Tag Archives: PW

Rediscovered: A Little Xmas Present for Hardboiled Fans

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Don

When I did my PW interview with James Crumley back in 2001 I only had a certain word count I could squeeze in. I moved some of the Qs & As back and forth for flow. And we had one … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Lit | Tagged Bordersnakes, James Crumley, PW |

Rediscovered: A 15 Year Anniversary

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Don

Say what you will about me, but I’m slow and steady — mostly slow. Or maybe lazy is a more accurate term. Sure, I can knock out some speed if needed, do a book in a couple of months. But … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Lit, News, Tour | Tagged Civil War, Eddie Muller, James Crumley, James Sallis, P.C. Doherty, PW, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: “The Gatewood Thing” Caper

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Don

Today is the 54th anniversary of the death of Dashiell Hammett — and starts us toward the five year marker for this blog (although the website itself kicked off in late 2000 — hey, a fifteen year anniversary!). As a mini-memorial, how about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged "Crooked Souls", "Death and Company", "The Gatewood Caper", "The Gatewood Thing", Black Mask, Crime Stories, Frederic Dannay, Including Murder, Lillian Hellman, Pulps, pure texts, PW, Terry Zobeck, The Big Knockover |

Rediscovered: Brian Leno Reviews a Bestseller; or, Amazing Exploits of the Tallest Midget

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Don

When I began my casual gig reviewing books for Publishers Weekly back in 2000, I told Pete the editor that I wasn’t interested in covering any novels that were being packaged as “bestsellers” — I did my time earlier in those … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Bobby Derie, Brian Leno, James Patterson, Jason Colavito, John D. Haefele, Manchette, Matt Cardin, PW, S.T. Joshi, Scott Connors, Stanley Wiater, Stephen King |

Hammett: Zobeck Takes on The Hunter and Other Stories

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Don

And in celebration of Birthday 120 for Hammett, how about the thoughts of a long-time Hammett fan and collector on the most recent collection of his stories? Ladies and Gentlemen, here’s Terry Zobeck: Back in October Don reviewed The … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News | Tagged "A Knife Will Cut for Anybody", "An Inch and a Half of Glory", "Faith", "Monk and Johnny Foxx", "On the Way", "So I Shot Him", "The Cure", "The Diamond Wager", "The Hunter", "Tulip", Biblioctopus, Bill Pronzini, City Streets, Detective Fiction Weekly, Devil's Playground, Harper's Bazaar, Jack Adrian, James Crumley, Julie Rivett, Lillian Hellman, Mr. Dynamite, On the Make, Otto Penzler, PW, Richard Layman, Terry Zobeck, The Hunter and Other Stories, The Kiss-Off, The New Yorker, The Strand Magazine |

Hammett: The Hunter and Other Stories

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Don

Official release date is next month, but you can start licking your chops now if you want — finally, a collection gathering the little trove of mostly unpublished Hammett short stories that has been in the holdings of the Ransom … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, News | Tagged Humanities Research Center, PW, The Hunter and Other Stories |

Smackdown: Haefele vs. Joshi!

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Don

When I first mentioned John D. Haefele’s book on Derleth, Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos, I knew he’d eventually catch a barrage or two from the entrenched forces in that arena. And now longtime Lovecraftian and Publishers Weekly editor Peter Cannon suggests … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged August Derleth, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Peter Cannon, PW, S.T. Joshi |

Rediscovered: More Contrappasso

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Don

Recently a 1977 issue of The Diversifier that I’d never seen before passed through my hands. It included a memoir of Edmond Hamilton by E. Hoffmann Price and a two-pager I hadn’t known about, in which Fritz Leiber discussed his tribulations … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged AHMM, Contrappasso, E. Hoffmann Price, Edmond Hamilton, Elmore Leonard, Farnsworth Wright, Firsts, Floyd Salas, Fritz Leiber, Harry Morris, Kindle, Matthew Asprey, Nyctalops, PW, The Cimmerian, The Diversifier, The Romantist, Weird Tales |

News: October 2009

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Webmaster

TWO TOURS IN OCTOBER For anyone who missed the full month of Hammett walks in September, you’ve got a couple of chances to make it good this month. Two dames flying in from Switzerland asked for one and a book … Continue reading →