tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post3275591053441555849..comments2024-03-28T19:49:24.277-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Ace Double Reviews: Message From the Eocene, by Margaret St. Clair/Three Worlds of Futurity, by Margaret St. Clair Rich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-77983547936395227572016-01-06T21:24:25.395-08:002016-01-06T21:24:25.395-08:00Or at least funnier than Brackett when she wasn...Or at least funnier than Brackett when she wasn't writing for Howard Hawks. I really need to read Brackett's hardboiled novel NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE, which Hawks considered superior to Chandler, and got her the gig on TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, much to Hawks's surprise when he met, as he hadn't imagined she might be a woman (being Hawks, he thought this was cool, though).<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09844875473353725802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-50066418537167108672016-01-06T21:21:44.315-08:002016-01-06T21:21:44.315-08:00I'm not sure that it's a fair comparison t...I'm not sure that it's a fair comparison to say that St. Clair's stories were inferior to Brackett's or Moore's, as her best work is so different from either. "The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles" (pitch perfect Dunsany homage updated for the MAD MEN era) and the excellent horror stories "The Estuary" (aka "The Last Three Ships," and imho the best nasty ghost story between M. R. James and Ramsey Campbell) and the subtle and oddly affecting "Brenda" (about a strange girl's relationship with a zombie/muck monster -- the NIGHT GALLERY adaptaton made it kin to the Heap and Swamp/Man Thing, but in the story it's more like a drowned corpse)aren't the type of stories I can imagine Moore or Brackett writing.<br /><br />I would say she could be funnier than either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09844875473353725802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-34027039813035169852015-08-28T07:49:01.847-07:002015-08-28T07:49:01.847-07:00I'd say I prefer Moore and Brackett to St. Cla...I'd say I prefer Moore and Brackett to St. Clair (personally), and I'd agree that St. Clair was ahead of Norton, except Norton was so prolific, and had the "influence" edge because so many readers encountered her young. A NESFA bugcrusher would be a good thing ... St. Clair has been so poorly collected that it does come as a bit of a surprise when you re-encounter her how good she was.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-44872458425901791652015-08-28T07:21:31.088-07:002015-08-28T07:21:31.088-07:00I always liked the ACE Doubles that presented an a...I always liked the ACE Doubles that presented an author's short stories and a short novel on the other side. It was a great format that's utterly lost today.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-55212716989159248862015-08-28T05:30:45.009-07:002015-08-28T05:30:45.009-07:00She was the equal of Moore and Brackett, I'd s...She was the equal of Moore and Brackett, I'd suggest, and ahead of Norton. She was off to a later start than the first two...and hasn't been collected well throughout her career. She needs a NESFA-style bug crusher or two.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com