Ed Gorman's blog

The other night a few of you joined me in saying that it's nice to read/see something purely entertaining sometimes. One of my favorites...

Terry Southern once said that the lower echelons of publishing provided glimpses of America you just couldn't get in the mainstream. I t...

Ed, a few blogs back, you mentioned that TCM recently aired one of the early "Lone Wolf" B-movies from Columbia, starring Warren W...

Over on Rara Avis they're having an interesting discussion about the value of style to a story. In other words, I suppose, can mediocore...

Ed, I tend to despise these lists of "100 Best Such-and-Such Movies" that the American Film Institute and the glossy magazines gi...

Well, I guess Otto Penzler settled THAT argument. Ever since the Forties there have been discussions about which collection of stories best ...

I read Stephen Gallagher for two reasons. First because he's one of the most entertaining writers I've ever read. And second because...

He was shorter than I had envisioned him, less bulky, not at all imposing. No outstanding features, except maybe for a bristly salt-and-pep...

I exchanged a couple of letters with him shortly afterward, but at that point none of us seemed inclined to keep up a regular correspondence...

Last night, in discussing Ace Books, I referenced Jay Flynn. After I posted I remembered a piece by Bill Pronzini about Flynn on Mystery*Fil...

Quite a bit of talk on various blogs about the old Ace Books line of mysteries. I'm sentimental about them because I'm a geezer but ...

I watched the Ice Harvest this afternoon was really taken with it. None of the usual neo-noir phony toughness. John Cusak and Billy Bob Thor...

The first time I saw the name Fender Tucker I thought it must have been a misprint. Or set backwards. Tucker Fender sounded more like a real...

Curt Purcell at Groovy Age of Horror http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2007/10/nightstand-sleaze-double-feature.html is presently review...

Cinema Retro http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/LAGNIAPPE/CinemaRetro/CinemaRetro.asp always comes up with interesting stories. H...

Ed, We're coming up on the 85th anniversary of Dashiell Hammett's first appearance in "Black Mask." To me, that is as not...

Carol's in Connecticut this weekend to see out sixth grandchild, eight-day-old Charlotte. I'm at home (going to the library is enoug...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/arts/television/13bell.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=television&pagewanted=print The New York Tim...

I've now read six or seven reviews of SCHULZ AND PEANUTS: A BIOGRAPHY by David Michaelis and damned if every reviewer doesn't profes...

The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes This will be an inaduqate review because I can't find the proper words to shape my admiration ...