tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post6030525658314115852..comments2024-03-08T03:13:14.327-05:00Comments on John McFetridge: Three AuthorsJohn McFetridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post-9944382069491212132008-07-14T10:53:00.000-04:002008-07-14T10:53:00.000-04:00Authors we could do without? yeah, sure, that woul...Authors we could do without? yeah, sure, that wouldn't stir up any controversy at all...<BR/><BR/>The first JG Ballard I read was "Highrise." Great stuff. He may be right about that, "top of the food chain savannah killers living desperate quiet suburban existences."<BR/><BR/>Explains a lot, really.....John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post-88946277615043967232008-07-14T07:48:00.000-04:002008-07-14T07:48:00.000-04:00I've got one: JG Ballard. He's probably not going ...I've got one: JG Ballard. He's probably not going to see '09 the poor devil. Crash is such a great, funny, perverse, weird book. His philosophy is that there isnt too much violence in our lives but too little. Here we are top of the food chain savannah killers living desperate quiet suburban existences. As Pound said "the days are not full enough and the nights are not full enough and life goes by like a field mouse not even shaking the grass." Ballard's characters embrace the killer hominid within and explore their inner space, all in an attempt the shake the grass a little. <BR/><BR/>On a slightly different topic how about a list of authors we COULD do without. That would set the cat among the pigeons.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post-66315748663260224182008-07-10T21:25:00.000-04:002008-07-10T21:25:00.000-04:00P.S. You need to get this on crimespot so I don't ...P.S. You need to get this on crimespot so I don't forget to check in.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post-60831688749884744502008-07-10T21:24:00.000-04:002008-07-10T21:24:00.000-04:00Seconded on Alice Munro. Close is William Trevor, ...Seconded on Alice Munro. Close is William Trevor, Mary Lavin, Lorrie Moore, Andre Dubus. But Munro is tops for me.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post-74688159097545785612008-07-09T13:03:00.000-04:002008-07-09T13:03:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, and Megan Abbott, too.Oh yeah, and Megan Abbott, too.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32426825.post-84265065324410572502008-07-09T12:59:00.000-04:002008-07-09T12:59:00.000-04:00Your experience with Bouchercon was similar to min...Your experience with Bouchercon was similar to mine at NoirCon in Philadelphia. I met a bunch of writers (Christa Faust, Scott Phillips, Vicki Hendricks, Swierczynski, et al.), liked them, read them, and liked everything by them that I read. <BR/><BR/>Let's organize a crime-fiction convention in Whitehorse just so we can call it YuCon.<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.com