Podcast appearances and mentions of John D Macdonald

People come to Florida in droves for the beaches and warm weather. But the sunshine state also attracts its fair share of shady characters, in real life and in fiction.There's even a genre of crime fiction set in the Sunshine State – Florida Noir.And even if you haven't read them, you've probably heard of homegrown practitioners of Florida Noir like Carl Hiassen, the late Tampa resident, Tim Dorsey or Randy Wayne White.On this episode of Florida Matters, we speak to three people with different perspectives on Florida Noir:Colette Bancroft is the recently retired book editor at the Tampa Bay Times. For years, she led the Times' annual “Festival of Reading.” She's also the editor of Tampa Bay Noir, a collection of short stories that reveal the dark side of sunny Tampa Bay.John Brandon is the author of five novels. He grew up in Tampa Bay, and his latest, Penalties of June, is set in Tampa.And Andrew F. Gulli is the editor of “The Strand Magazine” - a quarterly magazine dedicated to short fiction. A recent edition featured a previously unpublished story by famed Florida crime writer John D. MacDonald.

People come to Florida in droves for the beaches and warm weather. But the sunshine state also attracts its fair share of shady characters, in real life and in fiction.There's even a genre of crime fiction set in the Sunshine State – Florida Noir.And even if you haven't read them, you've probably heard of homegrown practitioners of Florida Noir like Carl Hiassen, the late Tampa resident, Tim Dorsey or Randy Wayne White.On this episode of Florida Matters, we speak to three people with different perspectives on Florida Noir:Colette Bancroft is the recently retired book editor at the Tampa Bay Times. For years, she led the Times' annual “Festival of Reading.” She's also the editor of Tampa Bay Noir, a collection of short stories that reveal the dark side of sunny Tampa Bay.John Brandon is the author of five novels. He grew up in Tampa Bay, and his latest, Penalties of June, is set in Tampa.And Andrew F. Gulli is the editor of “The Strand Magazine” - a quarterly magazine dedicated to short fiction. A recent edition featured a previously unpublished story by famed Florida crime writer John D. MacDonald.

Send us your Florida questions!Jack Davis, the Pulitzer-winning author of The Gulf: Making of an American Sea, joins the podcast to talk about what he thinks of the Gulf of Mexico's nomenclature glow-up. The talk migrates to sea level rise, John D. MacDonald's books, and his "Gulf of Mexico" playlist.Links We MentionedGeneral Jesup and Lake JesupPork Chop GangJohn D. MacDonald and his book CondominiumCathy's article about paddling with JackBrian Woodall's InstagramTillie Fowler ParkKerry McNulty's Florida TotemBetts Boys AdventureBrigadier General Thomas Sidney JesupJack Davis' Gulf of Mexico PlaylistAll song titles are simply "Gulf of Mexico"AlabamaClint BlackShawn MullinsTracey LawrenceSteve EarleLarry FoleySupport the showSubscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Find her on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy; Twitter/IG: @CathySalustri Question or comment? Email: cathy@floridaspectacular.com. "The Florida Spectacular" is co-hosted by Rick Kilby.Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

In this episode, John discusses the career of crime novelist John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) in light of a new posthumous short story, “The Accomplice.” In this interview, John speaks with with Andrew Gulli, editor of The Strand Magazineabout the rigors and ethos of editing and publishing and MacDonald's son and literary executor Maynard about propagating a great writer's legacy without compromising that writer's standards despite the lucrative promise of a classic literary character like Travis McGee.

Donald zooms in on “The Red Dot,” the twelfth episode of season three. With extra special guest Nicole Brown, they talk about office romances, character inconsistencies, and learn about John D. MacDonald's novel, The Executioners, which inspired the Cape Fear movies.  Here are the books and/or authors discussed in this episode: Sylvia Plath Ted Hughes Entrances and Exits by Michael Richards

Which detective was murdered at the job fair for dicks? How many dicks will it take to detect who did it? Do you have any experience gunning down striking miners or railroad workers? Listen to find out!Murder at the Job Fair for Dicks, episode 106 of This Gun in My Hand, was headhunted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What do I use to practice my skills of detection? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. One of my favorite old time radio shows is Pete Kelly's Blues, a 1951 series starring Jack Webb as a hardboiled cornet player in a Dixieland jazz band who solves mysteries in 1920s Kansas City. Only six episodes are thought to survive.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kelly%27s_Blues_(radio_series)2. Eccentric Houseboat Detective was inspired by John D. MacDonald's character Travis McGee in The Deep Blue Good-by. Not inspired by eccentric sailboat detectives Sonny Crocket or Quincy or Adam West's character in The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969).3. Anachronism: the Knights Templar were arrested for heresy by order of King Phillip IV on October 12th, 1307, but you can tell this episode is set in summer because no one is described as wearing coats as they would be in Parabellum City in October.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_the_Knights_TemplarCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the ad music for Eccentric Houseboat Detective was from D.O.A. (1949); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/Sound Effect Title: ancient conference Room Door.wavby mcweigertLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/696482/ Sound Effect Title: tug boat horn - sound effect.wavBy komal22moizLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/380825/Sound Effect Title: Lake Waves 1.wavBy BenboncanLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/67883/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Black Book Detective, Volume 5, Number 4 (July 1936), painted by Norman Saunders.

Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee. It is also the name of their main fictional detective, a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve baffling murder cases. From 1929 to 1971, Dannay and Lee wrote around forty novels and short story collections featuring Ellery Queen as a character. "The Adventure of the Emperor's Dice" was originally written as a script for the Ellery Queen radio drama series and aired on March 31, 1940. It was then adapted into short story form by Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, the two cousins who wrote under the pseudonym Ellery Queen. The short story version was first published in the April 1951 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. It was included later that year as one of the stories in the anthology collection Calendar of Crime, published by Little, Brown and Company, as part of their year-long series of monthly murder mysteries. In both its radio play and short story iterations, "The Adventure of the Emperor's Dice" featured the character Ellery Queen, his father Inspector Richard Queen, and secretary Nikki Porter investigating a baffling murder case involving an inherited set of ancient dice. In the late 1920s when Dannay and Lee first created the Ellery Queen character and stories, the detective fiction genre was still heavily influenced by the "Golden Age" embodied by writers like Agatha Christie and the clue-puzzle mysteries popularized in the 1920s. The Ellery Queen mysteries represented an American take on this tradition, with intricate plots and a focus on following clues and deductive reasoning. However, by the 1940s when "The Emperor's Dice" first aired as a radio play, the genre was starting to evolve with the rise of hardboiled detective fiction spearheaded by writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Their pioneering work injected more gritty realism into crime stories. "The Emperor's Dice" straddled these two eras. While adhering to the classic clue-puzzle format the Queen stories were known for, it also incorporated more modern elements like an atmospheric opening scene, hints of psychologically damaged characters, and flashes of noir-esque descriptions. When it was published in print form in 1951's Calendar of Crime anthology, detective fiction was further evolving with writers like John D. MacDonald blending elements of the traditional and hardboiled styles. "The Emperor's Dice" can be seen as an important transitional work that helped evolve the American detective novel from its golden age into a more modern psychological suspense style. With its deft blending of puzzle-solving and mood, clever plotting and character insights, "The Emperor's Dice" exemplified how Dannay and Lee masterfully kept the Ellery Queen stories vital and distinctive even as the genre changed around them. It remains an influential and important work in the development of American mystery writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suit Up with Phillip Thompson, best selling of author of the Colt Harper series. We talk about the latest instalment, Not Dead Enough, along with his favorite James Bond stories, John D. MacDonald, the nuances of writing characters, and much more. Follow Phillip https://www.amazon.com/Not-Dead-Enough-Colt-Harper/dp/195484168X https://www.brash-books.com/ https://www.instagram.com/phillip_thompson_writer/ https://www.facebook.com/rednecknoirist/ Follow The Show! https://terrancelayhew.com/suitup/ https://www.instagram.com/suitup.podcast/

