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My current favorite mindless thriller writers: 1. James Rollins. add lee child's jack reacher books. but you can only read so many books about a strong silent highly trained killer type who always gets to make love to a woman he's met for maybe a few hours, and finally kills the psycho sadist killer and his cronies as bloodily as possible My guilty pleasure is Dennis Wheatley - especially the Gregory Sallust series. This email was scanned by BitDefender.
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On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:38 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- b My list would have to include that hack who thinks he's a literary-philosophical bio-nano-cyberpunk superstar, Nabokov and Flannery O'Connor Neal Stephenson all rolled into one (with only a soupçon of Stevenson). I can't remember his name but I think it begins with S. jrs
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Had a few Dusty Fogg and Ysabel Kid books. Just gave them away to a friend who works with govt. schools. Will see if I have more in cold storage. Have a couple of L'Amour if you're interested Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Mine are available to borrow and return if you like! - Vinit Bhansali
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Edson is mcdonalds to l'amours deli pastrami -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Vinit Bhansali vi...@bhansalimail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:18:12 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Had a few Dusty Fogg and Ysabel Kid books. Just gave them away to a friend who works with govt. schools. Will see if I have more in cold storage. Have a couple of L'Amour if you're interested Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Mine are available to borrow and return if you like! - Vinit Bhansali
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On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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His earlier works are very good pulp - tightly plotted, fast moving, lots of (not particularly accurate, but believable) detail .. The later ones had frayed plots, filled up with verbose recycling of character backgrounds and random right wing rants, not to mention very badly written sex .. Kind of like a worse version of the later heinleins --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 30, 2012 21:31 On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- srs (blackberry)
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Or Alistair MacLeans? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:51 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons His earlier works are very good pulp - tightly plotted, fast moving, lots of (not particularly accurate, but believable) detail .. The later ones had frayed plots, filled up with verbose recycling of character backgrounds and random right wing rants, not to mention very badly written sex .. Kind of like a worse version of the later heinleins --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 30, 2012 21:31 On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- srs (blackberry)
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Even the later MacLeans were somewhat readable. The later Edsons weren't - I wouldn't even borrow them from a library. -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: thew...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:55:08 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Or Alistair MacLeans? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:51 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons His earlier works are very good pulp - tightly plotted, fast moving, lots of (not particularly accurate, but believable) detail .. The later ones had frayed plots, filled up with verbose recycling of character backgrounds and random right wing rants, not to mention very badly written sex .. Kind of like a worse version of the later heinleins --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 30, 2012 21:31 On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- srs (blackberry)
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Did Edson also write some vaguely Flash Gordon/ outer space stuff? I remember a Great White Hunter called Bunduki. My favorite, though, were the Dusty Fog series. Much better than the Brad Counter/ Ole Devil series. -Lahar Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:16 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Even the later MacLeans were somewhat readable. The later Edsons weren't - I wouldn't even borrow them from a library. -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: thew...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:55:08 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Or Alistair MacLeans? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:51 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons His earlier works are very good pulp - tightly plotted, fast moving, lots of (not particularly accurate, but believable) detail .. The later ones had frayed plots, filled up with verbose recycling of character backgrounds and random right wing rants, not to mention very badly written sex .. Kind of like a worse version of the later heinleins --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 30, 2012 21:31 On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- srs (blackberry)
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Yes. Bunduki was the grandson of tarzan, and a lot of real and fictional characters - such as edgar wallace's four just men and jg reeder - appear in edson's books He loved philip jose farmer's wold newton theory, that man -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: thew...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:05:30 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Did Edson also write some vaguely Flash Gordon/ outer space stuff? I remember a Great White Hunter called Bunduki. My favorite, though, were the Dusty Fog series. Much better than the Brad Counter/ Ole Devil series. -Lahar Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:16 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Even the later MacLeans were somewhat readable. The later Edsons weren't - I wouldn't even borrow them from a library. -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: thew...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:55:08 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Or Alistair MacLeans? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:51 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons His earlier works are very good pulp - tightly plotted, fast moving, lots of (not particularly accurate, but believable) detail .. The later ones had frayed plots, filled up with verbose recycling of character backgrounds and random right wing rants, not to mention very badly written sex .. Kind of like a worse version of the later heinleins --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 30, 2012 21:31 On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- srs (blackberry)
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Kind of how I'll happily read a Clive Cussler novel and immediately wonder why the heck I enjoyed it so much. Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- b
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Biju Chacko [31/01/12 11:08 +0530]: Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. eddings and erb were again very good. tight though stereotyped plots, lots of action. dont forget capt.w.e johns' biggles series. Especially the war flying ones (and in particular the ones set during WW1) were brilliant. Far less so the ones that were set between the wars (with exotic native savages and huge giant squids to contend with), or the iron curtain spy dramas from biggles' later career.
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On 31-Jan-12 11:08 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). This is an irresistible straight line [1] to recommend the Anita Blake series [2]. I hasten to add that books in this series after Book #9, _Obsidian Butterfly_ (the best of the series) should be avoided at all costs. Udhay [1] Especially given the name of the first book. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_blake -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Biju Chacko [31/01/12 11:08 +0530]: Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. eddings and erb were again very good. tight though stereotyped plots, lots of action. dont forget capt.w.e johns' biggles series. Especially the war flying ones (and in particular the ones set during WW1) were brilliant. Far less so the ones that were set between the wars (with exotic native savages and huge giant squids to contend with), or the iron curtain spy dramas from biggles' later career. I've read a few of those, mostly when I was in school. Speaking of savages, have you read any Doc Savage novels? -- b
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). Deathworld, and Bill the Galactic Hero books by Harry Harrison, Brian Lumley's Necroscope books, any old Astounding/Analog magazine I can lay my hands on... Aside - KQA's annual quiz on speculative fiction, 'Chronosynclastic Infundibulum' is on this Saturday (2pm at IAT, Queens Road). Since the interest in SFF is higher on this group than outside, I humbly suggest that you all teleport your selves to the quiz at said point in time and space.
