The past week's and a few more books and other literature, 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 more links will be forthcoming after some other tasks that need attention...)
Patricia Abbott: November by Georges Simenon (translated by Jean Sewart)
Frank Babics: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1969, edited by Ernest M. Hutter
Mark Baker: Bad News Travels Fast by Gar Anthony Haywood
Paul Barnett/"John Grant": The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder)
Angie Barry: The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Brad Bigelow: Reviewing the Forties by Diana Trilling and several of the neglected books she reviewed there; The Beautiful Life by Edwin Gilbert
Paul Bishop: "Piccadilly Cowboys" (British westerns) and subsequent adult westerns
Elgin Bleecker: Resurrection Mall by Dana King
Joachim Boaz: Alqua Dreams by Rachel Pollack
John Boston: Amazing: Fact and Science Fiction Stories, May 1965, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli
Ben Boulden: Tiebreaker by Jack M. Bickham
"Algis Budrys" (Algirdas Jonas Budrys): A Budrys Miscellany: Occasional Writing 1954-2000 edited by David Langford
Brian Busby: Their Man in the White House by Tom Ardies
Terry Carr, Harlan Ellison, Richard Lupoff, Robert Silverberg and Ted White: "Fan into Pro" at the 1978 WorldCon; Part 1 and Part 2 (among the many books and magazines discussed, The Futurians by Damon Knight)
Jason Cavallaro: Every Last One by Anna Quindlen and other Best and Worst Reads: August
Christy: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Doug Cohen: Realms of Fantasy, October 1995, edited by Shawna McCarthy
David Cranmer: How the West was Written by Ron Scheer
Liz Dexter: Happiness Breaks In by Angela Thirkell
Scott Edelman: Lee Murray
Martin Edwards: A Dandy in Aspic by Derek Marlowe; Dorothy Simpson;
Josephine Bell; The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong
Peter Enfantino and Jack Seabrook: Warren horror comics, March/April 1973
Barry Ergang: Tailing Raymond Chandler by Brian Thomas Olson
Will Errickson: By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens
Curtis Evans: The Crippled Muse by Hugh Wheeler
José Ignacio Escribano: I Could Murder Her aka Murder of a Martinet by "E. C. R. Lorac" (Edith C. Rivett); The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley; The Saltmarsh Murders by Gladys Mitchell
"Olman Feelyus": Mad Ship by "Robin Hobb" (Margaret Lindholm Ogden); Red Ketchup by Pierre Fournier and Réal Godbout
Paul Fraser: Science Fantasy, October 1965, edited by Kyril Bonfiglioli and Keith Roberts; The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
Cullen Gallagher: The Three-Way Split by Gil Brewer
Aubrey Hamilton: The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton; Beware, Beware by Steph Cha; The Country-House Burglar by Michael Gilbert
Bev Hankins: Death Rides a Sorrel Horse by A. B. Cunningham; Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; Trixie Belden and the Mystery at Bob-White Cave by "Kathryn Kenney"
Rob Hansen: Edythe Eyde, aka "Tigrina" and "Lisa Ben" (parts 1-3)
James W. Harris: overwhelming one's self with one's reading projects, or eyes too big for one's eyes
Sandie Herron: Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews; Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle
Lesa Holstine: "Frozen" by Ann Cleeves (e-chapbook)
Kate Jackson: Two Against Scotland Yard by "David Frome" (Zenith Jones Brown); Checkmate to Murder by "E. C. R. Lorac" (Edith C. Rivett)
Beau Johnson: Satan's Sorority by "Graham Wynd" (K. A. Laity)
Tracy K: A Morbid Taste for Bones by "Ellis Peters" (Edith Pargeter)
Colman Keane: Hazell and the Three-Card Trick by P. B. Yuill
George Kelley: Cosmic Corsairs edited by Hank Davis and Christopher Ruocchio
Joe Kenney: Hot Bullets by "Brick Killerman" (Jan Stacy?)
