tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post9114297501412561175..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB redux: Crime-fiction best of the year volumesTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-58446269463312127732016-04-18T09:28:09.208-04:002016-04-18T09:28:09.208-04:00Matt--not I, the scanner of the Halliday BEST...I&...Matt--not I, the scanner of the Halliday BEST...I've yet to own a particularly good scanner, something I need to rectify. Good hunting at the booksale!<br /><br />Steve--thanks! I have been willing and able to stumble across quite a few of the CF BOTYs at conventions, in secondhand shops, and online...often not for too much money, as people don't seem to prize them. And, sadly, due to a water leak in my old apartment, recently discovered and dealt with, I'll be needing to replace some copies of my Breen and Gorman/Greenberg annuals. Good hunting to you as well! And thanks for the Niki benison...she does seem better and will probably not enjoy the possibly last post-op visit to the oncologist coming up later this morning...not least the long drive back and forth. Also, he presses on her mouth to feel the progress of her healing.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-49436961953157766882016-04-17T01:34:40.299-04:002016-04-17T01:34:40.299-04:00Todd, I remember some of these posts from their or...Todd, I remember some of these posts from their original appearance, but I think this is the first time I saw most of them. I appreciate and admire the time and effort that obviously went into these. I have tried to get most "best of the year" science fiction and mystery anthologies. I have done well with science fiction, considerably less well with mysteries. I have read most of the ones I have, but I haven't yet got to the last few years of the sf anthologies. As always,I am impressed by your knowledge of short fiction.<br /><br />I hope your cat is doing better now.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017186128084713758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-34300845780508273892016-04-16T14:14:59.817-04:002016-04-16T14:14:59.817-04:00Our library has a used-book sale coming up next we...Our library has a used-book sale coming up next week, and I shall make a point of looking for these anthologies, Todd. In lieu of finding anything there, I can fall back on the Halliday collection. Thanks for scanning it in.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-70104668504824419232014-05-08T03:35:50.130-04:002014-05-08T03:35:50.130-04:00I've been collecting inexpensive copies of the...I've been collecting inexpensive copies of the old David Cooke/Davis Dresser/Anthony Boucher/A. Hubin/Ed Hoch series of late...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-85773586969211867202014-05-07T01:09:07.142-04:002014-05-07T01:09:07.142-04:00I have heard of Ed Gorman's anthologies though...I have heard of Ed Gorman's anthologies though I have never seen or read them. I enjoy reading anthos and volumes which is one of the reasons I look up those in the public domain. I have downloaded a few vintage anthologies like The Haunted Hour: An Anthology edited by Margaret Widdemer, Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes edited by Joseph Lewis French, and Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories edited by Julian Hawthorne. I should go out there and look to buy more contemporary volumes published over the last fifty years or so. Thanks for another informative post, Todd.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-33476954201769521412014-05-03T14:34:38.770-04:002014-05-03T14:34:38.770-04:00You could do worse, George! And, come to think of ...You could do worse, George! And, come to think of it, Rick, there were only five published by St. Martins (or its Tor-offshoot Forge) under the WORLD'S FINEST title, before the annual moved "back" to C&G (and for its last volumes, to a Greenberg imprint).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-40059695245668669902014-05-02T20:41:19.942-04:002014-05-02T20:41:19.942-04:00I pick these books up at Library Sales, but I conf...I pick these books up at Library Sales, but I confess I haven't had time to read them. But, after reading your review, I want to drop everything and read one.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-32603106928151665872014-05-02T13:06:41.013-04:002014-05-02T13:06:41.013-04:00First three of the WORLD'S FINEST? Not that yo...First three of the WORLD'S FINEST? Not that you're likely to have a bad time with any of these...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-26881783681492475232014-05-02T13:02:28.813-04:002014-05-02T13:02:28.813-04:00I see my local library has the first three of thes...I see my local library has the first three of these. Perhaps I should pick one up for sampling.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com