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https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2020/01/forgotten-books-holocaust-house-norbert.html?showComment=1580505580579 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Holocaust House - Norbert Davis I’ve been meaning to read Norbert Davis’s Doan and Carstairs series for, oh, fifty years now. One of the libraries I frequented as a t... rough edgesnorbert davisforgottenbooksholocaust https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/04/shoot-em-up.html?showComment=1238975880000 Rough Edges: Shoot 'Em Up Those of you who really wanted to see this movie have probably already watched it. Those of you who haven’t and are undecided . . . well, I... shoot em uprough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/04/shoot-em-up.html?showComment=1238876280000 Rough Edges: Shoot 'Em Up Those of you who really wanted to see this movie have probably already watched it. Those of you who haven’t and are undecided . . . well, I... shoot em uprough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2004/09/allergies.html?showComment=1096314720000 Rough Edges: Allergies For the past three and a half weeks, ever since ragweed season started, I've been alternating between wanting to claw my eyes out of their s... rough edgesallergies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/09/forgotten-books-color-him-dead-charles.html?showComment=1504263462768 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Color Him Dead - Charles Runyon I don’t think Charles Runyon was ever considered one of the top-tier Gold Medal authors, but his books have plenty of admirers, includi... rough edgesforgottenbookscolordead https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/02/forgotten-books-quest-of-golden-ape.html?showComment=1391805701797 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Quest of the Golden Ape - Ivar Jorgensen and Adam Chase There's some question as to who actually wrote this novel, which was originally published as a serial in the January, February, and Mar... rough edgesof theivar jorgensenadam chaseforgotten https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/08/ Rough Edges: August 2016 rough edgesaugust https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/03/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-dark-city.html?showComment=1426067125671 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Dark City (This post originally appeared on March 28, 2010.) Somehow this movie came and went a dozen years ago without me ever hearing of it. It ... rough edgesdark citytuesdayoverlookedmovies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/03/two-fisted-detective-stories.html Rough Edges: Two-Fisted Detective Stories Just the titles of the stories in this digest mystery magazine ought to tell you whether or not they would be to your taste: “TNT Temptress!... rough edgesdetective storiestwofisted https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2024/06/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-crack.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Crack Detective Stories, November 1945 This issue of CRACK DETECTIVE STORIES has a nice cover by Irene Endris, one of several female pulp cover artists I know of. Inside are stori... rough edgessunday morningdetective storiesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-robert-e-howard-life-and-times.html Rough Edges: Review: Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author - Willard M. Oliver I never get tired of reading about Robert E. Howard and his work. I’ve read several biographies and books about his writings and countless a... robert e howardlife and timesrough edgesreviewtexas https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/07/forgotten-books-bitch-gil-brewer.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Bitch - Gil Brewer With a title like THE BITCH and an author like Gil Brewer, you'd expect that this novel would have a femme fatale in it, and you'd be ... rough edgesthe bitchgil brewerforgottenbooks https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/06/dead-man-4-dead-woman-david-mcafee.html Rough Edges: The Dead Man #4: The Dead Woman - David McAfee The fourth book in the DEAD MAN series, THE DEAD WOMAN by David McAfee, officially goes on sale today. Like all of Matt Cahill's other adv... the dead manrough edgesdavid mcafeewoman https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-blog-by-frank-loose-book.html?showComment=1274044003078 Rough Edges: Guest Blog by Frank Loose: The Book Fumigation Tank (This is a problem I run into fairly often, and I suspect most book collectors do, too. Thanks to Frank for sharing his method of dealing wi... rough edgesguest blogthe bookfrankloose https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/06/covenant.html Rough Edges: The Covenant It would be easy to make fun of THE COVENANT. The plot, about four young men at an exclusive New England prep school who are really warlocks... rough edgesthe covenant https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/08/damned-three-days-dead-cullen-bunn-and.html Rough Edges: The Damned: Three Days Dead -- Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt THREE DAYS DEAD is a graphic novel that reprints the first five issues of the comic book series THE DAMNED, plotted by Cullen Bunn and Brian... rough edgesthe damnedthree dayscullen bunndead https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/09/forgotten-books-hottest-fourth-of-july.html?showComment=1221237600000 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Hottest Fourth of July in the History of Hangtree County --... A lot of Western authors have written Fourth of July novels. It’s a situation with a lot of built-in dramatic possibilities: hot weather, ... fourth of julyrough edgesthe hottestin historyforgotten https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/01/forgotten-books-red-scarf-gil-brewer.html?showComment=1296371750104 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Red Scarf - Gil Brewer We all know by now that a Gil Brewer novel isn’t going to be full of sweetness and light. All his hapless protagonists have to look forward... rough edgesthe redgil brewerforgottenbooks https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/05/forgotten-books-your-turn-to-curtsy-my.