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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, ejgorman99@a... wrote:
>
> I thought King did a great job but I thought the
reporter was
uninformed and
> condescending. The piece started off with the host
saying
something about it
> sure wasn't high art but pulp did have a big
following...John D.
once commented
> that he wrote fiction for men who carried their
lunches in buckets
and he
> thought that they were his primary
audience.
I didn't see the piece on CBS but liked the lunch bucket
comment by John D. About the time JDM began hitting the best
seller lists, I once read a piece by Kurt Vonnegut, probably
a review, which made similar insightful comments. Vonnegut,
who did a few paperback originals himself, must have felt the
need to explain John D'S "sudden" popularity to those tempted
to look down their noses. MacDonald, Vonnegut explained,
built a loyal audience book by book in the drug stores and
PXs of America of readers who appreciated a good story,
well-told.
Richard Moore
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