tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post2323207687389979989..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: From The NY Times--Donald E. WestlakeEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-2386034460405221862011-09-02T12:50:07.818-07:002011-09-02T12:50:07.818-07:00I tried to find the Post obit- can anyone post up ...I tried to find the Post obit- can anyone post up a link pls??Angry Birds Gamehttp://www.angrybirdsgame.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-47966222916018754742011-09-02T12:48:36.515-07:002011-09-02T12:48:36.515-07:00I did see the Post obit..was nice.I did see the Post obit..was nice.droid newshttp://www.droiddigest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-78824405012982781522009-01-03T04:56:00.000-08:002009-01-03T04:56:00.000-08:00The Post finally did an obit, and a good one, on J...The Post finally did an obit, and a good one, on January 4.<BR/><BR/>Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-22648523290404775682009-01-02T12:54:00.000-08:002009-01-02T12:54:00.000-08:00The Times' expanded obit wasn't half bad compared ...The Times' expanded obit wasn't half bad compared to the Washington Post, which failed to give Mr. Westlake an obituary at all. The initial Times story wasn't an obit; it was a news story, later expanded into an obit. <BR/><BR/>Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-76561625584969182282009-01-02T00:58:00.000-08:002009-01-02T00:58:00.000-08:00Parker or Dortmunder alone would have earned Westl...Parker or Dortmunder alone would have earned Westlake a place of honor among the highest. The Mitch Tobin books or Westlake's comic standalones or The Ax would have notable been career highlights for most writers. That one man did all this is pretty staggering.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-68553491532002723422009-01-02T00:50:00.000-08:002009-01-02T00:50:00.000-08:00I've known Don Westlake for many years. I can't sa...I've known Don Westlake for many years. I can't say we were close friends, more like acquaintances, for we would simply see each other every few years at one event or another. I also used him in at least one of my anthologies. He is the author of two of my favorite series, Parker, and the Mitch Tobin books, which he wrote as Tucker Coe. That series is in my top five, easily, of favorite P.I. series. I also enjoyed the one shot P.I. novel KILLING TIME.<BR/><BR/> 75 is much too young for a talent like his to be taken from us. He had many, many more books in him, I'm sure. Now we'll never see them, and that's a sin.<BR/><BR/> My prayers go out to Abby and their family.<BR/><BR/>RJRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-25507191706791612362009-01-01T21:34:00.000-08:002009-01-01T21:34:00.000-08:00I wasn't sure the New York Times would condescend ...I wasn't sure the New York Times would condescend to prepare an adequate obituary for a pop-culture figure like Westlake. On the other hand, the Times does devote more space to crime fiction than many U.S. papers do, and Westlake was closely associated with New York, so one had hopes of getting something better than the Times offered.<BR/><BR/>This hit me harder than any of the other crime-fiction deaths in recent months. I've read more of Westlake's work than that of any other crime writer.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>“Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home”<BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-55336191449467373682009-01-01T21:23:00.000-08:002009-01-01T21:23:00.000-08:00Peter, you can't expect a paper as pompous as the ...Peter, you can't expect a paper as pompous as the TIMES to have a good obit on file for everyone, just the folks who go to lunch with important people like TIMES senior editors. <BR/><BR/>Even the work he published as by Curt Clark, which I'm not sure he was too fond of, should be treasured, with the major exception of ANARCHAOS, which deserves any bad assessment he gave it. But, man...I feel this loss stronger than most we've suffered in the past year...up there with Algis Budrys and Thomas Disch, and Miriam Makeba.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-74219282601147695462009-01-01T19:08:00.000-08:002009-01-01T19:08:00.000-08:00Right. But you wouldn't learn that from reading th...Right. But you wouldn't learn that from reading the Times obituary.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-47344517899084704842009-01-01T18:54:00.000-08:002009-01-01T18:54:00.000-08:00Don Westlake was my favorite writer of crime ficti...Don Westlake was my favorite writer of crime fiction. He mastered every sub-genre he wrote in a nd created two of them in handling Parker and Dortmunder the way he did.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-41513570210289963572009-01-01T18:29:00.000-08:002009-01-01T18:29:00.000-08:00FREE Unlimited Streaming TV Shows, Movies, Music, ...FREE Unlimited Streaming TV Shows, Movies, Music, Games, Money, Books, and College Educations (Stanford, Oxford, Notre Dame and more) http://www.InternetSurfShack.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-50574803988702667362009-01-01T18:13:00.000-08:002009-01-01T18:13:00.000-08:00The Times should have had an obituary prepared in ...The Times should have had an obituary prepared in advance, as any good newspaper should for prominent elderly or ill people.<BR/><BR/><I>The Stepfather</I> is seldom mentioned, but the movie is stunning crime/horror movie, an ornament to Westlake's career.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>“Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home”<BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-62787100951665088782009-01-01T18:07:00.000-08:002009-01-01T18:07:00.000-08:00His srcipts were shining examples, and showed his ...His srcipts were shining examples, and showed his mastery, I meant to write, and somehow attempted to split the difference.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-87187939086401146292009-01-01T18:05:00.000-08:002009-01-01T18:05:00.000-08:00The TIMES usually does do at least two obits of pe...The TIMES usually does do at least two obits of people of Westlake's magnitude...this woman is probably just on the obit desk, and pulled together what she could quickly verify. However poorly representative the adaptations of his work have been, his script certainly shown...THE STEPFATHER and the adaptation of THE GRIFTERS alone would redound to anyone's credit.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-82983953726194949432009-01-01T16:05:00.000-08:002009-01-01T16:05:00.000-08:00That's sad news. That obituary, by the way, is a d...That's sad news. That obituary, by the way, is a disgrace, and the Times ought to be ashamed of it. A Westlake obit that does not mention Dortmunder? That says Westlake was "considered" one the most successful and versatile of crime writers? That says he adapted well to the screen? He was consistently ill-served by screen adaptations, and anyone who knew anything about his career would know this. I hope the Times will also publish an appreciation of Westlake so this insulting piece of slapdashery will not be Westlake's last mention.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>“Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home”<BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com