>From: Ray Skirsky <
rskirsky@qualcomm.com>
>These '70s men's action series are something I
collect and read, though not
>for good literature, just for grins.
Tha's the right attitude--and there are grins aplenty in the
genre!
>
>>It's hard to believe that any writing could be
worse than the Death
>Merchant. I read the first two as a teen, and on eBay
recently got
>the first 70 in a lot really cheap. The first was
okay, the second not as
>good, but they soon degenerated into writing so bad
that it
>can be wonderful, in small doses. I think Bill
Pronzini used quite a few
>Death Merchant excerpts in his Gun in Cheek series. I
finally
>petered out at #8. Then picked up one of the later
ones and found that
>the quality continued to decline, as hard as that is
to believe.
I just read the first chapter of Gannon #1: Blood For
Breakfast. I can't imagine any series getting this bad.
>gems up
>your sleeve?
I don't have any, but with everyone from functional
illiterates to Edgar award winners doing time under various
action-series house names, I"m sure a good bibliography can
turn up gems in all the series.
>was Alan Caillou's "Private Army of Colonel
Tobin."
Thanks for the tip--I'll keep my eyes open.
--Scott
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