tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post1158525734014208546..comments2024-03-18T03:21:25.059-04:00Comments on Vintage Hardboiled Reads: The Star Trap by Robert ColbyAugust Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-6942709033494964492008-10-26T23:02:00.000-04:002008-10-26T23:02:00.000-04:00Thanks for promoting Bob Colby.You're right--he ne...Thanks for promoting Bob Colby.You're right--he never got his due. He was a fine writer and a fine man.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-55903790474293051542008-10-24T18:24:00.000-04:002008-10-24T18:24:00.000-04:00I collect Gold Medal stuff but don't have this boo...I collect Gold Medal stuff but don't have this book. A great in depth review. This blog is an essential browse.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-75544720983768668422008-10-24T16:23:00.000-04:002008-10-24T16:23:00.000-04:00Jeebus Keerist you make a man want to read a book!...Jeebus Keerist you make a man want to read a book!OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-90070361222008985202008-10-23T23:34:00.000-04:002008-10-23T23:34:00.000-04:00I did a double take on the author's name before I ...I did a double take on the author's name before I realized I was thinking of the Colby character from David Dodge's Plunder of the Sun.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed this review and appreciated the background of this Colby. And I like how the story just turns in on itself with twists and turns galore. The pure essence of pulp fiction.<BR/><BR/>The more I learn about the Gold Medal books, the more I come to realize that they published few duds. And they published books that seemed always to clock in between 130 and 180 pages. Paperback prices being relative, I can't help but wonder why there isn't a line (other than Hard Case Crime) doing cheaper paperbacks nowadays. Is it just the higher cost of every facet of the publishing world that does in such a cheap book? If so, then I still believe that e-fiction, someday, will take up that spot.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.com