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The Armchair Detective [v12 #1, January 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Gahan Wilson) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 3 · We Tell Stories: A Talk Given at a Monthly MWA Meeting in New York · Pete Hamill · ar 6 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 14 · W. T. Ballard: An Interview [W.T. Ballard] · Stephen Mertz · iv 20 · Lord Peter Views the Telly · J. R. Christopher · ar 28 · The Many Rises and Falls of J. Rufus Wallingford · Albert Borowitz · ar 30 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 32 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Ten) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 34 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part XI · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham] 40 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Eleventh Hour [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William MacHarg · nv Hampton’s Magazine Feb 1910 57 · Julian Symons and Civilization’s Discontents · Steven R. Carter · ar [Julian Symons] 62 · Series Synopsis · Anon. · cl 64 · On Reading Detective Fiction · John M. Reilly · ar 66 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 69 · John Dickson Carr on British Radio · Douglas G. Greene · ar [John Dickson Carr] 72 · Introducing Paul Cain and His Fast One: A Forgotten Hard-Boiled Writer—A Forgotten Gangster Novel · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Paul Cain] 77 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 81 · Movie Notes · Anon. · mr 82 · Crime Crossword · Anon. · pz 83 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 3 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 89 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 91 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 94 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc

The Armchair Detective [v12 #2, Spring 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Sorceress of the Strand · Gordon Browne · cv The Strand Magazine Feb 1903; originally published as an interior illustration to accompany “The Bloodstone” by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace. 98 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 99 · The Great Australian Detective · William Antony S. Sarjeant · ar 106 · Cornell Woolrich: The Years Before Suspense · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Cornell Woolrich] 111 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 118 · Patterns of Guilt and Isolation in Five Novels by “Tucker Coe” · Jane S. Bakerman · ar 122 · William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki the Ghost-Finder · Peter Christensen · ar [William Hope Hodgson] 125 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1977 · Walter Albert · bi 130 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 132 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 133 · Series Synopsis · J. M. Purcell · cl 134 · An Interview with Gregory Mcdonald · Robert Randisi · iv 135 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 136 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Madame Sara [Madame Sara] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine Oct 1902; given as by L.T. Meade alone. 152 · The Mousetrap Phenomenon · Arthur Nicholas Athanason · ar [Agatha Christie] 158 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 4 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 164 · Pulps of the 1920’s and 30’s · Anon. · ar 165 · Crime Crossword · Louis C. Mandes, Jr. · pz 166 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 168 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part XII · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham] 174 · The Police in Society: The Novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö · Frank Occhiogrosso · ar [Maj Sjöwall; Per Wahlöö] 178 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 183 · “Edmund Crispin” · Robert Bruce Montgomery · ar 186 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 189 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 191 · Detecting the Sponsors · R. Jeff Banks · ar

The Armchair Detective [v12 #3, Summer 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee · Carolyn Hartman · cv 193 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 195 · The Destiny of the House · Stanley Ellin · ar 196 · Ellery Queen: First Impressions · Robert W. Douty · ar 197 · The Comic Book Adventures of Ellery Queen · Ron Goulart · ar 200 · Growing Up with Ellery Queen · Edward D. Hoch · ar 201 · Fred Dannay and EQMM · Eleanor Sullivan · ar 203 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 209 · “To the Very Last: The Dying Message” · Lynn Biederstadt · ar 211 · Radio Mystery Quiz · R. Jeff Banks · ar 212 · The Lamp of God · Thomas Godfrey · ar 214 · Challenges to the Listener · Chris Steinbrunner · ar 216 · Ellery Queen on the Small Screen · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar 224 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 226 · The Quacks in the Quorum · Adrian Goldstone · ar 228 · A Reader’s Supplement to Queen’s Quorum · Douglas G. Greene · ar 236 · Frederic Dannay: Doctor of Humane Letters · Allen J. Hubin · ar 238 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Lingo Dan [Lingo Dan] · Percival Pollard · ss Lingo Dan, The Neale Pub. Co 1903 244 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 246 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 5 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 255 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 256 · The Red Herring as Folklore · William M. Clements · ar 260 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 262 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 264 · Captain Shaw’s Hard-Boiled Boys · Stephen Mertz · ar 266 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 270 · Inspector Bucket’s Rival · Clifford Jiggens · ar 272 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 274 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 276 · An Interview with John Lutz · Mary Ann Grochowski · iv 280 · A Mirror to Our Crimes · Edward D. Hoch · ar 286 · Edgar Lustgarten, 1970-1978 · Mary Groff · ob 287 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl

