tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post7333003353990990045..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: A Different Take on John D. MacDonald By Brendan DuBois (reprint)Ed Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-10576518627936135832015-09-10T16:25:56.588-07:002015-09-10T16:25:56.588-07:00I read The Travis McGee novels while stationed in ...I read The Travis McGee novels while stationed in Panama City and in Pensacola after my discharge. I loved his books and was thankful to have found them at that time. It saddens me to hear that he is a forgotten author. I still suggest them when asked for a good read. Thank you for your remembrance. I enjoyed the reminiscing.<br />Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168568381694506602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-40700892991311433632015-09-05T19:30:40.681-07:002015-09-05T19:30:40.681-07:00What a great essay. I was recently told that writi...What a great essay. I was recently told that writing is a truly personal experience, and I think reading is, too. There are books--genre, classic, non-fiction--that the very thought of them creates a fire of memory. I can remember where I was, what I was doing, and how things were going just by seeing a book title. <br /><br />After my mother died, a couple decades ago now, I dived into reading. It is all I did, and the titles that pulled me through were Bernard Cornwell's sea mysteries--WILD TRACK, KILLER"S WAKE, STORMCHILD, etc--Jack Bickham's Brad Smith novels, Sam Llewellyn's sea mysteries, anything Jack Higgins. Those writers and books are still special to me.<br /><br />A BRAVE NEW WORLD and THE SCARLET LETTER will always remind me of my short time in Connecticut. Louis L'Amour's LAST OF THE BREED was the book I read on my last childhood backpacking trip. And so many, many more. <br /><br />But somehow I strayed from my point--really excellent essay. Ben Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.com