Well, there are quite a few grins in Joyce, as well, and
ULYSSES not least in that wise. On a discussion board
recently, I cited F&SF, EQMM, and ONTARIO REVIEW as my
own favorite fiction magazines (recommended BLUE MURDER among
the webzines), and only wish I'd found even more diverse
materials of similar quality (there's a
baseball-fiction/essay/poetry magazine called ELYSIAN FIELDS
QUARTERLY which I've been meaning to seek out, though I
suspect it won't be filled with work on a par with William
Campbell Gault or W. P. Kinsella's sports fiction). Among the
horror titles, I couldn't say whether I preferred WEIRD TALES
or CEMETERY DANCE, but I suspect most folk here wouldn't mind
dipping into the current, much delayed CD...the magazine
straddles supernatural horror and naturalistic suspense, and
Ed Gorman, Keith Minnion, John Shirley, Dennis Etchison,
arguably Richard Laymon and Bentley Little, and Jack Ketchum
all contribute items that have at least a touch of hb. None
of these stories in this issue are likely to live on as
paragons of the style, but the Ketchum particularly repays
your reading, and Tim Lebbon has a piece that might also
appeal to a lot of folk here. TM
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Sowle [mailto:
ambrosehunter@yahoo.com] Most crime fiction fans have
probably not read the complete works of Joyce due to a very
simple fact. One could read Ulysses or Wake, but it would
take up a large chuck of reading time that could be spent
with a least a half dozen mystery novels/paperback
originals/etc. In reading, just like the rest of life, you
have to pick you spots. Give me a couple of Fredric Brown
PBs, a Charles Williams and, hell, 3 0r 4 Harry Whittingtons
and you can read Ulysses.
We'll see whose grin is wider when were done.
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