RE: RARA-AVIS: recent reads

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 19 Dec 2009

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    No, I never did read GEEK LOVE. There's another literary take on the theme called LIKE WATER FOR ELEPHANTS...but I haven't read that one, either. My wife says it's quite good, though.

    Ron C.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
    > Behalf Of sonny
    > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:46 AM
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: recent reads
    >
    > thanks. brown is tough to find, in libraries anyway, whereas they had
    carny kill and
    > have swamp sister too so i'm gonna try that. yeah, i really dug 'freezer
    burn'. ever
    > read 'geek love' by k. dunn? i haven't but have heard about it. i assume
    it's not
    > hb/noir. but the author is interesting with her love of boxing in real
    life for one thing.
    >
    >
    >
    > --- On Sat, 12/19/09, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
    >
    > From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
    > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: recent reads
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 1:14 AM
    >
    > MADBALL by Fredric Brown is another good one.
    >
    > I'm a sucker for carny noir, too.  I've read all these discussed, plus a
    few
    > others, but Lansdale's FREEZER BURN remains my favorite.
    >
    > Ron C.
    >
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
    On
    > > Behalf Of sonny
    > > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:29 PM
    > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: recent reads
    > >
    > > finally finished 'solomon's vineyard' by latimer. had been taking my
    time
    > with it for a
    > > long while. definitely worthy of its status.
    > >
    > > read 'carny kill' by robt. edmond alter. first alter i've ever read. i
    > liked it, but i'm a
    > > sucker for carny hb/noir. nightmare alley of course and freezer burn by
    > joe
    > > lansdale.
    > >
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    > > RARA-AVIS home page: http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
    > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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