Monthly Archives: March 2021

Rediscovered: At NoirCon (2012)

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Don

At least I presume the image above connects to NoirCon. That’s how I read the clews. I only attended the very first NoirCon, in 2008, where I was amazed that for the Charles Willeford “panel” they had some academic talking … Continue reading →

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Hammett: The Slaughter of Duller Characters

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Don

Two or three emails back the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook mentioned to me that Hammett had gone to France during the Great War. I told him, not as far as I know. But now there’s some evidence … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Dr. Oz Gets the Clew

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Don

In the back of my mind lurked the idea that Jeopardy! might retire clews about Hammett and Sam Spade in the post-Alex Trebek era. But as I’ve said before, Hammett kind of serves as one of their standards — not … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Sam Invades Manchette Territory

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Don

Terry Zobeck pops along the news from The Rap Sheet that unbeknownst to us Sam Spade moved to France and is about to get into some 1960s colonial action, as in a Jean-Patrick Manchette novel! Well, hell, I wasn’t expecting … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A Cyclopean Memorial to Lovecraft

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Don

Brian Leno timed this one nicely! I thought he might take another week or two for a formal (or as formal as Leno gets) review of Lovecraft: The Great Tales. But no. For the eighty-fourth anniversary of the death of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Almost Done, But for Reading the Index

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Don

Brian Leno pokes merrily along in John D. Haefele’s Lovecraft: The Great Tales, and mentions something he found on page 715: Just finished the “Haunter of the Dark” chapter, which reminded me tomorrow is the anniversary of HPL’s death. Last … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: So Far, So Good

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Don

I told Brian Leno he could do a formal review for Mean Streets of John D. Haefele’s Lovecraft: The Great Tales whenever he finishes. But of course, no one will be sitting down and reading that monster of litcrit in … Continue reading →

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