Tag Archives: The Great War

Rediscovered: Does Continuity Matter?

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Don

For those who enjoy chewing the fat about books and writers, in email the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook and I recently got off on another little thread that might interest some of you: Kevin: Of course the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Further “Fungus” Fisher

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Don

Yet another Autograph Hound Super-Sunday! Jeez, what have I got lying around in all the stacks of stuff? Remember when Brian Leno provided a John Hancock for Philip M. Fisher Jr, probably best known today for his short story “Fungus … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Chandler and the Great War

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Don

Brian Wallace lets me know about news popping in scattered corners of the noir universe. I suspect he thinks I’m too lazy to look for the stuff myself, and if so, he isn’t wrong. For many long years I have operated under the … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Chewing Over Crime and Communism

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Don

For Xmas on the Hammett front this year, obviously grabbing a copy of The Big Book of the Continental Op is first on the list — just try stuffing that floppy behemoth of a trade paperback into the old stocking! And anyone … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More First World War

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Don

When I began fielding Michael Stoler’s query about the use of the expression “the First World War” in Hammett’s “This King Business” from 1928 last month, I had the impression that I had encountered the use of “First” — not just … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Talking Cthulhu Mythos and Weird Tales at PulpFest

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Don

Image at top: a detail from the PulpFest Facebook page of the panel for discussing the Cthulhu Mythos; left to right Nathan Madison, John D. Haefele, Don Herron, Rick Lai, and moderator Tom Krabacher. Image at bottom: detail, Haefele and … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Great War — Circa 1914

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Don

One reason I scheduled a tour for Sunday July 26 was to get myself within striking distance of the Erik Chipchase art reception in Lanesplitter Pizza & Pub on the Emeryville/Oakland borderlands — that showing ends in a couple of … Continue reading →

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Hammett: A Tiny Tweak for “This King Biz”

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Don

Just when you think you’ve got something wrapped-up. . . . Earlier this month Terry Zobeck and I wrote Fin/30/Fade-to-Black on Zobeck: Series One, the investigation into “pure texts” on the 21 Hammett short stories yet to be reprinted using … Continue reading →

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