tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post5923363835360361986..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Avram Davidson: MASTERS OF THE MAZE (Pyramid Books, 1965)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-84501281616702868222009-05-09T21:27:00.000-04:002009-05-09T21:27:00.000-04:00The ghosted ELLERY QUEENS are a mixed bag. I like...The ghosted ELLERY QUEENS are a mixed bag. I like the ones Jack Vance wrote--A ROOM TO DIE IN, THE FOUR JOHNS, THE MADMAN THEORY. I'm convinced Vance also had a hand in writing FACE TO FACE, but there's controversy about that. I have the Davidson ELLERY QUEENS, but I haven't gotten around to reading them. Maybe for FORGOTTEN BOOK Friday...Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-10160060033202958402009-05-08T13:17:00.000-04:002009-05-08T13:17:00.000-04:00Indeed. I first encountered TRUE and SAGA and such...Indeed. I first encountered TRUE and SAGA and such in their last years, in barber shops I was taken to as a young child...the even more tawdry magazines had mostly died out by then, so I never got to read heavy-breathing descriptions Nazi torture brothels and such at a tender age. Davidson published at least one collection of his nonfiction articles for these and better magazines, CRIMES AND CHAOS, and I suspect you'll find his shorter fictional work richly rewarding...best not to try to judge him by most of the novels, which are usually readable and fun but not him working at the top of his abilities (I have yet to read his, or Theodore Sturgeon's, ghost work for Ellery Queen, though). I found even THE PHOENIX AND THE MIRROR somewhat disappointing, and than might be the one novel of his that most will direct one to.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-80171501763398378562009-05-08T12:48:00.000-04:002009-05-08T12:48:00.000-04:00I had never heard of Davidson before, but now it s...I had never heard of Davidson before, but now it seems that I have lots of good reading ahead of me! "Masters of the Maze" sounds great. I only have on issue of "True - The Man's Magazine," but it is certainly pretty classic. A roaring train on the cover. The Mickey Spillane interview that is included it actually really interesting and informative, though the article really exaggerates every "manly" tidbit about Spillane's life. But this is to be expected.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-44521838837789965562009-05-08T06:59:00.000-04:002009-05-08T06:59:00.000-04:00I am going to get my hands on one of these Davidso...I am going to get my hands on one of these Davidson books.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com