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With Pulp Frictions, Peter Haining presents stories from masters of the genre, including Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane and Ed McBain, plus work from a new generation of writers, such as Tarantino, James Ellroy and Elmore Leonard.
This collection of hardboiled pulp fiction assembles short stories that span six decades, and include major figures of the genre. Editor Peter Haining is a long-term collector of crime, suspense, and horror fiction, and has compiled dozens of anthologies of short stories. This collection reflects his primary interests in the “hardboiled” crime novels of the pulp era. He has sought to include a selection of stories by the most influential writers of the genre, but with a focus on those that have not been widely reprinted previously. As a result, while the selections are representative, they are not the very best of the genre, the latter being works that have been reprinted many times in such collections.
The 20 stories included are grouped into three categories: “Hardboiled Dicks: Cases of Private Eyes Cops and G-Men”; “Stories of the Law Officers”; and “The Hoods: Tales of the Criminal Fraternity”. The authors included constitute a virtually Who's Who of the genre, including Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich. Elmore Leonard, James Cain, Ross Macdonald, and David Goodis.
In my view, the best of the stories are those by Carroll John Daly, Elmore Leonard (an excerpt from his novel “Freaky Deaky”), and Mickey Spillane (an author whose work I’ve hitherto not liked). The only story I’d recommend skipping is Tarentino’s puerile and distasteful contribution, which its author also saw fit to included in his movie “Pulp Fiction”.
Below is a list of the stories included, and my ratings on a 5* scale.
Introduction by Peter Haining “Torch Number” by James Ellroy (2*) “The Egyptian Lure” by Carroll John Daly (4*) “Arson Plus” by Dashiell Hammett (2*) “The Man Who Liked Dogs” by Raymond Chandler (3*) “Dead Man’s Head” by Robert Leslie Bellem (1*) “The Singing Pigeon” by Ross Macdonald (3*) “The Hunting of Hemingway” by MacKinlay Kantor (2.5*) “Dead on Her Feet” by Cornell by Woolrich (2*) “Nice Work” Peter by Cheyney (3*) “The Lady Says Die!” by Mickey Spillane (4*) “Accident Report” by Ed McBain (3*) “Freaky Deaky” by Elmore Leonard (5*) “Travelling Light” by W.R. Burnett (3*) “Pastorale” by James M. Cain (1*) “The Deadly Circle” by Samuel Fuller (1*) “Get a Load of This” by James Hadley Chase (2*) “It’s a Wise Cadaver” by David Goodis (2*) “The Frightening Frammis” by Jim Thompson (3*) “The Fifth Quarter” by Stephen King (3*) “The Watch” by Quentin Tarantino (1/2*) ( )
This is an anthology of pulp mystery stories by the greats such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich and Carroll John Daly, as well as Ed McBain and James M. Cain. It also includes authors that were not published during the heyday of the pulp mystery magazines, such as Stephen King and Quinten Tarantino. All in all, it's a good compilation and one worth reading if you're a pulp mystery fan. ( )
This is the old school hardboiled stuff. The writers in this collection aren't trying to show how smart they are -- they are interested in is getting under your skin, shocking you enough so you drop the TV remote, and prodding you to make sure your backdoor is locked. What fun. ( )
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Both Pulp Fictions and Pulp Frictions edited by Peter Haining are the same anthology, but are not the same as the various other anthologies named Pulp Frictions edited by others.
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With Pulp Frictions, Peter Haining presents stories from masters of the genre, including Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane and Ed McBain, plus work from a new generation of writers, such as Tarantino, James Ellroy and Elmore Leonard.
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The 20 stories included are grouped into three categories: “Hardboiled Dicks: Cases of Private Eyes Cops and G-Men”; “Stories of the Law Officers”; and “The Hoods: Tales of the Criminal Fraternity”. The authors included constitute a virtually Who's Who of the genre, including Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich. Elmore Leonard, James Cain, Ross Macdonald, and David Goodis.
In my view, the best of the stories are those by Carroll John Daly, Elmore Leonard (an excerpt from his novel “Freaky Deaky”), and Mickey Spillane (an author whose work I’ve hitherto not liked). The only story I’d recommend skipping is Tarentino’s puerile and distasteful contribution, which its author also saw fit to included in his movie “Pulp Fiction”.
Below is a list of the stories included, and my ratings on a 5* scale.
Introduction by Peter Haining
“Torch Number” by James Ellroy (2*)
“The Egyptian Lure” by Carroll John Daly (4*)
“Arson Plus” by Dashiell Hammett (2*)
“The Man Who Liked Dogs” by Raymond Chandler (3*)
“Dead Man’s Head” by Robert Leslie Bellem (1*)
“The Singing Pigeon” by Ross Macdonald (3*)
“The Hunting of Hemingway” by MacKinlay Kantor (2.5*)
“Dead on Her Feet” by Cornell by Woolrich (2*)
“Nice Work” Peter by Cheyney (3*)
“The Lady Says Die!” by Mickey Spillane (4*)
“Accident Report” by Ed McBain (3*)
“Freaky Deaky” by Elmore Leonard (5*)
“Travelling Light” by W.R. Burnett (3*)
“Pastorale” by James M. Cain (1*)
“The Deadly Circle” by Samuel Fuller (1*)
“Get a Load of This” by James Hadley Chase (2*)
“It’s a Wise Cadaver” by David Goodis (2*)
“The Frightening Frammis” by Jim Thompson (3*)
“The Fifth Quarter” by Stephen King (3*)
“The Watch” by Quentin Tarantino (1/2*) (