I'm with the naysayers on Slob. I tried it after several recommendations, but found it tiresome. And I still can't believe Harlan Ellison gave it good blurb around the same time he was dumping all over Brian DePalma for misogyny. Not that I don't also find DePalma misogynistic, but I found Miller worse.
Mark
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> From: dave@cpidubai.com
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:59:28 +0400
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: slob by rex miller
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> yeah, not good. few books leave a bad taste in the mouth but i tried both 'slob' and 'frenzy' in case i was wrong about the first. i wasn't.
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> lots of mouthwash needed...
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> dave
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> On Feb 27, 2010, at 11:42 PM, James Michael Rogers wrote:
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> > Never read Slob, but I thought Frenzy was one of the worst books I've ever touched. Really repellent in terms of theme and execution.
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> > James
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeff Vorzimmer
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 09:47
> > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: slob by rex miller
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> > Keep an eye open at your local used bookstores--the ones that sell remainders--cause you can always find the Centipede press books there eventually. Right now, Half-Price Books has a lot of copies of Fredric Brown's Here Comes a Candle.and John Franklin Bardin's The Deadly Percheron. If you're near NYC, there's Strand Books.
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> > Jeff
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "sonny" <sforstater@yahoo.com>
> > To: <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 6:03 PM
> > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: slob by rex miller
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> > wow, that is interesting. i like centipede but the prices are too much for me. i'd like to read the intro and essay by miller. i got paperback versions of the sturgeon and bardin that were cheaper than what i see on their website. wish i could find the fred browns for less.
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> > --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
> > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: slob by rex miller
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 5:53 PM
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> > Interestingly enough, a signed/limited (signed by author of the introduction
> > since Miller passed away some time ago) HC of SLOB was just released.
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> > http://www.centipedepress.com/horror/slob.html
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> > Ron C.
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of sonny
> > > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:43 PM
> > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: slob by rex miller
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> > > this was interesting and different for me. tho i used to read horror,
> > mainly clive
> > > barker's early stuff, and i've read thomas harris up til the last one and
> > i really liked
> > > 'blackburn' by bradley denton, i don't look for serial killer or horror
> > much any more.
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> > > of course there's a detective in this, but i don't think that part is
> > anything special. but
> > > the chaingaing/slob character and miller's writing at times were pretty
> > cool. i won't
> > > be goin nuts to find the sequels, but it was worth the read.
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