Abrimos una vez más la pequeña sala de cine de La Cueva de los Duendes El Cabo del miedo. Versión radiofónica de Negra y Criminal. Basado en la novela de 1957 The Executioners, escrita por John D. MacDonald Max Cady es puesto en libertad tras haber pasado varios años condenado por agresión sexual. Pronto buscará al culpable de su condena, el abogado Sam Bowden que testificó en el juicio en su contra. Cady acecha a Bowden y éste contrata a tres matones para meter miedo a Cady y hacer que se largue de la ciudad. ¿Fue Cady acusado injustamente? ¿O es culpable hasta el final? "El cabo del miedo" basado en la novela de John D. MacDonald, una libre adaptación de Negra y Criminal. En esta ficción han participado: • Nancho Novo • Nacho Marraco • Mabel del Pozo • Elisa Chía • Héctor Checa • Raúl Lara Y las voces invitadas de Íñigo Álvarez de Lara, Rafael de la Rica y Fermín Agustí. Adaptación: Daniel Marín y Mona León Siminiani Con la colaboración en el programa de Juan Ochoa. Realización y diseño sonoro: Noe Guillén y Mona León Siminiani Producción: Fermín Agustí. Dirección: Mona León Siminiani Enlace gratis a las películas: https://www.tokyvideo.com/es/video/el-cabo-del-terror-1962-seriescuellar-castellano https://www.tokyvideo.com/es/video/el-cabo-del-miedo-1991 (1991) Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos, como a los autores de las músicas, programas y emisiones de “La Vieja Radio” … 😍

In the spotlight is Scott Lord, who has pulled many of his novels' characters and situations from his 35 years as a practitioner of criminal and civil law. His first novel, “The Logic Bomb,” is a legal thriller, and his newly released novel, “Come November,” is a historical thriller about an assassination plot to disrupt the momentous 1947 vote of the United Nations to partition Palestine and create the State of Israel. We discuss:  >> The novels written and yet to be published >> Writing dialogue>> The import of including a love story>> Scott Turow, John D. MacDonald and John le Carré >> Life in the courtroom >> His passion for opera >> The Italian language >> Etc.  Learn more about Scott Lord here: https://scottlord.com  Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program. 

Hello! Welcome to another edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, we take a deep dive into Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 thriller Cape Fear, itself based on John D. MacDonald's 1957 novel The Executioners, in which lawyer Sam Bowden and his family are terrorised by Max Cady, a violent rapist whom Sam testified against in a trial that helped put him in prison for more than a decade. In crafting his own exceptional take on the source materials, screenwriter Wesley Strick twists the knife still further, by making Sam Bowden the lawyer who defended Cady, rather than merely testifying against him, burying testimony that could potentially have exonerated Cady, despite his guilt. In addition, Strick added marital infidelity into the mix, muddying the moral and ethical waters of the story and enhancing the female roles of Sam's wife and daughter, played here by Academy Award® winner Jessica Lange and newcomer Juliette Lewis, as well as adding a brand new character, Lori, played by Scorsese's then girlfriend Illeana Douglas. Leading the cast are Nick Nolte as Sam and Robert De Niro as Max Cady, while three members of Thompson's cast – Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Martin Balsam – make cameo appearances, Elmer Bernstein retools Bernard Herrmann's original score for the new production, and the whole thing is shot by veteran British cinematographer Freddie Francis. Even on paper, it's quite a heady mix. Everything in Scorsese's remake, originally intended to be directed by Steven Spielberg, is turned up to 11, but although many assume that this was Scorsese's influence, much of what we see in the film was present in Strick's very first draft, and I've always been fascinated by the evolution of the story from its relatively straightforward dual source material as straight thriller to grand guignol monster movie, so I was thrilled when Wes kindly agreed to join me for his first full audio commentary for the 1991 film, now that, as he points out, more time has passed since his version was released than the 29 years that passed between the original and remake. Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet. We have lots of exciting episodes in the works, so if you like what you hear, please subscribe, and remember to rate us wherever you hear this podcast – it'll really help us to keep going. Oh, and follow us on Twitter and/or Instagram to stay up-to-date on our forthcoming releases. Thanks for listening! A Synchronicity production. Conceived, written and presented by David Hughes. Produced by Sam Ibrahim. Music by Olli Oja. All content © 2023 Synchronicity II Ltd. All rights reserved.

"Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will." - John D. MacDonald . Our guest , Tobias Alando, the COO of Kenya Association of Manufactures, gives us his journey more particularly his career life . He talks about his values and the patience it's taken to get to where he is . Listen in

In a story presented as a mashup of various film genres, Billy Malone (John Heard), an inventor sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit, tells his story to a journalist named Adele. According to Billy, after an earthquake, a strange, metallic ring appeared in his workshop. Discovering that the ring acted as a gateway to alien planets and alternate dimensions, he began sending various probes into the ring to investigate whatever might be on the other side. During his one of his tests, he accidentally brought back Keena (Penelope Ann Miller), a woman from another planet who he eventually fell in love with, leading to the somewhat improbable circumstances leading to his arrest. Based on the short story by John D. MacDonald and written and directed by Ted Gershuny. Original Air Date: October 13, 1985 Talks from the Darkside intro music cover by MATT CANNON / LAPSES: https://soundcloud.com/lapses Shop CAVITY COLORS and get 10% off your order with promo code MOVIEDUMPSTER cavitycolors.com/moviedumpster

On Thursday January 25th, 2018 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will re-visit and review the 1950 science fiction novel “Wine of the Dreamers” by John D. MacDonald (1918-1986) This was his first science fiction novel. MacDonald went on to become one of America's best Detective Story writers. “Wine of the Dreamers” set twenty-five years in the future (1975) the story interweaves two sets of characters on two different planets. The director of an early United States space program Bard Lane, and his staff psychiatrist Sharan Inly on Earth and Raul Kinson and his sister Leesa on the distant planet of the Dreamers. The Dreamers are the decadent descendants of the original human race. Millions of years ago they colonized Earth and two other planets in other solar systems. They maintain contact with the colony worlds, including Earth, by the use of long-range telepathic dream-machines. They call themselves “The Watchers” and they have a prime directive: To keep the colony worlds from developing space travel. And the dreamers do this by demonic possession sabotaging space programs such as the one Bard Lane and Sharan are managing in New Mexico. But the dreamers have degenerated to the point where they no longer believe that the people on the other worlds whom they possess have any real reality. They think they are creations of their dream machines for their entertainment. Very much like our video games. So the dreamers can create mayhem and chaos for amusement. However Raul Kinson is a throwback to an earlier age. He knows the truth and wants to help Bard and Sharan. The end result of this alliance of the minds between the worlds makes for a fascinating sequence of what-ifs – so if you want to find out who is watching and listening between your ears, from beyond the stars, tune in and we'll go back to a future that never was but might yet be coming.

