tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post5239143145314621970..comments2024-03-23T14:48:31.480-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Ace Double Reviews, 13: The Green Millennium, by Fritz Leiber/Night Monsters, by Fritz LeiberRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-33309145009789444172018-12-26T12:33:57.547-08:002018-12-26T12:33:57.547-08:00Now And On Earth. Not really a crime novel.Now And On Earth. Not really a crime novel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494346790486133971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-51296928398888074122018-12-26T11:26:02.380-08:002018-12-26T11:26:02.380-08:00Interesting. Wonder which novel that was? (I haven...Interesting. Wonder which novel that was? (I haven't read much by him -- THE GRIFTERS, I think, and that might be it.)Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-3586811886627801602018-12-26T11:25:17.790-08:002018-12-26T11:25:17.790-08:00I thought it might be you, Jack ... I did mention ...I thought it might be you, Jack ... I did mention you up there. You're actually the only one I know (not counting Pynchon) who worked at Mother Boeing in Seattle ... I'm at the old McDonnell Douglas of course, and Leiber was at Douglas before it was bought by McDonnell, and Farmer worked as a technical writer at McDonnell Douglas in Southern California (so I assumed probably a former Douglas unit). And my predecessor at Locus, Mark Kelly, worked for, I think, a Rockwell division that got acquired by Boeing at about the same time McDonnell Douglas was acquired -- so for a while we could email each other on company mail, until Mark's division got spun off again, and then Mark retired.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-56735541081042805502018-12-26T10:48:45.553-08:002018-12-26T10:48:45.553-08:00And I just remembered another one. The crime write...And I just remembered another one. The crime writer, Jim Thompson, worked at McDonald Douglas in California back in the forties. He wrote One novel that used his experience there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494346790486133971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-30618438501763059652018-12-26T10:40:10.551-08:002018-12-26T10:40:10.551-08:00That was me, Rich. Jack Skillingstead.That was me, Rich. Jack Skillingstead.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494346790486133971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-17563438384577929842018-12-25T10:21:19.597-08:002018-12-25T10:21:19.597-08:00I didn't know about Pynchon, thanks! (And I ca...I didn't know about Pynchon, thanks! (And I can't see your name on this comment ...)Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-4839325266914354752018-12-25T09:21:56.734-08:002018-12-25T09:21:56.734-08:00Actually, I was at Boeing, too. Another high profi...Actually, I was at Boeing, too. Another high profile Boeing writer you might not be aware of is Thomas Pynchon, who worked at the site as I did, albeit many years earlier. Or so I gather.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494346790486133971noreply@blogger.com