Anyone who is interested in vintage paperbacks both HB &
non-HB just cannot go wrong with the magazine "Paperback
Parade" edited & published by Gary Lovisi, a HB author
that many here would be familiar with. This wonderful mag
covers pb's in general but the heavy emphasis is on HB &
the more sensationalist fiction of the 1950's & 1960's.
Unfortunately, with exchange rates & postage being what
it is a subscription costs a little too much cabbage for this
little bunny but I have bought a couple of back issues that
would be of great interest to many list members : # 15 has a
priceless interview with Arnold Hano, Lion Books editor (the
original publishers of Jim Thompson & David Goodis) by
George Tuttle & is an issue dedicated mostly to noir;
#33, a special Gold Medal issue with articles by George
Tuttle, again, & an interview with Knox Burger, the
editor of GM after Dick Carroll left & also apparently a
literary agent with several noir authors, past & present,
on his books.People should also check out Geo. Tuttle's tasty
little webpage dedicated to noir : http://noirfiction.tripod.com/
Paperback Parade is published by Gryphon Books a small press
devoted to HB, pulp & SF with a very heavy emphasis on
HB. They also publish
"Hardboiled" magazine which looks excellent but I've never
seen an issue in the pulp, as it were.Gryphon Books is a
cornucopia of HB goodies, fiction & non-fiction, new
& vintage (I think they were the original publishers of
James Sallis's "Difficult Lives" about Jim Thompson, Chester
Himes & David Goodis). When I win the lottery (I better
start buying tickets) the 1st thing on the list is a sub to
the mags & an order for their back catalogue. I recently
asked Ed Gorman about the revival of the Black Lizard series
to which he basically answered, not as far as he was aware
of. He went on to bemoan the fact that his own company had
tried to reissue similar material & couldn't even sell
500 copies. I feel that it's more of a distribution &
marketing problem than a lack of interest in the public. I
know it's a minority taste but I suspect there's a larger
readership potentially out there that just needs to be
reached.(Of course, Paperback Parade is no secret to people
such as Bill Crider who is probably a contributor). So let's
all support these guys as much as we can - I can't give a lot
of financial support by way of buying a lot of Lovisi's &
others' products but I can spread the word & the more of
us that pick up even just 1 or 2 items from these guys will
make it just a little more likely that someone will reprint a
book like "Black Wings Has My Angel" & all of us, me
included, would be able to read this reputed masterpiece
& others). This community service announcement has been
brought to you by the Post Baby Boom Noir Appreciation &
Archaeological Society. All donations should be sent to the
appropriate small presses such as Gryphon, Crippen
& Landru, Five Star and other comrades in arms.
Rene. PS Gryphon Books are at : http://www.gryphonbooks.com/index.html
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