Bill wrote:
"Point Blank will do "the mammoth DENNIS LYNDS READER which
will contain the entire John Crowe Buena Costa County novel,
BLOODWATER, the Michael Collins short novel RESURRECTION, the
Dennis Lynds short novel TALKING TO THE WORLD, and generous
selection of both Michael Collins and Dennis Lynds short
stories. On the schedule after that are all the Dan Fortune
novels in double volumes, and selected novels of John Crowe,
Mark Sadler, and William Arden starting with HERE TO DIE by
Sadler, and featuring critically acclaimed PI Paul
Shaw."
Dennis, I'm curious about how these were chosen. For
instance, Bloodwater is neither the first nor your favorite
(didn't you say you preferred A Touch of Darkness?) John
Crowe novel, so why that one? (On a personal note, I have
Bloodwater, but not Darkness, so . . .) Similarly, wasn't The
Falling Man the first Sadler? So why start with Here to Die?
Am I the only reader who is anal about reading series in
order?
On another note, I just finished the first Buena County
novel, Another Way to Die. I liked it, although I was a bit
confused at the beginning until someone finally acknowledged
the seeming contradiction of Roy wearing the uniform and
being six months out of the Army. Once that was questioned I
was fine. I liked the way you worked in the questioning of
society. As you noted earlier this month, your critique is
not situational, but systemic, with the current situation
simply exposing the normal workings of society and, in this
case, what happens to someone who is too sensitive to the
contradictions.
Mark
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