Thrillers, Thrillers!

Adagio · Feb 18, 2007

A link to an excerpt from the first chapter: "The Triumpf of the Thrillers," in The New York Times." There is a reference to James D. MacDonald.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/chapters/0218-1st-ande.html?ref=firstchapters

Adagio

P.S. Actually it's John D. MacDonald, probably an error.
P.P.S. It's not an error. The reference is for John Dann MacDonald.

CheshireCat · Feb 18, 2007

Adagio said:
A link to an excerpt from the first chapter: "The Triumpf of the Thrillers," in The New York Times." There is a reference to James D. MacDonald.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/chapters/0218-1st-ande.html?ref=firstchapters

Adagio

P.S. Actually it's John D. MacDonald, probably an error.

John D. MacDonald writes mysteries that could arguably also be classed as thrillers, so probably not an error.

I haven't read the excerpt, but I do know that lots of books that might once have been classified as mystery or suspense are being pulled into the thriller category these days.

A marketing thing, in my view.

limitedtimeauthor · Feb 27, 2007

So, not our Uncle Jim?

ltd.

Adagio · Feb 27, 2007

limitedtimeauthor said:
So, not our Uncle Jim?

ltd.

No. At a first glance, I thought that our Uncle Jim was cited, but no, it's John D. MacDonald. CheshireCat is right. The article makes a strong case of the fact that what was once considered a peripheral genre, now takes central stage and brings millions & millions to publishers.

Thrillers, Thrillers!

Adagio

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