As I understand it, Lillian Hellman prevented many of
Hammett's short stories from being printed after she bought
the rights. A friend of mine, after tracking down some of
those Spivak digests, told me he agreed with Lillian. And,
after doing some reading in NIGHTMARE TOWN myself, I think
they were on to something.
I suffer from a bad case of completivitis myself. Whenever I
read a book I like, I am strongly tempted to go out and buy
the collected works. But in recent years I have started to
restrain myself. Many books, little time and less shelf
space.... I am dedicated enough to dig out the 2nd rate stuff
by 1st rate writers. But when it comes to ferreting out the
3rd rate stuff that's so bad no even the author wants it to
see the light of day, I think time is better spent checking
out some 2nd rate authors. Take the other path and before you
know it, you'll be rooting around high school newspaper
archives...
--Scott
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