miker,
i read and enjoyed 'chinatown death cloud peril'. it was fun
and worth the read, but certainly not a 'must'.
i loved all the stuff about writing for the pulps and the
whole scene at the time, as well as the main characters of
walter gibson and lester dent.
the adventures they get into are secondary for me, tho
great fun. i'm sure for other readers it's the exact
opposite; they want action and not so much about the writing
life and biz of that era.
the hubbard character plays off the gibson vs. dent rivalry
well. himes and lovecraft have much smaller roles.
sonny
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Where I was working in Atlanta was right across from
a
> Borders bookstore, so I hung out there a couple
days
> during my lunch break. I saw a couple newer
books
> that looked on-topic. One was The Chinatown
Death
> Cloud Peril. The cover picture was
plainly
> pulp-oriented, and the back pointedly
mentioned
> "genre." Can't remember the author. Some of the
old
> pulp authors are characters in the book. I
remember
> L. Ron Hubbard being mentioned. It might be good,
but
> the smell of pastiche was strong.
>
> Another was Chasing the Devil's Tail by a fellow
named
> Fulmer. I read a couple chapters of it and it
seemed
> good. It's about a series of killings of
prostitutes
> in the New Orleans red light district about a
hundred
> years ago. One of the characters is Jelly Roll
Morton
> before he became Jelly Roll Morton.
>
> Anybody read these? Comments?
>
> miker
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