Rob Kitchin: A Capital Crime by Laura Wilson
K. A. Laity: Killing Time in the Catskills by Kevin Owen
Karen Langley: Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
B. V. Lawson: Home is the Prisoner by Jean Catherine Potts
Xavier Lechard: technical flaws in good crime fiction
Des/D. F. Lewis: The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Evan Lewis: "Susan Surrenders" by Robert Leslie Bellem, Pep Stories, April 1932, edited by Natalie Adele Messenger
Steve Lewis: "One Night at Dolores Park" by Bill Pronzini, and "Fire in the Islands" by Hayford Pierce, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1995, edited by Janet Hutchings; The Old Die Young by Richard Lockridge
Library of America: "A Perfect Moment" (from Front Door Lobby) by Maud Wood Park
Robert Lopresti: "Nicking Votes" by Stephen Beuhler, from Low Down Dirty Vote 2, edited by Mysti Berry
Kyle Lybeck: Odd Man Out by James Newman
Ed McBride: Mansion of Evil by Joseph J. Millard
Mike: The So-Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes
John Miller: Weird Tales, November 1934, edited by Farnsworth Wright
Neeru: Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher; Girl on the Run by Hilary Waugh; The Golden Beast by E. P. Oppenheim
Jess Nevins: Pulps and related material from East Germany
Francis M. Nevins: three by Henry Stephen Keeler
John F. Norris: Murder at Deer Lick by A. B. Cunningham
Jim Noy: This Way Out by James Ronald
John O'Neill: Merchanter's Luck by "C. J. Cherryh" (Carolyn Cherry)
Matt Paust: The Penns River Police series by Dana King
"Paperback Warrior": the novels of Richard Himmel
Mildred Perkins: Shell Game by Benny Lawrence
Jordan Prejean: The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982, edited by T. E. D. Klein
Tom Purdom: When I Was Writing: A Literary Memoir
James Reasoner: Master of the Lash by "Ford Browne" (Forrest R. Brown)
Richard Robinson: The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Part XII: Some Untold Cases (1894-1902) edited by David Marcum; Cosmic Corsairs edited by Hank Davis and Christopher Ruocchio
Gerard Saylor: Smonk by Tom Franklin
Jack Seabrook: the crime fiction of "William Morrison" (Joseph Samachson)
Steve Scott: "Violence on Violet Nights" (a profile/interview essay on John D. MacDonald and his character Travis McGee) by William Ecenbarger, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 March 1985
Victoria Silverwolf: Fantastic: Stories of Imagination, May 1965, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli; Worlds of Tomorrow, September 1965, edited by Frederik Pohl
Kerrie Smith: The Poet by Michael Connelly
Marina Sofia: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
Scott Thompson: Fanfare for Tin Trumpets and Harlequin House by Margery Sharp
"TomCat": The Death of Laurence Vining by Alan Thomas
Bill Wallace: The Road Through the Wall and The Sundial by Shirley Jackson;
Evergreen Review, October 1967, edited by Barney Rosset
A. J. Wright: "Mark Twain", Tom Sawyer and The Pastor's Story and Other Pieces in Prose and Poetry by Mary Ann Harris Gay
Mark Yon: Science Fantasy, August 1965, edited by Kyril Bonfigliore and Keith Roberts; New Worlds, August 1965, edited by Michael Moorcock
Thank you, Todd! Great selection this week, as always.
ReplyDeleteI believe "A Morbid Taste for Bones" was originally intended as a stand-alone novel, but Ellis Peters found the character so appealing, she ended up writing 19 more. They have long been among my very favorite mysteries, and the PBS series starring Derek Jacoby as Cadfael is magnificent.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cullen. And here comes the rest of it...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pointer, Hg!
Thanks, Todd!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jack!
ReplyDeleteThanks Todd for including my posts. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your hard work on this, Todd. Now I have to catch up on all of these links.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Neeru and Tracy, for your support and your fine contributions!
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