tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post699866309148952709..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Another Reprint Worth Looking Formybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-79635056612361231122007-01-29T09:42:00.000-06:002007-01-29T09:42:00.000-06:00It would have been interesting if, in a parallel u...It would have been interesting if, in a parallel universe, Markson had stayed in crime fiction. But he never had any intention of doing so and the disinterest he had in plotting a mystery is so clear that it would make me smile.<br /><br />Interesting factoid: for many, many years he was married to Elaine Markson, who eventually became a pretty high-powered literary agent (and in fact, still represents her ex-husband.)Sarah Weinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661619408480044050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-85185681637880124562007-01-29T08:53:00.000-06:002007-01-29T08:53:00.000-06:00I really enjoyed those p.i. novels, which reminded...I really enjoyed those p.i. novels, which reminded me a little of Ross Macdonald in the plotting. But then I kind of liked his western, <i>Dirty Dingus Magee</i>, too.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42995692987545706672007-01-29T08:37:00.000-06:002007-01-29T08:37:00.000-06:00I remember reading Markson's crime novels when the...I remember reading Markson's crime novels when they first came out. As I recall the storylines weren't anything new and some of the writing was standard overwrought tough guy stuff but for long stretches there was this voice that didn't belong in standard issue anything. A real street voice in the best sense. I didn't know anything about Markson at the time but I watched for the follow up crime novels that never came. He could certainly have been a contenda in our little field. --Ed GormanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com