Pulp Adventures and Hardboiled Detectives
More great pulp fiction reading is coming your way from Adventure House. Three new facsimile reprints, including interior illustrations and ads, are available.
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Mickey Spillane, Hardboiled Author of Mike Hammer
Catching up on some old news, about a month old, Mickey Spillane passed away. This article talks about his writing career, dating back to the pulp era and his primary influence being Carroll John Daly. The article goes into considerable detail following Mr. Spillane’s entire career. Along with Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Carroll John Daly, Mickey Spillane with his tough guy hero Mike Hammer defined the hard boiled hero who lives on today.
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Various Pulp Related News and Notes from the Press
Here’s an interesting article which traces the roots of Film Noir back to the pulp fiction era with mention of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammet and “the lurid plotting of the pulp novel.” Double Indemnity, Film Noir and Pulp Fiction from the New York Times
Paul Malmont’s The China Death Cloud Peril gets another book review, this one from the Sun-Sentinel.
The recent pulp convention, Pulpcon 35 made the news. Here is an article quoting John Gunnison as well as announcing a new line of pulp reprints written by L. Ron Hubbard.
Related Vintage Library links:
- The China Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
- Carroll John Daly
- Hardboiled Detective
- John Gunnison’s Adventure House
- Film Noir
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