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This used to be a great board with long and interesting and informative exchanges. We were even planning to meet up in Nashville as it was accessible to qite a...
Hey Luisa, I'm still around....but keep my posts to a minimum (as per moderator request). I'd love to see a McGee discussion going, but somehow I think summer...
I will toss in that I'm still around, and since I only have a fairly quiet weekend, I dug out 4 McGees and 4 Matt Helms for my holiday reading. I have already...
Well said Jud, well said indeed. Maybe we could make it a point of making sure our individual emails are available for others to find/use, that way if a...
I got through 'em all this AM Mark - and now I'll be off to my sister-in-law's to help her celebrate the big 5-0. A massive bash. Happily, I get along with all...
Here in Spain I am watching a program (on English TV via digital satellite) which includes Rolls Royces! And there was one which had been turned into a hearse...
I just started reading Barrier Island, sort of breaking out of the McGee box, and a thought occured to me, JDM seemed to have a very firm grasp of what boating...
I remember it was mentioned in either HouseGuests or Friendship that JDM had a boat called Muñequetta- sp? (sane as Travis's). I don't know if you'd count...
JDM spent very little time on boats (other than what was mentioned in terms of cruises); he did have a small boat called the Muniquita, which is pictured in...
I have read most of jdm books and all of the Travis Mcgee series but Ive always been a little confused as to which order they were written in. If anyone can...
The McGee books in order: BLUE PINK PURPLE RED GOLD ORANGE AMBER YELLOW GRAY BROWN INDIGO LAVENDER TAN SCARLET TURQUOISE LEMON COPPER GREEN CRIMSON CINNAMON ...
Travis series 1. The Deep Blue Goodbye (1964) XH 2. Nightmare in Pink (1964) XH 3. A Purple Place for Dying (1964) X 4. The Quick Red Fox (1964) XH 5. A...
That was the published order, I read in David Geherin's Biography of John D. MacDonald that the actual order of writing was: Deep Blue Goodbye Nightmare in...
While we are at it here 's the complete list. Note that JDM wrote the first, Deep Blue, three times before he was pleased with the end result. In the first...
When we were discussing this volume a while back I commented that I thought I no longer had my copy. I was wrong - it was sitting on the shelf with the Matt...
I am very jealous! I have never even seen one. I must get back on the net to find one. Could you describe it please, if you have a moment if only to whet my...
The McGee quiz book was not that great, IMHO. There is supposedly a book somewhere in existence called "The World According To Travis McGee," which I have...
Dave, I like Matt Helm a lot. The Helm in the books is a very tough customer indeed. They're almost anti-Bond - no fancy cars, no casinos, no custom cigarettes...
I've always doubted that they were written in the same order that they were released. I don't remember specifics right now but when reading there were a couple...
I had the opportunity to interview Donald Hamilton back around 1991 and it was great. He was slowly sailing his way around, and was moored somewhere on the...
Good morning everyone. Just returned from vacation last night, didn't travel too far and I was only gone for a week, but being away from the phone was for a...
Hello, I am a new member, but not new to Travis McGee. I started reading the series in the early '70's, while living in Iceland during my husband's military...
Welcome to the club, sebsgram99. That was a most interesting post! I was not aware of JDM's plans to end the series. It seems weird, though, that the series...
This may not put an end to it, but Maynard MacDonald is on record as saying there was no last book with Black in the title, etc. As JDM's son he was privy to...
Silver had a sense of finality in it! After I read it, I felt that it was the last. It tied up a lot of things and left Travis there somewhat satisfied with...
I agree that Silver seems to have that sense of finality. Maybe subconsciously JDM knew it was the last go-around for Travis and Meyer. I was looking at some...
Spoiler Warning... ... If you haven't read The Lonely Silver Rain then you probably don't want to continue reading this post. Ok, you've been warned... I think...
