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Tag Archives: John Locke
Hammett Takes on the Writing Racket, by John Locke
Mean Streets readers get a Christmas Treat this year from no less than the pulp authority John Locke, doing a deep-dive into the origins of Hammett’s career as a writer. John made a cool discovery in the forgotten trade magazines … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Correctomundo Once More
Ah. And I am proven correct yet again. Most recently, you may recall the post I did largely on the topic of Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright where I noted —reviving the term from a debate in the letters column … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Wandrei, E. Hoffmann Price, Farnsworth Wright, Fritz Leiber, John Locke, Lovecraft, Otis Adelbert Kline, Otto Binder, Seabury Quinn, The Cimmerian, Weird Tales
Rediscovered: Good Farny v. Bad Farny
Coming up for air after a long plunge into the edit on John Haefele’s magnum opus on Lovecraft, I thought of an observation from John Locke that I spotted awhile back. I guess the coverage of “The Shunned House” in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Farnsworth Wright, John D. Haefele, John Locke, Lovecraft, Morgan Holmes, Parkinson's disease, The Thing's Incredible!, Weird Tales