Down To A Sunless Sea A Tiller Galloway Adventure Written by David Poyer Narrated by Edison McDaniels “A powerfully written Florida adventure . . . a compelling glimpse at the mysterious world of cave diving.” – The Orlando Sentinel “One of his best novels yet . . . bristles with suspense . . . What makes this novel particularly memorable are the extensive, harrowing descriptions of cave dives, which are riveting enough to terrify experienced divers.” –Publishers Weekly “Fans of Clive Cussler will love this thriller. An essential purchase.” – Library Journal. “White-knuckle diving scenes, constant action.” – Kirkus Reviews “Tiller is a character who grows on the reader . . . As usual, Poyer provides a smashing climax, this one fraught with danger from man and nature.” – Jacksonville Times-Union "There can be no better writer of modern sea adventure around today." – Clive Cussler “Claustrophobics beware! David Poyer's suspenseful cave-diving novel, DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA, takes readers into water crevices, submerged limestone tunnels, cramped wormholes and subterranean hell holes that give suffocation new meaning . . . Vivid, believable descriptions . . .We can get the fear and adrenaline of cave-diving without ever leaving the dry safety of our favorite comfy chairs.” – Tallahassee Sun Democrat Welcome to the most dangerous sport on earth: where cave divers step into murky Florida ponds and end up hundreds of feet below the ground, threading through the narrow passages of Swiss-cheese-like rock formations, heading down tunnels that may open into caverns of breathtaking beauty, or else suddenly collapse in rockfalls that crush out their air and their lives. Open-water diver and ex-con Tiller Galloway has come to this watery underworld to find out why an old friend died young – and take one last shot at being a father, a lover, and a friend. But with a woman opening up her heart, and a deadly conspiracy closing in around him, Galloway must navigate between lies told aboveground and truths hidden in the depths . . . where a violent battle is about to explode. Combining the knife-edged action of Clive Cussler with the heart stopping storytelling skill of John D. MacDonald, USA Today-bestselling Dave Poyer continues to be one of American's most popular and remarkable thriller writers . . . and a master of underwater suspense. “A ripping good read! Poyer raises the bar with this one. The cave-diving scenes are riveting, claustrophobic, terrifying, and beautiful.” – Booklist Available right now on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/Down-to-a-Sunless-Sea-Audiobook/B09V96SKF4?qid=1658209408&sr=1-9&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_9&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=E6J71JV1Y8MMPM3PWAD5 To hear more from Edison, listen to all episodes of THE SURGICAL FICTION PODCAST, right now right here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-surgical-fiction-podcast/id1547756675 #podcast #audio #audiobook #Audible #fiction #nonfiction ★★★★★

Brook and Sarah continue to learn about noir and hardboiled detective fiction with special guest Frances from the Chronicles of Crime online bookshop. Part 2 of 2. Reading list recommendations: Hardboiled Carroll John Daly, Three Gun Terry (Black Mask, May 1923) Carroll John Daly, Knights of the Open Palm (Black Mask, June 1923) Dashiell Hammett writing as Peter Collinson, Arson Plus (first Continental Op story) (Black Mask, October 1923) Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon (1930) Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man (Redbook Magazine, 1933) Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939) Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury (1947) Ross MacDonald, The Drowning Pool (1950) Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), The Hunter, (1962) Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die, (1982) John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-Bye, (1964) James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss, (1978) Noir James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) Horace McCoy, They Shoot Horses Don't They (1935) James M. Cain, Double Indemnity (Liberty Magazine, January 1936 as a serial in the magazine) *Cornell Woolrich aka William Irish, It Had To Be Murder, (Detective Dime Magazine, May 1942) This became the Alfred Hitchcock film, Rear Window. *Cornell Woolrich, any short story or novel David Goodis, Dark Passage, (1946) Dorothy B. Hughes, In A Lonely Place, (1947) Fredric Brown, The Fabulous Clipjoint, (1947) Fredric Brown, The Screaming Mimi, (1949) Patricia Highsmith, Strangers On A Train, (1950) James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia (1987) Megan Abbott, Queenpin, (2007) Duane Swierczynski, The Blonde, (2006) Fuminori Nakamura, The Thief (2012) Roger Hobbs, The Ghostman (2013) Others George Pelecanos Ken Bruen Peter Temple Gary Discher Robert Crais Michael Connelly Charlie Houston Dennis Lehane Sam Wiebe Joe Id Philip Kerr For more information: cluedinmystery.com Instagram: @cluedinmystery Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers - //www.silvermansound.com

Here's the horror talk of Max Cady, a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners. Cape Fear (1962): https://ww2.putlockernew.site/watch-movie/cape-fear-1962_cwl6nwowg/llzj4me-full-movie-online *Happy 60th anniversary* Cape Fear (1991): https://ww2.putlockernew.site/watch-movie/cape-fear-1991_cwjq34alp/j4zejn3-full-movie-online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkIZr0LsE_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGzjBMNjX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7xJxo223YA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctyDL-6f90w --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Best-selling author David Poyer writes gripping undersea thrillers in the tradition of Clive Cussler and John D. MacDonald. Salvage diver and ex-con Tiller Galloway runs from a vengeful past straight into the murky, hazardous depths of the Gulf of Mexico. The claustrophobia and fear of suffocation 200 fathoms below the surface will leave you breathless. Has Tiller finally breathed his last? LOUISIANA BLUE A Tiller Galloway Underwater Adventure Written by David Poyer Narrated by Edison McDaniels 5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you appreciate each breath Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018 Mr. Poyer, was an officer and gentleman. I would not expect him to know the gritty and criminal aspects he so fluently envisions in the travails of Tiller Galloway. There is no one better in weaving claustrophobia and the fear of suffocation into his exciting, believable, stories. Looking forward to the next Lenson novel. 4.0 out of 5 stars I just love Poyer's books. Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2013 I became a fan of Poyer's work reading the Dan Lenson series. In my opinion, the Tiller Galloways aren't quite as good, but that is probably a reflection of my greater interest in military books than it is a failing on the part of the author. The Tiller Galloway series has the intense grittiness, descriptive detail, well developed action, and unexpected twists that are the hallmarks of David Poyer's work. He is one of the best out there, and this series is well worth your time. 5.0 out of 5 stars This author deserves to be read widely Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2010 Poyer is among the best war/action authors I have ever read, and I've read most of the best I think. His research, technical expertise, and insider knowledge are truly outstanding. His characters are well formed and interesting, not simply archetypal tough guys. The narrative is always compelling with superb storylines, many great little side stories, and rounded incedental minor characters. Deserves to be much more widely read in the UK. If you enjoy accurate, credible war stories, you will love his Dan Lenson, Tiller Galloway, and American Civil War series. AUDIBLE: https://www.audible.com/series/The-Tiller-Galloway-Novels-Audiobooks/B07H8DJSNP?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_8_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=AG3AZQZC1J86B67QSCNM

Latest Book Other Books Show Notes and Resources Author influences: Robert B. Parker, Mickey Spillane, John D. MacDonald, Ernest Hemingway, Tony Hillerman Actor Bronson Pinchot narrates the Arthur Nakai novels. He has narrated many audiobooks. Book Trailer for WHEN SILENCE SCREAMS Transcript The post MTTA 176: Mark Edward Langley appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Acompanhados de Gregory Peck, Robert De Niro e Martin Scorsese, o RdMCast dessa semana faz uma excursão até o Cabo do Medo! Falando brevemente do livro de John D. MacDonald, The Executioners (1957), e principalmente sobre as duas versões cinematográficas da história, ‘Círculo do Medo' (1962) e ‘Cabo do Medo' (1991), o episódio de hoje fala sobre personagens sinistros e predatórios, a perversão do sistema Legal e “cidadãos de bem” nem tão de bem assim. Vista seu melhor chapéu Panamá, acenda um belo charuto e nos acompanhe nesse episódio cheio de temas assustadores. RdMCast produzido e apresentado por: Thiago Natário, Gabriel Braga e Gabi Larocca. APROVEITE AS LIVES DE INDEPENENCE DAY PARA CONHECER O CAMBLY! O Cambly é uma plataforma de ensino personalizado de inglês que oferece aulas particulares para adultos de todas as idades e para crianças e jovens entre 3 e 15 anos de idade. O dia da Independência dos Estados Unidos (04/07) está próximo e, pensando nisso, o Cambly está organizando lives com influenciadores nos dias 26, 27 e 28 de junho pra compartilhar a experiência deles e te mostrar como você também pode conquistar a sua independência no inglês! Todo mundo que já tiver uma conta no Cambly recebe o convite pra participar das lives. Se você ainda não tem, é só usar o código REPUBLICALIVES, criar sua conta, receber o convite e de quebra ganhar uma aula grátis! É super rápido e totalmente gratuito, só precisa de um e-mail e de uma senha. Use o código REPUBLICALIVES e aproveite! https://bit.ly/3znymmk * ARTE DA VITRINE: Estúdio Grim SEJA UM(A) APOIADOR(A) * Apoie o RdM a produzir mais conteúdo e ganhe recompensas exclusivas! * Acesse: https://apoia.se/rdm * Conheça a Sala dos Apoiadores: http://republicadomedo.com.br/sala-dos-apoiadores/] ESTÚDIO GRIM – Design para conteúdo digital * Portfólio: https://www.behance.net/estudiogrim * Instagram @estudiogrim * designgrim@gmail.com PODCAST EDITADO POR * Ilha Flutuante: https://www.ilhaflutuante.com.br/ CITADOS NO PROGRAMA * Livro: The Executioners | Cabo do Medo (1957) * Círculo do Medo (1962) * Cabo do Medo (1991) Episódios * RdMCast #232 – Ilha do Medo: o Horror em Scorsese * RdMCast #243 – Especial Alfred Hitchcock OUÇA O RDMCAST NO SPOTIFY! * Acesse: https://spoti.fi/2DWoFCX GRUPO ABERTO NO TELEGRAM * Link direto: http://bit.ly/2Ao6dOd Tem algo para nos contar? Envie um e-mail! contato@republicadomedo.com.br Twitter: @rdmcast Instagram: Republica do Medo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Acompanhados de Gregory Peck, Robert De Niro e Martin Scorsese, o RdMCast dessa semana faz uma excursão até o Cabo do Medo! Falando brevemente do livro de John D. MacDonald, The Executioners (1957), e principalmente sobre as duas versões cinematográficas da história, ‘Círculo do Medo' (1962) e ‘Cabo do Medo' (1991), o episódio de hoje [...] O post RdMCast #303 – Cabo do Medo apareceu primeiro em República do Medo.

