tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post905541676044804945..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: The StorytellerJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-3884576962933946842016-02-12T08:58:46.004-06:002016-02-12T08:58:46.004-06:00“By the way, I’m Italian,” she said, Italianly.“By the way, I’m Italian,” she said, Italianly.Felicity Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983958177951363405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-69928984137087325732016-01-05T21:57:50.612-06:002016-01-05T21:57:50.612-06:00I need to qualify my comment about the sexual expl...I need to qualify my comment about the sexual explicitness of <i>Spellbinder</i>: it's Robbins' least sexually explicit novel published in the 1980s. It's still pretty dirty, but it's damn near PG-13-rated when compared to <i>Goodbye, Janette</i> or <i>Descent from Xanadu</i>.<br /><br />I'd also be curious to read a review of one of the "Harold Robbins Presents" John Nailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420131885508048131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-33958615345093822402016-01-04T11:40:14.898-06:002016-01-04T11:40:14.898-06:00Thanks for the comments, guys. Michael, I really ...Thanks for the comments, guys. Michael, I really need to read The Lonely Lady one of these days. Good question on what makes his narratives so compelling. And Johny, I have one of those "Presents" books, can't recall which, but haven't read it. I wonder how involved HR really was. I think I read somewhere that they were stopgap releases, to keep his name in print, during Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-3447136286292406132016-01-01T16:10:51.524-06:002016-01-01T16:10:51.524-06:00Have you read any of the "Harold Robbins Pres...Have you read any of the "Harold Robbins Presents" series?Johny Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537149940644341595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-70654095677667179592015-12-26T14:06:50.400-06:002015-12-26T14:06:50.400-06:00I read The Lonely Lady two years ago. It has a str...I read The Lonely Lady two years ago. It has a strangely disjointed feel to it. Scenes just...happen. The narrative drive you've mentioned a few times about Robbins seems to be missing. But, there are some scenes that have an odd dream-like quality about them. It is easy reading, since it has that familiar stripped down style of 1970's Robbins. Apparently this was the period when Robbins Evagriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572081568214207016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-7446539703616453782015-12-23T15:13:55.830-06:002015-12-23T15:13:55.830-06:00Thanks a lot for the comments, guys. John, loved ...Thanks a lot for the comments, guys. John, loved your memories about The Storyteller. I do have Spellbinder, but haven't read it -- I've been putting it off for the exact reason you mentioned. (I also find it interesting that plotwise it seems very similar to Burt Hirschfeld's <a href="http://glorioustrash.blogspot.com/2011/03/tilt-aka-corruptor.html" rel="nofollow">Tilt!</a>.) I Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-69810692580850798552015-12-20T10:56:23.525-06:002015-12-20T10:56:23.525-06:00Nice review! I've considered reading this nove...Nice review! I've considered reading this novel, but it sounds from the review that I'm not missing anything if I don't. John's advice to stick to pre-1980 novels sounds like good advice to follow. I have Spellbinder but I have not yet read it. Hearing that it's one of Robbins's least sexually explicit novels is kind of a bummer though. Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-50992016763919180702015-12-19T17:49:58.491-06:002015-12-19T17:49:58.491-06:00Great review, as always. I read this book when it ...Great review, as always. I read this book when it first came out and, honestly, the only things I remembered from it were the first person prologue and epilogue (which I found irritating), a hand-job on the subway (occurring within the first 25 pages, if I'm not mistaken), and the golden shower stuff (which freaked me out at the time; now I just roll my eyes). As you mention in your review, John Nailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420131885508048131noreply@blogger.com