tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post2666732233515145813..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: Heist Week: ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW by William P. McGivern (Dodd, Mead 1957); YA birthday bonus heistlet: FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg (Antheneum 1967)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-66890813509951874372017-07-28T23:18:00.279-04:002017-07-28T23:18:00.279-04:00Not at all, folks, and thank you. While I'm la...Not at all, folks, and thank you. While I'm laid up, I really should finally finish this again...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-8670703116161246422017-07-25T17:46:09.898-04:002017-07-25T17:46:09.898-04:00Todd – Thanks for the McGivern review and for supp...Todd – Thanks for the McGivern review and for supplying the information on his early days writing for the magazines. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-1768125548222227492017-07-22T14:29:06.259-04:002017-07-22T14:29:06.259-04:00New to McGivern (at my age, shame on me!) but not ...New to McGivern (at my age, shame on me!) but not anymore. Thanks, Todd! Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-59270094188123492212017-07-21T20:16:13.948-04:002017-07-21T20:16:13.948-04:00Wow. The first version of my reply to Sergio had a...Wow. The first version of my reply to Sergio had a typo I wanted to fix, so I selected and cut the comment, to revise and replace, and didn't get the power-supply warning that meant the laptop was about to got to Sleep...in which it shut all the way down, losing the temporarily selected comment text. This computer, Safari, Blogspot and my own relative sloppiness are now officially on the last dendrite of my last nerve. I'm working in Chrome at the moment, and better download Firefox before this aging and slightly fussy Air finds itself sailing through the air.<br /><br />To paraphrase what I wrote, not only is Robert Wise less appreciated than he might be (even given his early Lewton Unit work as well), but so is McGivern, even given all his good and better work from all his active decades. And, as I noted in at least one semi-lost draft above, I enjoyed being reminded of how much less OTT the novel is than the film, even given how Earl Slater enjoys calling Johnny Ingram "Sambo"...at first simply to needle him, and by the end it's become something different. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42925947288657769452017-07-21T18:35:47.842-04:002017-07-21T18:35:47.842-04:00Just terrific, thanks Todd - I've had the book...Just terrific, thanks Todd - I've had the book, and the film, on the to-do list for far too long - the time has come! I think Wise, despite the big hits of the 60s, is still quite underrated. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-76726261242598889532017-07-21T12:10:19.794-04:002017-07-21T12:10:19.794-04:00Excellent, that last, and please do let her know d...Excellent, that last, and please do let her know directly if you haven't!<br /><br />Yes, some of his work in FA and the other ZD magazines was the simple yard goods that were all that was required...particularly, of course, when using the house pseudonyms...but I'd still suggest he was more likely to drop some interesting aspect into eve the routine fiction than most of his peers writing for Palmer and Browne. Rog Phillips being the other notable ZD Regular to show some sign of both talent and giving a damn, when the magazines were being edited well or even when not. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-73139388235364932122017-07-21T11:57:33.054-04:002017-07-21T11:57:33.054-04:00Never read the Konigsburg, Todd. My bad. I pick ...Never read the Konigsburg, Todd. My bad. I pick up a McGivern every once in a while and haven't been disappointed yet -- something I can't say about some of his stories in Fantastic Adventures.<br /><br />Very impressed with Alice's review.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.com