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of savages, have you read any Doc Savage novels? My favourite Doc Savage books are those written by Philip Jose Farmer
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 13:38, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. +1 for Clive Cussler :-) ~ash
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On 1/31/12, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Kind of how I'll happily read a Clive Cussler novel and immediately wonder why the heck I enjoyed it so much. Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- b Yes, exact same feeling from reading Clive Cussler novel; Robin Cook and John Grisham did that to me ten years ago, not anymore. - Anil Kumar
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My current favorite mindless thriller writers: 1. James Rollins. 2. Scott Mariani 3. Mathew Reilly (his earlier books like Temple and Contest are masterpieces. Later work has tapered off. -Lahar Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:45:47 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons On 1/31/12, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 30-Jan-12 8:18 PM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Have almost every L'Amour book. Never got around to JT Edson. How does their writing quality/style compare? Louis L'Amour is a far better writer than Edson - but for some reason, Edson's earlier works are a guilty pleasure for several people, myself included. Kind of how I'll happily read a Clive Cussler novel and immediately wonder why the heck I enjoyed it so much. Does anybody else have any other guilty pleasures (of the literary kind) they'd ... um... recommend (if that's the word). My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- b Yes, exact same feeling from reading Clive Cussler novel; Robin Cook and John Grisham did that to me ten years ago, not anymore. - Anil Kumar
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Thejaswi Udupa [31/01/12 11:32 +0530]: Aside - KQA's annual quiz on speculative fiction, 'Chronosynclastic Infundibulum' is on this Saturday (2pm at IAT, Queens Road). Since the interest in SFF is higher on this group than outside, I humbly suggest that you all teleport your selves to the quiz at said point in time and space. udupas speculative fiction quizzes are strongly recommended for anybody and everybody who reads sff on this list.
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Biju Chacko [31/01/12 11:23 +0530]: I've read a few of those, mostly when I was in school. Speaking of savages, have you read any Doc Savage novels? some. ages back - and those hal and roger novels about collecting animals for a zoo. and richmal crompton's william series though they arent pulp.
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thew...@gmail.com [31/01/12 06:22 +]: My current favorite mindless thriller writers: 1. James Rollins. add lee child's jack reacher books. but you can only read so many books about a strong silent highly trained killer type who always gets to make love to a woman he's met for maybe a few hours, and finally kills the psycho sadist killer and his cronies as bloodily as possible
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Hal and Roger were Willard Price right? --Original Message-- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 31, 2012 1:02 PM Biju Chacko [31/01/12 11:23 +0530]: I've read a few of those, mostly when I was in school. Speaking of savages, have you read any Doc Savage novels? some. ages back - and those hal and roger novels about collecting animals for a zoo. and richmal crompton's william series though they arent pulp. Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone
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Yes indeed --Original Message-- From: thew...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 31, 2012 13:09 Hal and Roger were Willard Price right? --Original Message-- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 31, 2012 1:02 PM Biju Chacko [31/01/12 11:23 +0530]: I've read a few of those, mostly when I was in school. Speaking of savages, have you read any Doc Savage novels? some. ages back - and those hal and roger novels about collecting animals for a zoo. and richmal crompton's william series though they arent pulp. Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -- srs (blackberry)
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Let us also not forget the oldies Elmore Leonard - classic western, gangster etc pulp still going strong Years back - g.a henty, george manville fenn, harrie irving hancock (west point and annapolis series) ... -- srs (blackberry)
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Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Willing to buy / swap to fill out my collection -- srs (blackberry)
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Similarly older tabor evans longarm series - numbered under #200 Tall order - not too many people still hooked on pulp westerns :) -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:03:52 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: sur...@hserus.net Subject: JT Edsons Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Willing to buy / swap to fill out my collection -- srs (blackberry)
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Willing to buy / swap to fill out my collection Blossoms in Bangalore will have a bunch. For reading (not for sale or swap) willing to lend stuff from my collection. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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I clearly need to revisit blossoms, it has been years. I'll browse through the trash western part of your collection too, thank you. --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] JT Edsons Sent: Jan 30, 2012 11:03 On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Willing to buy / swap to fill out my collection Blossoms in Bangalore will have a bunch. For reading (not for sale or swap) willing to lend stuff from my collection. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- srs (blackberry)
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: Does anybody have these around - especially the older ones from the 1960s Had a few Dusty Fogg and Ysabel Kid books. Just gave them away to a friend who works with govt. schools. Will see if I have more in cold storage. Have a couple of L'Amour if you're interested. C
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Had a few Dusty Fogg and Ysabel Kid books. Just gave them away to a friend who works with govt. schools. Will see if I have more in cold storage. Have a couple of L'Amour if you're interested. It must be 10-15 years since I read a JT Edson. Hmmm ... time for something cheesy to go along with my pizza? :-) -- b
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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [30/01/12 11:43 +0530]: Had a few Dusty Fogg and Ysabel Kid books. Just gave them away to a friend who works with govt. schools. Will see if I have more in cold storage. Have a couple of L'Amour if you're interested. I have just about every l'amour - but I lost most of the old jt edsons, and the ones I can find on kindle / second hand bookshops etc in chennai are the recycled trash he churned out in the late 70s..80s
