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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
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Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Two-Gun Bob: Ed Gobbett
Brian Leno sent me this news yesterday: Just had a hunch to look Ed Gobbett up and see he died some months back. He’s proudly holding his copy of A Gent from Bear Creek — look at all those pulps … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Lambasted
If you want to surf over and check it out, I just had another review of a Cool and Lam novel pop to life. Roughly 80% accurate to what I turned in, so it passes my test for a personal … Continue reading
Rediscovered: C. L. Moore
For this Autograph Hound Saturday the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook has chosen to spotlight C. L. Moore, who died on this date in 1987. His half-shelf of Moore hardcover titles appears above courtesy the intrepid Victoria Cook … Continue reading
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Tagged Autographs, Book Collecting, C.L. Moore, Henry Kuttner, Kevin Cook, World Fantasy Convention
Sinister Cinema: Bathtub Pulp
Pulps in the Movies! On Sale Every Wednesday. Once again our resident adviser on all things woodpulp ransacks the archives of Hollywood for purposes of amusement and instruction. An education with a smile. That adviser, of course, none other than … Continue reading