> The bulk of his work seems to have been
> written between 1958-68, mainly for Dell (the covers
are superb).
Further
> novels published in '72, '81 and '92. (Haven't read
them and don't
even
> know if they're by the same guy).
>
> Quote from the back cover of McKimmey's _24 Hours To
Kill_
> "This man can manipulate tension and character in
ways that are
beginning to
> alarm me." John D MacDonald.
>
> Any further info greatly appreciated.
>
> Al Guthrie
>
Welcome to the overground section of the list, Al. I can't
add to your knowledge of McKimmey as you already know more
than I do but I thought the following may be of interest if
you're not already aware - the Dell covers were done (the
ones I've seen) by the extremely prolific (& wonderful)
Robert McGinis. There is a website devoted to his pb covers
with 100's of scans: http://www.geocities.com/graemeflanagan/.
(Warning: popups abound & you need to have cookies
enabled, IIRC). McGinis did covers for just about every major
Hb/noir author of the late 50's to early 70's & much more
as well as many famous movie posters of the 60's including
James Bond movie posters & BARBARELLA. I haven't yet read
McKimmey but I was aware that J D MacDonald had a high
opinion of him (his comments seem to be on most of the pb's
of McKimmey's I've seen) & so I'd think he must have been
pretty damned good & yet he seems almost forgotten now.
Which of his books would you recommend?
Rene
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