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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
> The book also got me started thinking about other
series that
overlap
> the hardboiled and occult worlds, especially loner
investigators
who
> bridge the two worlds. [edit]
> But I'm not very familiar with horror and/or fantasy
books, so I
was
> wondering if there are any other recommended series
where an
> investigator works on both sides of these mean
streets? For
example, I
> saw a series by Lilith Saintcross (gee, wonder if
that's a
pseudonym)
> featuring Dante Valentine, the Devil's bounty
hunter. They have
really
> cool covers, but I seem to remember the recently
departed Bo
Diddley
> warning me about judging a book by its cover. Are
they any good?
Any
> other recommendations?
It just so happens that I'm compiling a list of this kind of
crossover fiction from the librarian-heavy Fiction-L mailing
list...series are tougher than one-offs, from what I've read,
such as Avram Davidson, him again, with THE ENQUIRIES OF
DOCTOR ESTERHAZY
(and THE ADVENTURES... expanded edition), which is not
hardboiled, but is worth pursuing in these terms (MASTERS OF
THE MAZE, likewise, and it does verge on hb); Kim Newman's
ANNO DRACULA series, which don't involve a single detective,
but often take a form parallel to detective fiction, and his
more on the nose THE NIGHT MAYOR and at least one other. Ron
Goulart's Max Kearney stories, collected in GHOST BREAKER,
are great fun. But almost all of these stress the
fantastic.
Todd Mason
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