tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post862846345910959195..comments2024-02-25T12:47:03.941-06:00Comments on Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot: The Baroness: The Ecstasy Connection by Paul KenyonMarty McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-34676688957528591902011-05-16T00:41:23.792-05:002011-05-16T00:41:23.792-05:00Thanks to your write-up, I ordered the one really ...Thanks to your write-up, I ordered the one really cheap ECSTASY CONNECTION copy I could find, all the way from ol' Blighty. It's a U.K. printing from Futura, and it just arrived yesterday. Two pages in and I love it!Ian Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-91287224699523263472011-05-07T02:20:05.220-05:002011-05-07T02:20:05.220-05:00This series is probably the best among the spy act...This series is probably the best among the spy action genre, featuring a sexy female lead. As for the real writers of the series, there's some discussion by fans and researchers about this on:<br /><br />http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBaroness/<br /><br />The Baroness fanbase has started to clamor for a modern take on the novel, since locating the 2 unpublished titles is proving to be futile.Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697912409071628419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-60206337841664505322011-02-21T19:52:11.902-06:002011-02-21T19:52:11.902-06:00I picked up the first two of this series a couple ...I picked up the first two of this series a couple of years ago and loved them both. I really need to track down the rest of the run and check them out too. I understand that Kenyon was a pseudonym for two different writers. From what I was told one favored the detailed sex and the other shied away from graphic scenes. Not sure how the Baroness would feel (he he) without the deep penetration but I’m willing to try anything once. Maybe twice.Rod Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430145191524327478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-2988832814733724342011-02-15T11:45:03.592-06:002011-02-15T11:45:03.592-06:00I LOVE this series! I'm glad to see you've...I LOVE this series! I'm glad to see you've found your way around to it, Marty, and hope you enjoy it as much as I did. All of the books have interesting and diverse premises and great pulpy villians with Fleming-esque names, and I, for one, have no problem with the level of sexual explicitness! The lesser books in the series sometimes devolve into more-or-less straight Bondian action tedium (Operation: Doomsday) or, at the other end of the spectrum, bored self-conscious camp (Hard-core Murder), but the best ones (I highly recommend Diamonds Are For Dying and Sonic Slave) offer up the same delicious combination of sex, violence, pulpy plotting, swingin' '70s ambiance, and preposterousness seen in the debut.Matt Farkasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-74471590356815732232011-02-15T06:54:40.118-06:002011-02-15T06:54:40.118-06:00I prefer Dark Angel but these are fun. About a ha...I prefer Dark Angel but these are fun. About a half dozen years ago my brother went into a used bookstore he had been frequenting for years and asked the owner if he had any of the Baroness books. The owner, who could be a bit snobby but in a funny way, had never heard of the series. My brother said "It's kind of like a low-rent Modesty Blaise," to which the owner responded, "LOW-RENT Modesty Blaise?! I can't imagine!"Temple of Schlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054224371623000524noreply@blogger.com