tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post115394893128358005..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Men's Action Seriesmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1154003093056618962006-07-27T07:24:00.000-05:002006-07-27T07:24:00.000-05:00Grrreat slideshow, Bill! (Even though some of the ...Grrreat slideshow, Bill! (Even though some of the books surely aren't great...) <BR/><BR/>Nelson De Mille's Stryker books were reprinted in the early nineties as by Jack Cannon. I think one of the books in his other series was rewritten as having Stryker. The Soldato books by Al Conroy have very cool scans, I hadn't seen them earlier. (The Finnish covers are quite drab.)<BR/><BR/>Some of the pseudonyms are revealed in Pat Hawk's catalogues. At least Sam Picard and Bruno Rossi are there, Rossi being a house name, if I recall right.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1154002368406836382006-07-27T07:12:00.000-05:002006-07-27T07:12:00.000-05:00"The Big Brain" was really a series? I guess I mi..."The Big Brain" was really a series? I guess I missed that one. Ditto for "Attar the Merman".<BR/>But I do remember "Pepperoni Hero".<BR/><BR/>Thankfully for the rest of us, Bill has no shame.<BR/><BR/>What happened to the guys who bought them? They have this blog...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, The Inquisitor was definitely worth reading. But he wasn't "officially" a hitman for the Vatican, though he did kill a few people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153996139000313842006-07-27T05:28:00.000-05:002006-07-27T05:28:00.000-05:00For a fresh appreciation of Malzberg, read his Lon...For a fresh appreciation of Malzberg, read his Lone Wolf series (what was it, 12 books?) as one long novel. It,s a great send-up of the men's action genre and a magnificent accomplishment.<BR/><BR/>I'm also fond of Simon Quinn's (Martin Cruz Smith) Inquisitor series. A hit man for the Vatican who must do penance every time he completes an assignment...how cool is that?<BR/><BR/>-- Jerry HouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153966152280782902006-07-26T21:09:00.000-05:002006-07-26T21:09:00.000-05:00I know few if any of the names behind those books,...I know few if any of the names behind those books, but the Attar the Merman books (there were 2) were written by Joe Haldeman.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153960449622580742006-07-26T19:34:00.000-05:002006-07-26T19:34:00.000-05:00That's a damn bloodbath of a slide show, Bill. I'm...That's a damn bloodbath of a slide show, Bill. I'm happy to take the blame.<BR/><BR/>I have to confess I didn't know about the Nelson De Mille or the Piers Anthony books. A few more recognizable names other than yours behind some of these titles, I'll bet.<BR/><BR/>Two questions: 1. How many of these have you actually read?<BR/><BR/>2. <I>Attar the Merman?</I>Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473441336451528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153959733966078982006-07-26T19:22:00.000-05:002006-07-26T19:22:00.000-05:00...but no Maria Bello...(even given that the Bello......but no Maria Bello...(even given that the Bello photos are hardly the most flattering she's had taken).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153957452657866132006-07-26T18:44:00.000-05:002006-07-26T18:44:00.000-05:00So that's Scarlett in those photos? Pretty nice, ...So that's Scarlett in those photos? Pretty nice, for sure.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153954929599487412006-07-26T18:02:00.000-05:002006-07-26T18:02:00.000-05:00Glad to see that Barry "Mike Barry" Malzberg's "th...Glad to see that Barry "Mike Barry" Malzberg's "the Lone Wolf" looks a bit like Robert Quarry as Count Yorga. I've managed to never see any of these before, I think.<BR/><BR/>(To go more trivial, the new ESQUIRE manages to feature photos of and words from Maria Bello, Annabeth Gish, and Kristin Bell and still might have us believe that Scarlett J is the World's Most Beautiful...she also gets a slightly disguised photo and a bit of i/v. Hope WA doesn't hit on her too often.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153954489695609362006-07-26T17:54:00.000-05:002006-07-26T17:54:00.000-05:00I think you're right about those tecno-thrillers. ...I think you're right about those tecno-thrillers. There's still a big reading audience for those.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153954333816595092006-07-26T17:52:00.000-05:002006-07-26T17:52:00.000-05:00It occurs to me that the truck drivers who were bu...It occurs to me that the truck drivers who were buying these and western paperbacks in good quantity for their downtime might've flipped over to books on tape and, latterly, to Sirius and XM (which they could enjoy while working). So, (pointlessly) blame Zims and Stern for that residual market shrinking...dunno if the rest of the market simply aged out or fell out of the habit...how many BRAIN novels can anyone read? The nuances, the comedy-of-manners fripperies...the tecnnothrillers might well've picked up much of the former Worldwide Library audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153950589825551512006-07-26T16:49:00.000-05:002006-07-26T16:49:00.000-05:00And now it's done.And now it's done.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153950183194755772006-07-26T16:43:00.000-05:002006-07-26T16:43:00.000-05:00I didn't write any of them, unfortunately. I shou...I didn't write any of them, unfortunately. I should put my Nick Carter book in there, though, for sure.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1153950033338192402006-07-26T16:40:00.000-05:002006-07-26T16:40:00.000-05:00Great show, Bill. I especially loved the title "Ki...Great show, Bill. I especially loved the title "Kill the Hack." Is that a title tuckerization? I also wonder how many of those you secretly wrote.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.com