I must admit, that even after 20 years, re-reading Whittemore is a pleasurable experience. I recently wrote a long essay on EW and his books and in the process re-read the novels a few times. It was not an arduous or boring exercise, but just drew me deeper into his world and mind. By the time I finished the essay I was obsessed, totally immersed in the world of the novels and found it hard to read any other author afterwards.

Anyway, welcome to the Edward Whittemore Message Board, you are among friends here.

And for all of you who do read this Board, I will be announcing something (a competition perhaps?) shortly to while away the time until the books are back in print and to enliven the site.

Hang in there to find out what I plan.

--Previous Message--
: I came upon this book in, of all places, a
: bookstore in New York city that
: specialized in mysteries and started to
: read it on a very cold, windy winter
: afternoon. As I read it and became lost
: in the wonderment of the book and the
: writing, I found myself reading more
: slowly..something I do when I want the
: book "to last" forever. Within
: a few days I had a full-blown case of the
: flu so later wondered if the book itself
: was as amazing as I thought, or whether I
: was just under the early influence of an
: impending illness. To make matters more
: difficult I'd lent the book to someone and
: could no longer remember the title.
: Some years later, I saw the again-familiar
: title in a bookstore in California and
: bought it to reread out of curiosity. The
: book was as bizarre and strange and oddly
: redemptive as it was the first time but I
: could never persaude friends to read it.
: How great to read that others have been so
: moved by Whittemore's writings.
:

--Previous Message--
: I came upon this book in, of all places, a
: bookstore in New York city that
: specialized in mysteries and started to
: read it on a very cold, windy winter
: afternoon. As I read it and became lost
: in the wonderment of the book and the
: writing, I found myself reading more
: slowly..something I do when I want the
: book "to last" forever. Within
: a few days I had a full-blown case of the
: flu so later wondered if the book itself
: was as amazing as I thought, or whether I
: was just under the early influence of an
: impending illness. To make matters more
: difficult I'd lent the book to someone and
: could no longer remember the title.
: Some years later, I saw the again-familiar
: title in a bookstore in California and
: bought it to reread out of curiosity. The
: book was as bizarre and strange and oddly
: redemptive as it was the first time but I
: could never persaude friends to read it.
: How great to read that others have been so
: moved by Whittemore's writings.
: