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Monthly Archives: August 2018
The Sheep Look Up, by John Brunner
Not long ago I sang the praises of John Brunner’s large SF novel Stand on Zanzibar, which has maintained a reputation over the years as a classic of dystopian literature. It constructed a detailed world from many speculations about social, political … Continue reading
The Black Ice Score, by Donald Westlake (as Richard Stark)
The eleventh novel in the famous Parker series, The Black Ice Score (1968) once again features the inventive criminal on a well-planned burglary with a messy and violent aftermath. This time, however, he is hired as a consultant and stays … Continue reading
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Tagged donald westlake, julius caesar, parker, richard stark, shakespeare
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Quarry’s Deal, by Max Allan Collins
NOTE: This review is of the third book in the Quarry series, which has been reprinted by Hard Case Crime. It is about a free-living professional hit-man of the 1970s, told in the first person. Although the Quarry titles look … Continue reading
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Tagged books about games, hard case crime, max allan collins, quarry
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Stand on Zanzibar, by John Brunner
Of all of the major SF writers of the “New Wave” period that spanned from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, few (if any) matched the productivity of the British novelist John Brunner (1934-1995).* He published a large number of standard-looking space … Continue reading
The Gutter and the Grave, by Ed McBain
Hard Case Crime has published a few early Ed McBain books, which first appeared in the 1950s under other pseudonyms. McBain is most known for his long series of 87th Precinct police procedurals, but these early standalone titles also have … Continue reading