tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post3053922101592934720..comments2024-02-29T22:56:25.464-05:00Comments on The Post Modern Pulp Blog: Book Review: THE ASSASSIN'S BETRAYAL by Mark AllenJack Badelairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-68290418541775293452016-02-22T13:59:14.282-05:002016-02-22T13:59:14.282-05:00Sounds like it has more of what I read fiction for...Sounds like it has more of what I read fiction for! :)<br />Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-46289118041061086962016-02-20T09:56:33.851-05:002016-02-20T09:56:33.851-05:00That sounds even more interesting.That sounds even more interesting.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-41085281170945751722016-02-19T19:34:27.797-05:002016-02-19T19:34:27.797-05:00Jack is right, in that I designed both "The A...Jack is right, in that I designed both "The Assassin's Prayer" and "The Assassin's Betrayal" to have a strong '80s flavor. I also wanted them to have a bit more emotion/drama/plot than the standard-issue men's action-adventure books from that era (whether or not I succeeded in that is up to the reader to decide). So you get all the "guns 'n' guts" of the genre, but hopefully with a touch more emotional conflict.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339530202995336370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-69807495608795793112016-02-19T19:03:24.145-05:002016-02-19T19:03:24.145-05:00I'd say TAP and TAB are more a throwback to th...I'd say TAP and TAB are more a throwback to the '80s than the Rain books, but yeah, it deals a lot with the shadow world of assassins, hit men, organized crime...almost all the characters are involved in that in some way, or their unwitting civilians caught up in the crossfire.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-36886085144066038762016-02-19T18:45:15.299-05:002016-02-19T18:45:15.299-05:00That sounds pretty interesting. The concept remind...That sounds pretty interesting. The concept reminds me of Barry Eisler's John Rain books or maybe the manga Golgo 13.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.com