James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:07:41 -0600
At 04:53 PM 12/22/99 -0600, Bill Crider wrote:
>You can't go wrong with the early Destroyer books,
which I think are
>genuinely funny. The Lone Wolf series by Mike Barry
(Barry M. Mazlberg) is
>interesting if you like the idea of what might really
happen to a guy who
>was dedicated to killing everyone in the Mafia. The
main character's
>mental deterioration as the series progresses is
unique in the genre, I
think.
>
>Bill Crider
>
The Destroyer books _are_
funny.
For Malzberg in a really vicious
mode, all pulp and sf fans must read
_Herovit's World_, where a pulp hack (Herovit) slowly
descends into alcoholism and madness, his personalitly first
being replaced by his pen-name and finally by his series
hero....both of whom turn out to be just as alcoholic and
ineffectual as he is.
James
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