tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post8267895552027607677..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: STANLEY ELLIN - MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL (1972)col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-75397335173106666732017-08-16T22:33:27.066-07:002017-08-16T22:33:27.066-07:00Jane, thanks for stopping by. I hope you cross pat...Jane, thanks for stopping by. I hope you cross paths with him. I think my copies of his books are all fairly old editions. He's isn't someone you see too often on the shelves when out browsing. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-71604820788366610982017-08-16T11:57:20.661-07:002017-08-16T11:57:20.661-07:00I am not familiar with him Col but I used to watch...I am not familiar with him Col but I used to watch the Hitchcock series on TV - in B&W as I recall. I shall keep an eye out now. Thanks so much xJane Risdonhttp://wp.me/2dg55noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-24870658199293500522013-07-22T21:07:44.299-07:002013-07-22T21:07:44.299-07:00Tracy, I enjoyed it, but I don't feel compelle...Tracy, I enjoyed it, but I don't feel compelled to backtrack through his catalogue and hunt around for everything, which I sometimes have with other authors after a first read.<br />Too many books - sums it up.<br />Maybe you'll find something in September.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-23111819903292549332013-07-21T06:33:25.877-07:002013-07-21T06:33:25.877-07:00I have heard of this author and want to try his bo...I have heard of this author and want to try his books, but... you know the story, too many books, I will never catch up. When I do try his books, I want to try some of the earlier ones first. And I have heard that his short stories are very good. I just don't particularly enjoy short stories.<br /><br />It was good to read your review and get an idea of what his books are like.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-73524671608564819512013-07-18T05:10:50.283-07:002013-07-18T05:10:50.283-07:00Margot, an interesting observation you make on the...Margot, an interesting observation you make on the time period and a "vogue" perhaps for psychological crime. It worked for me this time, and will again but I wouldn't solely like to read this type of book. <br />I find a lot of reads like this are open to interpretation and don't always trust myself to come to the same conclusion as the author may have intended. <br />If it looks like a tomato, and feels like a tomato, I want it to taste a tomato and not a banana!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-84854479064907417592013-07-18T04:34:05.639-07:002013-07-18T04:34:05.639-07:00Col - Trust the early seventies for deeply psychol...Col - Trust the early seventies for deeply psychological plots like this one - all family dysfunction, etc.. I'm glad the plot and so on worked well for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-24066209029570239922013-07-18T02:19:55.125-07:002013-07-18T02:19:55.125-07:00Moira, I might stick the short stories in the car,...Moira, I might stick the short stories in the car, as I can dip in and out - hopefully! <br />I think I also have The Specialty of the House shelved at home somewhere, more shorts.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-52367808314933461792013-07-18T02:16:30.062-07:002013-07-18T02:16:30.062-07:00Prashant, I'm finding new-old writers all the ...Prashant, I'm finding new-old writers all the time. Good luck with your Ellin hunt!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-43905947525426049362013-07-18T01:28:17.993-07:002013-07-18T01:28:17.993-07:00I've read a few by Stanley Ellin, and I eventu...I've read a few by Stanley Ellin, and I eventually decided I like his short stories better than the novels - Blessington Method is short stories I think, some of them very good.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-34950283994671587022013-07-18T01:28:00.406-07:002013-07-18T01:28:00.406-07:00Col, if I didn't visit book blogs I'd neve...Col, if I didn't visit book blogs I'd never hear of writers like Stanley Ellin who has been on my list of authors to read for a while now. I hope to get to his books soon — fingers crossed!. <br />Prashant C. 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