tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post191829209068904551..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: Two for the Money: Bait Money and Blood Money by Max (Allan) CollinsNick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-60357513882260138942010-10-09T09:53:41.664-04:002010-10-09T09:53:41.664-04:00I think that's all our questions comprehensive...I think that's all our questions comprehensively answered! Max, thanks again for the info. You're a gentleman and a scholar.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-29934289103298614772010-10-09T09:05:44.909-04:002010-10-09T09:05:44.909-04:00I did do some minor rewriting and updating on BAIT...I did do some minor rewriting and updating on BAIT MONEY and BLOOD MONEY when they were reprinted by Pinnacle. Only SCRATCH FEVER was new, among the six Pinnacle books -- the others had been written for Curtis Books, with FLY PAPER, HUSH MONEY and HARD CASH never published by them (as I've said, Popular Library inherited the rights from Curtis, kept telling me they were going to publish them, never did, and eventually I got the rights back).<br /><br />Preparing the unpubbed '70s Nolans for publication around a decade later, I had to do some rewriting and updating. In particular FLY PAPER needed updating, because in the intervening years there had been new security measures put in at airports and on planes because of increased skyjacking (and FLY PAPER is in part a skyjacking novel).Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-73793199284028943632010-10-05T14:56:05.273-04:002010-10-05T14:56:05.273-04:00Yep, both Bait Money and Blood Money were original...Yep, both Bait Money and Blood Money were originally published in '73, and then republished – and possibly updated, although Max would have to confirm that – in '81.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-9347866982619629482010-10-05T13:42:47.497-04:002010-10-05T13:42:47.497-04:00Thanks for the corrections! Just so I'm clear,...Thanks for the corrections! Just so I'm clear, <em>Blood Money</em> and <em>Bait Money</em> were both first published in 1973? With the series picking up with <em>Fly Paper</em> in 1981?<br /><br />In my own defense, I got the dates from Max Allan Collins' website! (http://www.maxallancollins.com/books/) I always thought that this looked a little funky, as it lists five Nolan novels originally published in 1981. I know Collins is prolific, but that seemed a bit many even for him. It makes a lot more sense as a batch of previously-written (and sometimes published) novels picked up by a publisher.Trenthttp://violentworldofparker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-59171767284048422362010-10-05T05:08:03.982-04:002010-10-05T05:08:03.982-04:00I like the look of those Pinnacle covers; weirdly ...I like the look of those Pinnacle covers; weirdly the artwork reminds me of a Scottish figurative painter called John Bellany, particularly Nolan #5. Thanks again for the comments, Max. I might try and track down some Quarrys next, although I suspect that might be even tougher than those Nolans...Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-66275494886060284852010-10-02T08:33:05.125-04:002010-10-02T08:33:05.125-04:00I don't know who the artist was, and it came f...I don't know who the artist was, and it came from the UK wrapped in something like a paper bag, and was somewhat crushed. So it has craze lines on it; but it's framed and still looks great. It came from the publisher, I believe, when I commented favorably on it.<br /><br />I have several of the Nolan original covers -- two of the Pinnacle ones, and the cover of TOUGH TENDER, which collects HARD CASH and SCRATCH FEVER.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-33434265781556856352010-10-01T07:01:47.020-04:002010-10-01T07:01:47.020-04:00Ta for the corrections, Max. I've updated the ...Ta for the corrections, Max. I've updated the post now, so hopefully I won't be adding to the Nolan inaccuracies swirling round the 'net.<br /><br />That Bait Money cover is a thing of wonky beauty. So you have the original painting? Do you know who the artist is/was? It's not credited in the book and I can't see a signature on the artwork...Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-38727173548906304982010-09-30T23:44:57.011-04:002010-09-30T23:44:57.011-04:00I actually own the cover painting of the UK BAIT M...I actually own the cover painting of the UK BAIT MONEY. Thanks for this fun write-up. Nolan isn't named "Frank," though -- that was added to the cover copy of the Curtis Books editions (without my knowledge) and has haunted the first name-free Nolan and me ever since. BAIT MONEY was written in 1970 -- I was 22. The third, forth and fifth Nolans (and the first two Mallorys, and the first Quarry novel, THE BROKER) will all written in the early '70s. All but THE BROKER were bought by Curtis Books, who went out of business, but their inventory passed to Popular Library, which threatened to print the novels but never did. I got the rights to the Nolans and Mallorys back in the early '80s and sold them rather quickly.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.com