Friday, March 8, 2019

Friday's "Forgotten" Books and More: the links to the reviews, 8 March 2019 (International Women's Day)


This week's books, 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...


Patricia Abbott: The Veiled One by Ruth Rendell

Paul Bishop: the Hatchet series by "Knox Gordon" (Michael Kasner)

Les Blatt: Rim of the Pit by Hake Talbot; Chicks on the Case interview

Elgin Bleecker: Last Year's Man by Paul D. Brazill


John Boston: Amazing: Fact and Science Fiction Stories, November 1963, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli

Ben Boulden: Novels reissued in 2018 

Brian Busby: The Arch-Satirist by Frances de Wolfe Fenwick

Bob Byrne: Not Quite Dead Enough, a Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout

Martin Edwards: The Chief Inspector's Statement by Maurice Proctor; The Birdcage by Victor Canning 

Peter Enfantino: Atlas (pre-Marvel) Comics Horror, February 1952

Peter Enfantino and Jack Seabrook: DC War Comics, July 1974

Will Errickson: Child of Hell by William Dobson


José Ignacio Escribano: Maigret Defends Himself by Georges Simenon (translated by Howard Curtis)

Curtis Evans: Black as He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh

Paul Fraser: Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1943, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

John Grant: The Archivist by Martha Cooley

Aubrey Hamilton: Body Scissors by Jerome Doolittle


Rich Horton: The Blind Worm by Brian M. Stableford; Seed of the Dreamer by Emil Petaja; Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon; "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ

Jerry House: The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixteenth Series edited by Edward L. Ferman; Hopalong Cassidy, June 1948


Kate Jackson: Death in Store by Jennifer Rowe; Justice Hall by Laurie R. King

Nick Jones: Trilogy in Jeopardy by Henry Kane; Calamity in Kent by John Rowland; The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler (UK first editions)

Tracy K: Tears of Autumn and The Shanghai Factor by Charles McCarry

Colman Keane: They Don't Dance Much by James Ross(Elgin Bleecker's recent review)

George Kelley: The Century's Best Horror Fiction edited by John Pelan

Joe Kenney: The Godfather Killer by Dan Brennan

Margot Kinberg: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz; International Women's Day

Rob Kitchin: Clinch by Martin Holmén; 1000 reviews 

Richard Lamb: Tribute to My Father: Hugh Lamb

B.V. Lawson: Dover One by Joyce Porter

Evan Lewis: Davy Crockett, Frontier Fighter (1951); True Crime Comics, May 1947; Otto Penzler Auctions: Dashiell Hammett; Raymond Chandler

Steve Lewis: "Shaman" by John Shirley, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1988, edited by Gardner Dozois; The Dutch Shoe Mystery by "Ellery Queen" (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee); "Peaches for Mad Molly" by Steven Gould, Analog Science Fact and Fiction, February 1988, edited by Stanley Schmidt 

Francis M. Nevins: The Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich 

Jess Nevins: Women writers who influenced H. P. Lovecraft...

John F. Norris: They Walk in Darkness by Gerald Verner 


Scott D. Parker: Mascarada Pass by William Colt MacDonald

Matt Paust: Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel 

James Reasoner: The Derelict of Skull Shoal: a Doc Savage novella by "Kenneth Robeson" (Lester Dent) 

Richard Robinson: The Case of the Substitute Face (a Perry Mason novel) by Erle Stanley Gardner

Gerard Saylor: The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales

Steven Silver: "Can These Bones Live?" by Ted Reynolds, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1979, edited by Stanley Schmidt; Death's Master by Tanith Lee

Victoria Silverwolf: Fantastic: Stories of Imagination, September 1963, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli

Kerrie Smith: A Stranger in the Family by Robert Barnard

Kevin Tipple: The Branson Beauty by Claire Booth 

"TomCat": Death Behind the Door by Norman MacClure


Katherine Tomlinson: Once Upon a Star edited by Anthea Lawson

Danielle Torres: Nothing but the Night by John Williams

David Vineyard: "The Great Ego" by Norman Daniels, Startling Stories, Spring 1944, edited by Oscar J. Friend

Friday, March 1, 2019

Friday's "Forgotten" Books and More: the links to the reviews 1 March 2019

 May 1979, and the penultimate logo (so far)















This week's books, 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...


Patricia Abbott: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing

Walter Albert: The Way We Die Now by Charles Willeford; When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block


Les Blatt: Murder by Matchlight by "E. C. R. Lorac" (Edith Caroline Rivett) 


John Boston: Amazing: Fact and Science Fiction Stories, January 1964, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli 


Ben Boulden: The Lawbringers by Brian Garfield


Martin Edwards: Purloining Tiny by John Franklin Bardin

Barry Ergang: Unfaithful Servant by Timothy Harris (hosted by Kevin Tipple)


Will Errickson: 8 Favorite Vintage Books Read in 2018

Paul Fraser: New Writings in SF: 4 edited by John Carnell

Barry Gardner: Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie

John Grant: Bunny Lake is Missing by Evelyn Piper;
Woman with a Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine

Aubrey Hamilton: In the Shadow of King's by Nora Kelly

Rich Horton: Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer; The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher; A Princess of the Aerie and short stories by John Barnes

Jerry House: The Breaking Point by Basil Copper

Kate Jackson: Who Killed Dick Whittington? by E. and M. A. Radford; The Black Gloves by Constance and Gwyneth Little

Nick Jones: Detective Comics, May 1983, written by Gerry F. Conway and illustrated by Alfred Alcala and Don Newton

