Re: RARA-AVIS: Hammett introduction

James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Sat, 20 Dec 1997 23:20:59 -0600 (CST) At 10:58 PM 12/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Rikke & Hanne Kesten wrote:
>
>: I was browsing the local library and found, in the Hammett's, a
>: spine reading "Hammett CREEPS BY NIGHT." Never heard that title
>: before, it turned out to be an anthology of horror fiction -- short
>: stories published in the early Thirties with an introduction by
>: Hammett. Neat six or seven pages on that genre, very revealing.
>: Anyone want it? I'll post it to the group on request.
>
>I'm sure we'd all like to see it; please do send it out. I'd also be
>interested in knowing what stories are the collection - the book is
>listed in the Hammett bibliography on the list's web site, but not its
>contents.

This is a really good anthology but I think the consensus is
that Hammett ( who actually was a fan of this type of story) did not select
the pieces or probably even write the intro but was merely paid a fee for
the use of his name.

James
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>Bill
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