Monthly Archives: July 2012

Mort: J. Dan Price

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Don

Just heard that J. Dan Price, the only begotten son of pulp fictioneer E. Hoffmann Price, passed away on June 1 — various circumstances delayed the spread of the news. Great guy, he ranked as a raconteur right up there with … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Life of Jim Tully

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Don

If you’ve got about an hour and twenty minutes free, the above video will give you a great crash course in Jim Tully. It features cover images of his various books, lots of still photos, even film clips of the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Shiel Biographies

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Don

By this time last year I had poked my way through the first two of three projected volumes covering the life of M. P. Shiel, and happened to bump into Vince Emery while I was reading along. “Give me one … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “Great Stuff”

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Don

Last Wednesday I got together for lunch with Nathan Ward, who was in Frisco doing research for his upcoming biography of Hammett — from birth up till around 1933, I think it is, with heavy concentration on the detective and pulp-writing … Continue reading →

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Posse McMillan: DMac vs. Zombies

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Don

While I think the actual life of Dennis McMillan is interesting enough, especially if you’ve got your noir or absurd on, I realised awhile back that a shadow life of Dennis in fiction was developing — don’t know for certain if it … Continue reading →

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Hammett: James, Joyce

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Don

Tough one — this post from frequent Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck could be held over till August for LitCrit Month — nothing is more LitCrit than James Joyce and Finnegans Wake, right??? — or just popped online right now during … Continue reading →

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Posse McMillan: Crumdog Speaks

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Don

  The magazine Contrappasso is going a little interactive. You now can read the piece of autobiography Floyd Salas contributed to the first issue online — and the interview with James “Crumdog” Crumley by Noel King also gets an online … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “Who Killed Bob Teal?”

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Don

Step-by-step, story-by-story, Terry Zobeck is chipping away at the editing done to Hammett’s short stories by Frederic Dannay over fifty years ago, and this round returns with another tale of the Continental Op. Most Op tales take place in San … Continue reading →

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Tour: Sunday July 29

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Don

Next tour anyone with ten bucks handy can show up for, walk the four hour walk, will be at noon Sunday July 29. If interested, be there. I do have a tour by appointment between now and then for the … Continue reading →

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