Tracy K: Outrage at Blanco by Bill Crider

Colman Keane: Bad Seed and Marlborough Man by Alan Carter

George Kelley: The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois

Joe Kenney: The Golden Groove by "Dale Greggson"

Margot Kinberg: The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey

B.V. Lawson: A Private Inquiry by Jessica Mann

Evan Lewis: Hank and Muddy by Stephen Mertz; Mertz interview

Steve Lewis: "Murder Picture" by George Harmon Coxe, Black Mask, January 1935, edited by Joseph T. Shaw; Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Second Annual Edition edited by Lester Del Rey: "The Meeting" by Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth 


Mike Lind: The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin

Todd Mason: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Presents Readers' Choice edited by Janet Hutchings

John F. Norris: The Doctor's First Murder by Robert Hare [Hutchinson]


Matt Paust: Lay On, Mac Duff! by Charlotte Armstrong

James Reasoner: The Corpse in the Corner Saloon by "Hampton Stone" (Aaron Marc Stein) 

Richard Robinson: Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger

Gerard Saylor: Perish the Day by John Farrow 

Jack Seabrook: "The End of Indian Summer" by Maurice Baudin, Jr., Esquire, April 1945, edited by Arnold Gingrich


with the last of the previous
two decades' logo
Jack Seabrook and Peter Enfantino: Creepy comics magazine 1965 

Steven Silver: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: 1979, edited by Edward Ferman


Victoria Silverwolf: 
Fantastic: Stories of Imagination, March 1964, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli

"TomCat": The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of  Dr. Basil Willing by Helen McCloy

Prashant Trikannad: Wild by Cheryl Strayed





Underappreciated Music January/February 2019

The (theoretically) monthly assembly of undervalued and often nearly "lost" music, or simply music the blogger in question wants to remind you reader/listeners of... 



Among those we might remember, Ken Nordine, 
Izzy Young (and this), Guy Webster, Peter Tork and André Previn...




Brian Arnold: Peter Tork (1942-2019); The Muppet Valentine Show; Carole King and Gerry Goffin demos of songs for the Monkees; Dick Van Dyke sings, and dances with Peanuts characters: CBS On The Air (1978)

Jayme Lynn Blaschke: Friday Night Videos

Paul Brazill: Be Bop Deluxe: "Modern Music Suite" and...

The Only Ones: "Why Don't You Kill Yourself?"


Jim Cameron: Bobby Forrester: Bobby's Blues; The Flirtations: Sounds Like the Flirtations

Sean Coleman: Thunderclap Newman: Hollywood Dream; Dire Straits: Making Movies

Richard Fidczuk: André Previn on The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show, 1971

Jeff Gemmill: The Bangles, The Three O'Clock, The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade: 3x4; Linda Ronstadt: Live in Hollywood; Juliana Hatfield: Weird; Top 5s

Ted Gioia: André Previn Trio: "Just in Time"


Keiko Hassler: Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: "God Give Me Strength"


Jerry House: Music from the Past; Hymn Time 

Jackie Kashian: Erin Tracy on dance, choreography and the science of dance (and, cookies); Ruthie Fudge on the band Ween

George Kelley: Pure Disco 1 & 2; Body + Soul: Sweet Seduction; Surviving R. Kelly

Tom Kraemer: Hop Along: "How Simple" and

The Old 97s: "Valentine" and

Dracula's Miniskirt: "Tongue"


Gunter Lackmann: The Pussycats: "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia"


Kate Laity: Song for a Saturday: The Liverbirds: "Peanut Butter";"Why Do You Hang Around Me?"; "Diddley Daddy";  and The Dust Bowl Faeries: "Zebra"


Lisa Lapp: Courtney Hartman: "January 1st" and

Colorado All State Treble Choir: "Down in the River to Pray"


Steve and Jonathan Lewis and Michael Shonk: Music I'm Listening To

Barry Malzberg: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; composer: Anton Bruckner: 2nd Symphony "Pausensinfonie": 3rd Movement: Scherzo-Trio and

Elaine Stritch and the New York Philharmonic: "I'm Still Here"


Todd Mason: Some Women with Ukuleles

Joe Megalos: Magic Sam: "Magic Sam's Boogie"


Lynn Minafri: Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa: "Further On Up the Road"


Laura Nakatsuka: Basiani Ensemble: "Chakrulo" and

Guy Fishman; composer Domenico Gabrielli; "Ricercar 7 in D Minor"


Patricia Nolan-Hall: Irving Berlin's songs for film

Andrew Orley: Salena Jones and the Keith Mansfield Orchestra (remixed by Massandri Ikeda): "Right Now" and

The Shirelles: "Sunday Dreaming" and

Adele and Fred Astaire and George Gershwin: "Hang on to Me"


Natasha Padilla: Ex Hex: "Rainbow Shiner"


Heather Paich: Rosalía Vila Tobella and Raul Refree: "De plata" and
Ulali: "Mother"


Charlie Ricci: Loretta Lynn: "The Pill"; Santana: "Samba Pa Ti"; Jimmy Lafave: Peace Town; Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do); odds and ends

Jeff Segal: BlackPink: "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"


Benito Vila: Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders, the Fugs, et al.

A. J. Wright: My Father-in-Law's LPs

Anne-Sophie Mutter and André Previn: Tango, Song and Dance
1. Tango, Passionately

2. Song, Simply
3. Dance, Jazz Feeling

Dinah Shore and André Previn : "Begin the Beguine/April in Paris"


Dionne Warwick: "Just Walk On By"


Booker Ervin Quintet: Setting the Pace