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Tag Archives: Douglas Preston
Mort: Kenneth Robeson Succumbs — Legendary Case of “Pulp Lung”
The news first manifested as rumor. John D. Haefele heard that Will Murray had died. Didn’t want to believe it. Tom Krabacher, who chatted with Will only a couple of weeks ago during PulpFest, thought the idea might have come … Continue reading
Death Lit: Reliquaries of the Weird
The other day Brian Leno mentioned that he’d heard good things about the novel Relic by Preston & Child — but even more specifically, he got the major tip-off from me. Brian notes, “You told me about this book over … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Leno, Douglas Preston, John Grisham, Lincoln Child, Manchette, PEAPS, Pendergast Series, Tom Krabacher
Rediscovered: A Relic, with Squiggles
Autograph Hound Saturday yet again, and our resident Autograph Hound Brian Leno jumps into the ongoing discussion about indecipherable squiggly signatures: Most of the signatures in my collection are probably pre-1975. I still read the authors I enjoyed in my … Continue reading
