Mr. Lynds,
you've done a lot of work for hire - Mike Shaynes, Charlie
Chans, Shadows, Nick Carters. One of your remarkable
achievements is that you've been able to deliver your social
opinions into these works. At least in your one Mike Shayne
novel there's a lot of warmth and social concern that is
notably lacking in Davis Dresser's original works (which is
why I liked your book more than the originals) and that
strongly resembles the issues you have in "Act of Fear" or
other more serious novels. The same with your Nick Carters:
they were not only more hardboiled than the usual entries in
the series, but it was amazing that one could recognize it
being written by you. I forget the details, but I was amazed
how an author did get away with this.
How have you been able to manage with that, even in a series
like Nick Carter that's pretty far away from your politics?
Have you ever received any comments from the editors and
publishers? Any censorship?
I haven't read any of your Shadows or Charlie Chans, so I
can't say anything about them in this context.
On a lighter note, I'd very interested to hear more about
your work for hire: how did you get the jobs, how was it to
write them, were they very quick jobs etc.
Juri http://pulpetti.blogspot.com
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