Hi Charles,
Could you direct us to a list of the Alan Furst novels you're talking about?
On 11/25/09, hardcasecrime <editor@hardcasecrime.com> wrote:
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>> but you all would know of hb/noir writers possibly
>> relevant to this topic besides ellroy.
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> Willeford wouldn't (and now his widow won't) allow GRIMHAVEN to be
> published.
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> Stephen King won't let RAGE, one of his early Bachman books, be
> reprinted.
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> And a number of authors have said no to my requests to reprint some of
> their early work: Alan Furst won't allow his early comic pot dealer
> novels to be reprinted; ditto Martin Cruz Smith with his books about an
> operative for the Vatican; and on and on. Lots of early work that
> successful writers would like to forget (sometimes despite it being very
> good).
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> --Charles
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> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, sonny <sforstater@...> wrote:
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/nov/24/james-ellroy-best-\
> judge-own-novels?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed\
> %3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29
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>> above, james ellroy disses 'the cold six thousand', tho the poster's
> claim that he disowns it is a bit exagerrated. but other authors have
> refused to let books be reprinted. then there's the recent nabokov
> 'book', which he requested be burnt. as compared with kafka's requests
> to max brod and brod's refusal to comply.
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>> and finally salinger's refusal to publish at all. assuming there is
> something to publish, of course. tho he's in special position, not
> needing money and not wanting any public attention. i doubt he considers
> what he's written not worthy of being published. and yes, he's way OT
> here, sorry.
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>> but you all would know of hb/noir writers possibly relevant to this
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