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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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Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: Henry Kuttner
Rediscovered: C. L. Moore
For this Autograph Hound Saturday the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook has chosen to spotlight C. L. Moore, who died on this date in 1987. His half-shelf of Moore hardcover titles appears above courtesy the intrepid Victoria Cook … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Autographs, Book Collecting, C.L. Moore, Henry Kuttner, Kevin Cook, World Fantasy Convention
Rediscovered: Lovecraft — the Reason There’s Arkham Ephemera
If we’re celebrating John D. Haefele’s landmark article on Modern Arkham House Ephemera in the September/October issue of Firsts (with the checklist of items to follow soon in the November/December issue) — and we are — then how about bringing … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkham House, Autographs, Book Collecting, Dr. Syntax, Firsts, Henry Kuttner, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, William Combe
Rediscovered: Of Derleth and Dreamland
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