The Heirs of Anthony Boucher : A History of Mystery Fandom

The Heirs of Anthony Boucher : A History of Mystery Fandom

Editorial Reviews
Review
"It is, after all, mystery fandom that keeps alive all those great
names from yesterday while discovering the new classic writers of our own day. With this book Marv Lachman has done an amazing job of chronicling it all, from the earliest Sherlockians through the popular fanzines and mystery conventions to the latest internet websites. Read it, and rejoice!"
--Edward D. Hoch, MWA Grandmaster Awardee

Book Description
This history of mystery fandom is called The Heirs of Anthony Boucher because it was to Boucher's mystery review column in the New York Times Book Review that fans turned, before what Lachman calls "The Fan Revolution" was launched in 1967. In a literary domino effect, Boucher's column led to the first fan magazine, The Armchair Detective, and Boucher encouraged and reviewed it. Boucher's sudden death in 1968 was a shock to mystery fans, but everything they have done since is part of Anthony Boucher's legacy.

Heirs of Anthony Boucher, The: A History of Mystery Fandom,Marvin Lachman,Poisoned Pen Press,1590582233,History,History: World,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Modern - 21st Century,Mystery & Detective Fiction,Reference,History / Modern / 21st Century

Books Report:

1. The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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3. The New Leviathan : Or Man, Society, Civilization and Barbarism
4. The Outlaw Trail: Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
5. The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History
6. The Pastons and their England : Studies in an Age of Transition (Canto original series)
7. The Philosophy of History: With Reflections and Aphorisms
8. The Principles of History : And Other Writings in Philosophy of History
9. The Pursuit of Local History: Readings on Theory and Practice : Readings on Theory and Practice (American Association for State and Local History Book Series)
10. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

Books Report

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