miker wrote:
>
> to rene: darn it! thought i had rabe's _box_ bought
thru
> abebooks, but they called me up and told me they
couldn't
> locate it. i was wondering if _kill the boss
goodbye_ is a
> good one. i notice it was recently reprinted by
black
> lizard.
>
KILL THE BOSS GOODBYE is an excellent "consolation prize" -
if memory serves, all the Black Lizard Rabe reprints were top
drawer (like all the old pb masters I can think of, not
everything Rabe wrote was a masterpiece.THE BOX is a
masterpiece, IMO). As far as THE BOX goes, your best bet is
to track down a copy of PURE PULP edited by Gorman, Greenberg
& Pronzini (aka "The Usual Suspects") & published by
Carroll & Graf in 1999. I would think it would be easily
available through both Amazon & ABE. Aside from incl. THE
BOX it's chockablock full of meaty hb/noir goodness, one of
my favourites is a little gem by SF author Algis Budrys (his
classic SF novel WHO? had a hardboiled feel, as much Cold War
thriller as SF), MASTER OF THE HOUNDS, noir with a gothic
feel. PURE PULP would be much better value as it includes THE
BOX & a whole volume's worth of excellent hb/noir short
stories. I own all the original Black Lizard Rabe reprints
& about a dozen of his Gold Medal paperbacks as well as a
few Australian & UK reprints from the 60's or 70's but
the only format I've ever seen THE BOX in is in this
anthology - which makes this anthology doubly good
value.
Rene
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