The Armchair Detective [v12 #4, Fall 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Mickey Spillane · Carolyn Hartman · cv 290 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 293 · Just a Writer Working for a Buck · Michael Barson · ar 300 · Spillane and the Critics · R. Jeff Banks · ar [Mickey Spillane] 308 · DAT’S Mike HAM-MUH! · Max Collins · ar [Mickey Spillane] 320 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 324 · An Interview with Marc Olden · Robert J. Randisi · iv 328 · An Appreciation of Archie Goodwin · Arden Knight · ar [Archie Goodwin] 330 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 332 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Peter Crane’s Cigars [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch; edited by Marvin Dana · ss The Blue Book Magazine Aug 1907, as “The Ingenious Ruse of Mr. Crane”, uncredited 341 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 6 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 348 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part XIII · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham] 353 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 358 · A Preliminary Chronology of the Documented Cases of Napoleon Bonaparte · William Antony S. Sarjeant · ar 360 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 362 · Detective Story Aspects of the Nouveau Roman · Erica M. Eisinger · ar 366 · Series Synopsis · Anon. · cl 367 · TAD Goes to the Movies · Tom Godfrey · cl 368 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 369 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 372 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 376 · Retrospective Review of TV Film Interview · Anon. · ms 382 · Crime Crossword · Anon. · pz

The Armchair Detective [v13 #1, Winter 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Pat Creswell) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 4 · Threats to Rationalism: John Fowles, Stanislaw Lem, and the Detective Story · Frank Occhiogrosso · ar [John Fowles; Stanislaw Lem] 8 · David (Pudd’nhead) Wilson: The Missing Figure in a Detectives’ Group Portrait · Louise Saylor · ar 12 · Drood the Obscure: The Evidence of the Names · Robert F. Fleissner · ar 17 · Lord Peter Wimsey of Piccadilly: His Lordship’s Life and Times · William M. Scott · ar [Dorothy L. Sayers] 23 · The Black Mask Boys Go Legit · William F. Nolan · ar 25 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 26 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 31 · Feminists as Detectives: Harriet Vane, Kale Fansler, and Sarah Chayse · Kathleen Gregory Klein · ar 36 · The “Amanda Cross” Case: Socializing the U.S. Academic Mystery · J. M. Purcell · ar 41 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 43 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1978 · Walter Albert · bi 48 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Twelve Green Russian Garnets · Arthur Sherburne Hardy · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine Aug 1910 58 · Blackout: Hubert Aquin’s Surreal Mystery · Russell M. Brown · ar [Hubert Aquin] 61 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 65 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 67 · A Song for the Unsung · Joseph J. Coffey · ar 69 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 7 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 75 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 76 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 78 · Retro Reviews · Anon. · rc

The Armchair Detective [v13 #2, Spring 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 83 · The Chronology of the Travis McGee Novels · Allan D. Pratt · ar 90 · Conquering the Stereotypes: On Reading the Novels of John D. MacDonald · George S. Peek · ar [John D. MacDonald] 94 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 98 · An Interview with a Black Sheep of Amsterdam: Janwillem van de Wetering · Janie & Chris Filstrup · iv 108 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 110 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 112 · A Fatal Attraction · G. A. Finch · ar 125 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Adventure of the House with the Baboons [Smiler Bunn] · Bertram Atkey · ss The Grand Magazine Jul 1910, as “The Place with the Baboons” 134 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 135 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 136 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 137 · The Worst Mystery Novel of All Time · Bill Pronzini · ar 141 · “The Wild Bunch” Revisited · Brian Garfield · ar 145 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 148 · On Compiling a Sax Rohmer Collection · Alan Warren · ar [Sax Rohmer] 150 · John le Carré’s Circus · Harry D. Dawson · ar [John le Carré] 151 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 8 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 158 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 163 · The Failure of Two Swiss Sleuths · Kay Herr · ar 166 · Iwan Hedman: An Interview · Caleb A. Lewis · iv 169 · Crime and Character: Notes on Rex Stout’s Early Fiction · David R. Anderson · ar [Rex Stout] 171 · Some of My Best Friends Are Books · Mary Groff · ar 173 · Zadig as a Jew: An Early German Tale of Detection · Armin Arnold · ar

