09-17-2007, 08:43 PM
Paige, that's just why I wanted to do the list on the other thread (thanks for your contribution there). There was a lot of junk printed up under the Gothic boom. I think the only way to find the good stuff is to stick with the more well-known authors. Of course, Marilyn Ross (aka Dan Ross, Clarissa Ross) was apparently a pretty bad hack who sold a lot of books. So yes--it's tough to find the good stuff.
I have a weird little book (I think it must have been someone's thesis). She details all the Gothics from that time (late 1970's) and it's a wealth of information about the authors and their books. However, she reviews many books and gives them letter grades--and her reviews are very odd, to say the least. She finds Mary Stewart overwritten and overrated--the same goes for Daphne Du Maurier. So it's sort of hard to take her opinion seriously.
I have a weird little book (I think it must have been someone's thesis). She details all the Gothics from that time (late 1970's) and it's a wealth of information about the authors and their books. However, she reviews many books and gives them letter grades--and her reviews are very odd, to say the least. She finds Mary Stewart overwritten and overrated--the same goes for Daphne Du Maurier. So it's sort of hard to take her opinion seriously.