Tag Archives: August Derleth

Rediscovered: Of Derleth and Dreamland

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Don

Until I came to San Francisco in 1974, I had lived most of my life only 70 miles from Nashville. I believe it was a couple of years later, during a two year stint in St. Paul, when I landed a copy of the weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, REH | Tagged Alan Gullette, Ambrosia, August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, Cthulhu Mythos, Henry Kuttner, Joe T. Soshi, John D. Haefele, July 4, Lord Dunsany, Lovecraft, M.R. James, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Robert M. Price, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Weird Tales |

Rediscovered: At Last, Derleth and His Mythos

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Don

Guess it didn’t quite squeak across the finish line in time to make it under the Xmas tree this year — and barely slipped under the wire for a 2012 pub date! — but John Haefele’s book on August Derleth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged "The Festival", August Derleth, Cthulhu Mythos, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Rah Hoffman, Vincent Starrett, Xmas |

Tour: Fritz Leiber!

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Don

Okay, before I head out the door on another trip, yes, I am planning a Fritz Leiber Tour for Sunday October 28th — details to follow. I figure it won’t begin any earlier than noon, no later than 3 p.m. … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, News, Tour | Tagged August Derleth, Cthulhu Mythos, Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber Tour, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Our Lady of Darkness |

Rediscovered: The Derleth Mythos

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Don

Man, has LitCrit Month been disrupted, or what? Lots of potential posts as yet undone — but I’ve got a cool excuse for inaction. On the side I’ve been reading a proof of John Haefele’s upcoming book-length study of how … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Cthulhu Mythos, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft |

Tour: More Writers Who Have Walked the Walk

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Don

Remember the “guy from Australia” who asked for the tour on June 17? Turns out he was none other than Christopher Sequeria, big into Sherlock Holmes, with sidelines in horror, comic book scripting, etc & etc. When I found that … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Frisco, Lit, News, Tour, Willeford | Tagged 2151 Sacramento Street, Ace Atkins, Arkham House, August Derleth, Chris Ewan, Christopher Sequeria, Clark Lohr, Clift Hotel, David Drake, Jonathan Woods, Ken Wishnia, Laird Barron, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Steven Erikson |

Rediscovered: Further Smackdown for Zane Grey!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Don

Who knew that my brief account of visiting the Zane Grey Pueblo on Santa Catalina would rouse my occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno to relive a dreaded literary memory, and follow me into the ring to beat up some on … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged August Derleth, Brian Leno, Cynthia Anne Parker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frederick Russell Burnham, Graham-Tewksbury Feud, H. L. Mencken, H. Rider Haggard, Lovecraft, Mormons, Nook, Pleasant Valley War, Quanah Parker, Real West, Robert E. Howard Library, Sax Rohmer, Steve Eng, The Dark Barbarian, Tom Horn, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Two-Gun Bob: The Shadow of Zane Grey

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Don

In the section on Robert E. Howard’s Library in The Dark Barbarian from 1984, Steve Eng pointed out that “A look at the volumes of poetry may discover lines that are echoed in Howard’s verse.” True enough. And you also … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged August Derleth, Charles Siringo, John Wesley Hardin, Kindle, Robert E. Howard Library, Steve Eng, Tevis Clyde Smith, The Dark Barbarian, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Frisco Beat: The Return of Donald Sidney-Fryer

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Don

This coming Saturday, September 17, starting at 3p.m., you’ll find Donald Sidney-Fryer back in town for a signing in Borderlands. He did his stint as a San Francisco writer, starting sometime in the 1960s, tossing himself full tilt into the Hippie Scene … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, News | Tagged Ambrose Bierce, August Derleth, Book Collecting, Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Donald Wandrei, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, George Sterling, Guillermo del Toro, H. Warner Munn, Leo Grin, Lovecraft, Musso & Frank |

Rediscovered: Haefele Roaming Around the Arkham Hills

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Don

My Arkham House ephemera collecting pal John D. Haefele returns to print with “Far from Time: Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, and Arkham House” in the premiere issue of Weird Fiction Review from Centipede Press. John last got a blurb on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Centipede Press, Clark Ashton Smith, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Pulps, Scott Connors, Seabury Quinn, The Cimmerian, Weird Fiction Review, Weird Tales |

News: December 2009

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Webmaster

HAPPY HARDBOILED HOLIDAYS In this case, from a few of the folk who showed up for the Hammett Flash Mob on April 2nd of this year — but doesn’t the heavy red and green décor of The Ha-Ra Bar just … Continue reading →