tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post7972556412683864440..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: The Mind Masters #1Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-69005350287723892002011-04-28T00:30:53.726-05:002011-04-28T00:30:53.726-05:00Hmmm...when Publishers Weekly reviewed Mind Master...Hmmm...when Publishers Weekly reviewed Mind Masters #1 in 1974 it hailed the book as "good adventure...a nifty, thought-provoking genre novel" whose "real thrills lie..in its remarkably realistic use of real people and events." And The Los Angeles Times Book Review did something it had never done before or since for any book: It gave the Mind Masters #1 two glowing reviews inScisnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05998673552620280095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-83087321017968825662011-01-17T09:25:24.668-06:002011-01-17T09:25:24.668-06:00Curt, thanks for the comment. You and I are defin...Curt, thanks for the comment. You and I are definitely of the same mind...the "groovy factor" is one of the main things I look for in trash fiction from the sweet spot of 1968-1973. I'll definitely read the rest of the Mind Masters series...if only it could be like the Baroness series: well-written, entertaining, and positively groovy!Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-49219191360466275892011-01-16T09:21:24.255-06:002011-01-16T09:21:24.255-06:00Here's a little context for why I might have o...<a href="http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2009/03/groovy-age-of-horror-pt-2.html" rel="nofollow">Here's a little context</a> for why I might have overlooked/forgiven some of the faults you mention. Probably, I was just fixating on the groovy ideas and ignoring as much else as I could. I do plan to reread this series (along with others I've enjoyed) some time in the next year or twoCurt Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580782572650471362noreply@blogger.com