tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post1009063010900432691..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: The Killers Inside HimEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-3785733663736583192012-08-23T05:20:26.329-07:002012-08-23T05:20:26.329-07:00I currently doing a PhD on narrative techniques fo...I currently doing a PhD on narrative techniques for representing consciousness in fiction. It focuses on depictions of psychopaths through the ages. I'll be dealing with Thompson in my section on the mid twentieth century. Ed - can you give any more detail on Al's overview of Thompson's work, i.e. is it relevant to my rsearch? And do you know where I can obtain a more reasonably priced copy of the book? As an impoverished student £60+ on Amazon is out of reach. Have tried to borrow a copy from the British Library, but they don't have it...abby_bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-78573791894450372582009-12-05T09:43:32.674-08:002009-12-05T09:43:32.674-08:00Anybody know where (or even if) it's possible ...Anybody know where (or even if) it's possible to get hold of this book? There's one on amazon.co.uk for £80, but it's £80!Marthttp://attackosaur.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-9756958154791447432009-07-08T01:12:54.479-07:002009-07-08T01:12:54.479-07:00What version is in the Black Lizard anthology? The...What version is in the Black Lizard anthology? The one Max edited or the original, unedited?Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-28608528418637035062009-07-03T16:02:48.115-07:002009-07-03T16:02:48.115-07:00I think Geoffrey O'Brien in Hardboiled America...I think Geoffrey O'Brien in Hardboiled America was the earliest and most influential writeup on Thompson in English. Maxim Jacubowski's Black Box series then republished 4 or 5 of the big titles in around 82 or 83 followed the next year by Black Lizard's series the next year, which I think was the real start of the Thompson craze, though of course there had been movie adaptations all along in the 70s and early 80s. Too bad Thompson couldn't have lived a few more years to see it all happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-762326298534708172009-07-02T19:44:08.619-07:002009-07-02T19:44:08.619-07:00Dave, Cullen: Al does a major overview of Thompson...Dave, Cullen: Al does a major overview of Thompson's work, as fine a piece on that subject as I've ever seen. I interview Thompson's widow and his editor. Al also does a complete bibliography and then of course there's the novella.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-2987637313696656672009-07-02T18:00:03.239-07:002009-07-02T18:00:03.239-07:00I loved "This World, then the Fireworks,"...I loved "This World, then the Fireworks," which I read in the Black Lizard anthology.<br /><br />What else is included in this volume? Essays on Thompson? Interviews? Other stories? I've heard about this, but never seen one in person before.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-44015240198137529292009-07-02T17:54:15.591-07:002009-07-02T17:54:15.591-07:00Ed, I read "This World, then the Fireworks&qu...Ed, I read "This World, then the Fireworks" in the Lost Writings collection, which I believe was Thompson's original, unedited version?? I always thought this was one of Thompson's stranger works, but also had some strong passages. My take on the ending was with the sister dead, Marty is going to go full-circle and go out in the same sort of manner as his old-man, that at some level that's why he chose a cop to have an affair with--and that this is the only way he can make sense of his life. How did Max decipher the ending? And did this chapbook have anything additional other than the novella?Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.com