tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post8931582676417478281..comments2024-03-19T02:26:11.207-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Better Dead -- Max Allan CollinsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-79104863201007274992016-05-13T17:39:51.701-05:002016-05-13T17:39:51.701-05:00And the biggest unlikelihood of all: who in God...And the biggest unlikelihood of all: who in God's name would invite Jessica Fletcher ANYWHERE?Richard Heftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-4585175396512047502016-05-12T12:33:57.694-05:002016-05-12T12:33:57.694-05:00And Sally Rand, Amelia Earhart, Jayne Mansfield, t...And Sally Rand, Amelia Earhart, Jayne Mansfield, the Black Dahlia and Marilyn Monroe.Max Allan Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867456003618637948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-4667183611635727772016-05-12T09:45:06.950-05:002016-05-12T09:45:06.950-05:00And sadly for those others you mention, they didn&...And sadly for those others you mention, they didn't get to have fun with Bettie Page.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-18246766707803016982016-05-12T09:35:24.976-05:002016-05-12T09:35:24.976-05:00I appreciate this fine review, and the comments as...I appreciate this fine review, and the comments as well.<br /><br />Now and then people complain, or at least point out, the FLASHMAN-like unlikelihood of any one private detective encountering so many famous names. I try to have a little fun with it, as Bill points out, but the thing is: the premise of the series is that a Marlowe/Hammer style private eye encounters (and often solves) the great controversial real-life mysteries of the 20th Century. Meeting the famous and infamous is built in. I see this as no more unbelievable than any other mystery series in the classic mode -- didn't Perry Mason win 100 cases, even without factoring in several more hundred from television? Archie and Nero solved around 75 murder cases, and Poirot a laundry list of homicides. How many good (murdered) friends has Mike Hammer had to avenge? How many murder cases has Spenser taken on? To me, Nate Heller is no more (or less) unlikely than these famous fictional sleuths.Max Allan Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867456003618637948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-65965219842546635252016-05-12T07:41:18.884-05:002016-05-12T07:41:18.884-05:00Collins does some fine work.Collins does some fine work.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-36788449227782327922016-05-11T20:03:55.447-05:002016-05-11T20:03:55.447-05:00It becomes a bit like a running joke in the more r...It becomes a bit like a running joke in the more recent books as the other characters call attention it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-66128372886955021492016-05-11T19:58:44.055-05:002016-05-11T19:58:44.055-05:00Amusing...though after a certain point does one ge...Amusing...though after a certain point does one get a certain Gump/Zelig sense of who Doesn't Heller have/get to deal with? A forgivable thing, if so...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com