tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post8116862796059034713..comments2024-02-18T03:54:35.668-08:00Comments on The Ringer Files: The Nullifier (Joe Gall) - Philip AtleeKurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-82729323789591599182017-03-13T09:51:52.907-07:002017-03-13T09:51:52.907-07:00Here the electronic edition of the Atlee's boo...Here the electronic edition of the Atlee's books is announced: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=46425Johny Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537149940644341595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-84181722034064564522017-02-21T05:20:21.190-08:002017-02-21T05:20:21.190-08:00Philip Atlee's brother David Atlee Phillips wa...Philip Atlee's brother David Atlee Phillips was a big shot in the CIA. I believe he ran the Latin American operation in the 70's. Also, Philip Atlee's son is the American musician Shawn Philips who had some great albums in the early 70s. Seems like the family had talent. August Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-50885945001649894152017-02-20T17:52:09.105-08:002017-02-20T17:52:09.105-08:00Thanks for the comments! I would like to read PAGO...Thanks for the comments! I would like to read PAGODA at some point. I've heard it is really good. And yes, I remember reading somewhere about Joe Gall's use of ginseng in one of the novels. I have about a dozen of the books so it's probably in one of them. In another, he loses his finger, but by the next "contract" it apparently grew back! Man, the life of a spy. Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-18370440651541793042017-02-19T13:55:45.383-08:002017-02-19T13:55:45.383-08:00The incoherent plots are hard to take, but the man...The incoherent plots are hard to take, but the manly posing gets awkward fast. The last one I read had Joe tussling with a gorgeous ballet instructor, both of them all ramped up on this super exotic Oriental herb that gives you sexual superpowers. <br />Okay, that's really silly. But it got worse when Joe reveals the name of this awesome herbal sex weapon....ginseng.<br />Hoo boy. Maybe ginseng was a bit less common back in the early 1970's, huh?Peter Collinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537118158194489589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-84565987432818791642017-02-19T13:11:10.790-08:002017-02-19T13:11:10.790-08:00The plots in the ones I've read didn't mak...The plots in the ones I've read didn't make a lick of sense, but I enjoyed them anyway for that distinctive hardboiled voice. PAGODA, on the other hand, is a really good book and I ought to read it again one of these days.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com