08-05-2012, 08:42 AM | #1 |
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Warning - pirate Doc Savages on Amazon
Lest we get into another 1984 deletion squabble, the Laurence Donovan Doc Savages are not authorized by Conde Nast, and are not PD in the US. I have not bought any of them, but I suspect they are copies from PG Australia, where they are public domain.
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08-05-2012, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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Have you notified Amazon of the problem?
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08-05-2012, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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They're badly formatted, too. (Not that it would be okay if they were well-formatted.). Looks like they're contesting the copyright in the UK... Wonder how that works?
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08-05-2012, 11:24 PM | #5 |
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08-06-2012, 07:03 AM | #6 |
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08-06-2012, 02:03 PM | #7 |
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cool! I used to love these books - I just downloaded the first one, to see whether it has held up after all these years (I used to love the Barssom books, but re-reading them after the movie came out, found that I couldn't get into them)
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08-08-2012, 09:11 AM | #8 |
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As much as I used to enjoy reading Doc Savage as a kid, I find that I have to put myself in a proper frame of mind to read them now. Let's face it, the characters and dialog were so well-established over 181 books that they become predictable to a fault.
The later books (from the original series) become much more readable, then, as they begin to break that mold. Every now and then I am reminded that I haven't read any of Will Murray's new books, and I should give them a try. |
08-08-2012, 10:50 AM | #9 |
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I love the Doc Savage books. Missed them in my youth, but am enjoying them now. Yes, there predictable, pulpy, and overblown but so much fun.
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