tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post5914239222406507645..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Ross MacdonaldEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-22429017206765837522007-08-02T15:17:00.000-07:002007-08-02T15:17:00.000-07:00The Chill is my favorite Ross Macdonald novel. Bri...The Chill is my favorite Ross Macdonald novel. Brilliant.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-49206443993836310952007-08-02T10:17:00.000-07:002007-08-02T10:17:00.000-07:00I have been known to indulge in a certain immature...I have been known to indulge in a certain immature re-action whenever I get to the end of a mystery that contains a totally unexpected twist at the end--I throw the book across the room. The first time I read "The Chill," in the late '60s, I almost blew a hole in the wall. Just finished "The Ivory Grin" a couple of weeks ago--still reading Macdonals after all these years.DGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843419825282803900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-79802406981752565502007-08-02T09:59:00.000-07:002007-08-02T09:59:00.000-07:00Black Lizard has just released a reprint of THE WA...Black Lizard has just released a reprint of THE WAY SOME PEOPLE DIE in trade paperback.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-74931163377223673192007-08-01T19:00:00.000-07:002007-08-01T19:00:00.000-07:00The first Archer I ever read was THE INSTANT ENEMY...The first Archer I ever read was THE INSTANT ENEMY. I picked it up one sunny Saturday in 1969 (during summer break after my freshman year in college, on a day off from my summer job) at the paperback rack in the G.C. Murphy in the then-thriving town of Montgomery, W.Va., along with THE SOUR LEMON SCORE by Richard Stark and ACT OF FEAR by Michael Collins. The tab for all three paperbacks came to $1.80 plus tax. One line from THE INSTANT ENEMY always stuck with me: "I had time to decide where to shoot him. If I had liked the man, I might have shot to kill. I shot him in the right leg." Even more than Chandler, in my opinion, Macdonald was the master at writing prose that by turns could be beautifully lyrical or brutally hard-edged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-50401612023439208492007-08-01T16:16:00.000-07:002007-08-01T16:16:00.000-07:00Hi Mr. Gorman,I just wanted to thank you for the v...Hi Mr. Gorman,<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to thank you for the virtual ink on The Archer Files. It's<BR/>a collection I'm proud to have been involved with, and appreciate any<BR/>press that perpetuates the Millar/Macdonald name.<BR/><BR/>I just thought I'd point out two things you might wish to edit:<BR/><BR/>1) "Just as supheroes never outgrow their need for milk"<BR/><BR/>supheroes = superheroes<BR/><BR/>2) "My favorite is an imperfect never-before-reprinted piece called<BR/>"Wild Goose Chase." There's a sort of gothic frenzy to it that kept me<BR/>flipping those pages."<BR/><BR/>"Wild Goose Chase" has been in every incarnation of the Archer short<BR/>story collections since the 1955 Bantam paperback (including Otto<BR/>Penzler's 1977 collection, Lew Archer: Private Investigator), and has<BR/>appeared in a multitude of anthologies over the years. The Name is<BR/>Archer originally contained these 7 tales: "Find The Woman", "Gone<BR/>Girl", "The Bearded Lady", "The Suicide", "Guilt-Edged Blonde", "The<BR/>Sinister Habit", and "Wild Goose Chase". Otto's collection added<BR/>"Midnight Blue" and "Sleeping Dog". Perhaps, you meant one of the<BR/>stories that Tom Nolan unearthed during his research?<BR/><BR/>Many thanks,<BR/><BR/>Jeff WongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com