--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Lindenmuth"
<blindenmuth@...> wrote:
>
> Re: Moorcock - All of the major New Worlds writers:
Michael Moorcock;
> M John Harrison; J G Ballard & of course James
Sallis all have spoken
> at length of their admiration for Hammett and
Chandler.
>
> --Brian Lindenmuith
>
I too like Effinger. Ballard is brilliant and it is about
time I reread some of his work. Sallis is great in both
genres and in nonfiction. He wrote an excellent book on
guitar players. One New Worlds writer who seldom gets his due
is Keith Roberts. He was quite wonderful and, like Effinger,
suffered through a great many health problems.
Interestingly the few forays into our area by Michael
Moorcock that I've read were light-hearted espionage spoofs
(THE CHINESE AGENT and THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE). They
reminded me of some of Westlake's early spoofs.
There may be more serious Moorcock crime novels that I simply
have not gotten to. There's one, for example, entitled THE
ENGLISH ASSASSIN
(1972). Anyone out there who's read this one?
Richard Moore
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