tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post3744266228561222506..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: The wonder of it allMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-43882751183902018432020-03-05T13:46:10.142-05:002020-03-05T13:46:10.142-05:00I think a good analogy for this for people our age...I think a good analogy for this for people our age would be the internet. We lived about half our lives without it, and then all of a sudden there it was. Where the two situations differ is whether the benefits we derive from the internet will be worth the way it's changed the way we live, and how its inability to separating fact from fiction will reflect how we view all the information we now receive. Of course, I'm sure there were those with similar misgivings about TV in the 1950s. David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-13824290225288172472020-03-05T03:46:36.236-05:002020-03-05T03:46:36.236-05:00Update/Correction of the above:
The Tor/Forge Blog...Update/Correction of the above:<br />The <i>Tor/Forge Blog</i> is a very busy place indeed.<br />To find Chapter 1 of <i>Do No Harm</i>, you have to go to the sidebar, to a spot marked <i>Excerpts</i>.<br />Once there, you have to scroll down a bit to get to the excerpt.<br />But I just checked, and it is there - you just have to do a little work to get to it.<br />Enjoy!Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-68109661505009180162020-03-04T11:57:07.084-05:002020-03-04T11:57:07.084-05:00Off-topic - and important (to me and perhaps you …...Off-topic - and important (to me and perhaps you …):<br /><br />This coming Tuesday (March 10, 2020), my friend Max Allan Collins will see the release of his latest Nate Heller novel, <i>Do No Harm</i>.<br />(Actually, this is one of a number of new Collins books that will be coming out in close proximity over the next month or so.)<br />The Heller series is about a Chicago-based private investigator, who finds himself involved with many of the well-publicized crimes of his lifetime.<br /><i>Do No Harm</i> is about the Dr. Sam Sheppard case - a topic that's come up here a time or three.<br />I'll take this opportunity to direct you to the <i>Tor/Forge Blog</i>; this is the company that currently publishes the Heller novels.<br />The latest entry consists of the first chapter of <i>Do No Harm</i>, wherein Nate Heller discusses the Sheppard case with his friend (from a previous adventure) Erle Stanley Gardner, in connection with the Court Of Last Resort.<br />That's all I'm going to say here (No Spoiler Zone).<br />If you wish, you may read the excerpt yourself at the above-mentioned <i>Tor/Forge Blog</i>; what you choose to do after that is your lookout (I've ordered my copy from Amazon, at their Prime discount).<br />I merely pass along this news as a Public Service.Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com