tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post726334766257990896..comments2023-12-01T02:19:48.765-08:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: The Duke of ErleEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-88472489355488070832008-05-01T03:54:00.000-07:002008-05-01T03:54:00.000-07:00I was a fan of Gardner and loved the Perry Mason s...I was a fan of Gardner and loved the Perry Mason series as a child.<BR/>Very enjoyable stuff. Now I have one son who is a trial attorney and I get to compare his cases to those. He, of course, defends both the guilty and the innocent.However, like Perry, he believes in the system and does his job very well.<BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Seewald<BR/>THE INFERNO COLLECTION<BR/>Five Star/GaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-64180332965986773022008-04-29T23:28:00.000-07:002008-04-29T23:28:00.000-07:00The "Gardner was/wasn't a a bad writer" question t...The "Gardner was/wasn't a a bad writer" question took on new interest for me when I read Gardner in <I>The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps</I>. I was stunned at how smoothly his work flowed, and with what wit. I thought it had dated as well as just about any Black Mask writer's work except possibly that of Paul Cain.<BR/><BR/>Then I got to the end-of-story information dump. I don't know if it's fair to hold against an author a device that may have been a convention of its time, but it was a disappointing contrast with what had gone before.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com