tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post2036987336753851684..comments2024-01-07T09:36:51.796-08:00Comments on Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema: Prashant C. Trikannadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-11796801610166331192013-04-17T09:21:32.979-07:002013-04-17T09:21:32.979-07:00Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any auth...Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any authors or particular books that I am searching for... Maybe Peter Dickinson (the mysteries) and a few books by Robert Barnard that I don't have.<br /><br />But... I did get a new edition of two books by R. K. Narayan (A Tiger for Malgudi and The Man-Eater of Malgudi) which I will be reading for the Global Reading Challenge. Thanks for suggesting that author to me.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-51187051087800825852013-04-15T09:26:43.136-07:002013-04-15T09:26:43.136-07:00You would be in heaven if you were to visit the us...You would be in heaven if you were to visit the used books stores in Chicago, Prashant. Nearly every single book written by the three writers who you enjoy so much are found everywhere over here. And you can get Cronin's and Slaughter's books for pennies. Literally. They are not popular writers any more in the US. They must've been huge bestsellers, however, in their day. My parents who were avid Book-of-the-Month Club subscribers back in the 1950s and 1960s have many books by Slaughter and Cronin who were popular with the BOMC editors.<br /><br />I have too many writers and titles that remain eternally on my lists of "The Elusive." Currently, I am looking for some very early books by Claude Houghton who I just discovered thanks to Valancourt Books reprints. I'd love to find more of Vernon Loder's mystery novels, too, but I'll be out of luck unless I travel to England. Most of Loder's 80+ books were not published in the US.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-5138138837241328642013-04-15T07:56:50.509-07:002013-04-15T07:56:50.509-07:00Charles Nuetzel, but I got his. John D. MacDonald....Charles Nuetzel, but I got his. John D. MacDonald. I still have a few. Leigh Brackett. There are quite a few actually.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com