Heinlein is a genius. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, PODKIN OF
MARS, GLORY ROAD, THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, great stories that
leave you with something to think about.
Patrick King
--- On Mon, 6/9/08, John Armstrong <
pachuco@telus.net> wrote:
From: John Armstrong <
pachuco@telus.net> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: occult
PIs To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 9, 2008,
6:08 PM
One of the first books I read that introduced magic into what
was otherwise a normal world was Magic Inc by R. A. Heinlein.
I've been a sucker for that them, done well, ever
since.
Patrick King wrote:
>
> --- On Mon, 6/9/08, DJ-Anonyme@webtv. net
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<DJ-Anonyme@webtv. net
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> wrote:
>
> The book also got me started thinking about other
series that overlap
> the hardboiled and occult worlds, especially loner
investigators who
> bridge the two worlds. I'm thinking of series like
George Chesbro's
> Mongo series, or shows like Forever Knight, Reaper,
the earlier (and far
> darker, more serious, wish it would come out on DVD)
Brimstone, some
> Angel, though much of it takes place only in the
occult world. That
> last reservation would also rule out Charlie
Huston's Joe Pike series.
> As much as I enjoy it, it's almost entirely set in
the politics of the
> world of vampires, even if that world is used to
satirize the real
> world.
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> My favorite occult hard boiled is FALLING ANGEL by
William Hjortsberg.
> It follows an investigation by New York PI Harry
Angel in search of a
> missing jazz crooner who disappeared during WWII. It
gets weird very
> fast. There's an amazing scene in one of those
abandoned NYC subway
> platforms.
>
> A movie based on it called ANGEL HEART, starring
Mickey Rourke as
> Harry with a great supporting cast including DeNiro
is worth seeing,
> too. Director Allen Parker moved the majority of the
scenes to New
> Orleans for some reason. The book begins and ends in
New York. The
> movie is predominantly about VooDoo, the book about
ceremonial magick.
>
> Patrick King
>
>
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