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Recommended reading - Pulp Fiction: The Dames (2008):

Pulp Fiction: The Dames

Omnibus.

Edited by Otto Penzler.

Introduced by Laura Lippman.

Published 2008.

Published by Quercus.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1847242316

ISBN-13: 978-1847242310

Description:

Laura Lippman introduces 23 dames, femmes fatales, avenging angels, broads, molls and dolls from the golden age of pulp fiction and the dawn of modern crime writing.

From Sally the Sleuth to The Girl Who Knew Too Much, these women knew how to steal a guy’s heart – or his gun – and they weren’t afraid to use their fists if their charms couldn’t get them what they wanted. Risking their lives and ending others, these dames are certain to set your heart racing, whether you’re a pulp novice or a hard-boiled fan.

With stories from Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich and Dashiell Hammett, and a strip cartoon from Adolphe Barreau, Pulp Fiction: The Dames shows that some writing has an edge that time just can’t dull.

Contents: Preface, by Otto Penzler; Introduction, by Laura Lippman; Angel Face, by Cornell Woolrich; Chosen to Die, by Leslie T. White; A Pinch of Snuff, by Eric Taylor; Killer in the Rain, by Raymond Chandler; Sally the Sleuth, by Adolphe Barreaux; A Shock for the Countess, by C. S. Montanye; Snowbound, by C. B. Yorke; The Girl Who Knew Too Much, by Randolph Barr; The Corpse in the Crystal, by D. B. McCandless; He Got What He Asked For, by D. B. McCandless; Gangster's Brand, by P. T. Luman; Dance Macabre, by Robert Reeves; The Girl with the Silver Eyes, by Dashiell Hammett; The Jane from Hell's Kitchen, by Perry Paul; The Duchess Pulls a Fast One, by Whitman Chambers; Mansion of Death, by Roger Torrey; Concealed Weapon, by Roger Torrey; The Devil's Bookkeeper, by Carlos Martinez; Black Legion, by Lars Anderson; Three Wise Men of Babylon, by Richard Sale; The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon, by Eugene Thomas; Brother Murder, by T. T. Flynn; Kindly Omit Flowers, by Stewart Sterling.

Patricia Wentworth, on writing:

There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write.

This is very different from wanting to be a writer.

To be a writer always seemed something so far removed from my talents and abilities and imaginings that it didn't afflict me at all as a notion when I was young.

But I was always conscious that I wanted to write.

- Patricia Wentworth.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995 & 1996)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Descent, Part II.

Released September 18, 1993.

Directed by Alexander Singer.

Written by René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Del Arco, Alex Datcher, James Horan, Brian Cousins, Benito Martinez, Michael Reilly Burke, David Keith Anderson, Majel Barrett, Pam Blackwell, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Gary Hunter, Rick Ryan Kiesau, Rad Milo, Ivonne Perez Montijo, Joe Murphy, Craig Reed, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Dee Giffin Scott, Adrian Tafoya, Oliver Thees, Rogan Wilde.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Elogium.

Released September 18, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Jimmy Diggs, Steve J. Kay.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Nancy Hower, Hudson (Gary) O'Brien, Terry Correll, Kimberly Auslander, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Stan Ivar, Julie Jiang, Dennis Madalone, Jordan Monheim, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Chute.

Released September 18, 1996.

Directed by Les Landau.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Clayvon C. Harris, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Don McManus, Robert Pine, James Parks, Ed Trotta, Beans Morocco, Rosemary Morgan, Derek Anthony, John Austin, Harry Boykoff, Terrell Clayton, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Donald R. Jankiewicz, Pat Jankiewicz, Julie Jiang, Jaehne Moebius, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, Irving Ross, Adrian Tafoya, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Shockwave, Part II.

Released September 18, 2002.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Fleck, Matt Winston, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham, Keith Allan, Jim Fitzpatrick, Michael Kosik, Alexandrea Ortiz, Amy Kate Connolly, James Horan, Dieter Horneman, Bobby Pappas.

On this day in television history - Crime Story (1986 - 1988):

Crime Story

was released in the United States on September 18, 1986,

and ran for two seasons until May 10, 1988.

Cast:

Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison, John Santucci, Stephen Lang, Bill Smitrovich, Bill Campbell, Paul Butler, Steve Ryan, Ted Levine, Andrew Clay, Jon Polito, Joseph Wiseman, Darlanne Fluegel, Jay O. Sanders, David Caruso, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Deborah Harry, Paul Anka, Gary Sinise, Ving Rhames, William Russ, Christian Slater, Paul Guilfoyle, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Rooker, Lili Taylor, Pam Grier, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Stanley Tucci, Lee Ving, Anthony Heald, Bruce McGill, David Hyde Pierce, George Dzundza, Laura San Giacomo, Billy Zane, Michael J. Pollard, William Hickey, Elias Koteas, Dennis Haysbert, Eric Bogosian, Michael Madsen, Vincent Gallo, Armin Shimerman, Jim True-Frost, David Soul, James Remar, Michael Jeter, Steven Weber, Amy Morton, Fred Savage.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Ten Minutes to Doomsday.
Released September 18, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Stuart Jerome.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, James Bell, Ross Elliott, Ann Morrison, Francis De Sales, Jeanne Bates, Lois De Banzie.

Born on this day – James Gandolfini:

James Gandolfini

Actor

September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013

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