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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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Tag Archives: John D. Haefele
Rediscovered: The Big Picnic
John D. Haefele just got a nice nod for Xmas for his Cyclopean tome Lovecraft: The Great Tales — and from noted Lovecraftian Ken Hite, no less. In November I got an enthusiastic yet somewhat startled note from my academic … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Collecting, Chicken-Fried Cthulhu, John D. Haefele, Ken Hite, Kickstarter, Lovecraft, Skelos, Tom Krabacher
Rediscovered: On Library Shelves. . .
Got a note and a couple of pics from Tom Krabacher, academic, to let me know that “Great Tales has arrived in the academy!” If not earlier in other venues, John D. Haefele’s recent and monumental tome Lovecraft: The Great … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Haefele on The Candlelight Press
For you bibliophiles out there, John D. Haefele just put up a comprehensive yet compact history and survey of The Candlelight Press — one of the presses August Derleth of Arkham House had a couple of fingers in for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Book Collecting, Candlelight Press, John D. Haefele, Peter Ruber, Vincent Starrett
Rediscovered: A Review of an Eldritch Review
Over on the DMR blog Deuce Richardson just popped up a review of John D. Haefele’s most recent book (and presumed magnum opus) Lovecraft: The Great Tales. He wrestles with the complexities, and I suppose my fave pull quote would … Continue reading
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Tagged Deuce Richardson, Jeffery Scott Sims, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, Tom Krabacher
Rediscovered: More Bradbury?
For an Autograph Hound Quick Follow-Up John D. Haefele sends in: “How about this one, which I found in a bookstore? I doubt it is actually Bradbury’s signature — & the ‘John!’ is purely a coincidence.” I don’t know, the … Continue reading
Rediscovered: The First Strut of the Logo
Before John D. Haefele recently released Addenda 2 to his Cimmerian Library booklet, apparently the Hesperia Press cat butt logo had appeared only on Lest We Forget: August Derleth on the Subject of H. P. Lovecraft (Hesperia Special Issue No. 6), … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Return of the Logo!
On July 29 I found a little packet in the mailbox, with the completely unexpected second addenda to John D. Haefele’s working bibliography of August Derleth enclosed. The bibliography appeared in 2006 as the third entry in The Cimmerian Library’s … Continue reading
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Tagged August Derleth, Autographs, Esoteric Order of Dagon, Hesperia Press cat butt, John D. Haefele, The Cimmerian Library
Mort: William F. Nolan
A few days after the fact, word drifted in that William F. Nolan died, age 93, on July 15. I scanned some of the obits, all rightly selecting the science fiction novel Logan’s Run as the book of all his … Continue reading