tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post5020334177968137070..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAYS: Avram Davidson, Patricia Highsmith, Margaret Millar, Donald Barthelme, T. V. Olsen, David R. Bunch, Barry Malzberg, Jay KinneyTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-59446491814293037342020-10-22T21:35:47.832-04:002020-10-22T21:35:47.832-04:00Tracy--that's, as Jackie Kashian notes in such...Tracy--that's, as Jackie Kashian notes in such circumstances, an attainable goal! There are dealers who will sell you issues of EQMM of that vintage in good condition for around $3-6...I wouldn't pay more than ten at most, since someone else will do better business with you. <br /><br />Well, Prashant, it's pitched to younger readers, but the Baker anthology does have a nice mix of not at all negligible old pros at western fiction contributing. I'll probably give it a full review soon...or very soon!<br /><br />Cullen, I won't be at all abashed to have nudged you toward purchase of THE AVRAM DAVIDSON TREASURY. Hope it hooks you, if you aren't already...there are a great number more of excellent books awaiting you from him. Though, as with Damon Knight or Stanley Ellin, his short fiction tends to eclipse his novels, though also as with Knight, there are some worthy novels in the mix, such as MASTERS OF THE MAZE and his late collaboration with Grania Davis, MARCO POLO AND THE SLEEPING WOMAN. THE PHOENIX AND THE MIRROR doesn't quite rise to what it should be, though it's certainly his most ambitious novel...THE ENQUIRIES OF DOCTOR ESZTERHAZY, and the expanded THE ADVENTURES OF DR. E, are two collections of linked stories that certainly function much as a novel could, and particularly the first set is brilliant. LIMEKILLER! not too far behind, the same way.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-56963379615310908882020-10-22T13:39:39.552-04:002020-10-22T13:39:39.552-04:00I have read the Margaret Millar story, The People ...I have read the Margaret Millar story, The People across the Canyon, in a Crippen & Landru collection of her stories. Spooky, but I liked it a lot. I wish I had a copy of that Ellery Queen Magazine.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-11483770368955665652020-10-22T11:12:30.267-04:002020-10-22T11:12:30.267-04:00"Great Ghost Stories of the Old West" wo..."Great Ghost Stories of the Old West" would be my pick, especially since it appears to have an "old west" feel to it.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-36037684319158518472020-10-22T05:46:15.011-04:002020-10-22T05:46:15.011-04:00Off to track down "An Avram Davidson Treasury...Off to track down "An Avram Davidson Treasury" — "Revolver" sounds like my kind of story. Thanks!Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-44348552196112549972020-10-21T17:50:45.512-04:002020-10-21T17:50:45.512-04:00I'll take that as a gentle warning, Jerry.I'll take that as a gentle warning, Jerry.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-78043045028907123342020-10-21T17:49:02.970-04:002020-10-21T17:49:02.970-04:00As a matter of serendipity I just picked up the Kr...As a matter of serendipity I just picked up the Kramer book at a thrift store this afternoon. (I had read the Baker ghost story anthology years ago.) I had also read the EQMM and FANTASTIC issue when they came out. I hadn't realized that THE CRIMSON WITCH had not been reprinted; perhaps that's just as well.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-78343859319402811412020-10-21T15:16:41.572-04:002020-10-21T15:16:41.572-04:00Ha! There is a bit of history to that, both in Koo...Ha! There is a bit of history to that, both in Koontz's history (much, as you might remember, to Ian Covell's irritation) and in FANTASTIC's...as the best-selling issue of any English-language fantastic fiction magazine so far probably still remains the early issue of FANTASTIC with Howard Browne's ghosted "Mickey Spillane" story in it...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-6832073244939847412020-10-21T15:05:56.502-04:002020-10-21T15:05:56.502-04:00I'm tempted to suggest that maybe Koontz claim...I'm tempted to suggest that maybe Koontz claims "The Crimson Witch" was written by an impostor using his name! :)Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.com