--- William Denton <
buff@pobox.com> wrote:
> Things like that tell me about writers I know
I'm
> going to like. Which
> makes me wonder, where do rare birds find out
about
> new or old books and
> writers (aside from here)?
I've found that a favorite author will often tell you which
books they like right in the text of the novels.
For example, in a Burglar mystery by Lawrence Block Bernie
Rhodenbarr is reading a "The Sour Lemon Score" by Richard
Stark. The excerpts were so neat I found a copy of it and
have since read more than half of Westlake's (and all of
Stark's novels).
In Robert A. Heinlein's "Have Space Suit, Will Travel", one
of the characters is always reading Jerome K. Jerome's "Three
Men In A Boat". I promptly found myself a copy - and a few
laughs.
Jesse
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