tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post4228658766125595757..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: An Intervew With Joseph RosenbergerJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-76490663319909511742014-10-15T02:31:34.543-05:002014-10-15T02:31:34.543-05:00I actually looked forward to new volumes at the ti...I actually looked forward to new volumes at the time, and bought each as soon as it came out. I never read any of the other series though, so I have nothing to compare "The Death Merchant" series to. Interestingly I had a friend who read "The Executioner" series, but for some reason we never traded books so I never read "The Executioner" and he never read "TheAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06081523800426378344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-86336548852878262052014-10-13T09:54:59.998-05:002014-10-13T09:54:59.998-05:00ikonos, thanks for the comment -- cool to hear fro...ikonos, thanks for the comment -- cool to hear from someone who read the series as it was being published. I was aware of the series toward the end of its run, in the mid-'80s, but never really got into it, though I know I picked up a few of the '70s volumes at the local used bookstore. However, I was never able to get through one of them!Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-61058483906377526142014-10-11T16:17:23.707-05:002014-10-11T16:17:23.707-05:00I 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-40418008684028453102013-02-20T07:50:15.823-06:002013-02-20T07:50:15.823-06:00Hi Joe
Whoa! More Rosenberger news?! Count me ...Hi Joe<br /><br /><br />Whoa! More Rosenberger news?! Count me in for that! Can't wait!<br /><br />Yes, the Master of Kung Fu comic is truly something special, Joe. You'll love it. Pure pulp goodness!<br /><br /><br />KarlosKarloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896197233375045720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-27962511031210503092013-02-19T17:15:16.551-06:002013-02-19T17:15:16.551-06:00Karlos, good to hear from you, glad you enjoyed th...Karlos, good to hear from you, glad you enjoyed the interview. Just wanted to let you (and everyone else who enjoyed this) know that in a few months I hope to post some BIG Rosenberger news...like, "photos of the man himself" big! But I've already said too much!!<br /><br />Thanks for the info on the Shadow Warrior series, I've been interested in that one...I mean, an '80sJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-84692052420067925422013-02-19T16:03:31.832-06:002013-02-19T16:03:31.832-06:00Hi Joe
Great to finally read an interview with t...Hi Joe<br /><br /><br />Great to finally read an interview with the man himself. <br /><br />He comes across much as I thought he would - enigmatic, matter of fact and terse.<br /><br />Thanks for posting it.<br /><br />Speaking of Rosenberger, I've just got my hands on book one of his short-lived Shadow Warrior series, The Hong Kong Massacre.<br /><br />It's essentially Mace redux, so IKarloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896197233375045720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-67422290308607261692013-01-01T10:20:27.304-06:002013-01-01T10:20:27.304-06:00Thanks for sharing this... randomly stumbled on it...Thanks for sharing this... randomly stumbled on it, looking for info about Rosenberger. I also probably have a good little collection of the Death Merchant Books. I guess it's nice to know I'm not the only person who thinks this are... uh... special.Jon Roighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647006821120283766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-20371609620633883632012-12-26T00:01:47.432-06:002012-12-26T00:01:47.432-06:00Fun to see an actual interview with Rosenberger, e...Fun to see an actual interview with Rosenberger, even if he's a rather tedious interview subject over just short pages. <br /><br />He supposedly died in 1993. <br /><br />I own more Death Merchant books than is healthy for a person. In other words I own more than one.tim gueguenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254365031507896541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-85702979031733768672012-07-30T22:39:42.140-05:002012-07-30T22:39:42.140-05:00I understand writing for money, but I can't be...I understand writing for money, but I can't believe Rosenberger's attitude was entirely serious. He wrote a tough-guy series; he wanted to sound like a tough-guy writer. Spillane did the same thing but under the "I like the money" lines was a serious writer.<br /><br />But contrast this interview with ones given by Pendleton or the one I did with Jerry Ahern on my blog, and you Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-85348476517699444192012-07-30T20:29:29.125-05:002012-07-30T20:29:29.125-05:00"Rosenberger: I'll be 56 in May."
W..."Rosenberger: I'll be 56 in May."<br /><br />Working backwards from 1981, that makes him another member of what my late Mom called her "Class of 1925."<br /><br />If you're out there, Mr. Rosenberger, happy belated 87th birthday!<br /><br />Tex<br />(who'd happily buy new Death Merchant novels, should you chose to write them)Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514613848519711342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-52360979827034059602012-07-30T11:53:12.625-05:002012-07-30T11:53:12.625-05:00Glad all of you enjoyed the interview. Again, a bi...Glad all of you enjoyed the interview. Again, a big thanks to Mike and James for making it possible.<br /><br />As irony would have it, this Saturday I came upon 6 more volumes of the Death Merchant, five of them from the #40s, as well as #51. Unfortunately it looks like the majority of them are "realistic," at least so far as the series goes (though #48 IS titled "The Psionics WarJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-11646782221010980082012-07-30T08:33:55.379-05:002012-07-30T08:33:55.379-05:00Fascinating piece! Reminds me of the "Go away...Fascinating piece! Reminds me of the "Go away and leave me the F alone" intro Roberta Findley did to a DVD reissue of one of her films.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-61984389956604930912012-07-30T08:31:28.651-05:002012-07-30T08:31:28.651-05:00Hah, so even the interviewer is writing under a pe...Hah, so even the interviewer is writing under a pen name.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-43080205939997772502012-07-30T08:28:33.300-05:002012-07-30T08:28:33.300-05:00The interviewer, Carl Shaner, is Will Murray.The interviewer, Carl Shaner, is Will Murray.Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-80587727919475248512012-07-30T08:19:30.966-05:002012-07-30T08:19:30.966-05:00Interesting, but not unexpected. I've read a n...Interesting, but not unexpected. I've read a number of interviews with several "old breed" paperback and pulp fiction authors, and it is almost shocking how dismissive of their own creations they are. To a lot of these guys, that's all writing is - a means to a paycheck. Not that more "modern" writers don't care about money, but you never hear a lot of these older Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.com