This week's episode begins with Craig throwing his hat in the ring for a new job! Don't worry about him leaving the podcast, the chances of him landing this job are low.Our guest is Calvin Branche, a leading historian on Florida author John D. MacDonald whose 21 Travis McGee novels captivated readers for decades. His novels have been turned into successful movies including "A Flash of Green" and "Cape Fear." MacDonald is also likely America's first environmental novelist, incorporating conservation themes into his work as far back as the 1960s."Welcome to Florida" is presented by Eco-Pathways, a Florida company which has developed a long-lasting, environmentally friendly, engineered material to replace wood and pressurized lumber in dune walkovers, boardwalks, docks and piers. Learn more at Eco-Pathways.com. 

Episode 103 we (eventually) judge the book Ballroom Of The Skies by John D. MacDonald. We also talk about shoes vs barefoot, Tom Sawyer adventures, secondhandsongs.com, our wake up alarm preferences, songs that floored you, sky dancing, Travis McGee, and a bit of research about Fred Astaire.

The 69th installment of the Truth About Vintage Amps! Once again, amp tech Skip Simmons is fielding your questions on all-things-tube-amp. Use the discount code TRUTHV150FF to save $15 off Caddis readers.  As always, we're also sponsored by Amplified Parts and Grez Guitars.  Some of the topics discussed this week:  3:09 Skip gets his Caddis readers 5:52 Skip's $260 Ampeg Reverberocket 2; vintage mono hi-fi speakers 11:53 Skip's Champ mod, redux; radial caps instead of axial caps 16:37 A Gibson GA-5 reissue with extra stuff between the coupling capacitor and the second stage of the 12AX7 22:32 Wandering Boy Guitars (link) 29:00 Why velcro on the speaker grill cloth? John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series 35:07 Jason's new podcast: Sweep the Floor (link) 35:42 Presence control versus top cut control 42:10 The Gibson Hawk's one-tube reverb circuit 46:29 Mismatching speaker impedance on a 1959 Gibsonette GA-8; Roald Dahl's 'Kiss Kiss' 51:37 Maximum efficiency speaker mismatching with a Supro 1610RT and a Dr. Z Maz 38 S; washing white rice 55:58 Music recommendations: Blackalicious' "Feel That Way;" Steve Wonder's 'Talking Book,' Sam Plecker's "Mr. Gray Cloud" 1:00:50 Using keyboards and synths with vintage tube amps 1:05:00 All-Clad's factory second website (homeandcooksales.com) 1:05:42 What to do with 100v line output transformers in old PA amps 1:09:49 Filter cap values in relation to power transformers; Arnica gel 1:15:44 The three pillars of BBQ sauce; basquecompany.com 1:19:25 Bulging caps in a Bogen DB-130 amplifier; La Costena Salsa Taquera Support the show as a TAVA Patreon patron and get bonus episodes, in-depth articles on amp circuitry and other surprises. Email or send us a voice memo to: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. And don't forget to share the show with friends. 

Uma série de episódios sobre a Leitura Coletiva: "Presos com Clássicos" com a @bibliotecadajuju, que trata sobre literatura de cárcere. Esse é o episódio sobre Cabo do Medo, de John D. MacDonald. Como convidada, nós temos a Joyce!

In this episode of Welcome To The Party Pal hosts Michael Shields and Christian Niedan explore 1962's and 1991's Cape Fear, the two film adaptations of John D. MacDonald's 1957 psychological novel, The Executioners. 1962's Cape Fear stars Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Polly Bergen and was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The subsequent adaptation was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Juliette Lewis, Robert Mitchum, and Gregory Peck in his final theatrical film role. The films centers on an attorney whose family is viscously stalked by a criminal he helped to send to jail. In this episode Michael and Christian explore the fascinating intricacies of both adaptations, celebrate the remarkable casts at play, hail one of the most captivating movie villains of all time in Max Cady, and much, much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nella puntata di oggi parliamo di ‘Facile preda’, un libro hard boiled scritto da John D. MacDonald alla fine degli anni ‘60. Un romanzo adrenalinico fatto di soldi sporchi, alcool e colpi bassi. Iscrivetevi al podcast e vi aspetto anche su Instagram: @ipadderhd1

USA Today -bestselling author David Poyer writes gripping undersea thrillers in the tradition of Clive Cussler and John D. MacDonald. This time on THE SURGICAL FICTION PODCAST, an excerpt from David Poyer's novel BAHAMAS BLUE, with the continuing undersea exploits of Tiller Galloway and his sidekick Shad Aydlett. Narrated by Edison McDaniels. Salvage diver and ex-con Tiller Galloway vowed he'd never work for "The Baptist" again. Until the menacing kingpin makes him an offer he can't refuse, sending him deep into the beautiful blue Caribbean to raise fifty tons of sunken cargo-- a dive to the razor's edge of death. Caught in the cross fire of a crazed underboss, hostile islanders, and a corrupt Bahamian government, Tiller and his Hatteras Island sidekick Shad Aydlett take on a nightmare of double crosses, as a scenario more sinister than he ever imagined begins to unfold. From the author of Down to a Sunless Sea comes this shattering sequel to Hatteras Blue, a tale as explosive as those of Hammond Innes and Peter Benchley, and packed with some of the most breathless and vivid undersea scenes ever written. Bahamas Blue was originally published by St. Martin's in 1991, as the second book in the Tiller Galloway series. This edition incorporates many minor cleanups and improvements. I'm happy you can enjoy it once more! I hope you'll like it, and will go on to read the other Galloway novels: Hatteras Blue, Louisiana Blue, and Down to a Sunless Sea. Audiobook available soon on Audible. Narrated by Edison McDaniels. //////////////////// THE SURGICAL FICTION PODCAST is narrated by Edison McDaniels. Edison McDaniels is a physician, surgeon, wordsmith, author, and audiobook narrator. Listen to all episodes of THE SURGICAL FICTION PODCAST, right now right here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-surgical-fiction-podcast/id1547756675 SUBSCRIBE and check back regularly for another episode of The Surgical Fiction Podcast. In the meantime, please REVIEW THIS PODCAST. If you need more information, read or listen to my short episode “How to Review a Podcast” at https://apple.co/2N8oObh. Edison McDaniels is also an author. His many novels and other stories are available on Kindle. http://amzn.to/2cv2iFs Thanks for listening. Please wear a mask to protect yourself and others until we can safely gather together again! 096-019

