tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post3094727313919667129..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: Death Merchant #2: Operation OverkillJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-38749879564998835272012-01-27T10:22:24.231-06:002012-01-27T10:22:24.231-06:00Zwolf, good to hear from you. I've never actu...Zwolf, good to hear from you. I've never actually read the Spider pulps...I've actually got a copy of the '36 serial "Spider's Web," though. I've also often wondered what those re-written Spider novels from the '70s are like, where they try to make the guy seem more like a Mack Bolan-type.<br /><br />As for Rosenberger, to make a wild comparison, the man is Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-68973534480457670542012-01-26T18:43:17.539-06:002012-01-26T18:43:17.539-06:00Interesting that Rosenberger apparently saw himsel...Interesting that Rosenberger apparently saw himself as Camellion. Sounds like the weird parallel that Norvell Page had with The Spider pulps he wrote in the 30's. Page used to show up for work wearing a cloak and hat and would flat-out tell people that he was The Spider. And those Spider pulps were kinda the Death Merchant novels of their day, although a bit better written. They were Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-58107592618440333542012-01-26T13:33:31.539-06:002012-01-26T13:33:31.539-06:00I just re-read my comment here and thought I shoul...I just re-read my comment here and thought I should clarify -- when I wrote that the biggest draw to this series was Rosenberger's writing, with "his rabid anti-communism, his racism (at times), his occult/metaphysical beliefs," I'm not saying that the racism angle appeals to me in any way. <br /><br />I just meant that it's odd, baffling, and even downright humorous to seeJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-8697153491176911172012-01-24T10:19:57.963-06:002012-01-24T10:19:57.963-06:00I've read about the upcoming Death Merchant se...I've read about the upcoming Death Merchant series; it looks like it's been off and on for a few years now. My only issue with it is...well, the only interesting thing (to me at least) about the Death Merchant is Rosenberger himself.<br /><br />Camellion is a bland character, a cipher, therefore it's not like we're talking about a character easily written by others -- ie Mack Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-76062268531020996092012-01-24T03:27:23.819-06:002012-01-24T03:27:23.819-06:00Hi Joe,
Did you hear that a new Death Merchant nov...Hi Joe,<br />Did you hear that a new Death Merchant novel is being published next month? The novel is written by Richard Joseph Camellion himself.<br /><br />BradBrad Mengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596448037971938535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-24462980968404893232012-01-23T10:07:30.856-06:002012-01-23T10:07:30.856-06:00It sounds like Rosenberger the man was almost as i...It sounds like Rosenberger the man was almost as interesting as his novels.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.com