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Your Turn to Curtsy My Turn to Bow - William Goldman William Goldman is best known for his screenplays, like BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, and his thrillers like MARATHON MAN and MAGIC, m... rough edgesyour turnwilliam goldmanforgottenbooks https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/07/permission-to-kill-reviews-blood-mesa.html Rough Edges: Permission to Kill Reviews The Blood Mesa There's a very nice review of THE BLOOD MESA on the excellent blog Permission to Kill this morning. "Rapid fire pace and unflinching bruta... permission to killrough edgesthe bloodreviewsmesa https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-wrap-up.html?showComment=1546272099062 Rough Edges: The Wrap Up This has been a year with a considerable amount of bad—the loss of friends and loved ones, ongoing health problems for me and many of ... rough edgesthe wrap https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2019/02/overlooked-movies-hearts-beat-loud-2018.html Rough Edges: Overlooked Movies: Hearts Beat Loud (2018) I watched this movie because I’m a fan of Nick Offerman’s droll sense of humor and delivery. He’s one of those guys who’s just funny n... hearts beat loudrough edgesoverlookedmovies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2005/10/44-western-february-1946.html Rough Edges: .44 Western, February 1946 Here's a nice action-packed Western pulp cover that I like, scan courtesy of Jim Griffin. Full-scale brawls like this are relatively rare o... rough edgeswesternfebruary https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/07/lookout.html?showComment=1216669560000 Rough Edges: The Lookout Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a star high school athlete with a beautiful girlfriend and everything going for him. Then a car wreck... rough edgesthe lookout https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/11/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-mammoth.html?showComment=1447704463533 Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Mammoth Detective, September 1942 I'm sure there are people who collect mummy covers. This is a pretty good one. And with stories by William P. McGivern, Howard Browne, Dw... rough edgessunday morningbonuspulpmammoth https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/05/forgotten-music-that-thing-you-do.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Music: That Thing You Do Soundtrack Making a movie set in a particular time period and using actual music from that era to help capture the feelings of the period is one thing,... rough edgesthat thingyou doforgottenmusic https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/02/forgotten-movies-mystery-alaska-1999.html?showComment=1488283406664 Rough Edges: Forgotten Movies: Mystery, Alaska (1999) Since I've become something of an ice hockey fan, I've started watching some hockey movies I never saw when they first came out, like thi... rough edgesmystery alaskaforgottenmovies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/07/unknown-mark-waid.html?showComment=1311788064057 Rough Edges: The Unknown - Mark Waid Over the years I’ve read a lot of superhero comics written by Mark Waid, and I’ve found his work to be consistently entertaining. I don’t t... rough edgesthe unknownmark waid https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2024/05/western-fictioneers-announces-14th.html Rough Edges: Western Fictioneers Announces the 14th Annual Peacemaker Award Finalists and Lifetime... THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER John Legg 14th Annual Peacemaker Awards Finalists For Western Novels and Stories Published in 2023 ... rough edgeswesternfictioneersannouncesannual https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/10/green-hornet-chronicles.html?showComment=1287260755232 Rough Edges: The Green Hornet Chronicles I hold in my hand (well, not literally, but they're right here beside me) my contributor's copies of THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES, the new an... the green hornetrough edgeschronicles https://tinyview.com/itchy-feet/2026/09/20/rough-edges Rough Edges It's edgy to be edging the Edge. rough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2021/09/saturday-morning-western-pulp-star.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Star Western, August 1953 This is a pretty sedate cover, but I like it a lot anyway. There's a nice sense of impending menace to it, and that's a really beautiful wom... