Re: RARA-AVIS: Noir Sci-fi

From: Gonzalo Baeza ( gbaeza@gmail.com)
Date: 27 Oct 2007


I've seen them at Borders, which is where I bought the first two. Then again, you can also find the older versions in used book shops.

-Gonzalo saddlebums.blogspot.com

--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Grossman
<bookgasmbruce@...> wrote:
>
> 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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