Monthly Archives: June 2011

Hammett: Ode to Op

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Don

Damon Sasser just popped me a link to “This Ain’t Sherlock Holmes,” a nice tribute to Hammett’s Op tales on the Vintage Crime website — written by Scott Montgomery, who may be the same Scott Montgomery I met during the secret noir … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “Dan Odams”

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Don

Terry Zobeck returns with another Guest Blog detailing the edits Frederic Dannay made as he gathered Hammett’s short stories into a series of paperbacks over half a century ago — editorial cuts and changes which have been perpetuated in editions of … Continue reading →

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Death Lit: Drinking with Ace

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Don

Ace Atkins was parachuted into town by his publisher for a signing last night, and even though he had a 6 a.m. plane to catch today of course he went out drinking with me and Vince Emery and one of … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: “Conan vs. Conantics”

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Don

I’ve heard that various fans already are drifting into Cross Plains, Texas for the latest Robert E. Howard Days celebration — this one a notable landmark, seventy-five years since the young author killed himself on June 11. As a memorial … Continue reading →

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Hammett: More Dumas, père

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Don

Recent posts on the idea of influence of the senior Alexandre Dumas on Hammett and the poisoning motif from The Count of Monte Cristo surfacing in the story “Fly Paper” reminded my good pal Jiro Kimura of something he noticed a … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Milady

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Don

If you know me, you know that I enjoy solid pieces of litcrit. Sure, a “Just the facts, ma’am” kind of article like the typical pulp fan dotes on is perfectly okay — issue, date, who painted the cover art, … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “Angel,” Resurrected

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Don

Our now regular Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck returns for another installment — following “This King Business” and “Death and Company” — detailing the various changes made by Frederic Dannay when he was editing Hammett for paperback. I couldn’t help but … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Haefele Roaming Around the Arkham Hills

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Don

My Arkham House ephemera collecting pal John D. Haefele returns to print with “Far from Time: Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, and Arkham House” in the premiere issue of Weird Fiction Review from Centipede Press. John last got a blurb on this … Continue reading →

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Tour: Urbane and SFist

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Don

  This shot of me and Charlie Morfin of the Black Dahlia Tours gumshoeing up Elwood alley reminds me of a shot used in the recent article for The SFist, which you can check out here.

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Two-Gun Bob: Poetry on Parade

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Don

As Donald Sidney-Fryer and I were trooping down Enchanted Rock outside Fredericksburg, Texas, a stop on our way to Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains in June 2009, I did not suspect that I was going to be drafted … Continue reading →

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