Re: RARA-AVIS: Henry Slesar 1927-2002

From: James Reasoner ( james53@flash.net)
Date: 05 Apr 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Mason" < Todd.Mason@tvguide.com> To: < rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:09 AM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Henry Slesar 1927-2002

> Today's NEW YORK TIMES carries the obit notice. It's vague enough to give
> slight hope, but while I'll believe there are two Henry Slesars in NYC, I
> doubt both would be born in 1927.

Hate to hear this. Don't think I've read any of Slesar's novels, but I've enjoyed many of his short stories over the years. And as the head writer of THE EDGE OF NIGHT, he kept it a vital, interesting series for years. Not that many hardboiled or noirish elements, but it had its moments.

James

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