Tag Archives: James Ellroy

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 |

Rediscovered: Straubomination and Others

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Don

What could we do for Autograph Hound Super-Sunday? How about an exciting return to the Quest for the Worst Autograph Ever? Remember the other week when John D. Haefele sent in an image from a Karl Edward Wagner book he’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Alan Ryan, Autographs, Charles L. Grant, Chuck Miller, Fritz Leiber, James Ellroy, John D. Haefele, Karl Edward Wagner, Kevin Cook, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Tim Underwood |

Rediscovered: An Otto and Ellroy

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday opens with Kevin Cook refining his terms, and letting us know he’s got even worse autos than the one from Kent Harrington he was talking about yesterday: With Kent’s autograph, what I meant to express was that … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, George Pelecanos, James Ellroy, Kent Harrington, Kevin Cook, Mysterious Bookshop, Otto Penzler |

Rediscovered: Autograph Hound Brian Leno on a James Ellroy Autograph

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Don

Last weekend’s autos prompted some response worth noting — for example, our resident Autograph Hound Brian Leno, who writes: “I saw an Ellroy signed book at a sale. “It said ‘Autographed Copy’ on a sticker on the book cover. “Saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, James Ellroy |

Rediscovered: Much More Ellroy

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Don

For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday our new guy Jeff Mariotte decides to let it all — or a huge chunk of it — hang out. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t kidding when he said he had a large collection of post-1980 crime writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, Book Collecting, James Ellroy, Jeff Mariotte |

Rediscovered: A James Ellroy John Hancock

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Don

How about allowing an Apprentice Autograph Hound loose on the Mean Streets to run with those battle-scarred gray wolves Brian Leno and Kevin Cook? Got a note in from Jeff Mariotte — obviously a lifelong book collector, like most people I … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, Tour | Tagged Autographs, Book Collecting, James Ellroy, Jeff Mariotte, Michael Connelly |

Death Lit: Treasure Coast by Tom Kakonis

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Don

Today’s the day — official release date for the first new novel by Tom Kakonis to hit print in many years. I believe it also serves as the launch date for the first thirty or so titles from Brash Books, … Continue reading →