tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post664106230298157272..comments2024-03-18T18:08:16.900-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Puppet on a Chain -- Alistair MacLeanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-25825871263309339382007-11-07T07:11:00.000-06:002007-11-07T07:11:00.000-06:00I'm always glad to take the blame for something li...I'm always glad to take the blame for something like that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-53526237745059133262007-11-07T06:26:00.000-06:002007-11-07T06:26:00.000-06:00FEAR IS THE KEY is one of my favorites. Blame it ...FEAR IS THE KEY is one of my favorites. Blame it on Bill, but last night I stayed up too late with GOLDEN RENDEZVOUS.<BR/><BR/>His humor is still spot on.<BR/><BR/>Alistair is one of my great influences.Stephen D. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356287007864614439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-51435175216690941612007-11-06T11:05:00.000-06:002007-11-06T11:05:00.000-06:00Fear is the Key is another favorite of mine. Grea...<I>Fear is the Key</I> is another favorite of mine. Great stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-66505675972600944832007-11-06T09:50:00.000-06:002007-11-06T09:50:00.000-06:00I read this one when it was brand-new and had the ...I read this one when it was brand-new and had the same reaction as you, Bill. I had to ask myself if this was the same author who wrote FEAR IS THE KEY (my favorite MacLean novel), ICE STATION ZEBRA, and even WHERE EAGLES DARE, which is still a good book although he'd started to go downhill slightly by then.<BR/><BR/>A good later MacLean novel is SAN ANDREAS, which almost recaptures the early magic.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29838341745891569422007-11-06T08:36:00.000-06:002007-11-06T08:36:00.000-06:00Yeah, I agree with Stephen and Jeff. Also, I thin...Yeah, I agree with Stephen and Jeff. Also, I think <I>Ice Station Zebra</I> is one of the great ones, Beth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16215711797860012582007-11-06T08:07:00.000-06:002007-11-06T08:07:00.000-06:00I remember the Amsterdam stuff in that one and I t...I remember the Amsterdam stuff in that one and I think Stephen's analysis is right.<BR/><BR/>It's no Guns of Navarone but it's worth reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-7068766616449033982007-11-06T07:53:00.000-06:002007-11-06T07:53:00.000-06:00Back when I read a LOT of MacLean (and up to 20 ti...Back when I read a LOT of MacLean (and up to 20 times, some of those titles), I divided his output into three disinct periods.<BR/><BR/>I always grouped Puppet with Circus and Caravan, books taking place in somewhat unique settings but without his earlier bite.Stephen D. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356287007864614439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-22936257457673935622007-11-06T07:43:00.000-06:002007-11-06T07:43:00.000-06:00_Ice Station Zebra_ (1963) is my favorite._Ice Station Zebra_ (1963) is my favorite.Elizabeth Foxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.com