A little while back (one of the bennies from being on the
Digest option), ED wrote:
>There are dozens of *articles*, but there aren't that
many full-length
>studies of Hammett (though there are several more if
the biographies are
>included). I can't think of a bad one among 'em
(although Diane
>Johnson's Hellman-approved biography came in for
considerable stick from
>Bill Nolan for various factual inaccuracies, which he
set out and
>corrected in a critical article (possibly in Armchair
Detective)).
This gives me an opening for a marginally OT query:
Does anyone know of a reasonably-priced* source of back
issues of the Armchair Detective?
I have scattered issues, and when I finally managed to afford
a subscription 5 or 6 years ago, the sucka *folded* one issue
into my sub. (And they wonder why I identify with h-b
fiction?)
I did manage to pick up the first hardcover Garland facsimile
reprint of the first two Volumes of AD (did they ever manage
the remaining, promised, volumes) at the Mystery Store in
Seattle a couple of years ago. But even if I were suddenly
re-healthed enough to travel back to the NW, I couldn't
afford such an indulgence any more!
*The reason for the disclaimer is (and, yes, I'm aware none
us here gathered is "rich") that my only income is S.S.
Disability, and while I'm grateful for that, it doesn't leave
much "disposable" for essentials such as books, more books,
DVDs, more books.... So I just have to make choices...
[I think I've said it before, but This List is *not* helping:
based on the enthusiasms evident here, I've just ordered the
DVD of Get Carter. The
*original* Caine version, natch.]
Seriously, I wouldn't be able to -- even if available -- pick
up vast runs of AD all at one. But, over the course of time,
a few at a time....
After all, I still have my Insurance Policy: a first edition
of DUNE, for which I have a standing offer of $1500.00.
Tempting, but, damnit, it was the _first_ hardcover book I
ever bought -- for $6.95 -- and in addition, to the obvious
Sentimental Value (*"priceless"*), it is a beautifully
"made" book (issued by a text-book publisher), not the Usual
Suspects of Doubleday, et al.
Enough!
Bill Bowers | <
BBowers@one.net>
"Right
now the Hard-Boiled Hero looks like a candidate for a Spousal
Abuse Seminar." --Fred Zackel, Rara-Avis
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