tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6239802784516025593..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Book: DOUBLED IN DIAMONDS -- Victor Canningmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-64627785805505387892009-06-13T03:57:54.675-05:002009-06-13T03:57:54.675-05:00Glad to see Victor Canning getting talked about ag...Glad to see Victor Canning getting talked about again. He wrote some much better books than Doubled in Diamonds. Try Firecrest or Birdcage or The Finger of Saturn. I have reviews of all his books on my web site, www.victorcanning.com, and am trying to get as many as possible back in print in time for his centenary in 2011.JJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174515867598945986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17932245880483245002009-06-12T15:50:53.095-05:002009-06-12T15:50:53.095-05:00I thought at first the guy looked like Roger Moore...I thought at first the guy looked like Roger Moore, then, "No, Alain Delon" -- Both? Neither?Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307848103704970189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17679814727355105112009-06-12T15:06:25.869-05:002009-06-12T15:06:25.869-05:00I read a few of Carvers books featuring Rex Carver...I read a few of Carvers books featuring Rex Carver and enjoyed them. I was also being published (for the first time) by Charter Books back when they started reprinting Canning. Brings back memories. Thanks, Bill.<br /><br />RJRRJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-41626556658728053862009-06-12T13:55:59.689-05:002009-06-12T13:55:59.689-05:00I also enjoy stories that look like they're ab...I also enjoy stories that look like they're about something big and end up much smaller. Both ways work well.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21711854726646275132009-06-12T09:03:55.247-05:002009-06-12T09:03:55.247-05:00I, for one, enjoy stories that begin small and end...I, for one, enjoy stories that begin small and end up uncovering something much larger. The second Wallander (Kenneth Branaugh on PBS) episode was like that. Another author for The List.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-74287385103442732142009-06-12T08:54:29.272-05:002009-06-12T08:54:29.272-05:00One might think that having his novel adapted for ...One might think that having his novel adapted for the last completed Hitchcock film might be good for hype, but not even then...my copy of THE RAINBIRD PATTERN was published with the film cited by Award, meaning no one with money was particularly interested.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com