tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2886919925329378560..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Books: Eternal Fire -- Calder Willinghammybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-46777519157077504632012-01-28T06:55:09.856-06:002012-01-28T06:55:09.856-06:00Would be fun to know, I'll bet.Would be fun to know, I'll bet.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-28514939985794811142012-01-28T02:56:07.543-06:002012-01-28T02:56:07.543-06:00I was working in the Rome, Georgia public library ...I was working in the Rome, Georgia public library in 1968. The director told me to pull the book from the shelves for a while. A teacher had told his junior high students about the book, and had named some of the real people on whom the characters were modeled. He said I don't need parents upset when they see what their kids are reading. Being a high school student, I figured I should read it. I still don't know who the actual people were.Terry Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91256794150195965702011-05-28T15:58:11.544-05:002011-05-28T15:58:11.544-05:00I've been Meaning To read END AS A MAN for abo...I've been Meaning To read END AS A MAN for about 30 years, so RSN. And I guess this one, too.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-24574588437654916022011-05-27T23:59:43.105-05:002011-05-27T23:59:43.105-05:00My two favorite non-crime writers are Calder Willi...My two favorite non-crime writers are Calder Willingham and William March. The complete works of both are on my bookshelves in my office -- Hemingway, Fitzgerald, etc., are down in the basement somewhere.<br /><br />I loved ETERNAL FIRE. Also PROVIDENCE ISLAND. And TO EAT A PEACH has to be the greatest title for a sexy novel ever...though I believe it was retitled THE GIRL IN DOGWOOD CABIN for the reprint, and that's not bad, either. Great funny ending about a guy who finally beds his dream girl.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-65923544329382150392011-05-27T09:56:21.360-05:002011-05-27T09:56:21.360-05:00I still have the one I bought off the spinner rack...I still have the one I bought off the spinner rack. Couldn't part with it.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42611549747247222582011-05-27T09:55:17.104-05:002011-05-27T09:55:17.104-05:00I, too, read this in the 60s, and that cover is so...I, too, read this in the 60s, and that cover is so familiar that it had to be the same edition I bought. It's just ridiculously entertaining, and I've never really forgotten it. My copy got lost in a move somewhere along the way. A year or so ago I found a h/c reprint published by Donald I. Fine in 1987 and snapped it up for a buck. Now I'm looking forward to rereading it. Hope your FFB piece will encourage others to seek out this terrific book.MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515927050827397245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-78732749398252542162011-05-27T08:35:12.179-05:002011-05-27T08:35:12.179-05:00"A dwarf with super-strength," that'..."A dwarf with super-strength," that's enough for me. I've ordered it!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-76358457974330104902011-05-27T08:09:00.325-05:002011-05-27T08:09:00.325-05:00Can't believe I never heard of this one.
OK, ...Can't believe I never heard of this one.<br /><br />OK, it's been ordered. I love the internet.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-84869579494970613472011-05-27T06:53:48.179-05:002011-05-27T06:53:48.179-05:00Loved Rambling Rose.Loved Rambling Rose.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com