Monthly Archives: June 2012

Sinister Cinema: Fort Point

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Don

As I just mentioned, when Evan/Dave Lewis came to town I showed him and his wife around for a few hours, witnessed by the shot above. Fort Point, under the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge. Classic noir locale. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco | Tagged Alcatraz, Bogie, Dark Passage, Dave Lewis, Evan Lewis, Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge, High Anxiety, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Lady from Shanghai, Lee Marvin, Mel Brooks, Point Blank, Vertigo |

Hammett: Including Murder

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Don

A few months back Evan Lewis of Davy Crockett’s Almanack let me know he was drifting into town, so I lined up a day where I could show him and his wife as many of the lost byways, precipice gradiants, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, REH, Willeford | Tagged "Bodies Piled Up", "Night Shots", "The Gatewood Caper", 620 Eddy, Black Mask, Blood and Thunder, Cap Shaw, Clues, Dave Lewis, Donald Wandrei, E. R. Hagemann, Evan Lewis, Frederick Nebel, Howard Wandrei, Humanities Research Center, Including Murder, John D. MacDonald, Leslie Charteris, Lester Dent, Lillian Hellman, Pulps, pure texts, Robert S. Powell, Terry Zobeck, Tony Hillerman, Will Murray |

Tour: Some Kindle Some More

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Don

Got another note from Vince Emery, letting me know that the dustup between Amazon and IPG — Independent Publisher Group — has been resolved and you can once again purchase the Hammett Tour book on your Kindle, if you’ve got a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News, Tour, Willeford | Tagged Book Collecting, Frederic Dannay, Fritz Leiber, Hammett Tour Book, Kindle, Lillian Hellman, Philip K. Dick, Vince Emery |

Hammett: The Complete Op

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Don

Say what you will about Frederic Dannay — and we’ve said so much about him on this site that his name is threatening to take over the Tag Cloud — but at least in his ten collections of Hammett’s shorter fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, Tour | Tagged "Corkscrew", "Death and Company", "It", "One Hour", "This King Business", "Three Dimes", "Who Killed Bob Teal?", Crime Stories, Dell Mapbacks, Frederic Dannay, Including Murder, Library of America, pure texts, Terry Zobeck |

Tour: Sunday June 17

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Don

About three months ago a guy emailed from Australia, letting me know he was rolling into the burg and wanted to walk the walk. Great advance notice. Anyone interested can join him on the tour on Sunday June 17. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Tour | Tagged Stockton tunnel |