The Hills of Homicide: The Detective Fiction of Louis L’Amour
No name is more associated with Western fiction than Louis L’Amour. Louis began his career writing Westerns in the old days of the Pulps. It Read More
Tag: Dashiell Hammett
Link: The Greater Gatsby
I finally got around to seeing the Baz Lurhmann-directed Gatsby starring Leonardo diCaprio and my reaction was odd. As a film it was okay, but Read More
Link: The Lovecraftian Alphabet: Adjectives in Mythos Fiction
I think there can be little doubt anymore that Lovecraft’s reputation as the greatest horror writer of the 20th century is set. The academics have Read More
The Curse of Hemingway or, To Ornate or Not Too Ornate
With Artwork by the Wonderful Harry Clarke, Of Course Certain kinds of stories seem to set their own agendas as far as style is concerned; Read More
Good Guys & Better Coffee
The old Pulp magazines offered everything from a gritty back street world of violence to the unimaginable planets of the far stars. Pulp fiction was Read More
A Cowboy, A Space Captain, a Private Detective and a Barbarian Walk Into a Bar…
That could be the beginnings of a really lame joke, but it’s something more. All four of these characters, these separate genre icons, share something Read More