-----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 don't know if this has been mentioned. Some of JDM's pulp
short stories are collected in THE GOOD OLD STUFF. The
sci/fi-mystery story "Miranda" is a good read. JDM did some
edits when the stories were collected and the material feels
dated but I like that quality in vintage pulp
literature.
Ed Lynskey
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