tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post3241492904651098856..comments2024-03-17T19:12:20.596-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: Books I WON'T be publishing...Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-23939300528438644702017-05-31T19:40:34.754-07:002017-05-31T19:40:34.754-07:00I have the Jane Duncan My Friend... series in hard...I have the Jane Duncan My Friend... series in hardcover. I was excited to see the ebooks but have to tell you that Muriel is quite abridged with a lot of the Dear Reader asides and amusing word definitions removed.Alison Hendonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-86055064320423550962016-06-09T05:14:24.479-07:002016-06-09T05:14:24.479-07:00Thanks, Simon! An announcement (finally) is just a...Thanks, Simon! An announcement (finally) is just around the corner, in the next week or so. And believe me, I sometimes wonder how I found myself in this position too!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-27621635415327669042016-06-08T05:28:46.758-07:002016-06-08T05:28:46.758-07:00Thanks for the information, Jerri. I'm definit...Thanks for the information, Jerri. I'm definitely going to look more closely at both of these.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-1004106174682873092016-06-07T08:45:38.046-07:002016-06-07T08:45:38.046-07:00I am beyond eager to hear what you'll be bring...I am beyond eager to hear what you'll be bringing back (and so desperately hoping it'll be Ursula Orange - AND wanting to know how you managed to find yourself in this completely enviable position). The Dodie Smith is available in paperback here, I think, or at least I bought a copy of it in a secondhand shop - but I suppose it could have found its way across the Atlantic.Simon T (StuckinaBook)http://www.stuckinabook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-72567309753822274292016-06-04T17:51:10.602-07:002016-06-04T17:51:10.602-07:00I enjoy most of the Felse series, but Death and th...I enjoy most of the Felse series, but Death and the Joyful Woman and Grass Widow's Tale may top my list. For some reason the character that is least life like to me in that series is Inspector Felse himself. His wife and son and the suspects, etc are all very believable, but perhaps that is why I tend to enjoy most those books in the series that focus on the wife or son rather than the father. <br /><br />The Jane Duncan "My Friend" books are very interesting indeed. But to get the most out of them I feel you really need to read all 20 or so, more or less in order to understand the full story arc. At least one or two belong on the war books list, I would have to check to see which ones. I also adore her series of children's picture books about Janet Reachfar, a sort of spin off from the My Friends books. The 4 book series using a different pen name is also interesting.<br /><br />JerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-4992356890618739652016-06-04T16:52:37.599-07:002016-06-04T16:52:37.599-07:00Thanks for noting that, Dean. It looks like Most ...Thanks for noting that, Dean. It looks like Most Loving Mere Folly might also have been under her own name? (And while looking at it online, I found that that one belongs on my book list for the postwar period, so thanks for inspiring me to poke around! I'll have to peruse the other titles more closely too, in case more of them belong on my list.)Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-30242053956948877572016-06-04T16:44:27.506-07:002016-06-04T16:44:27.506-07:00Very happy to give you a pleasant walk down memory...Very happy to give you a pleasant walk down memory lane, Sue! I have Jane Duncan on my TBR list (along with untold numbers of other authors), but wouldn't we love to have those original hardcovers now?! I do hope you locate a copy of Cheerfulness Breaks In--it's my favorite of the Thirkell novels I've read.<br /><br />And Helen, I hope the e-book problem gets fixed soon. Thanks, Jerri, for clarifying the problem!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-9980188857004675692016-06-04T16:39:57.684-07:002016-06-04T16:39:57.684-07:00Hmmmm, that might be a fun post too, Brian--books ...Hmmmm, that might be a fun post too, Brian--books I would never consider publishing! Fun, but perhaps not the best PR for a new publisher...<br /><br />The two extremes of heir attitudes you mention are dead-on. Suffice it to say that, sadly, I now have more understanding of why one of the books on my "possibly Persephone" list has remained out of print despite being absolutely wonderful and a blogger favorite... <br /><br />But we've also had marvelous luck with some lovely, kind, enthusiastic heirs, so I certainly have no right to complain!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-73276746019654348342016-06-04T16:33:49.008-07:002016-06-04T16:33:49.008-07:00I've only read a couple of the Ellis Peters bo...I've only read a couple of the Ellis Peters books and would like to try more of the Felse series. And I have to confess I haven't read Jane Duncan yet either. I've always meant to, but etc. etc.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-60560041366169602022016-06-04T16:32:40.577-07:002016-06-04T16:32:40.577-07:00That's impressive, Tom. I had no idea there we...That's impressive, Tom. I had no idea there were so many non-Miss Silver novels. Lots to explore there!