Yeah the fourth and final one was just put out. Sadly the
only place I've seen any of them was at a Kmart. Still
looking for books 2 and 3.
On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Gonzalo Baeza wrote:
> A good example of pulpy, hard-boiled SF is Frank
Kelly Rich's JAKE
> STRAIT series which is presently being reprinted by
Gold Eagle, the
> same guys that publish the Mack Bolan: The
Executioner series. Rich's
> novels, however, are much better than your average
macho vigilante
> books. Rich is also the editor of Modern Drunkard
magazine
> (www.moderndrunkard.com)
>
> -Gonzalo Baeza.
> saddlebums.blogspot.com
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- 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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