In a message dated 7/19/00 5:16:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca writes:
>
> I am very fond of his Cool-Lam series written as
A.A. Fair. They are fast
> and
> exciting reads, with plenty of humor and great
dialogue. His old stories
> from
> the pulps are also very interesting. They guy had a
tremendous imagination
> in
> those days (some of the Ed Jenkins stories were
reprinted by Carroll &
Graf).
>
> If Gardner had continued in this vein, he could have
become a Bellem. He
> certainly knew how to do the hardboiled "primitive"
act.
I'm fairly new to this list and this is my first time chiming
in. I recieve this in the digest form and must say this
particular batch of posts has been quite user friendly and
rewarding to the new-comer. I'm just about 5 years into my
passonate/obessesion with HB and Pulp related topics. About a
year ago I discovered, among others, Bellem. I see in the
note I've copied above that ESG's A.A. FAir, and some early
works under ESG were as hard-boiled and
"primitive" as Bellem. I thank you greatly for this tip.
Being a fan of late 50's early 60's TV Perry Mason, I have
collected the books but have not gotten around to giving them
the time they obviously deserve. The same with A.A. Fair. I
pick them up when I see them but do the same with dozens of
books and some get read before others. Your post has shuffled
my "next read" priorities. Thanx. I appreciate alot of tips
like this that I've picked up here and appreciate all
descriptive comments about authors, old and new, that I see
here. Thanx again. - JJ
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