Monthly Archives: July 2018

Hammett: Jesse Sublett on Big Book of the Op

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Don

Brian Wallace just sent along a link to a new review of The Big Book of the Continental Op from The Austin Chronicle — worth checking out since it comes from Jesse Sublett, a guy who served in Posse McMillan … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Front Page in Abilene

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Don

On the heels of popping in the tidbit from the Kansas City Star, Scott Connors turns up another same-day report on Robert E. Howard shooting himself (!!!). “I swear to Gawd,” Scott maintains, “that I am not trying to compete with Brian, … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: News in Kansas City

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Don

Now I’m almost expecting another news clipping each and every day about Robert E. Howard shooting himself, and as today breaks Scott Connors does not disappoint: “Would you believe I found another?” Scott asks. “This time it was in the Kansas … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Earl Baker Ruminations

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Don

The furious round of discoveries about Robert E. Howard that Brian Leno — with Scott Connors close on his heels — turned up over the last couple of weeks got the attention of Leo Grin, editor and publisher of the excellent … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: And Race

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Don

“Mr. Howard usually approaches his stories from the racial standpoint, if you may call it that. That is, human races, and especially those of long ago.” Yeah, the great tribal drifts, the sort of thing I got into in my … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: “Found Wounded” in Corpus Christi

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Don

I was sitting around, minding my own business, thinking about the closest brushes with death I had back in the days of The San Francisco Suicide Club (1977-1982). When suddenly into the Inbox hops Scott Connors, exclaiming: “Found another one!” … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Two-Gun Bob and Kong

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Don

Brian Leno is going nuts with this Robert E. Howard stuff — and more power to him. He just sent me this postscript to one of his groundbreaking essays in The Cimmerian. If you don’t have a solid collection of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Willeford’s Pick-Up, from Cult to Canon

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Don

Just got a notice that the Library of America eBook of Pick-Up — usually tagged at $6.99 — is yours for $2.99 for two weeks. You’ll have to figure out the hoops you need to jump through to grab the … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Breaking News in Brownsville

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Don

Brian Leno has unleased a flood of breaking news stories on the suicide of Robert E. Howard, who shot himself in the head and lingered for hours before death. Scott Connors just popped in the notice above, which he found … Continue reading →

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Hammett: The Too Big Book of the Op

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Don

While the appearance of The Big Book of the Continental Op late last year was a boon to Hammett readers, who had been unable to easily get their paws on texts for the stories — much less pure texts derived from … Continue reading →

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