tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post2022617868190323281..comments2024-03-18T03:21:25.059-04:00Comments on Vintage Hardboiled Reads: The Fer-De-Lance Contract by Philip AtleeAugust Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-43550932221842436132008-01-27T21:04:00.000-05:002008-01-27T21:04:00.000-05:00A friend of mine is a fan of those Secret Mission ...A friend of mine is a fan of those Secret Mission books, too. I really need to read some of them.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-90557307306855198612008-01-27T15:57:00.000-05:002008-01-27T15:57:00.000-05:00I've read one of the Contract books and felt like ...I've read one of the Contract books and felt like it was a travel log with a confusing spy plot.<BR/><BR/>The Secret Mission books are great by the way. Well at least the ones I've read so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-61381053316520166442008-01-27T08:08:00.000-05:002008-01-27T08:08:00.000-05:00Jim: I agree with you that they are "bouncing" an...Jim: I agree with you that they are "bouncing" and that took away from the series. I get a kick out of the dialog though. I have a bunch of Don Smith's "Secret Mission" series that I have not read-going to check those out soon.<BR/><BR/>I believe that Juri is right about the son of Atlee being Shawn Philips. In fact I have 2 albums of his from the old days, and he still tours and has a good following. Also, believe Atlee had a brother in the CIA.<BR/>http://www.shawnphillips.com/photovideo/photogallery/PHJames.htmAugust Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-79911434554447016902008-01-27T06:27:00.000-05:002008-01-27T06:27:00.000-05:00Wasn't Phillips's son a hippie (or at least close)...Wasn't Phillips's son a hippie (or at least close) himself? Shawn Phillips? His most famous song "Amerika" was based on his father's poem. I have never heard it, admittedly.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-48373141631385656942008-01-27T01:06:00.000-05:002008-01-27T01:06:00.000-05:00I agree that PAGODA is a very good book. I've rea...I agree that PAGODA is a very good book. I've read some of the Contract books and like them, too, but the plots are so confusing that they're almost impossible for me to follow at times. I'm not sure they're even supposed to make sense. Philips was from Fort Worth but I never thought of him as being a Texas writer, other than the fact that THE GREEN WOUND takes places partially in Waco -- perhaps the only novel of international intrigue that can make that claim.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com