Category Archives: REH

Rediscovered: 19 Minutes with Fafhrd and the Mouser, and Fritz

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Don

Over on The Pulp.Net I just gave Bill Lampkin the okay to put up an article I did back in 2014 for his zine The Pulpster — a good one, if I say so myself (hell, even definitive), on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , |

Rediscovered: Dictum Morgmanius

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Don

Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes just noticed that I invoked his famous dictum on Art in my review of the George Sterling caveman book the other day: Any work of art is made better by the inclusion of cavemen and dinosaurs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged , , |

Frisco Beat: Wolf and Greek Go All Primeval

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Don

Our pal Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes has a dictum — either the product of his own profound deliberations or picked up over shots of whiskey in a seedy bar held together with vines and rattan somewhere on the outskirts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, News, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , |

Rediscovered: Windy Reportage

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Don

Tom Krabacher sent along a few notes on the recent Windy City pulp convention, held on the outskirts of Chicago. He had a posse lined up to roam the aisles, but for various reasons several bailed on him close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rediscovered: Barlow and the Becks

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday continues Brian Leno’s recent fascination with the tragic literary figure Robert H. Barlow, spotlighting some of the most recent autograph items he’s picked up as satellites to that interest. And just as one thing connects to another … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , |

Rediscovered: de Lint via Swann

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Don

Aha! A Sudden Autograph Hound Super-Sunday is upon us! A week or so back Brian Leno — the most maniacal Autograph Hound of my acquaintance — mentioned he was digging around in his holdings and came across a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , |

Two-Gun Bob: The Best and the Worst

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Don

The discussion of pastiche writing the other day — and how even the original authors didn’t always excel with their classic characters — spurred the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook to send in additional thoughts: Well, if we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged , , , , , |

Rediscovered: Purist Outrage!

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Don

The idea that Brian Leno and Tom Krabacher and I cast wary eyes toward the new James Patterson “Shadow” novel recently drove the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook into a berserker frenzy. “Why the [sulphurous blasphemy] do you … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rediscovered: Lost Adventure

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Don

Brian Leno has been ditching unwanted odds and ends on eBay, Stephen King and stuff like that, saleable at the moment (but what savant would bet money on those books keeping their value, long-term?) — which led to him sending … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged , , , |

Rediscovered: So Far, So Good

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Don

I told Brian Leno he could do a formal review for Mean Streets of John D. Haefele’s Lovecraft: The Great Tales whenever he finishes. But of course, no one will be sitting down and reading that monster of litcrit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , |