Comments on: The Big Idea: Charlie Huston http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/ I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim Treacher http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126329 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:51:24 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126329 I’ve read all of Huston’s books and I’m about halfway through this one. Too early to say whether this is his best yet, but Web Goodhue is his best protagonist yet.

]]> By: Snall http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126228 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:40:03 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126228 Yes he’s actually working on the last book now. Or sort of working on it…he has a lot of irons in the fire. Mostly for cauterizing wounds I think. Anyway his website is http://www.pulpnoir.com

]]> By: Dana Jean http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126205 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:29:13 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126205 I’ve read Mystic Arts and thought it was so good, I went out and bought more of Charlie Huston’s work. If the rest of his stuff is as good as this one, I’ll be thrilled. I recommend it.

]]> By: John From Oakland http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126198 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:40:06 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126198 Man, what a treat to see Charlie Huston on The Big Idea. I’ve read the Joe Pitt books half a dozen times each(yes, they are pretty much that awesome). I think I’ll put Mystic Arts at the top of my “to read” list right now. On a side note, Huston seems like a really cool guy. I sent him a pretty fanboyish email and he wrote back the next day, meaning that I’ll buy every book he writes for the rest of his career.

]]> By: Tom http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126196 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:22:16 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126196 Damn.

DAMNdamnDamn.

About five years ago, here in LA, I heard a story on All Things Considered about this kind of cleaning service. Something about ” . . . a strange frying sound, which in fact was hundreds of thousands of maggots hard at work.”

And I thought to myself, “Damn – this could be the framework of a really cool story.”

Really ought to trust myself more.

Best of luck with this one, Charlie. You’re a terrific writer, you deserve a huge hit with it.

]]> By: tudza http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126192 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:40:10 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126192 “And you think Rockford Files is cool
But there are some things that you would change
If it were up to you
So think about your masterpiece
Watch the Rockford Files
Call to see if Paul can score some weed”

]]> By: Fathercrow http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126186 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:03:09 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126186 Is this really how your mind works? Crazy man, crazy… But speaking of maggots, I got a great use for them you might not suspect. Disgusting, but great. Anyway, negative twenty here in Wisconsin. Where is my Global Warming? I want it NOW!

]]> By: rick (the other one) http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126182 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:45:00 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126182 Ok, so normally I post on here as Rick. And I was all se to tell John that he’s not supposed to have meetings, it’s why he’s a writer. Then another Rick inverts things, John steals my line and… um… ok, I’m confused and it’s still before noon.

On topic…. this sounds fun. And I loved Rockford, so that sensibility appeals. But have your guy turn on the lights in the room. How manyt times did Rockford walk into a dark room, NOT turn the lights on and get conked over the head?? You’d have though he’d learn.

]]> By: Jamie http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126181 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:44:19 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126181 Nate: Recent release? I was in my local B&N about a week before Christmas and it wasn’t on the shelves at the time…I’m hoping they haven’t moved him from the SF&F ghetto over to Horror, Mystery, or generic Fiction/Lit on me…I rarely wander through those sections.

]]> By: Nate http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/16/the-big-idea-charlie-huston/#comment-126179 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:58:21 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=5999#comment-126179 Jamie, he already released the fourth book(Every Last Drop) and it is indeed excellent as always.

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