On 27 February 2003, JIM DOHERTY wrote:
: Considering that it's the topic of the month, there's been
very little
: discussion about the 1960s. One point that I think should
be mentioned
: is that the single most popular mystery sub-genre in the
'60s,
: particularly the mid-60s, was spy fiction.
And that fed into the HB paperback original world very
nicely, with Matt Helm and Earl Drake and the others, and
carried on into all those other post-pulp men's adventure
series. I always think of Shell Scott and Chet Drum when I
think of PBO series, but they started in the '50s, and even
though Drum got all around the world, he wasn't a spy.
I enjoyed the 1960s books I read this month. I'm looking
forward to some good stuff next month, and I hope people will
pick a book and send out some comments. The hardboiled stuff
won't be hard to find, but how about
'70s noir?
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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