That pretty much sums it up. Ellson was a good writer albeit confined to a specific genre niche. The book was published by Rudos and Rubes (www.rudosandrubes.com/) and they have a nice little catalog, including the very funny crime novel Devil Born Without Horns by Michael Lucas.
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Clinton" <clinton65@...> wrote:
>
> I picked it up a couple months go -- think it was an early review copy,
> though it's identical in form to the one published, and no mention of ARC on
> the outside. In any event, I haven't read it yet, but if one's even mildly
> interested in JD fiction (Juvenile Delinquent), it's probably worth picking
> up. Ellson is typically regarded as the leading author of that niche
> fiction.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of jacquesdebierue
> > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 12:24 PM
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Hal Ellson Omnibus
> >
> > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "tomarmstrongmusic" <tom@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I saw a copy of a Hal Ellson reprinting the other day. I found one or
> two
> > references to it in the archives here, but no opinions of it really. Has
> anyone read
> > it? Worth picking up?
> > >
> > > Tom Armstrong
> > > www.tomarmstrongmusic.com
> > >
> >
> > What I remember learning from the discussion is that this is NOT Harlan
> Ellison... I
> > don't remember anything else.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > mrt
> >
> >
> >
> >
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