Tag Archives: Terry Zobeck

Hammett: All He Wrote

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Don

And now, on Birthday 120, it is time to do a recount — we’ll call these The Zobeck Statistics. As anyone who has been on the tour knows, I personally count The Big Knockover as a novel (if a short novel), … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Tour | Tagged "Immortality", "The Figure of Incongruity", "The Man Who Loved Ugly Women", "The Parthian Shot", A Man Named Thin, EQMM, Frederic Dannay, Humanities Research Center, Lillian Hellman, Paul Herman, Terry Zobeck, The Big Knockover, The Hunter and Other Stories |

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 →

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Hammett: Birthday 120

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Don

One hundred twenty years ago today, May 27, 1894, Samuel Dashiell Hammett eased out onto the Mean Streets, and after awhile slipped on his gumshoes, spent a few years bouncing around as a Pinkerton’s op before another few years knocking out stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged Detective Fiction Weekly, Pulps, Terry Zobeck |

Sinister Cinema: Bogie and The Duke

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Don

Got in a note from Terry Zobeck — who has Material of Substance lined up in my in-box, but you can’t always do the Deep Pure Text stuff. Terry has this piece of cinematic history to relate: All that talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged Big Jake, Bogie, John Wayne, Richard Boone, TCM, Terry Zobeck |

Rediscovered: Block on Willeford/Block on Block

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Don

The recent mentions of Charles Willeford caused Terry Zobeck to prowl the net for awhile, where he discovered an article from yesteryear in which Lawrence Block remembered his meetings with Willeford — pretty interesting, especially the bits about eating cat, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, News, Tour, Willeford | Tagged "Oreo Cookie Blues", "Teddy Bears' Picnic", 8 Million Ways to Die, A Necklace of Hickeys, Blanco's, Contrappasso, Dave Van Ronk, Ethan Iverson, Great American Music Hall, Greenwich Village, Grimhaven, Hoke Moseley, Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel & Ethan Coen, Lawrence Block, Lonnie Mack, Miami Blues, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Terry Zobeck, The Dude |

Hammett: “Arson Plus”

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Don

Aha! Terry Zobeck is back, with the latest installment of Zobeck: Series Two. That’s where he looks into the edits made by Frederic Dannay, a.k.a. “Ellery Queen,” to Hammett stories that in recent years have been restored from the Dannay-blue-penciled … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged "Arson Plus", "Peter Collinson", "Rubberhead" Davis, "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", Black Mask, EQMM, Frederic Dannay, Hiram Johnson, Sacramento, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Teddy Roosevelt, Terry Zobeck, Zobeck Series Two |

Rediscovered: More on Alice Speed Stoll

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Don

A year ago, this very month, our Guest Blogger veteran Terry Zobeck explored the references to real life kidnappings in various incarnations of the Hammett story “Death and Company” — which included the 1934 Alice Speed Stoll caper. Just got … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged "Death and Company", Alcatraz, Alice Speed Stoll, Steven Key Meyers, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: And (More) Chandler

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Don

Yesterday was the 78th anniversary of the one time we know of that Hammett met Chandler, commemorated by the LA Times — and with a few tidbits added in by me for the Mean Streets crowd. Now Terry Zobeck pops in … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged "The SImple Art of Murder", Atlantic Monthly, LA Times, Mary Jane Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: “Holiday”

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Don

Jeez, maybe I’ll take the rest of this blogging month off — I think Terry Zobeck has it under control! For part three of his new series detailing edits made by Frederic Dannay — you’ll need your copy of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged "Holiday", Frederic Dannay, Lost Stories, Terry Zobeck, The New Pearson's, Zobeck Series Two |

Hammett: Tracking Down Two “New” Stories by “Peter Collinson”

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Don

The Holiday Season seems to have uncorked Terry Zobeck! He’s back with another Mystery in Hammett Bibliography — and even better, he’s already got the mystery solved! Take another trip with Terry into the archives of the Library of Congress, … Continue reading →