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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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Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Category Archives: Lit
Rediscovered: The Writings of Lawrence Block, Item by Item, Book by Book
You may have been thinking, hey, I wonder, What has Terry Zobeck been up to lately? A guy like that, who knows what he’s been digging around in. You got that right. One of the most prolific Guest Bloggers for … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News
Tagged Book Collecting, Gene Bilbrew, Lawrence Block, Madame Adista, Terry Zobeck
Sinister Cinema: Perry Palms Pulps; or, Mason Manhandles Magazines
Another installment of the epic run of Pulps in the Movies. On Sale Every Wednesday. Brought to you by that renowned and eagle-eyed pulp expert John Locke. In this Case of the Curious Lawyer, however, we’re easing over from actual … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged Black Mask, Erle Stanley Gardner, John Locke, Perry Mason, Pulps in the Movies, Ranch Romances, Raymond Burr
Rediscovered: In the Annals of Sword-and-Sorcery
Brian Leno, trapped in his Last Redoubt in Bismarck, North Dakota, nonetheless managed to pop a review to me in my Last Redoubt — the good old sanctum sanctorum — which I’ll toss out to people stuck in their Last … Continue reading
Rediscovered: More on Collecting Haefele
Ah, my mention last October of Lloyd Currey not having seen the true first of John D. Haefele’s A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos has shaken up the valuation on the title and seems to have pried a couple of … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Arkham House Ephemera Back on the Block
In the last month or so bidding on items of Arkham House ephemera on eBay has been hot and heavy. The other day I popped a note to my ephemera collecting bud John D. Haefele and reported: “To my surprise … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Book Collecting, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Firsts, Frank Belknap Long, Harry Morris, John D. Haefele, The Arkham Collector
Frisco Beat: Portable Storage Three
Bill Breiding seems to have slipped into a fanac groove, just Pubbing His Ish under the title Portable Storage Three. Five bucks if you don’t get it for the usual — actually a good deal these days, because he’s piled … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit
Tagged Bill Breiding, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Portable Storage Three, Robert Silverberg
Rediscovered: Belknapius Comicbookmanius
The other day we ran a 1946 inscription from Frank Belknap Long — Young Belknapius of Lovecraft Circle fame — in a copy of his first release from Arkham House, The Hounds of Tindalos. But it turns out there is … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Stilson to Davis
You might be wondering what sort of correspondence Charles B. Stilson — author of Polaris — of the Snows — engaged in 96 years ago today. Or perhaps the thought hadn’t crossed your mind. In either case, the noted book … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Belknapius Auto from 1946
We’ve done John Hancocks from Frank Belknap Long before, but recent ones, where it seemed Young Belknapius of Lovecraft Circle fame leaned more toward printing out his name. Kevin Cook, noted book and pulp collector, and I got to wondering … Continue reading
