Tag Archives: The Great War

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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