Show notes: Ep. 45 Book Club #1: John D. MacDonald's Deep Blue Good-By On a very special episode, Jeff and Brian are joined by Tirzah and Emily, angry millennials who happen to be women, to talk about Travis McGee, boat-bum, swinger, and protagonist of our first book club episode. A product of his time or sexual predator? No one will agree! And Brian disappears into the hedges! Sponsors: Mrswenger.com All In A Dream Comics & Books The 7208 Podcast

Otho Eskin's “The Reflecting Pool” Is a Fast-Paced Crime Thriller Set in the Nation's Capital In this episode, we visit with lawyer and diplomat turned author and playwright, Otho Eskin, author of “The Reflecting Pool,” a crime thriller starring protagonist and D.C. homicide detective Marko Thorn. New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry says: “Rough and ragged as the world it so vividly creates, The Reflecting Pool crackles with twists and turns, making for a fun and heady combination of suspense and intrigue.” Jon Land, Providence Journal, says: “Otho Eskin's The Reflecting Pool is the kind of crime-thriller Ross McDonald would have written if he were still alive today. That's a high bar for any author to reach, but Eskin proves more than equal to the task… The Reflecting Pool is a crime-thriller constructed along classic lines, and in Zorn, Eskin has created the best crime hero this side of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch. Woven from the fabric of masters like John D. MacDonald and Robert Crais, this riveting page-turner is never afraid to cut its own cloth.” Engage with the show here: https://linktr.ee/CharlotteReadersPodcast Detailed show notes here: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlottereaderspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlottereaderspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlottereader Charlotte Readers Podcast is a proud member of the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and the Queen City Podcast Network. © Charlotte Readers Podcast and Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Otho Eskin’s “The Reflecting Pool” Is a Fast-Paced Crime Thriller Set in the Nation’s Capital In this episode, we visit with lawyer and diplomat turned author and playwright, Otho Eskin, author of “The Reflecting Pool,” a crime thriller starring protagonist and D.C. homicide detective Marko Thorn. New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry says: “Rough and ragged as the world it so vividly creates, The Reflecting Pool crackles with twists and turns, making for a fun and heady combination of suspense and intrigue.” Jon Land, Providence Journal, says: “Otho Eskin’s The Reflecting Pool is the kind of crime-thriller Ross McDonald would have written if he were still alive today. That’s a high bar for any author to reach, but Eskin proves more than equal to the task… The Reflecting Pool is a crime-thriller constructed along classic lines, and in Zorn, Eskin has created the best crime hero this side of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch. Woven from the fabric of masters like John D. MacDonald and Robert Crais, this riveting page-turner is never afraid to cut its own cloth.” Engage with the show here: https://linktr.ee/CharlotteReadersPodcast Detailed show notes here: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlottereaderspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlottereaderspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlottereader Charlotte Readers Podcast is a proud member of the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and the Queen City Podcast Network. © Charlotte Readers Podcast and Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

Travis McGee gets into some very deep trouble when he pulls Vangie out of some very deep water after she's been thrown off a bridge with an 85-pound weight tied to her lovely ankles. Rod Taylor plays Travis McGee, who appeared in 21 novels by the great John D. MacDonald. Living on his houseboat The Busted Flush in Slip F-18 at the Bahia Mar Marina, this sometimes "salvage expert" takes his retirement in installments. And when he's not retiring or salvaging, he somehow always seems to be helping a woman out of trouble. Travis and MacDonald were both huge influences on me as I developed the main character for my suspense novel. Join us as we pay tribute to them both.

Today the Nanogang discusses the appropriate travel times of tortoises in the Great Depression and fields a question on description. Resources Mentioned: Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?  by Philip K Dick Cape Fear by John D. MacDonald … The post Nanogang Day 20: Descriptions and That Damned Turtle appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Today’s episode will cover the movie Cape Fear (1991), a remake of a 1962 film of the same name. Both films are based on the 1957 book, The Executioners, by John D. MacDonald. Cape Fear is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. It stars Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Juliette Lewis, Robert Mitchum, and Gregory Peck. The film tells the story of a convicted rapist, who, mostly by using his newfound knowledge of the law and its numerous loopholes, seeks vengeance against a former public defender, whom he blames for his 14-year imprisonment because of the purposefully faulty defense tactics used during his trial. If you'd like to have your dream analyzed on an episode of Juncture, please fill out the form here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J597LK3 or send me message on Twitter @juncturepodcast.

FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE RESOLUTION FOR "JOHN D. MACDONALD DAY"

Como ya visteis en el anterior episodio, en los noventa el cine de terror se vio enmascarado por el rollo de "thriller de psicópata", pero aunque se intentó por todos los medios quitar la etiqueta de terror, el aficionado medio sabía lo que había, ya fuera en las correrías de Hannibal Lecter o las del intenso Max Cady, villano de la novela El cabo del terror de John D. MacDonald, adaptada en los sesenta en la película del mismo título e interpretado por Robert Mitchum. El loquísimo remake acometido por Martin Scorsese años después con Robert De Niro en el papel de este criminal violador sureño casi logró eclipsar al original en una película que está siempre "al 11", para bien y para mal.

In this episode, we take a look at a double-bill of classic Florida pulp fiction: John D. MacDonald's Darker Than Amber (the seventh novel in his Travis McGee series) and Charles Willeford's Miami Blues (the first novel in his Hoke Moseley series). We're joined by director and "Mr. Miami" Bill Teck to discuss the novels, the sense his Cuban heritage gives him of the the state's history, the changes in crime between the 1967 publication of Amber and Blues in 1984 as well as the nuances of Floridalia ranging from Miami Dade Community College to Granny Feelgood's to depressing top-sider bars in Fort Lauderdale. The Pink Smoke site:
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Would you believe that there are series characters from Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, John D. MacDonald and others that you know nothing about? We drop some serious knowledge bombs on Episode 61 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast with reviews of The Best of Manhunt 2 and A Great Day for Dying plus a special bonus unmasking of T.C. Lewellen. Listen on your favorite podcast app or paperbackwarrior.com or download directly here: https://bit.ly/3hj8mhQ (Music by Bensound)

Malcolm and Dwight's respective paths of revenge are about to intersect in the exciting, bloody conclusion of Cut You Down. Who will be left standing?  And can the fledgling family bonds Malcolm has formed with Michael and Mary survive this fight?  Take a listen to Episode 08 of The Crime Is Up Podcast to find out!And for their movie talk, Chris and Will are wrangling their thoughts for a super-sized comparison episode on Cape Fear.  There's the original with eternal good-guy Gregory Peck fighting off a monstrous Robert Mitchum.  Plus we have the remake from Martin Scorsese starring Oscar Nominated Robert DeNiro and Nick Nolte!  And they'll also take the opportunity to discuss John D. MacDonald's excellent novel The Executioners, upon which both movies are based.  They even squeeze in a little talk about The Simpsons spoof episode Cape Feare.

