----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Clinton" <
clinton65@att.net>
> Thanks for the complete list, Al...but as miker
points out:
>
> > darn! thats a bummer! a lotta that stuff,
like
> > thompson's, macdonald's, and hammett's books,
are
> > already in print. i wish they'd bail on those
and
> > print some that i can't find in print, like
charles
> > williams, carroll john daly, peter rabe, and
derek
> > raymond, to name a few.
>
> Williams and Rabe -- absolutely. I'll throw in Gil
Brewer and Fredric
Brown
> for good measure...
Totally agree. However, for those of us on this side of the
pond it isn't as bad as it looks. Apart from a couple of
omnibus editions, Jim Thompson has been out of print for
years. Ditto John D MacDonald, and, until Canongate started
reprinting him in 2000 (?), Ross Macdonald as well.
Here's a related question. Why are David Goodis's best books
(Prion's "Dark Passage" aside) not reprinted? Why opt for "Of
Tender Sin", "The Moon in the Gutter" and "The Blonde on the
Street Corner", when you could have "The Burglar", "Cassidy's
Girl" and "Nightfall?" As I see it, the people compiling HB
reprint lists should consult us first. We're their target
audience, so why don't they ask us what we want to read?
Market research on tap. What more could a commercial
enterprise ask for?
Al Guthrie
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