That's how I found the list - the archives turned up in my
search. Looks like Dora S. caused some dissension in the
ranks ... Thanks for the info. I'm still looking for the
autobio and Dead Man Upright, and the various short stories
in the respective anthologies. Interesting to see on
Blather.com an interview with Allan Moore, who was a friend
of "Cookie's"
JAA
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no
more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier
than a sober one ." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Borgers" <
freeweb@rocketmail.com> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002
10:22 AM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: DEREK RAYMAOND
> --- "John A. Armstrong" <
johnnyyen@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Hey, my first post here - found this list
while
> > searching for info on Derek
> > Raymond, whom I just discovered thanks to
Warren
> > Ellis' recommendation.
> > Brilliant stuff - does anyone know where I can
find
> > a solid obit for him?
>
> Derek Raymond, this British writer (real name
Robin
> Cook - not to be confused with the American
medical
> thriller maker), is one of the great contemporary
Noir
> writers. If somebody doubts about what Noir is
all
> about, read Raymond!
>
> To find more details you could:
> - search archives of R-A; there was some
interesting
> discussions about D.Raymond (last year I think,
and
> earlier)
> - go for his autobiography: THE HIDDEN FILES
(1992)
> in which he does a lot more than just speaking of
his
> life
>
> And of course read his novels like the four of
the
> "Factory" cycle, cycle ending with a masterpiece:
I
> WAS DORA SUAREZ (1990).
> Or like: NIGHTMARE IN THE STREET (1988)
>
> He lived in France since 1974 and died there in
1994
> (born in 1931, in London).
> His first novel was: THE CRUST ON ITS UPPER
(1962)
>
> E.Borgers
> Hard-Boiled Mysteries
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
>
>
>
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