Monthly Archives: December 2018

Rediscovered: The Lure of Arkham House Ephemerae

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Don

The last few days have been devoted to the glory and the grandeur — and the morass — of that old hobby, collecting Arkham House ephemera items. Paul Dobish, the book dealer who helped with some dope for my article … Continue reading →

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Death Lit: Gbontwi’s Gumshoe

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Don

While I’m knocking out fast, easy blog posts, I noticed that my most recent review for PW made it through edit 90-95% intact. Whoa. Guess I can link to that one. Crime novel, London neo-noir sort of thing. Surf over … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: NYT Flogs Cockfighter

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Don

Chad Calkins just tipped me to a feature in the New York Times where their in-house book critics do a year’s end roundup, of interest here because they are asked about older titles they may have read in 2018. Dwight … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: The de Camp Bio

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Don

Hey, some books may deserve to be forgotten. Inspired by reading my little biographical eBook on Robert E. Howard, Famous Someday — at this moment no.2 on the Kindle Horror Litcrit Bestseller list, for what that’s worth — (And my … Continue reading →

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