I'm just curious what long-out-of-prints books list members
would love to see reprinted? Certainly there has to be a
bountiful group of deserving candidates. Personally, I'd like
to see Elliot Chaze' "Black Wings Has My Angel" and the book
"Detour" by Martin Goldsmith. (am I right in assuming this is
the book the cult classic flick is based on?) Like Rene said,
it would also be nice to see Willeford's "The Black Mass of
Brother Springer" re-issued, because although Black Lizard
did it in the '80's, it's virtually impossible to find for
less than sixty bucks.
Brad
> >
> Personally I'm happy whenever a Goodis novel
surfaces that hasn't been
> reprinted recently, whether it's one of the better
ones or not, if it's
> one I don't already have. My favourite Goodis is
STREET OF THE LOST
> which no-one appears to have reprinted in recent
times - my copy is an
> Israeli reprint from the 1970's (I think). There are
also other books
> I've never seen, e.g. THE WOUNDED & THE SLAIN,
which it would be lovely
> to see reprinted. Personally, I applaud Prion's
picking up previously
> ignored Goodis titles but I know Al has trouble
picking up some of these
> books many of us take for granted (possibly because
we already own
> them?). It's not just Goodis but Willeford &
Thompson seem to get the
> same books reprinted, over & over, while others
are ignored. There are
> several Willeford novels, for example that have
never been reprinted,
> or, in the case of HONEY GAL (aka THE BLACK MASS OF
BROTHER SPRINGER)
> reprinted once by Black Lizard in the 80's - &
this reprint commands
> high prices in the 2nd hand market today. I have a
personal fantasy of
> publishing a lot of these old gems with their
original 50's cover
> artwork (although with the authors' names spelt
correctly). I believe
> they'd sell, if marketed intelligently using
resources such as the web.
> I know we are a minority but all over the planet I
think we're a
> significant sized enough minority to make such an
idea (modestly)
> profitable should the logistical problems be
overcome.
>
> Rene
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