tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post5302540151888182041..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)Terence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-53247972887817714822015-03-22T01:37:25.377-04:002015-03-22T01:37:25.377-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-4484246090659046042015-02-24T10:15:14.939-05:002015-02-24T10:15:14.939-05:00Dear Elizabeth,
Since writing my article on John ...Dear Elizabeth,<br /><br />Since writing my article on John D. MacDonald, I have read about four-fifths of the Travis McGee novels and I can say they are really good, some breathtakingly good. Here are some blurbs from the front and back covers of the paperback editions:<br /><br />"To diggers a thousand years from now . . . the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.<br /><br />"The best novelist in America." -- Pete Hamill, New York Daily News<br /><br />"A masterful writer." -- Chicago Tribune<br /><br />"These days John D. MacDonald is the wonder of us all. It makes other writers tired just to think of him." -- Cosmopolitan<br /><br />"A crime writer who never lets the customer down." -- Saturday Review Syndicate<br /><br />"A master storyteller, a wizard of dialogue, characterization, and plot." -- Chicago Tribune Book World<br /><br />"McGee has become part of our national fabric." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer<br /><br />". . . one of the most creative and reliable writers of paperback originals . . . Mr. MacDonald can create a series character just as well as he does everything else in the suspense field." -- Anthony Boucher, New York Sunday Times Book Review<br /><br />Thanks for writing. In the future, please refrain from vulgarity. This blog is intended for all readers, regardless of age or sensibility.<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-64859935602542220612015-02-21T22:14:57.110-05:002015-02-21T22:14:57.110-05:00Here’s a quote about John D. Macdonald that I ofte...Here’s a quote about John D. Macdonald that I often see bouncing around the web (I hesitate to quote from Wikipeida, which we all know is generally stuff we can wipe our asses with, but this seems legit). “Macdonald is by any standards a better writer than Saul Bellow, only Macdonald writes thrillers and Bellow is a human heart chap, so guess who wears the top grade laurels?” That’s from Kingsley Amis.<br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2015/01/john-d-macdonald-look-at-some-aspects.html#.VNHn89LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com