tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post114835716994283351..comments2024-03-28T06:41:02.100-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Opening ArgumentsJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-1148432579027633342006-05-23T18:02:00.000-07:002006-05-23T18:02:00.000-07:00Great news!Long live the Rap Sheet (blog)!Great news!<BR/>Long live the Rap Sheet (blog)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-1148412502906479932006-05-23T12:28:00.000-07:002006-05-23T12:28:00.000-07:00Hi Jeff and the gang -Really pleased to see The Ra...Hi Jeff and the gang -<BR/><BR/>Really pleased to see The Rap Sheet back as a blog!<BR/><BR/>I recall reading interviews at Jan Mag as well as looking forward to each each Rap Sheet avidly, and then I emailed Jeff and asked if he'd like me to contribute.<BR/><BR/>Fast forward a few years and I ended up meeting my idol Robert Littell who only agreed to speak to January Magazine after [1] He read my questions which I had to email in advance and [2] Bob Littell thought January Magazine was an excellent resource.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to Jan Mag I found my name next to one of my favourite writers, spending a wonderful day with Bob Littell and Peter Mayer :-<BR/><BR/>http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/littell.html<BR/><BR/>So I hope to be able to contribute every so often to this excellent blog, featuring information about the Crime / Mystery and Thriller world from the European side of the Atlantic.<BR/><BR/>Long live The Rap Sheet<BR/><BR/>AliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-1148378566235148542006-05-23T03:02:00.000-07:002006-05-23T03:02:00.000-07:00Great to see you back on the crime fiction scene. ...Great to see you back on the crime fiction scene. I usually share your literary and political opinions, and found many good reads thanks to the Rap Sheet. Can't wait to see what you recommend next.<BR/><BR/>One tiny critic: I don"t really understand the fuss about the NYT survey. Seen from this side of the Atlantic, *Beloved* seems quite noir (although to me, Morrison's masterpiece is *Jazz*, by far). And one could argue that most of Carver's fiction *is* deconstructed noir fiction. To me, noir is probably the most interesting part of crime fiction, so... (BTW, you didn't quote Ellroy in your list of writers-that-could-or-should-have-been-there, even though he is mentioned earlier in reference to De Lillo. *His* absence shocked me more than any of the other names you quote, even though they are indisputably great crime fiction novelists.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com