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. Several first issues of notable fantasy magazines reviewed this week.Paul Bishop: Loren Estleman's Peter Macklin novels; Ben Haas's Fargo novels (as by "John Benteen"); the novels of "Iceberg Slim" (Robert Beck), Donald Goines et al., New English Library's yobsploitation books, and Sticking It To The Man by Andrew Nette; the Sand novels of Ennis Willis; Eva Lynd's modeling for book and magazine covers
Les Blatt: The Castleford Conundrum by "J. J. Connington" (Alfred Walter Stewart); Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
Michael Dirda: small press items, from Montaigne's Essays to a newly restored-images version of The Velveteen Rabbit to The Best of Manhunt as edited and expanded by Jeff Vorzimmer
José Ignacio Escribano: "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Strand Magazine, February 1892, edited by Herbert Smith; "ECR Lorac" (Edith Caroline Rivett) in Spanish translation (as published by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares among others)
"Olman Feelyus": Slow Burner by William Haggard; The Wild Dog of Edmonton by David Grew; Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
John Grant: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters; Patrick Butler for the Defence by John Dickson Carr
Bev Hankins: The Case of the Second Chance by Christopher Bush
James W. Harris: All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak
Kate Jackson: The Man Who Got Away and The Three Widows by Bernice Carey; The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
Steve Lewis: "Loose Ends" by Fletcher Flora, Manhunt, August 1958, edited by Francis X. Lewis; The Middle Sister by Jesse Miles
Gary Lovisi: early Harlequin Books crime fiction
Francis M. Nevins: The Straw Hat Murders by Harry Stephen Keeler
John F. Norris: Flying Clues by Charles J. Dutton
Jack Seabrook and Peter Enfantino: Warren horror comics, February-April 1970, edited by Bill Parente
Steven H Silver: "The Sonic Flowerfall of Primes" by Andre Joron, New Worlds, September 1979, edited by Charles Platt; Harry Warner, Jr.
As always, some great reading in store. Many thanks, Todd!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paul...aka John Grant...see above.
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