Comments on: Cocktail Talk: Murder in Havana http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/2010/01/cocktail-talk-murder-in-havana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cocktail-talk-murder-in-havana Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: phismi http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/2010/01/cocktail-talk-murder-in-havana/#comment-411 phismi Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:24:21 +0000 http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/?p=564#comment-411 I'm wearing my uncomfortable whatnots right now. Just yesterday I heard someone say, "there are two kinds of people in the world; Hammett fans and Chandler fans." Apparently for some they are like the Cubs and White Sox. You can only like one. Not sure if that's true. I second the Hard Case Crime stuff. Affordable reprints and some nifty pulp covers. I like Max Allan Collins, Donald Westlake, Robert Parker, Max Phillips, Lawrence Block ... to name a few and in no particular order. Stay the hell away from Ken Bruen and Jason Starr unless cut-rate Tarantino torture porn is your scene. Wow, never knew I even had these opinions ... I’m wearing my uncomfortable whatnots right now.

Just yesterday I heard someone say, “there are two kinds of people in the world; Hammett fans and Chandler fans.” Apparently for some they are like the Cubs and White Sox. You can only like one. Not sure if that’s true.

I second the Hard Case Crime stuff. Affordable reprints and some nifty pulp covers. I like Max Allan Collins, Donald Westlake, Robert Parker, Max Phillips, Lawrence Block … to name a few and in no particular order. Stay the hell away from Ken Bruen and Jason Starr unless cut-rate Tarantino torture porn is your scene.

Wow, never knew I even had these opinions …

]]> By: admin http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/2010/01/cocktail-talk-murder-in-havana/#comment-410 admin Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/?p=564#comment-410 Hey, glad you like the talking posts (wouldn't it be cool if I was actually talking--or if you could click the quote and it was me reading it? Okay, maybe that would just be cool for me). As far as the pulps and the noirs, I'm no expert, but starting with the big names isn't actually a bad idea. Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Jim Thompson are all good. I'm also big on Cornell Woolrich--a little lesser known, but dandy. Sometimes, between us, I also just look for fun covers (the pulps are great for this) and trust that the story will be lurid, boozy, and gun-packed. Oh, Hard Case crime (they have good covers usually too) tends to be somewhat reliable, and also reprint lots of good old pulps. Oh, you know, if you a see a quote you like on here, just trying to track down the book isn't a bad idea, too. I usually at least like them a bit if I put up a quote. Or like something about them. Or like that they mention drinks (hey, that was probably obvious). Cheers! Hey, glad you like the talking posts (wouldn’t it be cool if I was actually talking–or if you could click the quote and it was me reading it? Okay, maybe that would just be cool for me). As far as the pulps and the noirs, I’m no expert, but starting with the big names isn’t actually a bad idea. Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Jim Thompson are all good. I’m also big on Cornell Woolrich–a little lesser known, but dandy. Sometimes, between us, I also just look for fun covers (the pulps are great for this) and trust that the story will be lurid, boozy, and gun-packed. Oh, Hard Case crime (they have good covers usually too) tends to be somewhat reliable, and also reprint lots of good old pulps. Oh, you know, if you a see a quote you like on here, just trying to track down the book isn’t a bad idea, too. I usually at least like them a bit if I put up a quote. Or like something about them. Or like that they mention drinks (hey, that was probably obvious). Cheers!

]]> By: Becca http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/2010/01/cocktail-talk-murder-in-havana/#comment-409 Becca Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:10:53 +0000 http://www.ajrathbun.com/blog/?p=564#comment-409 Hey AJ! So, as I think I've said before, I really dig these Cocktail Talk posts. I've actually never read any sort of pulp fiction, but am interested in checking it out! Got any author recommendations for someone just being introduced to the genre? Hey AJ! So, as I think I’ve said before, I really dig these Cocktail Talk posts. I’ve actually never read any sort of pulp fiction, but am interested in checking it out! Got any author recommendations for someone just being introduced to the genre?

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