The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
Book Review: Buyer Beware!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a terrific collection of pulp stories, no question about that. But watch out! This volume consists of two other separately published volumes, bound together in one. If you already have "Pulp Fiction : The Crimefighters" and "Pulp Fiction : The Villains", you'll be sadly disappointed by this book! (And Amazon is doing their "Buy Them Together" thing with this book and one of its two component volumes. Bad Amazon! Bad!)Book Review: Outstanding pulp collection - arguably the best one-volume
Summary: 5 Stars
This telephone-book sized anthology (clocking in at nearly 1200 pages!) lives up to its aspiration to be "The best crime stories from the pulps in their Golden Age". It is divided into sections "The Crimefighters", "The Villians", and "The Dames", with an appropriate introduction for each. Of course, the true masters are well represented: Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammett, Cornell Wollrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, James M. Cain et al. But there are plenty of lesser known authors to round things out. One oddity is "Sally the Sleuth", a comic-strip style from "Spicy Detective" - apparently created solely for the purpose of having most of her clothes ripped off. Obviously many of the best stories have been anthologized before, but can you believe there is a Hammett story that has never seen print? The only drawback is that this might be too much of a good thing -at just about three pounds, it's a real wrist-bender of a volume! There are minor illustrations scattered throughout, although I would have sacrificed a couple of stories for a selection of pulp covers. At this price, why would any pulp fan pass - go for it!