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tasty pulp fiction
Lovers of pulp fiction are in for a treat. The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age—The ’20s, ’30s & ’40s (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) will be published this month. This 1150 page paperback is a trove of classics from the likes of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Erle Stanley Gardner.
Many of these stories first appeared in magazines like DIME DETECTIVE, BLACK MASK, and DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. There are 50+ stories and two complete novels that are true classics of the genre.
The back cover entices us with these come-ons:
Plenty of reasons for murder, all of them good.
A kid so smart-he’ll die of it.
A soft-hearted loan shark’s legman learning-the hard way-never to buy a strange blonde a hamburger,
The uncanny “moon Man” and his mad-money victims.
The book is divided into three sections: THE CRIMEFIGHTERS, THE VILLAINS, and THE DAMES. These sections are lovingly introduced by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison, and Laura Lippman respectively.
What a perfect book for those long winter nights. I can’t wait to take it to bed with me!
Vick Mickunas
