Posted in Doc Savage, Doc Smith, Himes, Pulp, Reviews, The Shadow, Thriller on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
He felt something explode off the back of his head, and he sank to his hands and knees, bolts of pain radiating through his body like the energy waves broadcasting from the RKO Studios’ theatrical emblem.
- The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, p. 281-282
I really am pretty mad at myself for waiting so long to read [...]
Posted in Hard Case Crime, Reviews, Thriller on August 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Don’t let the psuedo-Marilyn Monroe bombshell on the cover fool you, Fright is not any kind of particularly simmering or sexual story. I’m not sure I’d even go so far as to classify it as the same kind of noirish, hardboiled stuff that Hard Case Crime normally puts out. It is, however, a gripping, if [...]
Posted in Best Author Ever, Thriller on June 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I discovered a very interesting bit of information today about my favorite book of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
Dumas, of course, often incorporated historical figures into his books, but generally less so when said book had a contemporary setting. Although Monte Cristo takes place over a good deal of time, [...]
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