Mystery Fanfare–Mystery Writers and their Typewriters: http://t.co/hsIKv38d #
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Mystery Fanfare–Mystery Writers and their Typewriters: http://t.co/hsIKv38d #
NB: A version of this post also appears on Existential Ennui. This week, over on Existential Ennui, I’ve been blogging about books which begat perhaps more famous films. Thus far I’ve covered two movies: Where Eagles Dare and Jaws, both of which are at least the equal of their source texts, and […] Out today–the trailer for Taken 2: http://t.co/fk7FloCZ # A limited edition variant cover of Darwyn Cooke's The Score will be available at Comic-Con International this weekend: http://t.co/d5epSdEZ #
NB: A version of this post also appears on Existential Ennui. Having showcased two never-before-seen Hodder & Stoughton British hardback first editions of Donald E. Westlake’s Alan Grofield-starring Parker spin-off novels—The Dame (1969, Grofield #2) and The Blackbird (1970, Grofield #3)—it seems only fair I should shine the spotlight on the other […]
NB: A version of this post also appears on Existential Ennui. On to the second of two exclusive, never-before-seen-online Westlake Scores; and as with yesterday’s Score—a 1969 British Hodder & Stoughton first edition of Westlake’s second Alan Grofield novel, The Dame—today’s offering is also a Grofield book, and again boasts a particular […]
NB: A version of this post also appears on Existential Ennui. This week, I’ve a pair of very special Westlake Scores for you. Both of the books in question are incredibly scarce British first editions of Richard Stark novels; both boast strikingly psychedelic dust jacket artwork; and neither one, to my knowledge, […]
NB: A version of this post also appears on Existential Ennui. I’m back, with a Westlake Score, and further evidence, as if any were needed, of the madness which consumes me. Because despite already owning three different editions of the seventh Richard Stark Parker novel—both under its original title of The Seventh […] Frank McSherry’s article, “The Morals of Parker,” was given to me by Jesse Willis of SFFaudio. It’s from The Mystery Fancier, March/April 1984. It’s a fascinating piece, worth a close read. One of these days I’ll transcribe it, but for now you get the PDF. I recommend downloading and printing it rather than trying […] |
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