Comments on: Reworking Spillane’s Kiss Me Deadly

By: sur mesure

sur mesure — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:18:24 +0000

Not bad indeed , thanks for the information

By: Goddess magick

Goddess magick — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:59:32 +0000

Darn it
I just entered a long and comprehensive comment, but when I tried to submit it my browser hung.
Was it somehow saved or do I need to redo it?

By: Unnatural Habitat

Unnatural Habitat — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:43:12 +0000

I agree, Spillane’s Mike Hammer formula gets old quickly. I also read “I the Jury”, but I prefer “My Gun is Quick”.

By: Lenox

Lenox — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:16:12 +0000

Oddly, I picked up and read an omnibus of his in Madrid last month. The collection contained three of his books, with ‘Kiss Me Deadly’ at the back. I read them straight and was a bit tired by the third one. Spillane says he wrote his novels when he needed the bucks. His first book was ‘I The Jury’ which I’ve got somewhere lying around the house in paperback. Apparently Mike Hammer started out as ‘Mike Danger’, cartoon character, and evolved.
So – he was always going to be a bit on the ‘pulp’ side.