Ron Clinton (r-and-jclinton@email.msn.com)
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 11:35:08 -0800
> I missed a lot of discussion of Vachss, but he was
one of the first new
wave
> HB writers I read, and his work came as a real shock
to the system, but,
> yes, after the shock wears off, he is a bit of a one
trick pony(talking
> Burke here) I'm not saying the issues he raises
aren't important, but
> probably the books just end up being issue led (with
the "Doc Savage"
stuff
> chucked in
Vachss would actually probably agree with you. I saw him,
along with Joe Lansdale, at Seattle's NW Bookfest and he said
nearly the same thing, though in different words, of course.
He said he does not consider himself a
"writer" but rather a "reporter" of what's going on with the
issues he's concerned with. He merely reports what he sees,
he says - he doesn't make it up. He said his life revolves
around one issue - the protection of children - and that's
what his gig is, that's what he writes about. He
"doesn't know anything else" and "wouldn't know how to write
about it." Though the words in quotes are as close to what he
said as I can recall, the rest has been paraphrased. But I
think it's pretty clear he would agree with you on the above
point.
Though I think - as Lansdale correctly chimed in - Vachss is
being overly modest.
Ron Clinton
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