Category Archives: REH

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 Before Adam, Clark Ashton Smith, George Sterling, Jack London, literary suicides, Lovecraft, Morgan Holmes, Popular Magazine, Vince Emery |

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 Adventure, Alfred Galpin, Andy Zimmerly, August Derleth, Bill Thinnes, Book Collecting, Clark Ashton Smith, David Rachjel, Glenn Lord, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, Kurt Shoemaker, Lovecraft, Margaret Brundage, PulpFest, Pulps, Robert H. Barlow, Robert Weinberg, Tom Krabacher, Weird Tales, Windy City |

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 Autographs, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Druid Press, E. Hoffmann Price, George Sterling, Groo Beck, John Howell, literary suicides, Otis Adelbert Kline, Robert H. Barlow |

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 Autographs, Brian Leno, Charles de Lint, Charles Saunders, Fu-Moran, George Barr, Gray Morrow, James Ellroy, Peter Straub, Stella Stevens, Thomas Burnett Swann |

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 Arthur F. Hillman, August Derleth, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fantasy Review, Kevin Cook, Sherlock Holmes |

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 Brian Leno, Edgar Rice Burroughs, James Patterson, Joe Gores, Kevin Cook, L. Sprague de Camp, Manchette, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Street & Smith, Tarzan, The Shadow, Tom Krabacher, Walter Gibson |

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 Adventure, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Pulps |

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 A. Merritt, Brian Leno, Clark Ashton Smith, Farnsworth Wright, Frank Owen, Hazel Heald, Henry S. Whitehead, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Rob Roehm, S.T. Joshi, Weird Tales, William Hope Hodgson |

Two-Gun Bob: Gobbett on the Block

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Don

No doubt big ticket, because Ed Gobbett was a big time collector, so open your wallets if you want in on the sale of his pulps and other treasures. But who knows, you might get lucky — and if you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in News, REH | Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", Adventure House, Book Collecting, Ed Gobbett, L. Sprague de Camp, Two-Gun Raconteur |

Two-Gun Bob: Year 115

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Don

Birthday 115 today for Robert E. Howard, the Texan who wrought his influences into the genre of headlong adventure known as Sword-and-Sorcery. A pulp writer in his lifetime, his works now tread the world stage under sandaled feet. Leading up … Continue reading →