Interview with Les Standiford on John D. MacDonald

TIM DORSEY INTERVIEW ( 2016 WINNER OF JOHN D. MACDONALD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FLORIDA FICTION

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Today we are joined by John Carlton, our copywriting guru we have been learning from on our whole path to this point. Enjoy! HERE’S WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: Stepping stones for growing the sales Why copywriting attracts introverts  Why it’s important to step back  Learning by doing adds and failing adds  List of words that are going to get you in a spam filter How to discover what’s keeping our client up at night The research resources for copywriters How do develop the feel when it’s too much selling in an email It was a treat to have John on the show and share his wisdom bombs. Check out his writings and books he recommends and take your campaign on the next level. Resources: Podcast PSYCH INSIGHTS John Carlton website John Carlton’s copywriting books  Simple success secrets no one told you about, a book by John Carlton Travis McGee series of books by John D. MacDonald Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, a book by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Titanides, by Marcella Allison

Writing Wrongs Radio host Bill Myers welcomes award-winning and best-selling author Paul Levine. Paul is the Amazon Number One Bestselling Author of the "Jake Lassiter" and "Solomon vs. Lord" series. The international bestseller BUM RAP brings together the protagonists of both series in an explosive murder case set on glitzy South Beach. Levine worked as a newspaper reporter, a law professor and a trial lawyer before becoming a full-time novelist. Obviously, he cannot hold a job. Paul claims that writing fiction comes naturally: he told whoppers for many years in his legal briefs. His books have been translated into 23 languages, none of which he can Levine's first novel, TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD, introduced the world to Jake Lassiter, an NFL linebacker turned hard-nosed lawyer. Lassiter has been described by Booklist as "one of the most entertaining series characters in contemporary crime fiction." Eleven of Levine's thrillers have hit Number One bestseller status on Amazon in their genres, and in June 2015, he was the #1 bestselling author on Amazon Kindle. Levine has won the John D. MacDonald fiction award , was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Macavity, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Shamus Award, and the James Thurber Humor Prize. He was a trial lawyer before becoming a full-time novelist and a writer for the TV series JAG. Host William L Myers Jr.'s first book A Criminal Defense became the #6 best-selling book on Amazon Kindle in 2017. An Engineered Injustice, A Killer’s Alibi, and A Criminal Justice is available now are the Philadephia Legal Series. @coyrighted. Listen on your favorite podcast app.

It's our Fawcett Gold Medal All-Review Extravaganza! We discuss vintage paperbacks by John D. MacDonald, Lionel White, Dan J. Marlowe, Basil Heatter and more! (Music by Bensound)

In the newest Paperback Warrior Podcast episode, we discuss John D. MacDonald's iconic Travis McGee character, including a review of the series' ninth installment, "Pale Shade for Guilt". We also evaluate the debut novel in Jon Messman's Handyman series, "The Moneta Papers", and have an impromptu look at Lawrence Block's Chip Harrison novels. (Music by Bensound)

On this episode we are examining the noir work of successful author Richard Matheson, who's predominantly known for his horror and science-fiction work. We have two new reviews for you, 1955's "A Bullet for Cinderella" by John D. MacDonald and William W. Johnstone's 1984 western "The Last Mountain Man". (Music credit to Bensound)

I’m going to provide an overview of the four dimensions of conflict, the three John D. MacDonald named when explaining how he created suspense in his Travis McGee series—physical, mental, and spiritual— and the dimension I added, emotional. It’s worth highlighting the flexibility these four dimensions provide. For instance, in addition to using each of […] The post #3 The Four Dimensions of Conflict: An Overview appeared first on Jane Cleland.

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." -- Oscar Wilde Suppose Wilde is right, pure and simple. It follows that his proposition is likely not pure and definitely not simple. Truth has many forms and many faces, some of which are persisting and some of which are temporary, some of which are obvious and some of which are subtle, some of which are certain and some of which only might be true, are probably true, or are (as the physicists like to say) "approximately true." Most of the time, one can comfortably deal with the world without thinking about the nature of truth or about the actual validity of most truths. It works out fine to proceed on a "true enough" basis. Ice is cold and fire is hot. Your car is still where you parked it. The directions you get from MapQuest.com will get you where you want to go. Eat too much and you will get fat. If you need help, you can count on your best friend. The important quandary usually isn't about truth or whether true enough is good enough. Rather, it's who can you believe; who speaks the truth? To answer the, "Who can you believe?" question, it's necessary to introduce "integrity" into the mix. The question is, "Who are people of integrity?" because they are the only people you can or should trust. Samuel Johnson said, "Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." The take home point is to be sure you only seek truth from people who are clearly knowledgeable, people who know what they are talking about. For example, don't get legal advice from your brother-in-law, unless he happens to be an experienced attorney. Perhaps more critical than from whom you seek the truth is your capacity to evaluate the truth you receive. Know that it's seldom pure or simple. Deciding whether it's true enough is up to you. Key to this is correctly assessing the integrity of the person from whom you receive the truth. That to is neither pure nor simple; but there is one, essential prerequisite to assessing the integrity of others. You must yourself be a person of integrity. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." You are the final judge of the integrity of those from whom you seek the truth. John D. MacDonald likely hit the nail on the head when he said, "Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will." MacDonald also could have said that if you look in there and see a man of integrity, you are looking at a man who probably knows integrity when he sees it, in himself or in those whose truth is true enough. Now you know so there you go.

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." -- Oscar Wilde Suppose Wilde is right, pure and simple. It follows that his proposition is likely not pure and definitely not simple. Truth has many forms and many faces, some of which are persisting and some of which are temporary, some of which are obvious and some of which are subtle, some of which are certain and some of which only might be true, are probably true, or are (as the physicists like to say) "approximately true." Most of the time, one can comfortably deal with the world without thinking about the nature of truth or about the actual validity of most truths. It works out fine to proceed on a "true enough" basis. Ice is cold and fire is hot. Your car is still where you parked it. The directions you get from MapQuest.com will get you where you want to go. Eat too much and you will get fat. If you need help, you can count on your best friend. The important quandary usually isn't about truth or whether true enough is good enough. Rather, it's who can you believe; who speaks the truth? To answer the, "Who can you believe?" question, it's necessary to introduce "integrity" into the mix. The question is, "Who are people of integrity?" because they are the only people you can or should trust. Samuel Johnson said, "Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." The take home point is to be sure you only seek truth from people who are clearly knowledgeable, people who know what they are talking about. For example, don't get legal advice from your brother-in-law, unless he happens to be an experienced attorney. Perhaps more critical than from whom you seek the truth is your capacity to evaluate the truth you receive. Know that it's seldom pure or simple. Deciding whether it's true enough is up to you. Key to this is correctly assessing the integrity of the person from whom you receive the truth. That to is neither pure nor simple; but there is one, essential prerequisite to assessing the integrity of others. You must yourself be a person of integrity. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." You are the final judge of the integrity of those from whom you seek the truth. John D. MacDonald likely hit the nail on the head when he said, "Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will." MacDonald also could have said that if you look in there and see a man of integrity, you are looking at a man who probably knows integrity when he sees it, in himself or in those whose truth is true enough. Now you know so there you go.

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." -- Oscar Wilde Suppose Wilde is right, pure and simple. It follows that his proposition is likely not pure and definitely not simple. Truth has many forms and many faces, some of which are persisting and some of which are temporary, some of which are obvious and some of which are subtle, some of which are certain and some of which only might be true, are probably true, or are (as the physicists like to say) "approximately true." Most of the time, one can comfortably deal with the world without thinking about the nature of truth or about the actual validity of most truths. It works out fine to proceed on a "true enough" basis. Ice is cold and fire is hot. Your car is still where you parked it. The directions you get from MapQuest.com will get you where you want to go. Eat too much and you will get fat. If you need help, you can count on your best friend. The important quandary usually isn't about truth or whether true enough is good enough. Rather, it's who can you believe; who speaks the truth? To answer the, "Who can you believe?" question, it's necessary to introduce "integrity" into the mix. The question is, "Who are people of integrity?" because they are the only people you can or should trust. Samuel Johnson said, "Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." The take home point is to be sure you only seek truth from people who are clearly knowledgeable, people who know what they are talking about. For example, don't get legal advice from your brother-in-law, unless he happens to be an experienced attorney. Perhaps more critical than from whom you seek the truth is your capacity to evaluate the truth you receive. Know that it's seldom pure or simple. Deciding whether it's true enough is up to you. Key to this is correctly assessing the integrity of the person from whom you receive the truth. That to is neither pure nor simple; but there is one, essential prerequisite to assessing the integrity of others. You must yourself be a person of integrity. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." You are the final judge of the integrity of those from whom you seek the truth. John D. MacDonald likely hit the nail on the head when he said, "Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will." MacDonald also could have said that if you look in there and see a man of integrity, you are looking at a man who probably knows integrity when he sees it, in himself or in those whose truth is true enough. Now you know so there you go.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Long Lavender Look by John D. MacDonald. Throwback soldier of fortune Travis McGee is not exactly p.c. In fact, he makes James Bond look like a feminist. Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

