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Line Up (2000)

by Otto Penzler(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1849165203 (ISBN13: 9781849165204)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

review 1: I really wanted to love this book. I was looking forward to finding lots of new mystery writes to read, and there are one or two I do look forward to checking out... but mainly I found this to be a rather tedious read. Many of the authors used a question and answer format for their chapter, and the bios of all the authors started to run together by chapter 5. It reminded me a lot of reading a really long magazine, more than a book, and I have never been much of a magazine reader.
review 2: I'm a sucker for genre and series guides, and editor Otto Penzler previously edited one my favorite books of that type, Detectionary. The Lineup chapters are each written by the author of a well known crime fiction series character (I personally think David Morrell is th... moreere only because of name recognition and that is not a comment on the quality of his writing). It is interesting to read about the creative process, and how the characters were created. Some of the writers chose to introduce readers to their creations by writing a short story about their creation, so included are shorts featuring Spenser, Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, and Pendegast. less

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