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Mort: William F. Nolan

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Don

A few days after the fact, word drifted in that William F. Nolan died, age 93, on July 15. I scanned some of the obits, all rightly selecting the science fiction novel Logan’s Run as the book of all his … Continue reading →

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Tour: By Appointment with Drake

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Don

The walk I did years ago for science fiction and fantasy writer David Drake, in town to do a signing in Borderlands Books, came up the other day in a blog from Deuce Richardson. Deuce liked the anecdote Drake told … Continue reading →

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Hammett: vs. Burdine’s

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Don

And it sounds like Hammett won, if you don’t factor getting arrested into your win/lose calculations. Brian Wallace pops another Hammett item my way from his constant scouring of the web, but he is provoked to mention, “This really sounds … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Juggling The Glass Key and Red Harvest

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Don

Today Evan Lewis in his digging through digital archives pulls up some interesting news articles from 1941, covering the birth of a film version of Hammett’s Red Harvest. Hollywood had decided not to do a new version of The Glass … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Collecting Creeps by Night

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday again, in this instance spurred on by Terry Zobeck mentioning to me that he finally landed a copy of the Hammett-edited Creeps by Night in dustjacket — after years of having it as a Grail Item on … Continue reading →

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Hammett: #MeToo 2

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Don

Awhile back I linked to a set of contemporary newsprint articles on Hammett and the assault on Elise De Viane. At that moment Cosby had been thrown in the hoosegow — and now he’s out. The weird meanderings of history-in-the-making. … Continue reading →

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Hammett: World No Smoking Day

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Don

Happy No Smokers, smokers — May 31 — with a news tidbit from 82 years ago, courtesy Evan “Scoop” Lewis.

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Hammett: Couffignal

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Don

Like a bloodhound with his nose ever to the hardboiled pavement, a few days ago Brian Leno let me know that Library of America put up another Continental Op yarn by Hammett as the feature Story of the Week. I … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Birthday 127

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Don

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born on this date in 1894. I’ve done little birthday parties for him in the past (the home movie clip from ten years ago perhaps being the best), but for this one I’m going to let … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Fechheimer Wiki’ed

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Don

Just got a note from William Denton, of RARA-AVIS fame, who says, “You probably won’t remember, but in February 2008 you very generously took me on a solo Hammett tour, including going up into Bill Arney’s apartment, which made the … Continue reading →

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