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-62864854906536366552016-06-02T12:26:08.407-07:002016-06-02T12:26:08.407-07:00If you contact Amazon about the problem they are a...If you contact Amazon about the problem they are able to fix it for your account, but apparently don't have it fixed for everyone. VERY strange indeed!!! But do contact Amazon if you have that wrong book. You might even get lucky and get a small credit to your account for your trouble, in addition to the correction in the text. (This is for Thirekll's Cheerfulness Breaks In.)<br /><br />But, if you don't contact them, it seems that the correction isn't happening automatically. Poor something. But the credit to my account provided a nice discount. I don't remember exactly how I made contact with Amazon on this issue, but I followed the advice from a one star review.<br /><br />JerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-90202921978006882782016-06-02T08:11:16.425-07:002016-06-02T08:11:16.425-07:00Not only that but it ISN'T available on Kindle...Not only that but it ISN'T available on Kindle : if you try to download it, you get the right 'sample chapter' but a completely different book. 27 days on & they STILL haven't sorted it out!Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-65105406282511306392016-06-01T13:51:02.949-07:002016-06-01T13:51:02.949-07:00Scott, just FYI, HOLIDAY WITH VIOLENCE was origina...Scott, just FYI, HOLIDAY WITH VIOLENCE was originally published under her real name, Edith Pargeter. This was the first time she published a mystery novel under her real name. Later came ASSIZE FOR THE DYING. After that, she started writing mysteries as Ellis Peters and reserved her own name for (mostly) historical fiction.Dean Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-71559213920828693112016-06-01T10:07:17.533-07:002016-06-01T10:07:17.533-07:00I do so love your blog as you mention authors I ha...I do so love your blog as you mention authors I had forgotten but just the name takes me zooming back to the 70's when I worked in libraries. It was the Jane Duncan mention this time, I can visualize a whole row of them, quite pretty covers I remember. One VERY annoying thing is that Cheerfulness breaks in by Angela Thirkell is only for kindle. It's the one I most wanted to read - being a wartime one - and would want to own it too, but as a real book!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-87442946085861814772016-06-01T08:37:53.660-07:002016-06-01T08:37:53.660-07:00Ah, and here I thought you were going to be presen...Ah, and here I thought you were going to be presenting books you found particularly bad. In other words, titles you would definitely <i>not</i> be considering. "Doesn't sound like Scott," I said to myself.<br /><br />Thank you for another fun, informative post. This Canadian will take advantage of your suggestions. It's not often that I see us described as "renegades", but I like it. For the most part we up here still follow the old 50+1 rule, meaning that work published during the lifetime of, say, Ian Fleming (d. 1964), entered the public domain on 1 January 2015. Corporations and wealthy estates hate it, of course, but this writer thinks it more than fair.<br /><br />I'd be interested in hearing your experiences obtaining permissions. My own efforts at resurrecting decades out of print novels <i>not</i> in the public domain typically brings in one of two responses. Either the "estate", often a grandchild, expresses delight at the prospect of grandma's old novel from the 'thirties returning to print that they ask next to nothing. On the other side, we find a grandchild who sees the revived novel as providing a new Lexus. Future talks with the second grandchild prove futile and, sadly, a novel worthy of resurrection remains out of print. So, you see, that is why I prefer Canadian copyright law. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-8052909487665648582016-05-31T15:01:31.334-07:002016-05-31T15:01:31.334-07:00An embarrassment of riches indeed! Very much looki...An embarrassment of riches indeed! Very much looking forward to the announcement of your own list but it's good to know that there are so many other books being reprinted. I enjoyed the Ellis Peters mysteries but, like you, I would love to read her wartime novels. I'm also looking forward to the new Greyladies books & I didn't know about the Jane Duncans & I've always wanted to try one so now's my chance.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-25899751437968086142016-05-31T10:59:54.693-07:002016-05-31T10:59:54.693-07:00May I brag that I already own Wentworth's &quo...May I brag that I already own Wentworth's "Run?" And, in fact, have for some years! Not sure how I came to own that copy, but it is a NICE little paperback, almost untouched by human hands (before me) and I was glad to get it and two or three other non-Mill Silver Wentworth's (such as Mr. Zero) BUT I am so glad to see these coming out, and ordered another title the other day, thanks to a recommendation from a fellow D.E. Stevenson list member. Spread the word, Scott! They have a particular charm all their own, and every so often, we see a character we know already!<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com