tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post7495190676461159272..comments2024-02-25T20:56:16.684-05:00Comments on Pulp Serenade: 50 Great Gold Medal TitlesCullen Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-69972953155249406672011-05-31T14:35:15.439-04:002011-05-31T14:35:15.439-04:00Currently reading Robert Colby's "The Dea...Currently reading Robert Colby's "The Deadly Desire", having just polished off Harry Whittington's "Web of Murder" - I do love my Gold Medal's. "River Girl" by Charles Williams has to be my favourite, so far, but I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. Just picked up some titles by Philip Atlee, A.S. Fleischman and Day Keene - hope to get to them soon - so little time!Rob Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600607685969329597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-81449131342242836042011-05-31T02:57:55.671-04:002011-05-31T02:57:55.671-04:00Just popped over to check this out because it soun...Just popped over to check this out because it sounded interesting and saw my name up there. Glad I inspired this inspiring list. Like everyone else, so many to add to the old "gotta find it" list. I can't seem to find a copy of Black Wings Has My Angel that isn't wicked expensive. Can't find a good gold Medal copy of Name of the Game is Death either, only the Black Lizard reissue. (can it be as good as everyone says?)<br />Let Them Eat Bullets and Murder Me For Nickles sound particularly interesting.<br />I've been having good luck with old pulps I've bought solely on title and artwork and a good tip. <br />Prepare to face my at the eBay auctions! I shall defeat you!<br /><br />p.s. And once again Bill Crider confirms my theory that he has read everything ever written.Eric Beetnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504563937840205835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-36663845310088057422011-05-30T13:42:46.882-04:002011-05-30T13:42:46.882-04:00Thanks for the great list. I ordered a couple....Thanks for the great list. I ordered a couple....Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-41716269843260324032011-05-30T13:11:48.069-04:002011-05-30T13:11:48.069-04:00As I've said before, going through all of them...As I've said before, going through all of them I realized that 50 has hardly enough, since there were so many wonderful titles. I just picked some of my favorites and had to put a limit. I prefaced the list by saying that this was by no means a definitive or "best of" list -- just some that appealed to my eye. Purely subjective.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-83451050408983902962011-05-30T11:51:48.206-04:002011-05-30T11:51:48.206-04:00It has been well over 25 years since I read "...It has been well over 25 years since I read "Murder Me For Nickels" by Peter Rabe. Brian's memory of the plot is entirely accurate. Having an interest in both vintage paperbacks AND collecting vinyl records most frequently played on juke boxes made this a must for me. It was (and is) on the top of the heap for me.<br />I also very much enjoyed the 2 Curt Canon (Ed McBain) books as well: I Like 'Em Tough (# 743) & I'm Canon for Hire. "The Snatchers" by Lionel White is also another "doozy". Alas, I could go on all day and I have only read about 30 of the GM's. So many books....so little time :). I don't know how you managed to whittle down the list of Gold Medals to only 50.David Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-52792914272445119792011-05-30T00:07:11.376-04:002011-05-30T00:07:11.376-04:00John -- Great additions! "Hell Bent For Dange...John -- Great additions! "Hell Bent For Danger" is one of my favorite Gold Medals novels, and further proof that 50 isn't enough to collect all the good titles.<br /><br />Brian -- Ah, that explains it. I was sure Rabe would make the title make sense somehow, and I'm looking forward to reading it.<br /><br />Richard -- Those are all great, too. Perhaps I should have made this list 100 instead of 50...<br /><br />Patti -- I still need to read that Marlowe, it's been on my list for a while.<br /><br />Bill -- I'm surprised! If I had to choose between access to your book collection and the New York Public Library, I'd have to think long and hard...Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-11188072755028996072011-05-29T21:00:56.170-04:002011-05-29T21:00:56.170-04:00All very fine, but I am compelled to add...
Nice ...All very fine, but I am compelled to add...<br /><br />Nice Guys Finish Dead by Albert Conroy<br />No Chance in Hell by Nick Quarry<br />Till It Hurts by Nick Quarry<br />Kiss Off the Dead by Garrity<br />Hell Bent for Danger by Walt Grove<br />The Beautiful and Dead by Ross MacRoss<br />Trouble is My Name by Stephen Marlowe (my favorite of all his Chester Drum titles-- could only be improved if it were his middle name...)<br />Devil May Care by Wade Miller<br />Kitten with a Whip by Wade Miller<br />The Girl from Midnight by Wade Miller<br />The Out is Death by Peter Rabe<br /><br />I know there's more but why even try to list them all. Your comment about how a Gold Medal's title can get you psyched up to read a book by any author whose last work did absolutely nothing for you is 100% true in my case.<br />Great post.<br /><br />John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-89770642240194311932011-05-29T20:29:34.485-04:002011-05-29T20:29:34.485-04:00Regarding Peter Rabe's "Murder Me for Nic...Regarding Peter Rabe's "Murder Me for Nickels", if my poor memory serves, the story revolved around a mobster who ran a juke box racket (if that makes sense) and the juke boxes only took nickels. Maybe somebody who read the book more recently than I can chime in to say whether or not I am correct.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-46268389475907726162011-05-29T19:00:05.574-04:002011-05-29T19:00:05.574-04:00My favorite Gold Medal title, hands down, is Fletc...My favorite Gold Medal title, hands down, is Fletcher Flora's PARK AVENUE TRAMP, with a special shout-out to Bruno Fischer's THE LUSTFUL APE. I also have a great respect for Goodis's THE WOUNDED AND THE SLAIN, as well as his tersely masterful NIGHT SQUAD, which sums up in two quick words all I want from a certain kind of novel -- as does Allen O'Quinn's SWAMP BRAT. I also admire the left-right punches contained in Ann Aldrich's WE, TOO, MUST LOVE, followed by WE TWO WON'T LAST; a novel contained within two titles, as it were.Richard Heftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-61690605201130970992011-05-29T18:50:23.162-04:002011-05-29T18:50:23.162-04:00Read only one THE NAME OF THE GAME IS DEATH by Mar...Read only one THE NAME OF THE GAME IS DEATH by Marlowe. I will never catch up. No, two. The John McDonald one.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574898998296059114.post-23228075019593929622011-05-29T18:05:45.066-04:002011-05-29T18:05:45.066-04:00Nice list. I have all the crime novels on it, but...Nice list. I have all the crime novels on it, but not all the westerns and historicals.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com