tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post6340961900988811171..comments2024-01-06T05:28:46.111-05:00Comments on Matt Paust's Crime Time : Missing Ed GormanMathew Pausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-2949742533378030812016-11-03T10:38:05.468-04:002016-11-03T10:38:05.468-04:00I appreciate your generous words, Michael. I belie...I appreciate your generous words, Michael. I believe most of us who've discovered Sam McCain identify with him. He and Dev Conrad will keep Ed alive in my memory as long as I live. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-46479880353689055742016-11-03T08:31:24.860-04:002016-11-03T08:31:24.860-04:00Thanks Matt; you have put my exact feelings into w...Thanks Matt; you have put my exact feelings into words. I am an avid reader, but very few reading expériences have hooked me the way Sam McCain/Ed did. I was already an Ed Gorman fan from his westerns, but I too felt I was morphing with Sam at many times during those novels. I am very glad someone else had the same experience, someone who is far better at putting it into words than I am (I think Ben is in the same boat). I thoroughly enjoyed your piece, and will continue to mourn Ed/Sam for a long time to come. I enjoy reading your posts around the web.<br />Michaelmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631731846526639966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-64866889074428247872016-11-02T12:36:10.814-04:002016-11-02T12:36:10.814-04:00I believe I have Shadow Games, but have yet to rea...I believe I have <i>Shadow Games</i>, but have yet to read it.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-74575942768159377332016-11-02T12:06:44.870-04:002016-11-02T12:06:44.870-04:00I have to correct something I said above, because ...I have to correct something I said above, because I just remembered that I read SHADOW GAMES many years ago.Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-53250063321147359122016-11-02T11:56:05.776-04:002016-11-02T11:56:05.776-04:00Thanks, Barry. His loss is huge, altho he would ne...Thanks, Barry. His loss is huge, altho he would never admit it. Such a modest, decent, talented fellow.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-13765399209238467962016-11-02T10:27:49.674-04:002016-11-02T10:27:49.674-04:00A terrific essay, Matt. Regrettably, I didn't ...A terrific essay, Matt. Regrettably, I didn't have the pleasure--and honor--of knowing Ed Gorman except through his blog and some short stories. Until recently, that is, when I read MURDER ON THE AISLE. I have acquired quite a few of his other novels, including some of the McCains, and I look forward to reading them. Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-17161714950364640682016-11-01T16:44:30.259-04:002016-11-01T16:44:30.259-04:00I don't recall if I read The Santa Claus Murde...I don't recall if I read <i>The Santa Claus Murders</i>, Ben, but I do remember "Christmas Kitten," which was appended to one of the paperback McCain novels--possibly the first. Seems to me Kenny Thibodeau had a different name, too, in that story or in one of the early novels.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-74388942341207670602016-11-01T16:39:19.546-04:002016-11-01T16:39:19.546-04:00Thanks for the kind words, friends. I considered i...Thanks for the kind words, friends. I considered including the Conrad and Dwyer series as well as some of his western stories--especially the magnificent "The Face"--and his terrific thriller <i>The Marilyn Tapes</i>, but decided a focus on McCain would work better. There's enough of Ed's work left to read to keep me supplied well into my dotage.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-3568778733781039342016-11-01T12:58:01.762-04:002016-11-01T12:58:01.762-04:00Thanks for this great piece on Ed Gorman and the S...Thanks for this great piece on Ed Gorman and the Sam McCain series. I just finished Sleeping Dogs (the Dev Conrad series) and am working on a post for that right now. [Off work for a week, hurray.] I have only read the first three of the Sam McCain series and am ready now for the 4th one... although it will probably have to wait until 2017.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-45640298787395480322016-10-31T20:07:10.345-04:002016-10-31T20:07:10.345-04:00Sam McCain is a staple of my reading diet. I'v...Sam McCain is a staple of my reading diet. I've read most of them more than once, and with every reading I find something new. Ed was a such a kind, generous and talented man. I miss now, and I will for a very long time.<br /><br />Not sure if you know this, Matt, but there is a Sam McCain novella, "The Santa Claus Murders" published by Worldwide in 2002 or '03, and a short story, "Christmas Kitten" where Sam is named Cody.<br /><br />Thanks for the great essay on Ed and Sam McCain. I'm going to re-read one soon.Ben Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-21315247499681254272016-10-31T19:11:31.859-04:002016-10-31T19:11:31.859-04:00A great look into Sam McCain and his creator! Peo...A great look into Sam McCain and his creator! People like Ed are few and far between; it'll be a long while before we see his like again.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-56489397039915391532016-10-31T18:34:46.118-04:002016-10-31T18:34:46.118-04:00This is so nice, Matt!This is so nice, Matt!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com