tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post1746320459208647409..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLeanClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65991886461959200832016-11-21T18:41:50.063+00:002016-11-21T18:41:50.063+00:00That makes perfect sense! I can clearly remember w...That makes perfect sense! I can clearly remember watching it in and thinking, over and over, 'but after he says that, the reply is ---' and it didn't come. I think it was a loss, but still, it is a rare actor who actually reduces his lines.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66426665676817269052016-11-21T08:44:01.653+00:002016-11-21T08:44:01.653+00:00I remember being very disappointed by the film of ...<em>I remember being very disappointed by the film of Where Eagles Dare, which I reckoned had removed all the humour.</em><br /><br />There is a possible explanation for that. Apparently Clint Eastwood eliminated about half of his own lines from the film. He just went through the script and crossed it all out. Not that he thought the script was bad - he just doesn't believe dialogue is necessary!dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28841517075685144512016-11-19T23:20:39.414+00:002016-11-19T23:20:39.414+00:00I remember being very disappointed by the film of ...I remember being very disappointed by the film of Where Eagles Dare, which I reckoned had removed all the humour. Don't know Night Without End, must go and look it up. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-153426792103733202016-11-19T23:19:39.471+00:002016-11-19T23:19:39.471+00:00Look forward to hearing what you make of it - I ha...Look forward to hearing what you make of it - I haven't read that one. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-42129401356735552102016-11-19T23:02:05.941+00:002016-11-19T23:02:05.941+00:00I've now ordered one of Canning's books. I...I've now ordered one of Canning's books. I found a copy of PANTHER'S MOON that was fairly cheap. I'll keep a lookout for THE RAINBIRD PATTERN as well. I'm always looking for good thriller writers!dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-6737183373343098512016-11-19T22:40:29.078+00:002016-11-19T22:40:29.078+00:00ICE STATION ZEBRA is a particular favourite of fin...ICE STATION ZEBRA is a particular favourite of fine, although NIGHT WITHOUT END is my asolute favourite.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22751070565939631142016-11-19T00:06:41.312+00:002016-11-19T00:06:41.312+00:00On the strength of your recommendation I picked th...On the strength of your recommendation I picked this book of my bookshelf and started to read. Really enjoying it! Like a lot of people here I read Maclean during my teenage years and then sort of forgot about him. About two years ago I found my old stash of his books and decided to try some that I had never read and some that I had. He really was an excellent thriller writer. ICE STATION ZEBRA ends practically every chapter with either a cliff-hanger or a new twist, rather like FEAR IS THE KEY, but both have a quite distinct feel and mood. I was surprised at the level of humour in WHERE EAGLES DARE, but Maclean's dry wit adds another level to the proceedings, and gives the characters an added sense of reality. I've taken to rationing them so that I don't run out of the books too soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22624652965785312322016-11-18T23:06:43.674+00:002016-11-18T23:06:43.674+00:00This one stuck in my mind all those years. But I w...This one stuck in my mind all those years. But I will tell you something I haven't mentioned to date: I DREAMT about it, I have no idea why, and when I woke up I realized I had somehow got it into my mind - and so I thought I should read it. It is the only one of his that I actually possess - I used to get them out of the library or borrow from people, but this one I loved so much I got my own copy many many years ago... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-4794403384619415642016-11-18T20:52:50.916+00:002016-11-18T20:52:50.916+00:00As I started reading this post, I wondered how you...As I started reading this post, I wondered how you had picked this book. I haven't heard of it at all. And then you explained. I hardly remember individual books I have read, only authors if I read a lot of their books. This one sounds good and different. I will have to see if I have a copy.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-92228314213285086042016-11-18T12:09:35.929+00:002016-11-18T12:09:35.929+00:00The Rainbird Pattern by Canning is one of the best...The Rainbird Pattern by Canning is one of the best books I have read this year... I absolutely loved it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-44441934713864801492016-11-18T11:55:13.496+00:002016-11-18T11:55:13.496+00:00And I have also been rediscovering Victor Canning,...<em>And I have also been rediscovering Victor Canning, who is wonderful too.</em><br /><br />I've never read Victor Canning. I'll have to add him to my shopping list. Do you have any particular recommendations?dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54874248698121775832016-11-18T09:50:56.574+00:002016-11-18T09:50:56.574+00:00More for me to try! I did read one or two books by...More for me to try! I did read one or two books by them years ago, but now am curious. And I have also been rediscovering Victor Canning, who is wonderful too. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-60353395931263447672016-11-18T08:34:56.107+00:002016-11-18T08:34:56.107+00:00Yes, very impressed by how they have survived.
Th...<em>Yes, very impressed by how they have survived.</em><br /><br />The period from about 1945 to about 1975 was a wonderful golden age of British thriller writers. I think those writers don't get as much respect as they deserve because people assume they're all going to be in the Ian Fleming sex-and-violence style. Not that I have anything against Fleming but he's not to everyone's taste. <br /><br />But writers like MacLean and Desmond Bagley and Gavin Lyall were in a totally different mould. Not much sex and relatively restrained in the violence department. Action and excitement rather than graphic violence - basically good old-fashioned thrills.<br /><br />Bagley wasn't as strong as the other two on plotting but Gavin Lyall was every bit as good as MacLean.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78962024103544140392016-11-17T22:38:38.311+00:002016-11-17T22:38:38.311+00:00Come back and tell me when you've read it. Yes...Come back and tell me when you've read it. Yes, very impressed by how they have survived. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-59329942654089444462016-11-17T22:38:11.476+00:002016-11-17T22:38:11.476+00:00I'm loving the fact that so many of us loved t...I'm loving the fact that so many of us loved them as teenagers!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-92022739538889880292016-11-17T22:37:48.633+00:002016-11-17T22:37:48.633+00:00Really good low-level jokes, wisecracking I suppos...Really good low-level jokes, wisecracking I suppose you might call it. And the occasional clever slipped-in clue. Now I want to read more... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71089094294346998682016-11-17T22:36:44.537+00:002016-11-17T22:36:44.537+00:00Definitely a goody. I hadn't thought of him or...Definitely a goody. I hadn't thought of him or read of him for years, but I was so glad that I enjoyed it as much as ever.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-81664392610165356842016-11-17T22:02:08.528+00:002016-11-17T22:02:08.528+00:00I've been re-reading a lot of MacLean's no...I've been re-reading a lot of MacLean's novels lately and I've also been surprised by how well they stand up. GOLDEN RENDEZVOUS is in my to-be-read pile right now.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-81135548984593370012016-11-17T15:24:03.046+00:002016-11-17T15:24:03.046+00:00Oh, yes, loved these too as a teenager - and I thi...Oh, yes, loved these too as a teenager - and I think I could enjoy this one now. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83712309032630595172016-11-17T13:46:46.301+00:002016-11-17T13:46:46.301+00:00"What I really enjoyed was Carter’s deadpan n..."What I really enjoyed was Carter’s deadpan narration" Almost Wodehousean at times. Must reread. The first-person narration made the books (and the thrilling yarns). Plot No. 94: One by one the passengers/guests/staff are replaced. (Or "Mr Smith is in charge now".)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-69011689168757051632016-11-17T12:25:30.205+00:002016-11-17T12:25:30.205+00:00Oh, Moira, I haven't thought of MacLean in a l...Oh, Moira, I haven't thought of MacLean in a long time! And I couldn't agree more about his deadpan style; he did that so very well, and it livened up his novels. I admit I've not read this particular novel, but it sounds like one of MacLean's stronger outings. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com