tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post1370903238305869973..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Suspense is on the Line: Night Call (2014), by Charlotte ArmstrongThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-47904718709953499202014-09-27T11:33:34.133-07:002014-09-27T11:33:34.133-07:00Tracy, the one novelette especially is 56 pages an...Tracy, the one novelette especially is 56 pages and definitely reads like a reduced novel.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-86849882086413865962014-09-26T22:44:29.028-07:002014-09-26T22:44:29.028-07:00This sounds very interesting, especially the novel...This sounds very interesting, especially the novelettes. I don't get on too well with short stories, and I have to work on learning to enjoy those.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-20895991093319569822014-09-26T15:21:43.739-07:002014-09-26T15:21:43.739-07:00By the way, Kevin, what are the two long 1950s sto...By the way, Kevin, what are the two long 1950s stories?The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-56819869695453865132014-09-26T15:19:12.935-07:002014-09-26T15:19:12.935-07:00I understand you can order it direct, Sergio.I understand you can order it direct, Sergio.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-68848337854703156562014-09-26T15:18:41.870-07:002014-09-26T15:18:41.870-07:00Kevin, check your messages on Facebook! Kevin, check your messages on Facebook! The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-12978273093785061632014-09-26T15:17:58.736-07:002014-09-26T15:17:58.736-07:00It's The People Next Door. You;ll find it on ...It's The People Next Door. You;ll find it on Amazon! Love Millar too!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-52001457463817876512014-09-26T11:01:23.053-07:002014-09-26T11:01:23.053-07:00Curt, thank you, and please keep me informed when ...Curt, thank you, and please keep me informed when you speak to Doug. I'd edit the book myself if Cypert and McCauley have had their fill of CA!Kevin Killianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467687322454542688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-64903830471397342342014-09-26T00:29:17.167-07:002014-09-26T00:29:17.167-07:00Sounds great Curt - can this now be ordered throug...Sounds great Curt - can this now be ordered through the C&L site because it seemed to be having huge problems at one point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-71855130418242128312014-09-25T20:17:17.397-07:002014-09-25T20:17:17.397-07:00Oh, this may have to be found: for some reason I d...Oh, this may have to be found: for some reason I don't get on all that well with Armstrong's novels, but her shorter fiction is another kettle of fish.<br /><br />That said, the prospect of a new Armstrong collection is entirely outshone by your mention of a Margaret Millar collection. Lead me to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-69215356470469626892014-09-25T18:48:16.673-07:002014-09-25T18:48:16.673-07:00Bill, thanks for "stopping by." I look ...Bill, thanks for "stopping by." I look forward to seeing your review!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-2337505458052447852014-09-25T18:47:42.502-07:002014-09-25T18:47:42.502-07:00That's very interesting, Kevin, I'll have ...That's very interesting, Kevin, I'll have to ask Doug about this. I had no idea from this book that there were *additional* unpublished stories. I agree that frequently Armstrong seems to be straining at the "crime fiction" limitation. Tales like "The Case for Miss Peacock" and "The Second Commandment" have crime but really seem to be moving into mainstream lit territory.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-22429106369669472622014-09-25T18:21:24.889-07:002014-09-25T18:21:24.889-07:00Curt, great review of a great new book. (Yes, I a...Curt, great review of a great new book. (Yes, I am an Armstrong partisan of course.) Cypert and McCauley have done a beautiful job of putting together a number of the uncollected stories published in EQMM over the years. I don't know if this is the book that Armstrong would have herself put out. Those who have read it know how dramatically "I See You" differs from "The Albatross," and basically it's that she chose to include mostly "straight" stories, work outside the genre of suspense and mystery. And the mystery stories included in it I sometimes wonder if she was forced into putting them in—with all the riches at her disposal, why pad out I SEE YOU with repeats from THE ALBATROSS? I think she wanted to do a "seven ages of man" book and they made her appeal to her core audience.<br /><br />So if she was given her head for a third book, I think she might have gotten her way and done a book that would have been genre-free. <br /><br />The present book is one I want to review myself, but for now I just want to add that “and presumably final” in your opening paragraph is premature, thank goodness. Among the remaining uncollected, yet published material are two long 50s stories better than anything Cypert and McCauley print in Night Call, while anyone who has visited the Charlotte Armstrong papers in Boston will attest that there are at least a dozen terrific, and mysteriously unpublished stories which might have made the cut. I’m hoping that this book does well and that Cypert and McCauiey, who are probably holding back these gems for a sequel, will give the world of “domestic suspense” exactly what it wants. For now, this new book Night Call is a wonderful boon, he book of the year..Kevin Killianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467687322454542688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-81141855894894279372014-09-25T15:01:31.630-07:002014-09-25T15:01:31.630-07:00I just did a short review of this one for my colum...I just did a short review of this one for my column in the holiday issue of MYSTERY SCENE. Very entertaining stories. mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com