This week's books and more, unfairly (or sometimes fairly) neglected, or simply those the reviewers below think you might find of some interest (or, infrequently, you should be warned away from); certainly, most weeks we have a few not at all forgotten titles...if I've missed your review or someone else's, please let me know in comments. Even more major crime-fiction writers this week than usual...
Patricia Abbott: The Chill by "Ross Macdonald" (Kenneth Millar)
Gonzalo Baeza: To the Bones by Valerie Nierman
Mark Baker: N is for Noose by Sue Grafton
Brad Bigelow: The Fire Escape by Susan Kale
Les Blatt: Murder on the Blackboard by Stuart Palmer
Joachim Boaz: If All Else Fails... by Craig Strete; My Petition for More Space by John Hersey; All Judgement Fled by James White
Brian Busby: The Side of the Angels by Basil King
Martin Edwards: Stalemate by Evelyn Berckman
Peter Enfantino: Atlas (pre-Marvel) Horror Comics: June 1952
Barry Ergang: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by "Anthony Boucher" (William White)
Will Errickson: Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland
José Ignacio Escribano: Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare
Curtis Evans: the short fiction of "Dick Callingham" (Richard Webb and Hugh Wheeler)
Paul Fraser: The Best Science-Fiction Stories 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
John Grant: Fireside Gothic by Andrew Taylor; Lady Living Alone by "Peter Curtis" (Norah Lofts); Black Widow by E. Duke Vincent
Aubrey Hamilton: The Fugitive Pigeon by Donald Westlake; Spark by John Lutz; Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh
Rich Horton: Putting Up Roots and The Cyborg from Earth: YA novels by Charles Sheffield; Daryl Gregory's short fiction; James Van Pelt's short fiction
Jerry House: Demons of the Night and Other Early Tales by Seabury Quinn
Kate Jackson: Tour de Force by Christianna Brand
Colman Keane: "Freeze!" by Shoshanna Edwards
George Kelley: River of Eternity by Philip José Farmer
Joe Kenney: The Mark of Cosa Nostra by "Nick Carter" (in this case, George Snyder); Deathmate by Martin Caidin
Rob Kitchin: The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh
B. V. Lawson: Death of an Old Girl by Elizabeth Lemarchand
Evan Lewis: "War of the Gladiators" illustration by Frank Frazetta/script uncredited, Real Life Comics #50, October 1949, published by Standard Magazines/Comics/Ned Pines
Steve Lewis: Cop Hater by "Ed McBain" (Evan Hunter)
Richard Lupoff: The Second Experiment by J. O. Jeppson
John Norris: Tears for Jessie Hewitt by Edna Sherry; Gerald Verner's Simon Gale series
John O'Neill: Pilgrims Through Space and Time by J. O. Bailey; Perilous Planets edited by Brian W. Aldiss
Matt Paust: I Don't Text While Driving, Walking or Standing Still by Roger Dale Loring
James Reasoner: "Squadron of the Damned" by David Wright O'Brien, Amazing Stories, July 1942, edited by Raymond Palmer
Richard Robinson: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein; If you could read only a dozen more books, which ones?
Gerald Saylor: The Truth Itself by "James Rayburn" (Roger Smith); Greasy Grass by Johnny D. Boggs
Jack Seabrook and Peter Enfantino: DC War Comics, March 1975
Doreen Sheridan: Catch Me: Kill Me by William H. Hallahan
Steven H Silver: Wonderworks: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Art of Michael Whelan and other examples
Victoria Silverwolf: Fantastic: Stories of Imagination, July 1964, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli
Kerrie Smith: The Gaslight Stalker by David Field
Kevin Tipple: Mystery Weekly Magazine, May 2019, edited by Paul D. Marks
"TomCat": Sorceror's House and The Royal Flush Murders by Gerald Verner
Mark Yon: New Worlds SF, July/August 1964, edited by Michael Moorcock
Thanks, Todd. Some interesting covers!
ReplyDeleteYou have the wrong thing listed for my FFB entry. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe correct FFB review for this week is this one: https://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2019/06/ffb-review-case-of-baker-street.html
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jack.
ReplyDeleteKevin, as I usually do, I listed Barry's review under Barry's name. It's there, and has been since I posted the list.
However, I did have Barry Ergang accidentally listed just after Will Errickson rather than just before...now fixed. Perhaps that was a basis for confusion? I listed the magazine as well since it is a little magazine that could probably stand a little more exposure...
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ReplyDeleteThe link for the “Death of an Old Girl” review goes to the John O’Neill “Pilgrims Through Space and Time” review at Black Gate. I’d enjoy seeing the “Death of an Old Girl” review as my wife was reading the book not long ago. I’d appreciate if the link could be corrected.
I really enjoy these reviews each week, thanks.
Stephen Burridge
As always, thanks for so many interesting links! And thanks, too, for the mentions of my own humble efforts.
ReplyDeleteThank you, as always, Paul!
ReplyDeleteStephen, thanks for the pointer...sorry that link was bad (it's always too easy to let a link slip with Blogspot, which occasionally will let a link "colonize" another, and too often can be simply a matter of not capturing the link one thought one had while pasting). Fixing now. And thanks for the regular look-in at the week's lists.
Todd -- Thanks for the links to the Neglected Books Page, but my name is Brad, not Brian.
ReplyDeleteTerribly sorry, Brad...no excuse for that one but exhaustion on Friday! Fixing instanter.
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