Re: RARA-AVIS: Re:The Harboiled Omnibus - Corrections
department
MT (matrxtech@sprintmail.com)
Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:29:25 -0500
I'm finally catching up with the pile of unread e-mail. I was
unaware
that the paperback edition of Shaw's THO is abridged (I've
never seen
this edition). Since the publishers state that it's an
unabridged
republication, etc., I wonder if we are talking about the
same
collection. What's in this paperback? I find it hard to
understand why
Rosaire's contribution would be left out -it's a great story.
Maybe
there were some copyright problems due to Black Mask changing
hands,
authors changing agents, and so on? I recall reading that Shaw
was quite
a character with very strong likes and dislikes, and that as a
publisher
and agent he got into a lot of fights with writers. I find it
curious
that he left out Black Mask mainstays like Frederick Nebel and
Carroll
John Daly when compiling the omnibus. Maybe in retrospect he
thought
they were shitty writers.
In any case, we should probably take this historical
investigation to
e-mail in order not to interfere with the current discussion
of James
Cain.
Regards,
Mario Taboada
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