The Armchair Detective [v13 #3, Summer 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. fc. · The Old Man in the Corner · H. M. Brock · cv 1909 178 · The Uneasy Chair · Otto Penzler · ed 179 · Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star with the Mask · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Raoul F. Whitfield] 185 · The Playful Mysteries of Peter Dickinson · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Peter Dickinson] 194 · Nigel Morland—Fifty Years of Crime Writing · Pearl G. Aldrich · ar [Nigel Morland] 199 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 205 · 34th Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner · Jiro Kimura · ar; given as by Jimo Kimura on the article itself. 208 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 210 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. January-March 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 212 · Lord Peter Wimsey of Piccadilly: His Lordship’s Life and Times Part II · William M. Scott · ar [Dorothy L. Sayers] 219 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Happy Land · James M’Levy · ss Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh, Kay 1861 224 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 226 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 228 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 230 · Karma and Spiritual Responsibility in James Jones’s A Touch of Danger · Steven R. Carter · ar [James Jones] 237 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 240 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 9 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 244 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 10 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 247 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 250 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 251 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 253 · Binocular Eyes: Cross-Cultural Detectives · Margaret J. King · ar 261 · Eyes on the Screen · Mary Groff · ar 262 · [cartoon] · N. Schatell · ct 265 · Craig Rice: Merry Mistress of Mystery and Mayhem · Mary Ann Grochowski · ar [Craig Rice] 268 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc

The Armchair Detective [v13 #4, Fall 1980] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by William Frake) Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 274 · The Uneasy Chair · Allen J. Hubin · ed 276 · Comic Capers and Comic Eyes · David Geherin · ar 281 · Criminous Christmases · Jane Gottschalk · ar 286 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 288 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 288 · James Sandoe: A Retrospective · Tom & Enid Schantz · ar [James Sandoe] 294 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 299 · An Interview with Elizabeth Linington · Margaret J. King · iv 308 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 310 · Japanese Mystery Fiction in English Translation · John L. Apostolou · ar 313 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1979 · Walter Albert · bi 319 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Kesho Naik, Dacoit [Kesho Naik] · Sir Edmund C. Cox · ss The Exploits of Kesho Naik, Dacoit, Constable 1912, as “The Astounding Robbery of the Treasure Train” 325 · A Conversation with Judson Philips · Bernard A. Drew · ar [Judson Philips] 331 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 332 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 334 · Marmelahd or Marmelade · E. F. Bleiler · ar 335 · Quirky Quatrains · Jane Gottschalk · pm 336 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-June 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 338 · An Interview with Stuart Kaminsky · Robert J. Randisi · iv 342 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 345 · Bill Pronzini: A Checklist · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Bill Pronzini · bi 351 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 354 · Another Watson: Captain Hastings · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar 361 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 362 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 365 · The Mystery of Robert Eustace · Joe R. Christopher · ar [Robert Eustace]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #1, Winter 1981] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Steven R. Austin) Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 3 · Ramon Decolta, a.k.a. Raoul Whitfield, and His Diminutive Brown Man: Jo Gar, The Island Detective · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Raoul F. Whitfield] 9 · Opus in G Minor for Blunt Instrument: The Development of Motive in Detective Fiction · Raymond Obstfeld · ar 14 · Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ar 17 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 22 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 24 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly: Part I · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Hugo Gernsback] 30 · A Bit of Inspiration from Denmark · Bjorne Nielsen · pm 31 · Dickens’s Last Book: More Mysteries Than One · Arthur J. Cox · ar [Charles Dickens] 37 · Thomas Berger’s Comic-Absurd Vision in Who Is Teddy Villanova? · David Madden · ar [Thomas Berger] 44 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Donovan of Whitehall [Donovan] · William Le Queux · ss Donovan of Whitehall, Pearson 1917, as “Within Four Walls” 53 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 57 · The Armchair Criminal · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 71 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 74 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 74 · The James Sandoe Retrospective Reviews · James Sandoe · rc 76 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 78 · Murder by Client: A Reworked Theme in Dashiell Hammett · Christopher Bentley · ar [Dashiell Hammett] 79 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 80 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 82 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 84 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 86 · The Importance of “C—ing” in Earnest: A Comparison of The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown · William D. Bottiggi · ar 88 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 90 · Patricia Wentworth Revisited · Nancy Blue Wynne · ar [Patricia Wentworth] 93 · Interview with Tony Hillerman · Bruce Taylor · iv