by Admin | Aug 7, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Reviews
Block’s reminiscences are just as well-written and entertaining as his fiction, and even if you haven’t read all the books he’s talking about in this collection (I certainly haven’t, although I’ll probably get around to most of them...
by LB | Aug 4, 2011 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books
You’d think I’d be grateful. In 1977 I published Burglars Can’t Be Choosers, the novel that introduced one Bernard Grimes Rhodenbarr to an unsuspecting public. Over the years I was to write nine more books about Bernie, the most recent of which is The Burglar on the...
by Admin | Aug 2, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
Mr. Block doesn’t write so much as paint. His words are so vivid I could see every single scene clear as day, so visceral I felt sick, so darkly funny I laughed out loud. Click here to read the post
by Admin | Jul 29, 2011 | In Collaboration with Donald Westlake, Likes to Read
It can’t be much of a secret that he and I were best friends for many years. I’ve written extensively about Don, and supplied introductions for three of his Richard Stark novels, http://tinyurl.com/6amscsv, Comeback and Backflash. Of course I recommend...
by Admin | Jul 25, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Non-Series Novels
In May, while I was out in California promoting the just-published A Drop of the Hard Stuff, I teamed up with Robert Silverberg for an onstage dialogue at a library in the Bay Area. We talked about our separate genres, crime and science fiction, but much of our talk...
by Admin | Jul 22, 2011 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Interviews + Guest Blogs, Keller, Matthew Scudder
Russel McLean hosts LB on flaws v. inclusions at Do Some Damage Click here to read the post
