Category Archives: Chandler

Hollywoodboiled

Posted on December 22, 2012 by phb256

I came to hardboiled fiction from a few different angles. I grew up reading comic books, so the jump from things like The Shadow and Robert E. Howard comics to pulp fiction to detective stories is practically inevitable. Another thing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Somebody’s Top Ten + 4

Posted on December 9, 2012 by phb256

I noticed that Devil in a Blue Dress showed up on someone’s list of the fourteen best private eye novels of all time. I have no idea why they decided to choose fourteen, or who they polled. It’s nice that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Who shot Waldo?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by phb256

In a comment on an earlier blog post, from the Bava, Stephen Downes linked to an online archive of hardboiled old time radio. The title of the first episode was Who Shot Waldo? I couldn’t resist. The background comes from The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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