tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4272843838212025829..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Books: MAD FOR KICKS -- Jack LynnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-71369578476558539972009-04-19T07:31:00.000-05:002009-04-19T07:31:00.000-05:00I've seen those books, but I have no idea if this ...I've seen those books, but I have no idea if this is the same guy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-88510157631164673812009-04-19T02:48:00.000-05:002009-04-19T02:48:00.000-05:00Sounds and looks great, Bill. Is this the same Jac...Sounds and looks great, Bill. Is this the same Jack Lynn who wrote a mafia-themed bestseller in the early seventies or late sixties? THE PROFESSIONAL or some such? Or THE PROFESSOR?Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-47280570062844865582009-04-17T10:23:00.000-05:002009-04-17T10:23:00.000-05:00I loved these books when I was a kid, but it was h...I loved these books when I was a kid, but it was hard to track them down even then. Novel Books republished them under various titles, and I could never figure out how many Tokey Wedge books there were.<br /><br />The other great series, from Novel Books' secondary (!) line Merit Books, was Ennis Willie's Sand novels. Sand was to Mike Hammer what Tokey Wedge was to Shell Scott.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-88485731780453388322009-04-17T08:58:00.000-05:002009-04-17T08:58:00.000-05:00This guy sounds like me.This guy sounds like me.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19074938757571015842009-04-17T08:44:00.000-05:002009-04-17T08:44:00.000-05:00Brother! Where is the nearest used bookstore! I'm ...Brother! Where is the nearest used bookstore! I'm going hunting for this one. I actually like this type of blurb, where the character talks to the future reader.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-23727930981238322462009-04-17T08:36:00.000-05:002009-04-17T08:36:00.000-05:00I agree with Jeff: the cover is George Kelley-wort...I agree with Jeff: the cover is George Kelley-worthy!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-18379631773712255662009-04-17T07:58:00.000-05:002009-04-17T07:58:00.000-05:00I so wish I was twenty-five and had time to read a...I so wish I was twenty-five and had time to read all these books. And for other reasons, of course.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91421395469845151352009-04-17T07:43:00.000-05:002009-04-17T07:43:00.000-05:00Tokey Wedge passing for a beatnik?
No way!
Sound...Tokey Wedge passing for a beatnik?<br /><br />No way!<br /><br />Sounds like a classic, and the cover is George Kelley-worthy.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com