tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post6070887127841959809..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: My Eyes Have Seen You: The Sixties Supernatural Spy Novels of John BlackburnWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-56728263498990269562023-08-24T12:08:27.633-07:002023-08-24T12:08:27.633-07:00Im only just discovering this author after picking...Im only just discovering this author after picking up a 1st edition copy of Mister Brown,s Bodies (1975).<br />I was surprised when i also found out i only live 30 mins drive from where the author was born.<br />I will be investigating his books further,and he will certainly be on my radar when im digging around the 2nd hand book stores or Charity (Thrift) stores.<br />Bodies only cost me £1.00.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254455616764174819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-1812281530788758502014-08-30T18:13:02.919-07:002014-08-30T18:13:02.919-07:00For what it's worth, my review of 'The Sce...For what it's worth, my review of 'The Scent of New Mown Hay' at the PorPor Books blog is posted here:<br /><br />http://theporporbooksblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-scent-of-new-mown-hay-by.html<br /><br />I gave it 3 / 5 Stars. it was really more of a detective novel than a horror story. As a novel published in 1958, its horror content is rather subdued, and lacks the degree tarbanduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205251855147881113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-62185306627065961152014-08-28T10:45:23.802-07:002014-08-28T10:45:23.802-07:00I got all excited about Blackburn when I first hea...I got all excited about Blackburn when I first heard about his work a couple years ago...it all sounded very much up my alley. I finally found a 1st ed. HC copy of one of his books -- THE SINS OF THE FATHER -- at, coincidentally enough, Will, Powell's in Portland. Much to my surprise and disappointment, I found it virtually unreadable for a variety of reasons. I don't know if this bookRon Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-11792867939097244572014-08-27T08:27:50.073-07:002014-08-27T08:27:50.073-07:00Blackburn's novels are incredible. I'd hea...Blackburn's novels are incredible. I'd heard about them for years but the original hardcovers are costly and until Valancourt's reprints emerged (what an amazing press) copies were hard to come by here in the States. <br /><br />He basically had two streams of work that frequently overlapped. There were the thrillers (espionage, crime) that had supernatural (or seemingly supernatural)Archivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787846105240186598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-70165526531699431332014-08-27T06:21:44.613-07:002014-08-27T06:21:44.613-07:00Do these all star the same protagonist? Sort of a ...Do these all star the same protagonist? Sort of a Night Stalking James Bond? Or are the all just of a supernatural spy-thriller genre?Derek Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555485192723965604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-1140820044999837302014-08-26T13:58:01.682-07:002014-08-26T13:58:01.682-07:00I've got that top copy of Children of Night, b...I've got that top copy of Children of Night, but I haven't read it because outside of being in perfect looking condition, the entire cover, front and back just slides right off of the still glued together pages. I'm afraid that if I do try and read it, it will just come apart page by page. <br /><br />I also have a destroyed original hardback of Scent of New Mown Hay and I have readAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530188453997612858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-54288675604601725782014-08-26T12:33:23.836-07:002014-08-26T12:33:23.836-07:00"Broken Boy" is a very good novel. The h..."Broken Boy" is a very good novel. The historical background is unique, as far as I know never done again in horror fiction. The the supernatural angle is rather slight. And of course it is very much a novel of its time. But I liked it.AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.com