised they were in your collection, as well (I have the Ace paperback of ALL IN COLOR in a box somewhere, as well). I have read perhaps the equivalent (given the various collections of Poe) of about twenty of Keating's hundred (plus the publisher's one). I'd run a bit higher with the two Horror Hundreds, and I'd have to take a look a the SF and fantasy books again...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-80806252011754202952011-04-15T16:20:20.261-04:002011-04-15T16:20:20.261-04:00For once, I have all three of your FFB books! I a...For once, I have all three of your FFB books! I actually bought the Keating book when it came out and slowly read all the 100 books he recommended!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-36445169331388334832011-04-15T11:57:04.886-04:002011-04-15T11:57:04.886-04:00Looking forward to that, John (the Keating essay, ...Looking forward to that, John (the Keating essay, not so much the neo-Keeler incidents). I haven't read that, nor seen it, but CF and particularly classic mystery buffs so love their associational exploration (not that, say, sf writers haven't had their cookbooks over the years).<br /><br />Yeah, Rick, I was joking (about the kind of imbecile who thinks that 100 BEST BOOKS is outdated because it doesn't cover books published after it...as if anyone is fool enough to propose a finalized and unchanging canon of literature through the ages...not even Mortimer Adler...). Though that a few relatively obscure, once popular figures weren't touched on at all (or now not obscure at all, such as Carl Barks) was almost too bad. But there hasn't been Too much written about PLANET COMICS since, I think.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-69217234446550859752011-04-15T11:44:00.413-04:002011-04-15T11:44:00.413-04:00I have the later edition of All In Color... and en...I have the later edition of All In Color... and enjoyed it. I didn't expect it to cover too far into the century as it states "for a dime" in the title and that price changed for most comics by, what?, 1956? Sooner? They were a dime when I started buying them, but went to 12 cents and then 15 cents not too long after.<br /><br />It's an entertaining look at the industry, as I recall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-52436424515683262802011-04-15T11:14:15.495-04:002011-04-15T11:14:15.495-04:00I nearly wrote about one of the Inspector Ghote bo...I nearly wrote about one of the Inspector Ghote books for this week's FFB. But I'm saving it for a larger article on five of Keating's books - a sample of his fiction contributions to the genre. I found a few new authors well worth reading from this book. I'd like to track down his Christie book - he was a huge fan. Also <i>Murder Must Appetize</i> sounds like unusual genre history reading. Food in the crime novel. Do you know anything about that?<br /><br />[Word verification for this comment: <i>Polessi.</i> (noun) What an Italian character in a Harry Stephen Keeler novel calls a cop.]J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com