Re: RARA-AVIS: Goodis...

From: Scott Owen ( scottaowen@hotmail.com)
Date: 30 May 2002


From a purely selfish perspective, I'm glad to see reprints of the tougher Goodis titles--it makes for a cheap way to fill the holes in the old collection. Any self-respecting Avian should be able to dig up used copies of the better titles without too much effort.

However, I don't think it will hurt Goodis's reputation. When these 2nd-rate reprints don't sell, publishers are going to be reluctant to birng the good stuff back in print. Too bad.

--Scott

> > Here's a related question. Why are David Goodis's best books (Prion's
>"Dark
> > Passage" aside) not reprinted? Why opt for "Of Tender Sin", "The Moon
>in
> > the Gutter" and "The Blonde on the Street Corner", when you could have
>"The
> > Burglar", "Cassidy's Girl" and "Nightfall?"
>
>

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