We might be discussing In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B Hughes, but this episode is anything but lonely. We simply loved this book and have a great time discussing it in detail. We cover quite a few reviews as well, taking a look at both books and television this time around. TV Reviews: The Expanse, Damnation, Happy!, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Book Reviews: "A Walk Among The Tombstones" by Lawrence Block "The Green Ripper: a Travis McGee Novel" by John D. MacDonald "The Woman Who Married a Bear" by John Straley "Dirty Boulevard: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lou Reed" edited by David James Keaton "The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World" by Maya Jasanoff Join the Goodreads Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/747867-point-blank Contact Us: Facebook Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, and Detective Fiction Twitter: @pointblanknoir Email: pointblankpodcast@gmail.com  

Hey weirdos! Finally got the cast over to this site. Today, I talk about #pentathon conan, edgar rice burroughs, batman, the MEG, John D. Macdonald and more before diving into some Lovecraft. You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Booktube (youtube) at these links. Support the show and Weird... Continue Reading

Max Cady  es puesto en libertad tras haber pasado varios años condenado por agresión sexual. Pronto buscará al culpable de su condena, el abogado Sam Bowden que testificó en el juicio en su contra. Cady acecha a Bowden y éste contrata a tres matones para meter miedo a Cady y hacer que se largue de la ciudad.¿Fue Cady acusado injustamente? ¿O es culpable hasta el final?"El cabo del miedo" basado en la novela de John D. MacDonald, una libre adaptación de Negra y Criminal. En esta ficción han participado:Nancho NovoNacho MarracoMabel del PozoElisa ChíaHéctor ChecaRaúl LaraY las voces invitadas de Íñigo Álvarez de Lara, Rafael de la Rica y Fermín Agustí.Adaptación: Daniel Marín y Mona León SiminianiCon la colaboración en el programa de Juan Ochoa.Realización y diseño sonoro: Noe Guillén y Mona León SiminianiProducción: Fermín Agustí.Dirección: Mona León Siminiani

On Thursday January 25th, 2018 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will re-visit and review the 1950 science fiction novel “Wine of the Dreamers” by John D. MacDonald (1918-1986) This was his first science fiction novel. MacDonald went on to become one of America's best Detective Story writers. “Wine of the Dreamers” set twenty-five years in the future (1975) the story interweaves two sets of characters on two different planets. The director of an early United States space program Bard Lane, and his staff psychiatrist Sharan Inly on Earth and Raul Kinson and his sister Leesa on the distant planet of the Dreamers. The Dreamers are the decadent descendants of the original human race. Millions of years ago they colonized Earth and two other planets in other solar systems. They maintain contact with the colony worlds, including Earth, by the use of long-range telepathic dream-machines. They call themselves “The Watchers” and they have a prime directive: To keep the colony worlds from developing space travel. And the dreamers do this by demonic possession sabotaging space programs such as the one Bard Lane and Sharan are managing in New Mexico. But the dreamers have degenerated to the point where they no longer believe that the people on the other worlds whom they possess have any real reality. They think they are creations of their dream machines for their entertainment. Very much like our video games. So the dreamers can create mayhem and chaos for amusment. However Raul Kinson is a throwback to an earlier age. He knows the truth and wants to help Bard and Sharan. The end result of this alliance of the minds between the worlds makes for a fascinating sequence of what-ifs – so if you want to find out who is watching and listening between your ears, from beyond the stars, tune in and we'll go back to a future that never was but might yet be coming.

Paul Levine worked as a newspaper reporter, a law professor and a trial lawyer before becoming a full-time novelist. Obviously, he cannot hold a job. Paul claims that writing fiction comes naturally: he told whoppers for many years in his legal briefs. His books have been translated into 23 languages, none of which he can read. Paul is an admirer of the works of John Updike, particularly the “Rabbit, Run” trilogy.  “Anatomy of a Murder” by John Voelker (writing as Robert Traver) is his favorite legal thriller. Levine’s writing style has been compared to that of John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen, and Elmore Leonard.  Paul''s new book, BUM LUCK, was just released by THomas and Mercer. In it, his client just beat a murder rap. But will Jake Lassiter let him live long enough to enjoy it? Lassiter is hip deep in the criminal lawyer’s classic moral dilemma. He believes his client, NFL superstar Thunder Thurston, murdered his wife. But the jury just said “not guilty.” A lawyer is supposed to let it go. Another day, another dollar, another case. Not Jake Lassiter. In fact, the first sentence of the book is: Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client. Host Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago 35 years ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community* and has even won a few. Her most recent release is War, Spies & Bobby Sox: Stories about WW2 At Home. This is a trademarked copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

Cape Fear (1991) R | 2h 8min | Crime, Thriller | 15 November 1991 (USA) A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: John D. MacDonald (novel), James R. Webb (earlier screenplay) Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange

Cape Fear (1991) R | 2h 8min | Crime, Thriller | 15 November 1991 (USA) A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: John D. MacDonald (novel), James R. Webb (earlier screenplay) Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange

David Morrell is best known for his acclaimed thrillers, including The Brotherhood of the Rose, Creepers, Murder as a Fine Art, and his debut novel, First Blood, in which Rambo first appeared. But Morrell is also a master of nonfiction. Twenty of his essays about iconic writers, actors, and singers are collected in STARS IN MY EYES: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BOOKS, MOVIES, AND MUSIC.Morrell describes how at the age of 17 he was fired from working on a construction project and walked home in despair, only to turn on the television and see Rod Serling's Patterns, which gave him a life-long lesson about story construction. He tells how Stirling Silliphant's scripts for the classic TV series Route 66prompted him to write to Silliphant for advice about becoming a writer. Silliphant replied with a two-page single-spaced letter that Morrell looks at every day. (Silliphant and Morrell eventually became friends and worked together on the NBC miniseries of Morrell's The Brotherhood of the Rose.)The essays in this captivating book range from Henry James's ghost stories to Steve McQueen's abusive personality to Bobby Darin's tragic last days. Did you know that John Wayne was a master chess player or that Frank Sinatra had permanent facial scars or that when Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, there was a reason apart from baseball for him to be called “the slugger”? Ever heard of Richard Harding Davis? In his day he was the most famous author in America. His adventures provided a model upon which Stephen Crane, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway built their personas.Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Matheson, Wilkie Collins, John D. Macdonald's Travis McGee: these are some of the other fascinating figures that Morrell profiles in this mesmerizing collection that's as compelling as it is revealing.David Morrell's Web Site: http://davidmorrell.netGauntlet Press: https://www.gauntletpress.com/product/stars-eyes-love-affair-books-movies-music-3/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe

David Morrell is best known for his acclaimed thrillers, including The Brotherhood of the Rose, Creepers, Murder as a Fine Art, and his debut novel, First Blood, in which Rambo first appeared. But Morrell is also a master of nonfiction. Twenty of his essays about iconic writers, actors, and singers are collected in STARS IN MY EYES: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BOOKS, MOVIES, AND MUSIC. Morrell describes how at the age of 17 he was fired from working on a construction project and walked home in despair, only to turn on the television and see Rod Serling’s Patterns, which gave him a life-long lesson about story construction. He tells how Stirling Silliphant’s scripts for the classic TV series Route 66prompted him to write to Silliphant for advice about becoming a writer. Silliphant replied with a two-page single-spaced letter that Morrell looks at every day. (Silliphant and Morrell eventually became friends and worked together on the NBC miniseries of Morrell’s The Brotherhood of the Rose.) The essays in this captivating book range from Henry James’s ghost stories to Steve McQueen’s abusive personality to Bobby Darin’s tragic last days. Did you know that John Wayne was a master chess player or that Frank Sinatra had permanent facial scars or that when Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, there was a reason apart from baseball for him to be called “the slugger”? Ever heard of Richard Harding Davis? In his day he was the most famous author in America. His adventures provided a model upon which Stephen Crane, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway built their personas. Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Matheson, Wilkie Collins, John D. Macdonald’s Travis McGee: these are some of the other fascinating figures that Morrell profiles in this mesmerizing collection that’s as compelling as it is revealing. David Morrell's Web Site: http://davidmorrell.net Gauntlet Press: https://www.gauntletpress.com/product/stars-eyes-love-affair-books-movies-music-3/  

This time it's two obscure but worthwhile movies based on novels by John D. MacDonald, who was born a century ago this year. First Man-Trap from 1961 - directed by Edmond O'Brien and starring Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen and Stella Stevens, then A Flash of Green from 1985 starring Ed Harris, Richard Jordan and Blair Brown.   iTunes reviews are always welcome.    Support the podcast via Patreon.

