tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post177320277061230677..comments2024-03-29T09:49:41.273-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: The Other Side of Me -- Sidney SheldonJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-15747245990559643192007-06-11T03:05:00.000-05:002007-06-11T03:05:00.000-05:00I'm with Ed here, but for me Sheldon's other books...I'm with Ed here, but for me Sheldon's other books, especially the ones written in the nineties, are almost unreadable. And as for the hipness (and rap), there's a lot of that in Sheldon's books. In one of the books there are so awkward scenes with someone using the Internet for the first time (and especially someone trying to guide him (or it was maybe her)) that I almost shouted out aloud.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-28174058486275181042007-06-10T20:09:00.000-05:002007-06-10T20:09:00.000-05:00I think The Naked Face is his best book. For me an...I think The Naked Face is his best book. For me anyway. Except for one bit tht makes me laugh out loud thirty-five (?) years later. The protagonist is a Park Ave shrink who is of course sensitive, handsome, prominent. And Sheldon tries, because this was 1975 or so, to make him hip. The shrink befriends a young black woman who is so distraught she can't talk. He finally calls her down and says, "Now let's rap." Let's rap! I believe he was wearing platform shoes when he said that, bro. Naked Face, for me, is one of the great novels of romantic suspense. He knew exactly what he was doing nd well deserved the Edgar. And didn't he have two B'way shows running simeltaneously when he was in his mid-Twenties. What a career! Ed GormanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44569370847567767532007-06-10T13:52:00.000-05:002007-06-10T13:52:00.000-05:00It's hard to get the right mix of facts in bio/aut...It's hard to get the right mix of facts in bio/autos, isn't it? I'm reading a bio of Doris Day just now and finding it frustrating because the author goes through every movie, scene by scene, critiquing her performance. What a strange approach. (He also mentions her good figure about every other page). There is no attempt to put her into the context of the times and little about her personal life. Very frustrating. But maybe someone else would find this interesting.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com