tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post7457835805668889116..comments2024-01-06T05:28:46.111-05:00Comments on Matt Paust's Crime Time : THE COLD WAR SWAP – Ross ThomasMathew Pausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-67320469905995751372016-02-06T10:16:35.432-05:002016-02-06T10:16:35.432-05:00Your comment pleases me more than you might imagin...Your comment pleases me more than you might imagine, Prashant. I hope--know--you will enjoy his writing. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-13279193174665842762016-02-06T10:14:56.391-05:002016-02-06T10:14:56.391-05:00One indication of his longevity, Barry, is that ou...One indication of his longevity, Barry, is that our public library still lends five or six of his novels. In our little SE Virginia town, that says something. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-21900382119858297152016-02-06T07:24:23.399-05:002016-02-06T07:24:23.399-05:00Mathew, this was such an interesting and entertain...Mathew, this was such an interesting and entertaining review. I liked the opening lines of your post. I will be looking out for some Ross Thomas books to read.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-7924388436878838362016-02-05T17:31:04.731-05:002016-02-05T17:31:04.731-05:00The first of Thomas's books I read was CHINAMA...The first of Thomas's books I read was CHINAMAN'S CHANCE, followed soon after by THE EIGHTH DWARF and then many more. The man was a brilliant craftsman, constructionist, and satirist. He deserves to be remembered.Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-29776136179094573122016-02-05T12:12:37.171-05:002016-02-05T12:12:37.171-05:00George, according to Lawrence Block in The Crime o...George, according to Lawrence Block in <i>The Crime of Our Lives</i>, Thomas wrote <i>Dwarf</i> and <i>Voodoo</i> after an aging editor offered him some sage advice to "never write about Dwarfs or Voodoo." Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-20770584372418516082016-02-05T11:39:48.964-05:002016-02-05T11:39:48.964-05:00Ross Thomas is an undeservedly forgotten writer. ...Ross Thomas is an undeservedly forgotten writer. Loved THE EIGHTH DWARF!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-63638601999091619762016-02-05T10:28:15.243-05:002016-02-05T10:28:15.243-05:00Thomas has been one of my favorites since I picked...Thomas has been one of my favorites since I picked up THE COLD WAR SWAP off the spinning rack at a drugstore long ago. One of the greats.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-81726064480817272532016-02-05T10:14:55.772-05:002016-02-05T10:14:55.772-05:00I'm vastly more impressed with this writing no...I'm vastly more impressed with this writing now, Sergio, than I was several decades ago when he blew me away. I believe I read one of the St. Ives novels, too, but I don't recall which one. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-90727510426744637982016-02-05T03:49:37.851-05:002016-02-05T03:49:37.851-05:00It has been decades since I read anythign of his M...It has been decades since I read anythign of his Matt (well, more recently I read one of the St Ives books he published under his Bleek byline, but shall skip over that). Hmm, got me thinking I should rummage in the loft again!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com