--- Eric Chambers <
nqexile@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Why is Christie
> constantly in print while, say, Gardner's
Perry
> Mason books, which I am sure would appeal to
the
> same reader base, are not?
***************************************************** For one
thing, Christie is taught in colleges & universities
throughout the United States, Canada, and Britian. She's
considered a pivotal popular novelist and the inventor of
"the cozy" form of murder mystery.
Gardener probably did invent the courtroom drama. But if his
books are no worse than Agatha Christie's, there are also no
better. Garderner's plots and characters are so brittle they
often do break. Some of his books don't end at all. It's like
he got tired of writing it and decided, "Screw it! Publsih it
as is. These idiots will buy anything with my name on
it."
On the other hand, which of his Perry Mason books are oop?
There are several Perry Mason Omnibuses by Avon Press which I
own and I think are in print. There may be some of the more
obscure titles that are hard to get. But THE MOTHEATEN MINK,
THE DEMURE DEFENDANT, THE WAYLAID WOLF, THE SUNBATHER'S
DIARY, THE VELVET CLAWS, were all readily available last time
I looked. The bigger question is who's buying them? If the
answere is, no one, that's the answer to your question.
Patrick King
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