What Are You Reading

[Two Types]

'The Train' is one of his best. Really simple story but incredibly evocative of it time and place (France 1940).

One reviewer described it: "Simenom is a master who has been waiting for his masterpiece. This is it." (or something like that).

 

[Hercule]

Just finished Helen Forest's I Had the Craziest Dream. A quick and easy read. Quite gossipy.

 

[Miss Golightly]

Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks

 

[fashion frank]

Conan The Barbarian , by Robert E Howard who wrote a ton of paperbacks in the mid 30's and westerns as well .

All the Best , Fashion Frank

 

[Nick D]

Currently reading Robinson Crusoe.

 

[Touchofevil]

Conan The Barbarian , by Robert E Howard who wrote a ton of paperbacks in the mid 30's and westerns as well .

All the Best , Fashion Frank

Great choice! I read so many of his as a child, a teen, and an adult. A lot of his stories have been reissued in recent years. Although Conan is what he is typically known for, he wrote so much more.

 

[cw3pa]

I too, read most of the Conan short stories when I was a teenager. I still have most of the of the paperbacks around somewhere. They have have the Frank Frazetta art on the covers. I think they sold for less then a dollar apiece when I bought them new. Have to revisit Conan one of these days.

 

[fashion frank]

Conan Rule's

I too, read most of the Conan short stories when I was a teenager. I still have most of the of the paperbacks around somewhere. They have have the Frank Frazetta art on the covers. I think they sold for less then a dollar apiece when I bought them new. Have to revisit Conan one of these days.

I must agree, I love reading Conan and my man cave is loaded with all of his books , I have both of the swords from both movies ( and alot of other swords) and posters of conan and also signed prints from Frank Frazetta !

All the Best , Fashion Frank

 

[Gregg Axley]

Dashiel Hammett Complete Novels.
I got it on Amazon for $23 and so far I'm very pleased with it.

 

[vintageTink]

The Fedora Lounge.

Reading "IT" for the 20th time.

 

[jamespowers]

Dashiel Hammett Complete Novels.
I got it on Amazon for $23 and so far I'm very pleased with it.

Did you get the bacon bookmark I sent you?

 

[vintageTink]

I somehow always lose my place with bacon bookmarks. *urp*

 

[jamespowers]

I somehow always lose my place with bacon bookmarks. *urp*

:rofl:

 

[Touchofevil]

I somehow always lose my place with bacon bookmarks. *urp*

I somehow always lose my bacon bookmarks. Burp!

 

[Touchofevil]

Dashiel Hammett Complete Novels.
I got it on Amazon for $23 and so far I'm very pleased with it.

After that, try reading everything by Ross MacDonald and Raymond Chandler, you will again be very pleased.

 

[Touchofevil]

'The Train' is one of his best. Really simple story but incredibly evocative of it time and place (France 1940).

One reviewer described it: "Simenom is a master who has been waiting for his masterpiece. This is it." (or something like that).

He is a master of creating atmosphere. I have The Train but have yet to read it. I tend to ration out Simenon, Chandler, MacDonald, Goodis, and a few others. Sadly, at some point I will have read everything of theirs that was published and with nothing new to look forward to, will have to start over.

 

[hatguy1]

If interested in a private eye novel, "The Wichita Mysteries" is a trilogy based in late 1940s and early 1950s Wichita, Kansas when the defense plants, movie theaters and bowling alleys went 3 shifts. It's a great private eye novel, well researched in the local culture etc of the time - the zoo was in Riverside Park, the local AAA baseball team was the Braves and so on. Written in the early 1990s I think by Gaylord Dold I think, it makes some interesting fedora-wearing/vintage-based reading.

 

[vintageTink]

After that, try reading everything by Ross MacDonald and Raymond Chandler, you will again be very pleased.

At fist glance I thought you said try reading everything by Ronald McDonald.

 

[jamespowers]

At fist glance I thought you said try reading everything by Ronald McDonald.

He has done that already too.

The Iron Gate by Margaret Millar. Written during WWII. Self described as a Psychological Horror. Copyright 1945. Geez, WWII era paper in this book is lousy. Rationing you know.....

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Did you get the bacon bookmark I sent you?