A good example of pulpy, hard-boiled SF is Frank Kelly Rich's
JAKE STRAIT series which is presently being reprinted by Gold
Eagle, the same guys that publish the Mack Bolan: The
Executioner series. Rich's novels, however, are much better
than your average macho vigilante books. Rich is also the
editor of Modern Drunkard magazine
(www.moderndrunkard.com)
-Gonzalo Baeza. saddlebums.blogspot.com
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Brian
Lindenmuth"
> <blindenmuth@> wrote:
>
> >
> > Re: Moorcock - All of the major New Worlds
writers: Michael
Moorcock;
> > M John Harrison; J G Ballard & of course
James Sallis all have
spoken
> > at length of their admiration for Hammett and
Chandler.
> >
> > --Brian Lindenmuith
> >
> I too like Effinger. Ballard is brilliant and it is
about time I
> reread some of his work. Sallis is great in both
genres and in
> nonfiction. He wrote an excellent book on guitar
players. One New
> Worlds writer who seldom gets his due is Keith
Roberts. He was
quite
> wonderful and, like Effinger, suffered through a
great many health
> problems.
>
> Interestingly the few forays into our area by
Michael Moorcock that
> I've read were light-hearted espionage spoofs (THE
CHINESE AGENT
and
> THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE). They reminded me of some
of Westlake's
> early spoofs.
>
> There may be more serious Moorcock crime novels that
I simply have
not
> gotten to. There's one, for example, entitled THE
ENGLISH ASSASSIN
> (1972). Anyone out there who's read this
one?
>
> Richard Moore
>
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