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The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022-
Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973-
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Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024-
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Monthly Archives: July 2025
Hammett: Mockingbird Joins Early What Could be Legions
Mark Coggins, big Hammett fan (and crime novelist, etc & etc) just dropped me a note to say: “Hammett’s probably spinning in his grave, but I joined Mr. Collins in attempting a Spade story, published at Eclectica Magazine. “Floyd Thursby’s hotel … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Kornbluth
How about another Autograph Hound Saturday? It’s been awhile, and on the side the topic came up of authors who have rare signatures — if you’ve got enough loot laying around, you can shell it out but the autos that … Continue reading
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Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, C. M. Kornbluth, Edwin Baird, Henry Kuttner, Henry S. Whitehead, James Tiptree Jr, Thomaas Pynchon, Zenna Henderson













