tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post8701996660953872938..comments2024-02-18T03:51:09.477-08:00Comments on TRUE PULP FICTION: VINTAGE PAPERBACK OF THE WEEK: George C. Appell, THREE TRAILS (1958)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post-82899332953221754992017-02-09T20:40:15.242-08:002017-02-09T20:40:15.242-08:00For another interesting review of George Appell, g...For another interesting review of George Appell, google GUNMAN'S GRUDGE. The blog MYSTERY FILE compared it to Jim Thompson and thought it quite well done.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post-57905737684961802012017-02-08T09:35:47.916-08:002017-02-08T09:35:47.916-08:00Maybe he felt obliged to deliver upbeat endings. A...Maybe he felt obliged to deliver upbeat endings. Appell was a frequent contributor to <i>Short Stories'</i> "Men Who Wouldn't Die" column and that formula may have governed his fiction writing as well.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post-83136954360966021782017-02-08T07:34:09.678-08:002017-02-08T07:34:09.678-08:00Strangely enough, I had the same experience with A...Strangely enough, I had the same experience with Appell's story, <em>Ambush</em>,in the July, 1952 issue of <em>Adventure</em>; the characterization was excellent but the ending felt contrived and weak.<br /><br /><a href="http://pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2015/08/adventure-july-1952-review.html" rel="nofollow">Link to the issue review</a>Sai Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480681895921130917noreply@blogger.com