Tag Archives: Vince Emery

Hammett: And Prohibition

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Don

Per my normal Xmas rituals, I’ll be heading up to the dinner table in the hideout of Floyd “Tattoo the Wicked Cross” Salas, but here’s a tidbit to hold down a place under the tree: some casual speculation on Hammett … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco | Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, Blaine Act, Floyd Salas, Izzy Einstein, John's Grill, Mark Murphy, New Orleans, Prohibition, Red Harvest, The Maltese Arms, Vince Emery, Volstead Act |

Rediscovered: When Hammett Met Chandler

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Don

Vince Emery just popped me a link to an LA Times article covering the one time Hammett and Chandler met at the dinner for Black Mask writers — nicely documented by the famous photo — 78 years ago today. Hop … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News | Tagged "The SImple Art of Murder", Black Mask, Bogie, Jo Hammett, LA Times, Raymond Chandler, Ricardo Cortez, Vince Emery |

Sinister Cinema: On the Block

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Don

I should note the news that one of the falcon statues from the 1941 Bogie movie sits atop the auction block again — with a cool million sales point not out of the question. You can look up earlier articles that herald the event, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News | Tagged Bogie, Dr. Gary Milan, falcon statues, Vince Emery |

Hammett: “The Barber and His Wife”

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Don

How about we kick off the month with The Return of Tenderloin Terry Zobeck? It’s always swell when Terry climbs back on deck after a hiatus. Terry’s still got one Hammett story he needs to check for editorial meddling by … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged "The Barber and His Wife", A Man Named Thin, Brief Stories, Crime Stories, EQMM, Frederic Dannay, Galactic Central, Lost Stories, pure texts, Terry Zobeck, Vince Emery, Zobeck Series Two |

Hammett: Or Is This a Better Birthday Present?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Don

Okay, for a little extra oomph on the occasion of Hammett’s birthday, you can grab the current issue of The New Yorker which includes one of the “lost” Hammett short stories — but Vince Emery recently let me know that in May another surprise … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged "The Thin Man", Iran, The New Yorker, Vince Emery |

Rediscovered: The Shiel Biographies

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Don

By this time last year I had poked my way through the first two of three projected volumes covering the life of M. P. Shiel, and happened to bump into Vince Emery while I was reading along. “Give me one … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged Arthur Machen, H. G. Wells, Harold Billings, Humanities Research Center, Including Murder, M. P. Shiel, Redonda, Vince Emery |

Hammett: “Vamping Samson”

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Don

For me a writer’s life is traditional biography superimposed over strict bibliography. I want to know what was written, when, why, and then follow the writings into print, especially print that occurred in the writer’s own lifetime, when it meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged "Ber-Bulu", "The Barber and His Wife", "Vamping Samson", Experience, George Jean Nathan, H. Bedford-Jones, H. L. Mencken, Pulps, Richard Layman, Smart Set, Sunset, Terry Zobeck, The Editor, The Forum, Vince Emery |

Tour: Some Kindle Some More

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Don

Got another note from Vince Emery, letting me know that the dustup between Amazon and IPG — Independent Publisher Group — has been resolved and you can once again purchase the Hammett Tour book on your Kindle, if you’ve got a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News, Tour, Willeford | Tagged Book Collecting, Frederic Dannay, Fritz Leiber, Hammett Tour Book, Kindle, Lillian Hellman, Philip K. Dick, Vince Emery |

Rediscovered: Zane Grey on Kindle

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Don

A couple of years ago I got a Kindle as a gift from Vince Emery, so I could check out how The Dashiell Hammett Tour book looked in that format — now, suddenly, highly ironic. On my own, I probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Elmore Leonard, Fu-Manchu, Hammett Tour Book, James Fenimore Cooper, James Reasoner, Kindle, Robert E. Howard Library, Sax Rohmer, Steve Eng, The Dark Barbarian, Vince Emery, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Tour: No Kindle No More

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Don

Lately I’ve been reading various books on Kindle, figuring I may as well keep kind of current — and I enjoy that science fiction vibe of doing a reread on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars exactly one hundred … Continue reading →