Wildly prolific, bestselling novelist — Dean Wesley Smith — has been a full-time writer since the ’80s, and he made a visit to the show to talk about how he has written (and ghostwritten) hundreds of titles over the years. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! In edition to being the CFO of a traditional publisher, he is a non-fiction author, educator, and multi-genre writer whose short fiction has appeared in over 20 anthologies. Dean shared with me the habits and habitats of a hyper-prolific fictionist who has written dozens of Star Trek novels, film novelizations, and a handful of licensed properties for favorites including Smallville, Spider-Man, X-Men, Aliens, and Men in Black. Join us for this two-part interview. If you missed the first half you can find it here. In Part Two of the file Dean Wesley Smith and I discuss: The ‘Midnight Disease’ of a Highly Prolific Author How to Find the Intersection of Creativity and Entertainment Why Writers Must Never Stop Learning The Courage Required to ‘Dare to Be Bad’ Why Great Writers Aren’t Always the Best Dinner Guests Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes DeanWesleySmith.com Non-Fiction Titles by Dean Wesley Smith (including Heinlein s Rules and Writing into the Dark) The Works of John D. MacDonald Dean Wesley Smith on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter

Episode 3 is an interview with author  Désirée Zamorano. We talk about her masterful PI novel, Human Cargo; her short story, "Quickie;" Akashic Books' Mondays Are Murder flash fiction series (hers will go live on August 1st!); and we briefly touch on her literary novel, The Amado Women. Désirée isn't just a writer, she is a fellow mystery lover, and she gives a shout-out to a number of fabulous writers and books. I've linked to the websites of these contemporary writers: Edgar winner Naomi Hirahara, Ausma Zehanat Khan, Sara Gran, best-selling author Kate Atkinson, James Sallis (who has won the lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, among many other mystery awards), Rachel Howzell Hall, Sue Ann Jaffarian, and the wonderful Steph Cha, whom I interviewed in Episode 2. Classic mystery writers include Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, John D. MacDonald (the Travis McGee novels) and Patricia Highsmith. One last influential writer mentioned, although not in the field of mystery, is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. We talk about books and writing, but we also discussed the need for women to be financially savvy and have an "escape fund" -- not necessarily to escape a dangerous relationship (although obviously that can help), but also so you're not stuck in a bad work situation. Money is freedom.  The most important links, however, are the ones Désirée sent me on human trafficking: Fighting Human Trafficking, and 20 Ways You Can Help If you'd rather read than listen, here is the transcript. Enjoy! Transcript of interview with Désirée Zamorano Welcome to Destination Mystery: A Podcast for Readers who Love a Good Mystery. I’m Laura Brennan. A Pushcart Prize nominee and award-winning short story author, Desiree Zamorano has wrestled with culture, identity, and the invisibility of Latinas from early on and addressed that in her commentaries which have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, NPR’s Latino USA, and Publisher’s Weekly. She is also proud of having co-authored with her sister two plays commissioned by Southern California's Bilingual Foundation for the Arts. "Reina" and "Bell Gardens 90201" received Equity productions and toured for a total of eight years. She delights in the exploration of contemporary issues of injustice and inequality, via her mystery series featuring private investigator, Inez Leon, published by Lucky Bat Books. Human Cargo was Latinidad's Mystery Pick of the Year. Her novel, Modern Cons is a story of psychological suspense where she explores the reverberations of being raised by a con artist. Laura Brennan: Thank you for being here. I'm so excited. Désirée Zamorano: Whoo-hoo! LB: How are you, Désirée? DZ: Me, too. I'm excited, too. LB: Tell me a little bit about yourself. How did you get started writing? DZ: We writers are all a crazy bunch and we probably as kids said, Oh, I want to create something so wonderful, because as kids we have fallen into this world. And as kids we have this naïve perception that writers just magically put those words on the page. Well, I wanted to magically put those words on the page! But as I got older I realized it took a lot of work to make the work look seamless. So you asked how I got into it. I always wanted to be a writer and I started sending off my short stories -- those were a big deal as I was my twenties, short stories were the thing -- and after about 100 rejections, two acceptances and $50, I thought wow, that's a lot of heartache! I mean, if I'm going to deal with rejection, I might as well go big time. So I sat down to write a novel. I'm going okay, I'm going to write the Great American novel. And I sat down to write a novel and I thought, I have no idea what I'm doing. And I thought about all the books I loved to read and I love classics, I love contemporary modern fiction, but have a real soft spot for mysteries. And what I love about mysteries, and what I loved as I sat down to write mysteries,

  “There are all kinds of war” our individual reviews. Kelly – “The Last Dragon” by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay Karl – “A Tan and Sandy Silence” by John D. MacDonald, including two more Travis McGee booksJenny – “Night…Read more →

Joe asked for works of urban Ireland in honor of St. Patrick's Day! Amy chose Colin Bateman's Belfast thriller, Divorcing Jack. Randy selected the 1935 John Ford classic that won a Best Actor Oscar for Victor McLaglen and John Ford's first Best Director, The Informer. Show notes: Intro Music: "Tell Me Ma" by Gaelic Storm Outro Music: "James Connolly" by Black 47 Randy talks about The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the new Madonna album, Rebel Heart. Joe's been watching The Last Five Years and is still working his way through Parks & Recreation. As for Irish politics, there was no Prime Minister of Ireland in 1995 so...hell, we have no idea. They haven't had one since 1972 when the Parliament was suspended (but they have a First Minister since 1998). The Nobel Prize Stearkey refers to in the novel would have been the one that Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan were awarded in 1976 for their work for a peaceful resolution to the violence in Northern Ireland. The Good Friday accords come three years later in 1998. Atoní Dvorák was indeed Czech and Béla Bartók was Hungarian. An example of the Spider-Verse newspaper strip can be found here. Linda Holmes form Pop Culture Happy Hour wrote the Bachelor Pad recap of lore, including the phrase "The Courtyard Of Abandoned Dignity." The Florida novels Joe was trying to remember were the Travis McGee books by John D. MacDonald. There was indeed a much better Quiet Man Blu-ray that came out for the 60th anniversary in 2013. On the next episode: Amy's birthday is coming up! So, birthday stories. Randy chose John Hughe's 1984 movie, Sixteen Candles. Joe choose the Jhumpa Lahiri novel The Namesake (and for the record, it was her story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, that was awarded the Pulitzer).

Gerald's book review of The Long Lavender Look (a Travis McGee thriller) by John D. MacDonald. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, January 10, 2015, 9:30 pm.

Another "lost episode," this one written and recorded for December 28, 2006.  Twenty years ago, author John D. MacDonald (pictured at the right) died.  He wrote hundreds of novels and short stories in just about every genre, but was best known for a series of mystery-thrillers featuring beach bum/detective Travis McGee.  I talk about MacDonald and his career, as well as offer a confession about when I really started reading the Travis McGee books.Today's episode music is "8 Track SupaStar," by KCentric.  Theme music composed and performed by Marc Rose.

Cape Fear (1991) R | 2h 8min | Crime, Thriller | 15 November 1991 (USA) A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: John D. MacDonald (novel), James R. Webb (earlier screenplay) Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange