Category Archives: Friday Forgotten Books

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Posted on July 26, 2021 by Rick Robinson

It’s hot. Again. We are so sick of this heat, and it’s going to be in the 90s the rest of the week and probably beyond. We’re just hoping for no triple digits, but August is usually the hottest month … Continue reading →

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Arrrgh! Too Hot!

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Rick Robinson

I’m not a fan of hot weather, it’s one of the reasons we moved from Southern California to Portland, Oregon more than a decade ago. But it gets hot here too, in the Summer, and it’s hot here now, and … Continue reading →

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Reading E. B. White

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Rick Robinson

E. B. White has long been a favorite writer of mine, since reading things by him written for The New Yorker long ago. Reading Is Sex Necessary?, James Thurber’s humorous book co-written with White, led me to reading more of White, and … Continue reading →

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Forgotten stories: That’s a LOT of stories & pages!

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Rick Robinson

I was looking at some of the anthologies I have on hand in the To Be Read area, and was impressed by the fact that they are so thick. Why am I posting this under the Forgotten Books category? Because … Continue reading →

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FFB: In At the Death by Francis Duncan

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Rick Robinson

In At the Death by Francis Duncan, (c) 1952, Penguin Random House – 2016 Vintage trade paper, mystery, #6 in Mordecai Tremaine series The Blurb: (from back cover) “When murder is afoot, nothing is as it seems. Mordecai Tremaine and Chief Inspector Jonathan … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Groote Park Murder by Freeman Wills Crofts

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Rick Robinson

The Groote Park Murder by Freeman Wills Crofts, First published: UK, Collins, 1923, my edition 2018 trade paper. The Blurb: “From a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a … Continue reading →

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FFB: Deathtrap by Peter Turnbull

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Rick Robinson

Deathtrap by Peter Turnbull, Severn House 2000 hardcover, mystery, police procedural. 2nd in the Hennessey and Yellich series, set in York, England. review from Kirkus Reviews: “Yet another of the author’s absorbing procedurals, this time set in the city of York, where Detective … Continue reading →

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FFB: Exploring the Horizons

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Rick Robinson

Exploring the Horizons: Explorers and the Furthest Horizon edited by Gardner Dozois, SFBC May 2000 hardcover, science fiction anthology omnibus. Collects 2 previous anthologies. 916 pages. Cover by John Berkeley. Put together by one of the best editors in the genre, an eleven-time … Continue reading →

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Reading: an old favorite by Poul Anderson

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Rick Robinson

The War of the Wing-Men by Poul Anderson, Ace Books G-634 paperback, 1958. I first read this terrific story in Astounding Science Fiction in February, March and April, 1958. The cover title was The Man Who Counts. The novel was then published by Ace … Continue reading →

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FFB:The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Rick Robinson

The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver, Signet 1999 mass market paperback, mystery novel, first printing, signed with signed bookmark. This is the first Professor John Darnell mystery. The Blurb: “Passengers are dying on White Star Lines transatlantic ocean … Continue reading →