Saturday, November 17, 2007

The Big Book of Pulps



This dictionary sized book of pulp fiction came out last week and I've been exercising my biceps lugging it around. 


It's divided into three sections--The Crimefighters, The Villians, and The Dames. I can't say I've even navigated through a third of it. The book is filled with the usual suspects like Chandler, Hammett, and Woolrich, but it is more interesting to me for the authors included that I've never read (or never even heard of). The standouts for me so far are Steve Fisher's Leopold and Loeb riff "You'll Always Remember Me" and the night from hell Raoul Whitfield describes in "About KId Deth."

I mean, look at that cover. At only $25, a must buy.

1 Comments:

Blogger Derek Johnson said...

I saw this while I was at the Hastings Records in Huntsville and snatched it up immediately. I mean, with a cover like that, how could I *not*?

And Duane Swierczynski, author of THE WHEELMAN, also gave it props on his blog.

November 19, 2007 9:09 AM  

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