Monthly Archives: March 2011

Rediscovered: Redonda!

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Don

I’m confident it was my pal Steve Eng who brought M. P. Shiel fully to my attention some thirty years ago. Like anyone else interested in horror and fantastic literature, I’d have come across the name already, courtesy at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, DMac, Frisco, Lit | Tagged "The Gutting of Couffignal", Arthur Machen, Black Mask, Book Collecting, Dylan Thomas, Hammett Tour Book, Henry Miller, John D. Squires, John Gawsworth, Lovecraft, M. P. Shiel, Redonda, Steve Eng |

Noir: The Ha-Ra Readings

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Don

Just recently I came across a podcast of a reading I did awhile back, for the launch of the Peter Maravelis-edited anthology San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics on Valentine’s Day 2009. The Ha-Ra Bar was packed to the rafters to hear various … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Frisco, Lit | Tagged Bill Arney, Carl the Bartender, Cheese Theatre, Craig Clevenger, Domenic Stansberry, Ha-Ra Bar, Peter Maravelis, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Valentine |

Tour: Death in the Tenderloin

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Don

Mike Humbert came out on the tour this past Sunday and popped one of the many asides that make the walk the meta-tour that it is up on his personal YouTube channel. You may know Mike’s name — he did the maps … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Tour | Tagged Hammett Tour Book, Mike Humbert, murder, Orontes, Tenderloin |

Rediscovered: You Can’t Win

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Don

Out of the legions of neglected books from all the books that have come and gone in all the world, very few return to any kind of currency. Once the book slips out of print, or the generation of readers that made it … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, SFSC | Tagged "The Red Brain", Book Collecting, City Lights, Donald Wandrei, Green Apple Books, Jack Black, John Law, Kevin Hunsanger, Kindle, Pulps, The Big Knockover, William S. Burroughs, You Can't Win |

Fave Lines: Remember the Alamo

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Don

Today marks the 175th anniversary of the fall of the defenders at The Alamo, who come as close to being immortals as you can get. I know that Robert E. Howard thought that the little fort was one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Alamo, Brian Leno, Davy Crockett, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fabrice Tortey, John Wayne |

Hammett: Playing the Sap

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Don

Take out your copy of Jo Hammett’s Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers. Turn to page 34. We’re going to be dealing with the bottom photo on that page. If you don’t have a copy of the book, this post spotlights a … Continue reading →