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Allen J. Hubin

About meI am a retired organic chemist who founded The Armchair Detective, reviewed for the New York Times Book Review (Criminals at Large column, 1968-1971), EQMM (1983-1988), and various fanzines, edited 6 volumes of Best Detective Stories of the Year, and over some 35 years compiled a series of crime fiction bibliographies (each adding 5 years of additional coverage and new features), culminating with the forthcoming "Revised Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-2000". I am also a recovering book collector. Later (June 2008): Revised Crime Fiction IV is now out on CDROM from Locus Press, and a 2009 version (incorporating a few hundred pages of new/corrected information) is anticipated. Most of the information to be included in the 2009 version is on-line at www.crimefictioniv.com.

About my libraryWhat I am engaged in adding to LibraryThing is what I loosely call my reference library, accumulated in the course of compiling my bibliographies and in connection with my interest in old time radio. I have a couple of bookcases full of paperback and hardcover mystery novels (a portion of what's accumulated since I sold my 25,000 volume collection in 1982), but am not planning to enter them. I also have over 6000 cassettes of old time radio, and hundreds of MP3 CDs of old time radio, but I don't plan to enter them either. Later (June 2008): All but the old time radio material is going to the Special Collections at the University of Minnesota (80 boxes so far); included in that shipment will be various material not listed here (for example: correspondence, boxes and boxes of used book dealer catalogues). The old time radio material will go to the university at a later date.

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Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost by Tony Russell

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Cat O'Nine Tales: And Other Stories by Jeffrey Archer

I couldn't help noticing you're the only other person on LT who has entered material produced by the National Lum and Abner Society. Nice to meet another OTR fan. :)

posted by radiokid at 10:01 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2007

Allen, Sorry to be slow in replying. Miss Doll Go Home does not have Fannin in it. It is more in the vein of Going Down than the two Epitaph novels. Still pulpy, but it has the mexican setting.

posted by madinkbeard at 7:23 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2007

Allen,

I checked on the publisher Shoemaker & Hoard's website, which recently reissued 'Epitaph for a tramp' and 'Epitaph for a deadbeat' in a single volume. Their site specifically mentions that there are two novels featuring Fannin (the aforementioned two), so 'Miss Doll, Go Home' does not involve Fannin. Again, I think people mistakenly include 'Miss Doll, Go Home' with the Fannin novels, because it is one of Markson's three 'entertainments', as he calls them, but it is not a Fannin novel.

I'm thrilled to see they've been reissued, because now I'll finally be able to buy them!

Cheers,
Juliebean

posted by juliebean at 6:09 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2007

Allen,

Re: David Markson's detective novels:

I no longer have a copy of "Miss Doll, Go Home" to check, but as I recall, it does not involve Harry Fannin. I believe that only the two 'epitaph' novels include Fannin. 'Miss Doll' is written in the same style as the Fannin novels, and is thus considered one of Markson's three 'entertainments', but I'm pretty sure that it does not include Harry. I checked my reading notes on these three novels, and I have notes about Fannin in the epitaph novels, but not in Miss Doll, which further leads me to believe that Fannin was not in that piece.

If I get a chance, I will find a copy and let you know for certain whether Fannin is in there.

Cheers,
Julie

posted by juliebean at 10:37 am (EST) on Jun 3, 2007

Allen Hubin: It is a pleasure to meet you hera as well as in the Golden Age list. In the 1960s the Sunday New York Times was a must in my home and I always looked at 2 things: the chess column (which opened the door) and the Criminals at Large column. Thus I had the privilege and thrill of reading about the birth of "The Armchair Detective". Alas,I was just around 17 and the second of 10 children (!). Thus, what little money would come to me would be spent on chess books, some 50 cent mysteries, and EQMM . In 1971 or 1972 I first became a subsciber and still have my stapled editions somewhere! As my fortunes changed thorugh the years, I was on and off, going through Publishers Inc. and Otto Penzler. When the hardcover edition of the first year of TAD became available, I purchased my copy. And, I am happy to say, last November I got the big, beautiful hardcover volumes of the first 10 years! I am slowly savoring these. I also have your first Crime Fiction volume of until 1980, and the 2 volume edition of the mid 1990s. I never got around to purchasing the CD ROMs, but will definitely purchase the new tome when available!
I will not bother you any more - may you have a long, prosperous, anmd happy life! The pleasures you have "wrought" on us make you well deservibng of this.
Best regards, Enrique F. Bird

posted by EnriqueFBird at 5:59 pm (EST) on Feb 23, 2007

Oh, you're absolutely qualified :) I just added your LT Author button - let me know if you have any questions!

Abby

posted by ablachly at 2:04 pm (EST) on Jan 13, 2007

Dear Allen, First, I want to thank you for "the Armchair Detective" magazine. In my opinion, the greatest ever published in the mystery field. Still have all mine stored in the attic.
Second, your comprehensive bibliography is outstanding. There has been times when I have read it like a novel. So much information. Of all my reference books, I use this one the most.
Thanks
bob

posted by bjbookman at 2:09 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2006

Allen,

What I should have asked before, sorry, is when will your revised opus be available for purchase, any idea?

Thanks,

bt

posted by bluetyson at 1:18 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2006

Thanks. As a side interest, 500 and whatever large amount to ship them here might be out of my price range, but sounds really good and very impressive. How much will your new and updated version be on cd-rom? I borrowed a 'modern encyclopedia of crime fiction' from the libary the other day, and that was fat and long enough!

posted by bluetyson at 8:26 am (EST) on Jun 1, 2006

Hi Allen, when is your immense bibliography being published? It sounds fascinating.

thanks,

bt

posted by bluetyson at 3:00 pm (EST) on May 27, 2006

Allen, I'm excited to see someone else has Jack Ritchie's wonderful collection of short short stories. Of course, it would have to be another reviewer (I think I got it as a review copy), but it's a book that I often suggest people read who want some fun quick fixes.

posted by engelcox at 11:28 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2006

Thanks for replying. In your opinion, what are the best horror and mystery dramas? I have collected some mp3 CDs from www.otrcat.com, but I want to make sure that I don't get the cheesy stuff (listeners back then had a much less sophisticated view of horror than we do today).

posted by harambeegirl at 7:20 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2006

I see that you are the only other person with Old Time Radio tags. I have CBS RMT and other horror and mystery dramas. I would still like to get Suspense.

posted by harambeegirl at 12:13 am (EST) on Jan 3, 2006

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