--- Kevin Burton Smith
<
kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com> wrote:
> Sorry, he lost the halo long ago. If he ever had
it.
> Or possibly he
> simply hocked it for the blow job of
celebrity.
>
> Too little editing, too much self-indulgence.
When
> even his most vocal
> defenders (enablers?) tag much of his work
as
> "unreadable," you know
> the guy's star has faded.
>
> I remember Otto Penzler once discussing at
a
> conference how much
> editing his first (and arguably best) books
needed.
> Somehow, I wonder
> if anyone would dare edit him that much now. If
not,
> it's a shame,
> because the guy is still an original, with a
brave
> and unique voice.
> That's what drew us all to him in the first
place.
>
> Or was it even a halo? Given the Mad Dog's
carefully
> manipulated
> persona as a damaged and deranged hep cat
enfant
> terrible
> (mommywaskilledbuymybook), they were probably a
set
> of horns.
****************************************************** Out of
curiosity, Kevin, what's your background? Anything
interesting at all?
Patrick King
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