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulpstar https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2005/11/imagination-july-1953.html Rough Edges: Imagination, July 1953 And here's the cover of the science-fiction digest mentioned in the previous post, with art by Malcolm Smith. Growing up, the only SF magaz... rough edgesimaginationjuly https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/05/lazarus-project.html Rough Edges: The Lazarus Project THE LAZARUS PROJECT starts out like it’s going to be a hardboiled crime yarn that might have been published as a Gold Medal novel: Ex-con Be... the lazarus projectrough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2020/02/sons-of-ringo-great-spaghetti-western.html Rough Edges: Sons of Ringo: The Great Spaghetti Western Heroes - Fred Blosser I’m not sure which Spaghetti Western was the first one I ever watched, but I think it may have been A PISTOL FOR RINGO, which came out in... rough edgessons ofthe greatspaghetti westernringo https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/02/mcgrave-lee-goldberg.html Rough Edges: McGrave - Lee Goldberg If you travel in the same blog circles I do, you've probably read quite a bit about Lee Goldberg's new e-book McGRAVE in the past twenty-... rough edgeslee goldberg https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200903-00/?p=104160/ Rough edges in the when_all coroutine, part 1: Empty parameter list - The Old New Thing Sep 9, 2020 - I've got plenty of nothing. rough edgesin theold newcoroutinepart https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/11/forgotten-books-call-for-michael-shayne.html?showComment=1321019478213 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Call for Michael Shayne - Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser) (This post originally appeared in somewhat different form on June 19, 2006.) Some of you reading this may not know that in the early day... rough edgescall formichael shaynebrett hallidaydavis dresser https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/05/end-of-brooklyn-robert-j-randisi.html?showComment=1306384993738 Rough Edges: The End of Brooklyn - Robert J. Randisi Years ago I read the first two novels featuring Bob Randisi’s Brooklyn private eye Nick Delvecchio, NO EXIT FROM BROOKLYN and THE DEAD OF BR... robert j randisirough edgesthe endbrooklyn https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/11/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-island-in-sky.html Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Island in the Sky (Sorry I not only don't have anything political or election-related to post today, this is also a rerun from 2007. Things have been a ... in the skyrough edgestuesdayoverlookedmovies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/11/star-trek.html?showComment=1258931296756 Rough Edges: Star Trek Here I am, late as usual, writing about a movie all of you saw months ago in the theaters. But what the heck. That never shut me up before. ... rough edgesstar trek https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/05/overlooked-movies-stagecoach-texas-jack.html Rough Edges: Overlooked Movies: Stagecoach--The Texas Jack Story (2016) STAGECOACH: THE TEXAS JACK STORY, which seems to have gone straight to DVD, is about as cheaply made a Western as you'll ever see. The ... rough edgesthe texasjack storyoverlookedmovies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/11/tuesdays-overlooked-movie-tarantula.html Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movie: Tarantula Here's another one from Svengoolie that I missed somehow growing up. TARANTULA is a pretty good entry from the giant creature genre. Nucl... rough edgestuesdayoverlookedmovietarantula https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/07/movies-ive-missed-until-now-colombiana.html Rough Edges: Movies I've Missed Until Now: Colombiana (2011) I’ve enjoyed many of the action movies written and/or directed by Luc Besson, but I hadn’t come across this one until recently. Besson co-wr... rough edgesuntil nowmoviesmissedcolombiana https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/05/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-spicy.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Spicy-Adventure Stories, August 1935 Good old SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES and Robert Leslie Bellem. He has three stories in this issue, one under his own name and one each by Jer... rough edgessunday morningadventure storiesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/12/forgotten-books-arizona-guns-william.html?showComment=1229115660000 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Arizona Guns - William MacLeod Raine With some authors, you can be aware of their work for years, even decades, without ever reading any of it. That’s the way it’s been for me ... william macleod rainerough edgesforgottenbooksarizona https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/11/forgotten-books-river-queen-charles-n.html?showComment=1227301080000 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: River Queen - Charles N. Heckelmann If Charles N. Heckelmann is remembered at all today by paperback fans, it’s probably as the founder and editor of Monarch Books or the edito... rough edgesriver queenforgottenbookscharles https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2006/07/david-gemmell.html?showComment=1154182560000 Rough Edges: David Gemmell British heroic fantasy author David Gemmell has passed away. I was sorry to hear about this. Gemmell was one of my favorite writers and a n... rough edgesdavid gemmell https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/01/ Rough Edges: January 2018 rough edgesjanuary https://grenadier.co.za/de/view/2201443 The Witcher 3 Remastered review: "An exceptional update that refines the rough edges to make a... Oct 2, 2026 - The sprawling RPG has simply never been better the witcherrough edgesto makeremasteredreview https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/07/saturday-morning-western-pulp-thrilling.