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Philip K. Dick Canonized

It's official: Philip K. Dick is a great writer, according to the Library of America. As t...

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How to Bring Back Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is the American mystery.Who?, you ask.Ellery Queen.Still doesn't ring a bell?...

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“Transcending the Genre”

 The one thing most certain to destroy a work of genre fiction is for the author to t...

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Perry Mason Season 1, Volume 2 DVD Announced

CBS Home Video has announced that volume two of season one of Perry Mason, the popular 195...

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The Story of Upton Sinclair

John Wilson of Books and Culture has an excellent article on the socialist American author...

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“Golden Age” Detection Fiction

Looking for something to read over the three-day weekend? I have some writers for you to i...

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The Devil Went Down to the Multiplex

The first installment of Philip Pullman's anti-Christian, pro-"Lucifer" children...

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Chinese to Produce Film on Rape of Nanking

Reuters reported on Monday that a Chinese film producer has announced plans for a $25 mill...

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Culture and Population

The eminent poet and philosopher Frederick Turner provides some big-picture, civilization-...

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Richard Matheson’s Evocative Vampire-Zombie Story

Warners Bros. has announced that its film adaptation of I Am Legend, the 1953 horror novel...

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Harry Potter Film Number 6 Scheduled

 Warner Bros. has announced that the film version of Harry Potter #6, Harry Potter an...

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The Case of Perry Mason—and an Important Addition

Speaking of Perry Mason as we were yesterday, you might be interested to know that the fir...

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From “The Case of the Bestselling Author”

Here are some extracts from my article on Erle Stanley Gardner, "The Case of the Best...

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Charlie Chan, Bourgeois Detective

Those who have an interest in the meanings behind the Charlie Chan films are cordially inv...

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The Puzzles of The Closer

The Closer, on TNT Monday nights at 9 EDT, is an unacknowledged Americanization of the lon...

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The Case for Mickey Spillane

Mickey Spillane, who died earlier this week, was a much better writer than the mainstream ...

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Hollywood and Religion

The relationship between religious believers and Hollywood has always been a tense thing, ...