----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Taboada" <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003
5:24 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Brackett & cross genre
influences
> Burroughs is always worth reading. What he lacked
in
> subtlety (everything) he made up in force and
momentum. I
> find him compulsively readable. Not that long ago, I
read
> an essay by Vidal in which he echoes these
marvellous
> insights of mine.
>
> Since we are monthless, how about a Max Brand month?
He was
> hardboiled, he wrote tons of books and stories, and,
at
> least in the US, his stuff is easily available.
Especially
> his westerns.
Max Brand's style can be pretty old-fashioned, but he was
also a great storyteller. Some of his mysteries, like SEVEN
FACES, have been reprinted fairly recently in large print
editions and might not be too hard to find, especially in
libraries that have good large print sections.
> Did he farm out? Just asking.
I've never heard anything about him farming out any of his
books. He was such a fast writer (14 pages a day, day in and
day out, from what I've read), I doubt if he ever needed to.
And it just doesn't seem like something he would do, given
his personality.
James
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