Download The Mike Hammer Collection Volume I Mickey Spillane Max Allan Collins Books
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A triple-shot anthology featuring the first three Mike Hammer novels—from the undisputed master of detective fiction.
In Mickey Spillane's classic detective novels, the action exploded in a bone-crunching catharsis. Men and women didn't make love, they collided. Tough brutes used their fists to drive home a message. Tougher broads used guile. And no one's morals were loftier than the gutter. No apologies. Little redemption. They rendered critics powerless, shocked intellectuals, inspired a new wave of pulp mayhem, and left the public hungry for more.
Given their hot, fever-pitch prose and breathless pacing, Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels quickly became one of the most successful series in publishing history—an innovative, no-holds-barred, ultravisceral explosion of sex and violence that made Hammer a literary legend, and Spillane, one of the bestselling authors of all time. After fifty years, neither has lost their power to sucker punch the reader.
Find out for yourself in this omnibus featuring the first three Mike Hammer novels by the living master of the hard-boiled mystery...
Includes
I, the Jury
My Gun is Quick
Vengeance is Mine!
Download The Mike Hammer Collection Volume I Mickey Spillane Max Allan Collins Books
"I quite liked the TV-series with Stacy Keach portraying Mike Hammer. At least the first batch. When he came back for a second batch it went downhill. Anyway, I though I should read at least a few of these, now classic, books so I bought myself volume one of The Mike Hammer Collection on kindle.
It is quite a bit a change of pace from my usual reading. No high-tech, no magic, no monsters, no spaceships etc… Well, it was a fun read nonetheless. The book was originally written 1947 so the language, especially the use of slang, is of course somewhat outdated.
Today it is difficult, at least for me, to understand why this book became the first of a whole string of bestsellers. Yes, it is not my top-favorite genre and it is the first book in the Mike Hammer series and the first book in a series can often be a bit of a practice exercise for the author. Still, the book is readworthy but not fantastic. To me it is a fairly standard crime novel and a rather predictable one at that.
One thing that I have to say that I do appreciate though is that the hero, although being quite a bit of a womanizer, does not jump into bed every five minutes with every good-looking chick he meets. Having said that, I suspect that in 1947 when the book was written, the behaviour of Mike Hammer was considered just as promiscuous, as jumping into bed left, right and center might be today.
Anyway, it was a fun book to read. The old-fashioned language and the equally old-fashioned behaviour of the hard-core and hard-hitting (in 1947 at least) Mike Hammer was indeed enjoyable. There are two more books left in the collection volume I got so I will read two more books in the series for sure. After that, well it remains to be seen if I pick up another volume or not."
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The Mike Hammer Collection Volume I Mickey Spillane Max Allan Collins Books Reviews :
The Mike Hammer Collection Volume I Mickey Spillane Max Allan Collins Books Reviews
- Mickey Spillane tapped into the post-war psyche of American men with detective stories that were filled with gratuitous sex and violence. I, the Jury created the genre of the hard-boiled detective, and Spillane's books sold 250 million copies. The plots are melodramatic, the characters stereotypes and wooden, and the writing style so cynical and spare it is at times a parody of itself. Critics and English majors hated these books; Hollywood loved them because they are essentially comic books for adults (like most movies) and very filmable. This is not an accident; Spillane was in fact first employed as a writer of action comic books before launching his career as a crime writer. His books are verbal versions of same.
Today, these stories seem very dated, misogynistic, simple-minded, and politically incorrect. That is also their enduring appeal. As literature, they are far inferior to the detective stories of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler and most modern practitioners of the genre . But Spillane fans don't mind. They like the dark, dangerous, gritty, bloody, vulgar, sexually-raw world of non-stop action Spillane described and made his own. His stories capture an aspect of late 1940s and early 1950s culture, and their high-voltage action still resonates with indiscriminate readers. They are not my cup of tea, and Spillane made fun of them himself. But he laughed all the way to the bank. - Three of Mickey Spillane's best-selling "Mike Hammer" novels in one volume Includes I, the Jury, My Gun is Quick, and Vengeance is Mine!
People who don't like Mickey Spillane's writing find Mike Hammer homophobic, misogynistic and cruel Those who do, concede those points but find his terse style and occasional flashes of sympathy very much in the American grain. Here's a good place to make up your mind. - I began reading Mickey Spillanes' books back in 1952. I was in the Air Force then and everybody was talking about Mike Hammer one helluva hero. The first one I read was the first listed here, "I, The Jury." I couldn't wait to read the next. Now here in 2016 I've read them again and they are brand new to me. He's a tough hard fighting SOB who loves what he's doing because he can kill criminals all nice and legal. And he does his fair number of slayings and relishes every one of them, too. If you haven't been able to figure out the ending when he does hit the final sentence of the book (and don't peek) you'll enjoy the surprise. I'm glad that I have rediscovered Mickey Spillane.
- I quite liked the TV-series with Stacy Keach portraying Mike Hammer. At least the first batch. When he came back for a second batch it went downhill. Anyway, I though I should read at least a few of these, now classic, books so I bought myself volume one of The Mike Hammer Collection on kindle.
It is quite a bit a change of pace from my usual reading. No high-tech, no magic, no monsters, no spaceships etc… Well, it was a fun read nonetheless. The book was originally written 1947 so the language, especially the use of slang, is of course somewhat outdated.
Today it is difficult, at least for me, to understand why this book became the first of a whole string of bestsellers. Yes, it is not my top-favorite genre and it is the first book in the Mike Hammer series and the first book in a series can often be a bit of a practice exercise for the author. Still, the book is readworthy but not fantastic. To me it is a fairly standard crime novel and a rather predictable one at that.
One thing that I have to say that I do appreciate though is that the hero, although being quite a bit of a womanizer, does not jump into bed every five minutes with every good-looking chick he meets. Having said that, I suspect that in 1947 when the book was written, the behaviour of Mike Hammer was considered just as promiscuous, as jumping into bed left, right and center might be today.
Anyway, it was a fun book to read. The old-fashioned language and the equally old-fashioned behaviour of the hard-core and hard-hitting (in 1947 at least) Mike Hammer was indeed enjoyable. There are two more books left in the collection volume I got so I will read two more books in the series for sure. After that, well it remains to be seen if I pick up another volume or not. - It had been more than forty five years since I first read these first three Mike Hammer detective novels by Mickey Spillane. As a long time fan of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer series, I was happy they have put nine of Spillane's novels into three volume sets. Even though I had read all the Mickey Spillane's novels many years ago, I decided to again visit these great detective stories when they came out in these volume sets.
This volume (#1) has I, The Jury, My Gun is Quick and Vengeance is Mine. It has been more than forty five years since I first read these great detective stories. However, reading them a second time I enjoyed them even more. The hard-boiled and gritty Mike Hammer series is a real throw-back to the great early detective novels. With our politically correct society today, the kind of old style detectives like Mike Hammer would probably be out of place. However, this is exactly why I throughly enjoyed again reading these Mickey Spillane's novels. The first novel, "I, The Jury" opens with Mike investigating the murder of one of his best friends from the service. The second novel, "My Gun is Quick" is also an action packed tale. The third novel, "Vengeance is Mine" is probably the most fast paced and action packed book of this three-book series.
In conclusion, if you are an old timer who has read Mike Hammer books in the past, you will enjoy this three-book series. If you have never read any of the Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer books, you are in for a treat. This detective will leave an impression on you. In my opinion, the late Mickey Spillane is one of the best detective story writers in American History.
Rating 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author Use of the Monadnock Straight Baton (MEB) )
