-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Crider <
macavityabc@gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 14, 2006 10:01 AM
>To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: What about John D.
MacDonald?
>
>JDM is the guy who got me started in the collecting
paperbacks game. In the
>late '50s and early '60s, I couldn't get enough of
his books. I've read all
>of them once, many of them twice, some of them more
than that. I can see,
>now, many flaws that I didn't notice 40 years ago,
and I can certainly see
>why people might not like the books today, but that
doesn't change the way I
>felt then. Running across one I hadn't read was a
magic moment.
>
>I remember when I was in grad school, taking an
evening French class so I
>could satisfy part of the language requirement. The
class was driving me
>nuts, and at the break I left campus, drove downtown
to a newsstand and
>bought a JDM book. I got back late to the class,
which brought a
>disapproving comment from the teacher, but my evening
was much improved.
>
>One title the a lot of people think is among the best
is A FLASH OF GREEN.
>
>Bill Crider
Victor Nunez made a pretty good movie out of this one 20
years ago. It starred Ed Harris. I'd like to see it again,
but it's not out on DVD yet.
TL
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