<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post7193403298469910215..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7459459456857323192</id><published>2010-01-22T19:10:06.208-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T19:10:06.208-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice post. Robert Parker always had the most bizar...</title><summary type='text'>Nice post. Robert Parker always had the most bizarre manly photos on his book covers. I&amp;#39;ll miss his presence in the bookstores, and I&amp;#39;ll put LOOKING FOR RACHEL WALLACE on my audible list. I was a back and forth fan of RP (got bored but enjoyed sentences here and there) and, like you, I miss the Elmore Leonard of the Detroit days, and I miss the old Mouse. So thanks. I look forward to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/7459459456857323192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/7459459456857323192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html?showComment=1264205406208#c7459459456857323192' title=''/><author><name>Bobby Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17990783036661848472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n2Wex_QRk70/SsP0EponqaI/AAAAAAAAA78/2MnshxkUOLY/S220/bb%40lumenbrite+by+CesarIvan+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7193403298469910215' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7193403298469910215' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1846872364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7942285476382949546</id><published>2010-01-21T11:27:57.438-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T11:27:57.438-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I read perhaps ten of the Spenser novels.  My wife...</title><summary type='text'>I read perhaps ten of the Spenser novels.  My wife, who has read thousands of mystery novels, early on recommended him to me, and I went on a Spenser binge that ended about at Chance [1996].  Parker at that point seemed to be churning them out at a pretty rapid clip, and the spectre of &amp;quot;formula&amp;quot; hung over each new appearance.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then he branched out and invented Sunny Randall </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/7942285476382949546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/7942285476382949546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html?showComment=1264091277438#c7942285476382949546' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7193403298469910215' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7193403298469910215' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8558018099019371320</id><published>2010-01-21T11:15:49.658-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T11:15:49.658-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I read every single Spenser novel during my obsess...</title><summary type='text'>I read every single Spenser novel during my obsession with hardboiled fiction. I secretely loved the way Hawk was able to operate under the radar in the criminal underground whacking bad guys. As you suggest, Parker&amp;#39;s Hawk had a truly dark side that was impossible to accept that gave the books that transgressive edge of menace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love your Enkiddu comparison -- seems right to me.&lt;br </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/8558018099019371320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/8558018099019371320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html?showComment=1264090549658#c8558018099019371320' title=''/><author><name>Diana Manister</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18337577356237998370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0npWLX2b4lo/SWe6iha_X0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/uWvB2ruo8mo/S220/CloseCrop.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7193403298469910215' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7193403298469910215' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-881595609"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-297130003353821675</id><published>2010-01-21T09:01:31.665-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T09:01:31.665-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My condolences to his wife of 53 years and two son...</title><summary type='text'>My condolences to his wife of 53 years and two sons. I am not sure that your liking one of his novels in spite of the fact that his &amp;quot;prose has none of the ear for spoken English that one associates, say, with Elmore Leonard at his best&amp;quot; is really very sensitive around funeral-time, but again, this seems to happen...I am sure that there were those who loved him, and will miss him,  in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/297130003353821675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7193403298469910215/comments/default/297130003353821675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html?showComment=1264082491665#c297130003353821675' title=''/><author><name>Arthur Q. Bryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HakneZ76Pf4/So8c3yFIjUI/AAAAAAAABSg/HIIMjXF4sgs/S220/goodman01_ArthurQBryan-live.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/robert-b.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7193403298469910215' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7193403298469910215' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2010"/></entry></feed>