tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post4288924182603584705..comments2024-03-26T05:04:01.131-06:00Comments on Gravetapping: Jack HigginsBen Bouldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-83383709167430492222009-11-23T21:22:52.237-07:002009-11-23T21:22:52.237-07:00The letter was awesome. I wish I could find the co...The letter was awesome. I wish I could find the copy I had--a friend, who I have lost track of, wrote the original letter. The response from Patterson was littered with typos and there was an apology and explanation for the typos--a scuba diving accident.<br /><br />It was really, really neat. He seemed like an amazingly kind and likable man.Ben Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-57251663879430975522009-11-23T19:12:44.185-07:002009-11-23T19:12:44.185-07:00Nah, LPGM is a singleton. Takes place in the South...Nah, LPGM is a singleton. Takes place in the South American jungles right after WW1.<br /><br />Btw, that was a nice story about the letter from Higgins/Patterson. Had it happened to me, I also would have been surprised and delighted.Tossernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-66776738348704776342009-11-23T16:57:40.379-07:002009-11-23T16:57:40.379-07:00Tosser.I haven't read THE LAST PLACE GOD MADE....Tosser.I haven't read THE LAST PLACE GOD MADE. It's in a box somewhere, and I'm too lazy to dig it out. THE IRON TIGER featured pilot Jack Drummond, a name that is very, very familiar to me. Is he also in LPGM?<br /><br />His early stuff is getting more and more difficult to find around my area too. It used to be pretty easy. A local paperback exchange--now gone--always had several of his early titles. I did find his THE DARK SIDE OF THE ISLAND a few months ago at a thrift store.<br /><br />BenBen Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-55364945676260712602009-11-23T09:49:25.165-07:002009-11-23T09:49:25.165-07:00I think EHL is his best book, but those early ones...I think EHL is his best book, but those early ones are a lot of fun. My favorites are THE IRON TIGER and THE LAST PLACE GOD MADE.<br /><br />Around my town at least, the early Higgins are getting to be scarce in used bookstores.Tossernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-45074577691613941642009-11-18T10:45:29.467-07:002009-11-18T10:45:29.467-07:00Bill. I absolutely agree. Higgins' bestsellers...Bill. I absolutely agree. Higgins' bestsellers are only a shadow of his earlier work. Although I have fond memories of many of his early bestsellers, including EHL, and many up through the early-1990s. His current crop of books featuring Sean Dillon have been disappointing. I haven't read one since THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER, and I didn't finish it.<br /><br />I think THE SAVAGE DAY is probably my favorite with A PRAYER FOR THE DYING and THE KEYS OF HELL a close second and third.Ben Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-85308124279718631832009-11-18T10:19:07.472-07:002009-11-18T10:19:07.472-07:00The pre-Eagle Has Landed books by Higgins remain a...The pre-<i>Eagle Has Landed</i> books by Higgins remain among my favorites. I reread them now and then and always enjoy the heck out of them.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com