EQMM, February 2010 by Dell Magazine Authors

Author:Dell Magazine Authors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dell Magazines

Reviews: BLOG BYTES by Bill Crider

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I'll begin this time by plugging a couple of friends. Not plugging in the sense of “You plugged me, you dirty rat!” I'm plugging in the sense of giving their blogs a favorable mention in the hopes that you'll take a look. Let's begin with George Kelley. Kelley proved he was a better man than I when he gave up his huge collection of classic paperbacks. He donated the collection to the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the librarians there created a terrific webpage for it (libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/kelley). You can search the collection, and there are a lot of cover scans to look at. Kelley also has a personal blog (georgekelley.org) that features mostly reviews of books and music. He has eclectic taste, so you might find a review of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice or one of Steve Berry's The Templar Legacy.

Dave Lewis is a writer who's recently made a sale to this very magazine. (See p.65.) He publishes under the name “Evan Lewis,” so be looking for it. His blog is Davy Crockett's Almanack (davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com), which is devoted to “Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West.” Lewis likes to show off his extensive collection of cap pistols, like his Leslie-Henry .44 Gene Autry model; his collection of playset figures; and his pulp collection, which he complements with story reviews and cover scans. He reviews lots of crime movies (older ones, like The Thin Man), and more.

But enough of promoting people I know. Here's something entirely different, Women in Crime Ink (womenincrimeink.blogspot.com). This one is a group blog with something like seventeen contributors, and in the interests of truth, I have to admit that one of them (Cynthia Hunt) used to be a reporter on a Houston TV channel, and I thought she was excellent. I don't know her, though. The blog offers “...a fresh take on crime and media issues.... Women in Crime Ink brings you a lineup of best-selling true-crime authors, award-winning print and broadcast journalists, crime novelists, a CNN anchor, a producer for CBS News / 48 Hours, television personalities, and criminal justice professionals—including a forensic artist, a criminal profiler, nationally renowned prosecutors, a high-profile criminal defense attorney, a private investigator, a psychiatrist, and sex-crimes and cold-case detectives.” Their discussions of things like workplace violence, the O.J. Simpson case, and sanity issues are definitely worth your time. Copyright © 2010 Bill Crider

Bill Crider's own peculiar blog can be found at billcrider.blogspot.com.

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