tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post5969038688693337970..comments2023-12-01T02:19:48.765-08:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: A real mystery-Shell Scott name used in non-Scott novelEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-34255740954099544002011-08-08T19:28:05.109-07:002011-08-08T19:28:05.109-07:00The oddity here is when i compare the texts of my ...The oddity here is when i compare the texts of my PB of DAGGER with the text excerpt at Amazon which shows the Kindle version as published by ereader, the names have been changed, Mark becoming Shell, but the physical description a couple pages in is not changed. Both editions show the Mark character in my BP edtion, and Shell in the second version, being described as having dark curly hair and a dimple in his chin. Well, we all know that is not Shell Scott, even though the book says it is Shell. So, something is fishy. Sounds like a FIND AND REPLACE edit. Gold Medal would not do this.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-29308775547859368362011-08-08T15:07:50.507-07:002011-08-08T15:07:50.507-07:00Here's a link to where I wrote a post about th...Here's a link to where I wrote a post about them a few years back:<br /><br />http://randall120.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/three-shells-sort-of-by-richard-s-pratherRandy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-50256622372763461062011-08-08T14:55:52.535-07:002011-08-08T14:55:52.535-07:00I've always known that Pattern For Panic and D...I've always known that Pattern For Panic and Dagger of Flesh were first offered as Shell novels, turned down for various reasons(the Pattern... was heavily anti-Communist and I've never read either version of Dagger..). Never one to waste a manuscript, Prather rewrote them as standalones. After they sold well, Gold Medal wanted them for Shell Scott novels and the originals were published as part of the canon. Dagger of Flesh was published in 1956 as A Shell. So the ebook folks were not trying to pull some kind of fraud for extra bucks.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.com