tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post2996520191125901450..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: Death Merchant #30: The Shambhala StrikeJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-55258917150628927002014-10-12T18:53:56.596-05:002014-10-12T18:53:56.596-05:00I collected and read all 71 Death Merchant books a...I collected and read all 71 Death Merchant books as a teen through college (my alma mater is the same as Vallie West's), this was in the 1980's. It was good escapism at the time. I ultimately sold the entire collection to a used bookstore when I moved out of state in the early 1990s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06081523800426378344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-3174060442670562382014-06-10T13:39:30.535-05:002014-06-10T13:39:30.535-05:00Tim, thanks a lot for the comment -- I think you m...Tim, thanks a lot for the comment -- I think you might be on to something there! You are correct, given his background with Fate Magazine and etc, it certainly sounds like something Rosenberger would've been aware of.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-82161724920581079382014-06-09T23:55:10.616-05:002014-06-09T23:55:10.616-05:00It's possible that the Goros in this book are ...It's possible that the Goros in this book are a backhanded reference to the Shaver Mystery, which was popular back in the late '40s and '50s. Given the kind of things he wrote Rosenberger was all but certainly aware of Shaver's stories of dangerous underground mutants called Deros. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_Shavertim gueguenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254365031507896541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-52081666557778580482014-05-28T10:00:21.653-05:002014-05-28T10:00:21.653-05:00Mark, thanks for the comment -- I really enjoy you...Mark, thanks for the comment -- I really enjoy your Amazon reviews. Now, as for if these Death Merchant books should be read in order...that's a good question! Usually I like to read these various series in order, but with Death Merchant I just read the ones that catch my interest and don't worry about where they fall in the series. Because from what few I've read, there really isnJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-63230309837265800432014-05-24T16:43:12.461-05:002014-05-24T16:43:12.461-05:00I have about twenty or more of these books but hav...I have about twenty or more of these books but have yet to read them. Besides the tiny type, can these books be read in any order? Too bad Pinnacle, and the male action genre, is basically gone now. Everything has to be a frickin' epic now-a-days.--Mark BaumgartMark Louis Baumgarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231053102525178782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-13784898473345889162014-05-17T12:52:38.971-05:002014-05-17T12:52:38.971-05:00Marty: A 2006 post from the old Postmodern Pulps b...Marty: A 2006 post from the old <a href="http://postmodernpulps.proboards.com/post/54/thread" rel="nofollow">Postmodern Pulps board</a> has this to say:<br />"The first one was extremely bizarre; at one point the Crime Minister (a hitman) goes to a gay bar to pick up a guy to use as a patsy corpse after an assassination he's planning. He makes out with the guy before he kills him -- allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-54841919887748758852014-05-10T09:45:51.952-05:002014-05-10T09:45:51.952-05:00This book - along with THE ENIGMA PROJECT - is rea...This book - along with THE ENIGMA PROJECT - is really the only one in the series that was memorable for me. "Memorable" in the sense that each book pointed out in their own ways how weird Rosenberger got. Most of the other DEATH MERCHANTS were forgettable (for me) about a month after I'd read them.Mike Madonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247185894041254553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-47932474505610858412014-05-09T10:54:28.681-05:002014-05-09T10:54:28.681-05:00I have never read it, but I own THE CRIME MINISTER...I have never read it, but I own THE CRIME MINISTER. Is that a parody of Camellion? Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-42914983895418765642014-05-09T10:44:50.797-05:002014-05-09T10:44:50.797-05:00Thanks for the comments, everyone.
Marty -- this ...Thanks for the comments, everyone.<br /><br />Marty -- this one's a lot better than Hell in Hindu Land and Pole Star Secret. And I'm glad you enjoy my Death Merchant reviews!<br /><br />Zwolf -- That's a good point...I'd love a quick glimpse of what a JR religion might've been like. But if the contents of that letter of his I posted on here last year are any indication, he Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-23675732096557437132014-05-09T09:21:19.498-05:002014-05-09T09:21:19.498-05:00I hadn't realized they were the same person......I hadn't realized they were the same person... huh.<br /><br />Like the pair of DEATH MERCENARY books, I got a kick out of the titles I read by Marvin W. Bronson. They were decently fast and bloody reads. Right up my alley.<br /><br />I will admit they're not up to snuff with either EDGE or THE DEATH MERCHANT, though. Those two titles are tough to beat, so...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479389917871591634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-17161563870558609942014-05-08T16:39:11.242-05:002014-05-08T16:39:11.242-05:00"Rosencrantz" also publishes westerns un..."Rosencrantz" also publishes westerns under the name "Marvin Bronson". The "Bronson" westerns are sort in the vein of the "Edge" series, but the original "Edge" and Death Merchant books have their own special charm and character.<br /><br />Picadilly Publishing has been republishing the Edge books as e-books, along with a lot of other pulpy KRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341645481766129709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-12286845373933617372014-05-08T10:46:27.861-05:002014-05-08T10:46:27.861-05:00Great review!
I'm currently plowing through T...Great review!<br /><br />I'm currently plowing through THE DEATH MERCHANT series. Can't get enough of this crazy writing!<br /><br />I've yet to reach this installment, though. However, I'm looking forward to it. I simply can't get enough of Rosenberger's brewing mania!<br /><br />Slightly OT, but have you read THE DEATH MERCENARY series by Jason Rosencrantz? I've Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479389917871591634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-30776356402905000152014-05-08T10:15:57.708-05:002014-05-08T10:15:57.708-05:00Reading Joe's take on Death Merchant novels is...Reading Joe's take on Death Merchant novels is usually more rewarding than reading them yourself. I have at least a couple of dozen, but I burned out on them early and now read maybe one every coupla years.Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-26797970946846067672014-05-08T10:12:27.240-05:002014-05-08T10:12:27.240-05:00Wow, that sounds crazy, even for Joey R. It'...Wow, that sounds crazy, even for Joey R. It's probably a good thing Rosenberger didn't have L. Ron Hubbard's cynical ambitions, or we might have another Scientology on our hands. It sounds like the same kind of mystical-alien horseshit, and Rosenberger's almost as poor a writer as Hubbard was. I'd say we dodged a bullet! And that's not easy to do when you're Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-9391304759368961032014-05-08T07:53:27.348-05:002014-05-08T07:53:27.348-05:00Holy crap, this sounds amazing. I was so angry aft...Holy crap, this sounds amazing. I was so angry after the copping out in THE POLE STAR SECRET that I had to give the Death Merchant a rest. It's good to know this book pays off and is as crazy as ever.Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.com