tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6626417474815876017..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Act of Violence -- Basil Heattermybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-35395437905110543732008-03-01T12:21:00.000-06:002008-03-01T12:21:00.000-06:00Easily forgettable, but fun. And well-written. N...Easily forgettable, but fun. And well-written. Not to mention great titles like <I>Harry and the Bikini Bandits</I>.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-2167418111479581312008-03-01T12:14:00.000-06:002008-03-01T12:14:00.000-06:00Read a couple Heatter books, but they didn't do mu...Read a couple Heatter books, but they didn't do much for me. I think I own a couple, but read some I believe Jeff Banks loaned me. I seem to remember some of the writing being good, but maybe not. Gold Medal was fairly consistent with good writers and easy to read and sometimes very good books, and a number of well written but not so much in the original department. I do miss those books though that didn't have to identify themselves so heavily as one thing or another. That was a big influence on me for better or worse. JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-50310189079149717982008-03-01T10:41:00.000-06:002008-03-01T10:41:00.000-06:00Heatter wasn't one of the greats, but I remember e...Heatter wasn't one of the greats, but I remember enjoying all his Gold Medal books. I don't recall much more about them than that, though.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-88230994520428836722008-03-01T10:35:00.000-06:002008-03-01T10:35:00.000-06:00Last summer I read Basil Heatter's "Virgin Cay", I...Last summer I read Basil Heatter's "Virgin Cay", I think it was published by Gold Medal in the early 60s. Was OK, but very similar to those Ingram novels that Charles Williams had out (like "Aground") So far haven't read a Heatter novel that was outstanding, but they usually have neat covers. I'll keep checking them out, I seem to always buy them when I find them...August Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.com