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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
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Tag Archives: Lin Carter
Rediscovered: Lin Carter (or Not Lin Carter) Annotates Klarkash-Ton
Got a note from Kristopher Curling along with several pics asking if his recent purchase of The Dark Chateau, published by Arkham House in 1951, contains holograph annotations by Lin Carter. He knows the book comes from Carter’s collection, and … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Arkham House, Book Collecting, Clark Ashton Smith, Kristopher Curling, Lin Carter, Robert Weinberg
Two-Gun Bob: A Probable Outline
Kevin Cook was moping about his vast library, wondering what might make a nice offering before the public for March 10 — and he found something connected to an event 84 years ago today. Spotting the John Hancock of P. … Continue reading
Posted in REH
Tagged Autographs, John D. Clark, Kevin Cook, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, P. Schuyler Miller
Rediscovered: Andrew Lang
Continuing today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday theme of Lost Race — sometimes known as Lost World, guess the fine line drawn depends on how exotic the race involved in the action may be, but the baseline is the Lost part — we bring … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Andrew Lang, Autographs, Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, Brian Leno, Clark Ashton Smith, H. Rider Haggard, Lin Carter, Lost Race, Lovecraft
Rediscovered: Modern Arkham Ephemera
Autograph Hound Saturday rolls around once again, and What the Hell! Brian Leno is off for the weekend on an expedition into the darkest corners of lowlife gambling dens, and he’s incommunicado. Kevin Cook apparently is digging through all his … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Autographs, Brian Leno, Donald Wandrei, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, Lin Carter, Roderic Meng
Rediscovered: McNaughton v. Vance
What was I thinking? In the post a month plus back where I kind of talked myself into rereading Brian McNaughton’s The Throne of Bones for Halloween, I realized that somehow I managed to put forth this opinion: McNaughton bears … Continue reading
FLIVVER: The Robert E. Howard WORD OF THE YEAR
From my first published review in Nyctalops in 1974, I have now spent four decades defending the literary legacy of Robert E. Howard — ironically enough, his work as often needs defense from the very people who claim to be … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: First, You Crack Argosy
When the article “Conan the Argonaut” appeared in The Cimmerian in 2008, one of the inset quotes, selected to illustrate the mindset that essay argues against, came from Lin Carter in his 1973 book on fantasy literature, Imaginary Worlds, where he … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, REH
Tagged "Conan the Argonaut", "Conan vs. Conantics", A. Merritt, Brian Leno, Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, George Allan England, Harold Lamb, Harry Morris, Imaginary Worlds, John Carter, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, Nyctalops, Otis Adelbert Kline, PulpFest, Pulps, Rafael Sabatini, Ray Cummings, Talbot Mundy, Tarzan, The Cimmerian, Weird Tales
Two-Gun Bob: 106 and Counting
Birthday 106 for Robert E. Howard today. Almost 76 years since he committed suicide on June 11, 1936. And his name lives on. Not bad for a writer who plied his trade in the pulps and didn’t see a single … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit, News, REH
Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", Al Harron, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Frazetta, Glenn Lord, Howard Days, Jason Momoa, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Lin Carter, pure texts, The Cimmerian, Tompk, Whoopi Goldberg
