tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6477620306610169926..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: PaperBackmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16236792782013710762016-06-03T20:13:28.676-05:002016-06-03T20:13:28.676-05:00He has been my favorite writer since I read Nightf...He has been my favorite writer since I read Nightfall in 1983. I didn't think anyone could knock Raymond to second on my list but I was wrong. A few years ago I got to present a paper at a scholarly conference about his rather sudden and surprising move into literary respectability, which started when Library of America issued a collection of five of his novels.Randy Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-22040869184965624442016-06-03T17:42:47.451-05:002016-06-03T17:42:47.451-05:00Died at age 49.Died at age 49.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-54845985100280682762016-06-03T16:21:25.890-05:002016-06-03T16:21:25.890-05:00I writer to treasure. When I reviewed KEEP RUNNING...I writer to treasure. When I reviewed KEEP RUNNING I compared the writing to Goodis'... which shows where Goodis ranks. Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-30722142058530014702016-06-03T11:56:37.166-05:002016-06-03T11:56:37.166-05:00Kind of a cult writer, I think. He's never ma...Kind of a cult writer, I think. He's never managed to break out with a wide audience. Thompson came a little closer.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-33605019703736207212016-06-03T11:51:57.509-05:002016-06-03T11:51:57.509-05:00Everything of his I've ever read was at least ...Everything of his I've ever read was at least very good...I never understood why he was not a commercial success (same applies to Jim Thompson). Goodis published (per Stop, You're Killing Me about a dozen novels between age 30 and age 40. He died when he was 50 (1967).Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com