In a message dated 4/20/02 8:57:15 AM,
pruettc@hotmail.com writes:
<< here are the ones i have: The Quick Red Fox, Darker
than Amber, The Empty Copper Sea, the Long Lavender Look, the
Green Ripper, Free Fall in Crimson. >>
All of these are Travis McGee
adventures and there is a split among the rare birds (big
surprise) as to whether John D. did his best work with Travis
or in his non-McGee books. Personally, I love all of the T.
McGee work and most of the rest of it, but if I were going to
start on McGee I'd start with the early stuff (The Quick Red
Fox, Darker Than Amber, The Long Lavender Look, and then go
to the late 70's early eighties stuff, The Empty Copper Sea,
The Green Ripper, Free Fall In Crimson.) My first choice
would be to read the entire series in order, but that can be
almost impossible (and probably too compulsive) a task.
Of the six, Lavender, and Copper Sea
are my favorites (for what that's worth.) My view of the T.
Megee books are that the best ones are in the middle, the
stuff he published in the late sixties and early seventies,
but you are almost certain to have fun with all of
them.
Also, do yourself a favor and read
some of the non-Travis books, The Brass Cupcake, A Flash of
Green, The Girl, The Gold Watch & Everything, Dead Low
Tide, Where is Janice Gantry?, and Cry Hard, Cry Fast. John
D. did a lot of good work.
Jim
Blue
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