tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post741137875969151220..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: New This WeekJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44734273958905304322012-05-24T19:24:27.944-05:002012-05-24T19:24:27.944-05:00Sweet.
Ed LynskeySweet.<br /><br />Ed LynskeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44432668628133376242012-05-23T20:11:11.527-05:002012-05-23T20:11:11.527-05:00What a bonanza! It's been a long time since I...What a bonanza! It's been a long time since I scored books of this kind of quality!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33146762110290947312012-05-21T15:20:00.140-05:002012-05-21T15:20:00.140-05:00Enjoyed the entire Earl Drake series, which all ha...Enjoyed the entire Earl Drake series, which all had such great covers! Nice haul, James. The only Half price I've ever been to is the one in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wish there was one closer.<br /><br />RJRRJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66979729908063604452012-05-21T14:38:42.029-05:002012-05-21T14:38:42.029-05:00Reading about your haul got me thinking about my n...Reading about your haul got me thinking about my next trip to the Twin Cities in June for baseball and books. There are several Half Price stores in the area and I usually have time to visit three with the one in St. Paul my favourite. My first stop always is the $1-2 section and then the collectibles. I keep hoping to find The Name of the Game is Death and John D. MacDonald's Weep For Me.Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24100810251461122892012-05-21T14:28:05.635-05:002012-05-21T14:28:05.635-05:00Keith, I'm hardly ever in Dallas, but now that...Keith, I'm hardly ever in Dallas, but now that I know my way around a little better, maybe I'll venture that way more often. I'm not a fan of traffic, and one day last week as I was sitting there on the freeway at a standstill, I realized that I can get from my house to Cross Plains just about as fast as I can get from my house to the hospital in Addison where Joanna was. Which is just crazy.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-65502342761617735952012-05-21T14:25:44.253-05:002012-05-21T14:25:44.253-05:00Prashant, I like everything I've read by Marlo...Prashant, I like everything I've read by Marlowe, but that's only a handful of books so far. I haven't read THE VENGEANCE MAN, but it has a great reputation.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-38046841955097440512012-05-21T14:24:24.103-05:002012-05-21T14:24:24.103-05:00Fred, I thought the same thing about the Earl Drak...Fred, I thought the same thing about the Earl Drake books, but taking a closer look at the two I bought, it appears that OPERATION WHIPLASH may be a straight crime novel, as well. I'll find out sooner or later when I get around to reading it.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33797167846381513412012-05-21T12:28:11.835-05:002012-05-21T12:28:11.835-05:00I had the impression that all the Earl Drakes afte...I had the impression that all the Earl Drakes after ONE ENDLESS HOUR were thief-turned-spy capers. I recently picked up the next-to-last book in the series, OPERATION DEATHMAKER, and darned if it wasn't a hard-edged kidnap yarn, with Drake using his skills in B&E in a race against time to save Hazel's niece. Not a spy in sight. It wasn't up to NAME OF THE GAME, ONE ENDLESS HOUR, VENGEANCE MAN, or STRONGARM, but it was closer to old school Marlowe than I expected. Two Noel Loomis GMs, HANG THE MEN HIGH and THE MARIPOSA TRAIL, are on my imminent-reads pile.Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307848103704970189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-91288263645730104752012-05-21T11:23:23.643-05:002012-05-21T11:23:23.643-05:00Great buy, Mr. Reasoner! I recently bought THE VEN...Great buy, Mr. Reasoner! I recently bought THE VENGEANCE MAN by Dan J. Marlowe who I will be reading for the first time. What do you think of him?Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24054661700655528352012-05-21T08:32:29.467-05:002012-05-21T08:32:29.467-05:00Good selections. I'm surprised you've not...Good selections. I'm surprised you've not been to the Half Price on Northwest Highway more than once before. When I lived in Frisco and later Commerce, I would often spend a Saturday hitting as many of the Half Price stores as I could, but the one on Northwest Highway was always the best. Now that I'm out in West Texas, I don't get there much, but if I'm in the Dallas area, I try to stop in.Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-71787916175571006312012-05-21T08:05:06.476-05:002012-05-21T08:05:06.476-05:00No places like that in Michigan either. Darn.No places like that in Michigan either. Darn.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-65312727228599896462012-05-21T08:02:31.754-05:002012-05-21T08:02:31.754-05:00Nice haul, indeed, James ... Just remember the man...Nice haul, indeed, James ... Just remember the mantra: "You can never have too many books" ... I'm not familiar with many of the titles, but KRAKATOA was actually pretty good (as a book) and I know from talking to Avo that it was one of his favorites. I also know this will probably draw some of the usual Avallone cracks, but here was another case where (like STATION SIX - SAHARA) Mike wrote a far better book than the movie it was based on ... Also, don't be fooled by any negative comments on the later Drake ("the man with nobody's face")books by Dan J. Marlowe - They're a *departure* from the darker, more noirish crime novels that started the series, but they still are plenty darn entertaining. And Hazel, Drake's big red-headed girlfriend, is a nice added touch.wayne d. dundeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468818760811792020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-48055866619712155722012-05-21T06:51:32.357-05:002012-05-21T06:51:32.357-05:00Sorry, I mean it is EAST of Java, not west like th...Sorry, I mean it is EAST of Java, not west like the title has it.<br /><br />I'm so confused...<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-15234618702919885342012-05-21T06:50:35.411-05:002012-05-21T06:50:35.411-05:00Nice haul! We never see places like that around h...Nice haul! We never see places like that around here any more.<br /><br />Of course, Krakatoa is actually <i>west</i> of Java, a fact which the filmmakers didn't discover until after they'd hyped their dumb movie under the original name endlessly.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com