Monthly Archives: March 2015

Hammett: Dell Mapback Backs

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Don

As part and parcel of his ongoing Op mania, today Evan Lewis put up nice large images of the various back covers for the Dell Mapbacks containing Continental Op tales by Hammett — and if you don’t know, yes, they feature … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Going Op Crazy

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Don

If you want to see a bunch of covers from issues of Black Mask where Op yarns appeared, plus covers from various editions of Op books foreign and domestic, Old School and more recent, then surf over to Evan Lewis’s blog … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Trouble on Wall Street

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Don

Sam Spade said, “I don’t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.” And that’s what he’s got. Nathan Ward — whose upcoming new biography of Hammett is being proofread and copyedited and put through the hoops right now — just popped … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Top of the Heap!

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Don

The Literary World of San Francisco — as I’ve been reporting — is still no.2 on the Amazon bestseller list for travel books about San Francisco as I check the stats today, but yesterday for about 4 hours muscled it’s … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Definitely a Bestseller

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Don

The other day I recorded that my long-out-of-print title The Literary World of San Francisco had hit the no.10 spot on Amazon’s list of bestselling travel books about SF. From there it drifted down the rungs to the 20s and a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Some Op-ish Action

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Don

On the newsstands now, the May ish of AHMM with a salute to the Continental Op by Evan Lewis — if you keep up with that sort of thing, jump on it. Evan got in an Op mood and did … Continue reading →

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Hammett: The Falcon Flies Over Wall Street

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Don

Some idle surfing around today landed me on this blurb, where I learn The Wall St. Journal has a book club and this month the club is reading The Maltese Falcon — yeah, I’ve heard that’s a good one. Reported here … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: “Burrito” Alley

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Don

A couple of Wednesdays back I noticed that someone had changed the lettering on Burritt alley to make “Burritt” into “Burrito” — but last night saw that the name had been returned to Burritt and all is well with the … Continue reading →

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Hammett: In Re: The Midget Bandit, Reserve Today

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Don

Last minute notice! If you are in or around or willing to haul out to Fresno by 10 a.m. this coming Saturday, you can sit in on Warren Harris doing a talk on The Midget Bandit for the local Sisters … Continue reading →

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Tour: Sunday March 22

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Don

Rain or shine — if rain is even possible any more on the mean streets of Frisco — you’ll find a Dashiell Hammett Tour open to anyone with $20 in hand and the willingness to try out a pair of … Continue reading →

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