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Thrilling Western, September 1950 This is a pulp I own and read recently. The scan is from my copy. I don’t know who the artist is, but if you check the lower right cor... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulpthrilling https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2026/05/review-american-treasure-hunters-hunt.html Rough Edges: Review: American Treasure Hunters: The Hunt for Confederate Gold I’ve written here before about how much I enjoyed the boy’s adventure series I read as a kid, especially Rick Brant, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swi... rough edgestreasure huntersconfederate goldreviewamerican https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/09/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-adventure.html?showComment=1443535646589 Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Adventure, October 1, 1930 I didn't know you could still buy pith helmets, but I checked on Amazon and they have a bunch of 'em. I'll have to give that some thought... rough edgessunday morningpulp adventurebonusoctober https://www.splicetoday.com/moving-pictures/lena-dunham-s-rough-edges Lena Dunham's Rough Edges | www.splicetoday.com Sharp Stick, Dunham's first feature in 12 years, is a fascinating failure. || Stephen Silver lena dunhamrough edgeswww https://www.jaggallery.art/store-4/a-composition-in-texture-rough-around-the-edges-5-ryan-pagett-madison-ga A COMPOSITION IN TEXTURE (Rough Around the Edges) #5 Ryan Pagett Madison, GA — Jag Gallery | Key... Spackling and acrylic on wood 9.5 x 6 x 1.5 in. a compositiontexturerougharoundedges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-rough-edges-rerun-review-day-of-moon.html Rough Edges: A Rough Edges Rerun Review: Day of the Moon - Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallmann As far as I can tell, DAY OF THE MOON has been published in only two editions, a 1983 British hardback from Robert Hale and a 1993 paperback... rough edgesof thebill pronzinirerunreview https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/03/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-12-rounds.html Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: 12 Rounds As I mentioned last week, here's my post about John Cena's second movie, which originally appeared here on August 16, 2009. I thought ... rough edgestuesdayoverlookedmoviesrounds https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/12/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-warlock.html?showComment=1388504748927 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Warlock This is another of the Western DVDs Livia got for me, and another one that I'd never seen until now. WARLOCK starts out like it's going t... rough edgestuesdayoverlookedmovieswarlock https://thenollywoodreporter.com/film/timini-egbuson-shines-in-shina-despite-films-rough-edges/ Timini Egbuson Shines in ''Shina,'' Despite Film's Rough Edges - Nollywood Reporter Jul 9, 2024 - ''Shina'' tackles weighty themes with mixed results. timini egbusonrough edgesshinesshinadespite https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/05/now-available-brothers-by-gun-samaria.html Rough Edges: Now Available: Brothers By the Gun (Samaria, Kansas #4) - David Hardy The Denning gang has just pulled off the biggest robbery of their careers. But Josh Denning, the leader of the bunch, faces a deadly chal... by the gunrough edgesnow availabledavid hardybrothers https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/02/bill-crider.html Rough Edges: Bill Crider The world is an emptier place tonight for readers, writers, book collectors, and everyone who ever met the man. Rest in peace, Bill. rough edgesbill crider https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2007/01/material-girls.html Rough Edges: Material Girls I said I was going to write something about every movie we watch this year, so . . . In this one, Hilary and Haylie Duff play sisters who in... rough edgesmaterial girls https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2007/05/milton-caniff-conversations.html Rough Edges: Milton Caniff: Conversations For the most part this book, published by the University Press of Mississippi, is a collection of interviews with comic strip writer and art... rough edgesmilton caniffconversations https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/04/forgotten-short-stories-main-currents.html?showComment=1239368520000 Rough Edges: Forgotten Short Stories: Main Currents of American Thought - Irwin Shaw I believe I’ve mentioned here before that Irwin Shaw’s “Main Currents of American Thought” is my favorite short story. I’ll get to the reas... rough edgesshort storiesirwin shawforgottenmain https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-rough-edges-rerun-review-sun-smasher.html Rough Edges: A Rough Edges Rerun Review: The Sun Smasher - Edmond Hamilton The opening of this novel reminded me a bit of the sort of set-up that Cornell Woolrich used in many of his stories. A young man named Neal ... rough edgesthe sunedmond hamiltonrerunreview https://www.shannonlowder.com/forgeai-in-practice-early-wins-and-rough-edges/ ForgeAI in Practice: Early Wins and Rough Edges Jun 24, 2026 - Running a system in production against real work is different from running it against test cases you designed to make it succeed. The production gap — the... in practicerough edgesforgeaiearlywins