tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8508067598063450327..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Twisted Thing - Mickey SpillaneJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24420644352692206032023-07-27T03:56:41.895-05:002023-07-27T03:56:41.895-05:00William Sidis, child prodigy, may have been Spilla...William Sidis, child prodigy, may have been Spillane's inspiration. Parents were highly educated; believed they could make their child a genius (maybe they did); Sidis described his father's attempt to heal his problematic life as torturous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90242287887772722682023-03-04T16:30:49.231-06:002023-03-04T16:30:49.231-06:00Interesting I started reading his paperback books ...Interesting I started reading his paperback books in 1965-1968 in the army quarters I just finished kill me if you can and saw the plot was in several books Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-86373697966264403072017-02-19T20:26:04.732-06:002017-02-19T20:26:04.732-06:00What a terrific review! Or maybe I just think that...What a terrific review! Or maybe I just think that because it matches my opinion of the book note for note. A novel more interesting than good. But dang me, I've read it three times! Just can't beat Spillane! Stephen Mertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531248810283345577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24004073805527277562017-02-18T13:21:39.062-06:002017-02-18T13:21:39.062-06:00I've read many Spillanes, but wasn't aware...I've read many Spillanes, but wasn't aware of this one. You're right, James, it does sound more like a Golden Age type plot. Be interesting to see how Mickey handled it. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33794808280244310712017-02-17T15:54:19.831-06:002017-02-17T15:54:19.831-06:00Tried reading Spillane as a teenager. At the time ...Tried reading Spillane as a teenager. At the time I was reading all of Chandler, both MacDonalds, Jim Thompson, Hammett.<br />Just found Spillane a terrible writer.Steve Oerkfitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-20677121709325345162017-02-17T11:34:21.108-06:002017-02-17T11:34:21.108-06:00According to my notes from after reading this in 2...According to my notes from after reading this in 2014 I enjoyed the book. Spillane's theory on boy geniuses made no sense.<br /><br />My notes also comment on how Hammer considered lesbians half man-half women. It'd be interesting to compare who Spillane wrote about homosexuals from his first to last book and how the co-authored books with Collins treats the topic. At the end of the series Hammer has a 'Meh, people are people attitude, just don't be an a-hole."Gerard Saylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90370864600225844222017-02-17T11:29:57.304-06:002017-02-17T11:29:57.304-06:00Max Collins list this I think as the second Hammer...Max Collins list this I think as the second Hammer written. Original title, Whom The Gods Would Destroy. Shows how malleable Spillane originally perceived Mike and his enviroment.Thought Ruston York's boy genius dialogue dead on.Bill Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041905291496937729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-58978055889521651002017-02-17T10:38:40.592-06:002017-02-17T10:38:40.592-06:00Not read any Spillane, though I used to sell a lot...Not read any Spillane, though I used to sell a lot of his books. I think this is the one I'll make an effort to track down and read.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-16173933564953153482017-02-17T10:18:42.069-06:002017-02-17T10:18:42.069-06:00This is as close as we'll come to that, I thin...This is as close as we'll come to that, I think.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66174124346033237162017-02-17T10:13:42.265-06:002017-02-17T10:13:42.265-06:00A Spillane cozy would be an interesting developmen...A Spillane cozy would be an interesting development...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-32985456183144251472017-02-17T09:06:44.684-06:002017-02-17T09:06:44.684-06:00I have a list I found online where Max Allan Colli...I have a list I found online where Max Allan Collins lists all the Mike Hammer novels chronologically , although I think he has put out one or two more since the list was made. It has The Twisted Thing listed third in the series after I, The Jury and Lady, Go Die!<br /><br /><br />DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-36169978322556093122017-02-17T07:57:38.716-06:002017-02-17T07:57:38.716-06:00When I was a kid back in the 1960s, Mickey Spillan...When I was a kid back in the 1960s, Mickey Spillane was "hot stuff." His books had lurid covers and there was a violence with Mike Hammer's methods. I read about a dozen Spillane novels before I moved on to "carter brown."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com