tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post3490942946298607275..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Carnival of CorpsesTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-76707025228587168682012-06-30T00:50:50.729+02:002012-06-30T00:50:50.729+02:00I love Brown's books, both in the mystery and ...I love Brown's books, both in the mystery and SF genres - great review TomCat. I would add some of his other standalone titles to those already mentioned here such as THE FAR CRY and HIS NAME WAS DEATH as amongst his best. My favourite though is probably THE SCREAMING MIMI (though avoid the movie adaptation starring Anita Ekberg and Gipsy Rose Lee as it's pretty much a travesty).Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-20163570100586472512012-06-25T00:35:15.359+02:002012-06-25T00:35:15.359+02:00THE SCREAMING MIMI is great! How could I have forg...THE SCREAMING MIMI is great! How could I have forgotten that one? KNOCK THREE-ONE-TWO was adapted for the "Thriller" anthology series. Brown's short fiction is excellent too and as varied as you can imagine.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-35825490367230569632012-06-24T19:26:30.317+02:002012-06-24T19:26:30.317+02:00Well, at least it depicts a scene from the book in...Well, at least it depicts a scene from the book in a non-spoilerish way, which wasn't always the case with illustrations from that period and don't tempt me to go into a Brown study, John! I have a few more of his novels, including <i>Knock Three-One-Two</i> and the often praised <i>The Screaming Mimi</i>. I'll do it! :)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-30335614296526701602012-06-24T19:17:39.404+02:002012-06-24T19:17:39.404+02:00You can never go wrong with dead monkeys. That'...You can never go wrong with dead monkeys. That's why I keep up the stock in my basement. <br /><br />I think you might enjoy this book, if you don't expect clueing at the level of Carr and Christie and allow Ed and Am to lead you to the solution as you sit back – flipping through the pages.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-43670424887536372742012-06-24T16:51:08.778+02:002012-06-24T16:51:08.778+02:00It's a very live gorilla staring through the w...It's a very live gorilla staring through the window, not a monkey. Artistic license as usual.<br /><br />I read this several years ago and remembered liking it enough to read other Brown books. It certainly appealed to love of weirdness in mystery novels. But I'm not such a fan as everyone else is of ...JABBERWOCK. I think Brown does better when he's writing straight crime and suspense, usually with psychopathic central characters. THE LENIENT BEAST, KNOCK THREE ONE TWO and HERE COMES A CANDLE are Brown in top form.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-17395842046845134062012-06-24T16:14:11.565+02:002012-06-24T16:14:11.565+02:00Well, it's hard to go wrong with undead monkey...Well, it's hard to go wrong with undead monkeys - although one wonders how one tells if the monkey staring at you through a darkened window is undead or not.<br /><br />Not sure this is quite my kind of mystery, but a fascinating review nonetheless.Puzzle Doctorhttp://classicmystery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com