cooper (jane@almaludo.freeserve.co.uk)
Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:56:33 +0100
Like most Rara-Avians, I've just been doodling around during
the quite good for a change English summer, so i've just had
to do a marathon trawl though all my unopened post, so excuse
me if I address some of the subjects brought up in no
particular order and talk about a few things I've read too. 1
Get Carter the remake,I think the words are pointless, why,
and trying revive a flagging career. 2 Cracker, why was the
US series so, shall we say different than the UK. Well
probably the US networks' emasculation of Fitz, when it was
his, perhaps cliched, hard drinking, smoking, gambling
persona that was essential to the sucess of the series, as
well as the excellent writing by Jimmie Mac Govern -a HB
script writer if ever there was. 3Cross over HB. OK, not SF,
all the ones I thought about were covered*, but horror HB
specifically Jay Russell, I think he may have been covered
before I joined,if so sozz. I have a secret soft spot for
horror, it's a bit like comfort food when it's cold outside,
but I rarely indulge as my other tends to snigger
disparagingly. So I was happy when he picked up Burning
Bright. Thought it was an amusing way to pass an afternoon,
full marks to his well drawn Britain.I might not buy him new,
but I'd pick others of his up 2nd hand. I'd be interested to
hear of any other horrible HB.
*Thought of one,* Quake City * by John B Spencer. Typically
down at heel PI set in of course a futuristic LA. 4Wot i red
in the summr by Jane We had our usual pilgramage to real
bookshops and I'm rationing myself, but so far, amongst
others, I read *The Scapegoat* by Daniel Pennec- another in
the Belleville Quartet, the first actually, so Ive read them
all out of order. Typically excellent.
*1974* by David Pearce, a very tangled, grim, grim, grim
British HB. Pretty good but left a major query in the plot.
If any one else has read it, lets talk. One of those books
you were glad to escape from.
*A Firing Offence* can I join the Pelecanos fan club? Started
*Iguana Love*by Vicki Henderson, abandoned it, probably go
back when I'm in the mood. Really pleased to hear about the
new Joe R Lansdale, that solves the problem of what my mum
can get me for that landmark birthday, mind you as I'm over
here it may have to be for Christmas. That's all, back on
track now, so the next ones should be shorter and sweeter.
Ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
Jane
-- # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Sun 29 Aug 1999 - 11:54:32 EDT