tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4749540151109694044..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: FFB: The Carpetbaggers -- Harold RobbinsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-2542709079050185042016-05-28T08:45:47.698-05:002016-05-28T08:45:47.698-05:00A STONE FOR DANNY FISHER was the first Robbins nov...A STONE FOR DANNY FISHER was the first Robbins novel I read, and after that I went through them like popcorn, with THE DREAM MERCHANTS probably being my favorite. I read them all up through THE PIRATE, although for a few books before that I'd started liking them less. I read now and then after that, but they never recaptured the old magic for me. I'd like to reread some of the early ones and see how they hold up.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-2437986224182910212016-05-28T07:45:04.380-05:002016-05-28T07:45:04.380-05:00I have read all Harold Robbins books. Used to own ...I have read all Harold Robbins books. Used to own them all, hardback and all of the paperbacks. I didn't think I'd ever read them again so I recently donated them all to a big book sale in Waco. <br />I enjoyed so many it is hard to say which was my favourite. I loved them all. Stone for Danny Fisher, and Good bye Jannette sure come to my mind. <br />Mary Marcotte Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620072446090203601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-26202302416638771492016-05-27T23:42:24.325-05:002016-05-27T23:42:24.325-05:00I read a brace of them in high school and always f...I read a brace of them in high school and always found them exciting. I read somewhere that he alternated fight scenes and sex scenes in every other chapter. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-5982480432916003092016-05-27T19:59:24.510-05:002016-05-27T19:59:24.510-05:00Wow, this took me back! I haven't read any Har...Wow, this took me back! I haven't read any Harold Robbins in some 50 years! Maybe I'll go reread, I remember thinking he was a good storyteller, even though I never discussed it with my friends in my college literature classes, LOL. They were probably reading it as well!Michele Drierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944263184981732147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-90284678885990045692016-05-27T10:24:07.233-05:002016-05-27T10:24:07.233-05:00I liked earlier Robbins very much.For me Carpetbag...I liked earlier Robbins very much.For me Carpetbaggers and Danny Fisher were his masterpieces.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91057685436395439352016-05-27T08:56:03.254-05:002016-05-27T08:56:03.254-05:00Yesterday I put a copy of A Stone For Danny Fisher...Yesterday I put a copy of A Stone For Danny Fisher in a box full of older paperbacks going to our Childeren's Hospital Book Market. The Carpetbaggers must be in a box in my garage with my first copy of Danny Fisher.Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-47614446921528167292016-05-27T07:58:07.001-05:002016-05-27T07:58:07.001-05:00OK, I have a correction here.
Jackie says it was ...OK, I have a correction here.<br /><br />Jackie says it was not high school. It was <i>seventh grade</i> when she read THE CARPETBAGGERS and discussed the proxy fight.<br /><br />She also reminded me that it was on a book hunting trip in Edinburgh where she spent a rainy afternoon with our friend Sue at the movies seeing THE BETSY, which Bob & I searched for books.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-51103728643238271272016-05-27T07:01:05.071-05:002016-05-27T07:01:05.071-05:00THE BETSY did make a great movie, especially a cer...THE BETSY did make a great movie, especially a certain notorious pool scene. And it had three (count 'em!) Oscar winners in it - Lord Olivier, Robert Duvall, and Tommy Lee Jones.<br /><br />My favorite CARPETBAGGERS story remains this: in high school, Jackie was the only one in her class who knew what a "proxy" was. Why? As she told the teacher, she had learned about them from THE CARPETBAGGERS.<br /><br />Besides this one, I also read his THE ADVENTURERS, but remember nothing about it.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-83626187614068080212016-05-27T06:54:26.282-05:002016-05-27T06:54:26.282-05:00Well, we know Robbins is highly regarded in the fu...Well, we know Robbins is highly regarded in the future:<br /><br />(from Star Trek IV: The Voyage home)<br /><br />Kirk: You mean the profanity? That's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays attention to you unless you swear every other word. You'll find it in all the literature of the period.<br /><br />Spock: For example?<br /><br />Kirk: Oh, the collected works of Jacqueline Susann. The novels of Harold Robbins...<br /><br />Spock: Ah, the "Giants". <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-48479765131685493672016-05-27T06:48:27.705-05:002016-05-27T06:48:27.705-05:00I remember this one clearly because when I was abo...I remember this one clearly because when I was about five (1962/63), my mom was reading it. I remember flipping through it and realizing for the first time that adults read books without pictures in them. When I was in my teens, I read quite a few of Robbins' books. They weren't great literature, but they were trashy fun (ditto Jacqueline Susann).Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-84297601832522924052016-05-27T06:29:01.129-05:002016-05-27T06:29:01.129-05:00Beside THE CARPETBAGGERS and A STONE FOR DANNY FIS...Beside THE CARPETBAGGERS and A STONE FOR DANNY FISHER, I'd recommend STILETTO. His others, not so much.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-78655300666007699952016-05-27T04:16:59.981-05:002016-05-27T04:16:59.981-05:00What's next here: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS?
Micha...What's next here: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS? <br /><br />Michael Korda tells some very entertaining stories about Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susann.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-90232947355525330322016-05-27T03:45:24.214-05:002016-05-27T03:45:24.214-05:00As I probably mentioned in 2007, THE BETSY was goo...As I probably mentioned in 2007, THE BETSY was goofy enough for me to stop with that one, even with the sexy parts that were fascinating as well as goofy to the very young adolescent me.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-28257992085013759122016-05-27T03:39:34.392-05:002016-05-27T03:39:34.392-05:00Your APA past is showing..."mailing comment&q...Your APA past is showing..."mailing comment"...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com