tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post6990305238866757379..comments2024-03-17T10:36:26.578-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Books: HALF-PAST MORTEM by John A. Saxon (Robert Leslie Bellem?)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-9995326763920796282019-03-15T20:11:56.117-07:002019-03-15T20:11:56.117-07:00Well done. Steve! Your rock n roll outlaw shell c...Well done. Steve! Your rock n roll outlaw shell conceals the soul of a profound scholar.Art Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334930459109747106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-56031305609593952662019-03-15T12:36:42.157-07:002019-03-15T12:36:42.157-07:00Okay, okay. I'm convinced. Thank you Professor...Okay, okay. I'm convinced. Thank you Professor Mertz. Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-4873081847709370932019-03-15T11:38:50.881-07:002019-03-15T11:38:50.881-07:00Way back in the mid-1970s I spent time in the UCLA...Way back in the mid-1970s I spent time in the UCLA Special Collections Room poring over their Robert Leslie Bellem collection. They have a copy of Half-Past Mortem which carries the enclosed inscription from Bellem to his wife, Bebe: "For my sweet Bebe from her hubby Robert Leslie Bellem who ghosted this for a guy who wasn't around anymore. Pasadena, Aug. 18, 1947." Come to think of it, this may have been where the "Anthony Gordon" book references begin as there are copies of both Beacon novels in a box of his published work--no other such paperbacks are included.Stephen Mertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531248810283345577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-15982937661099293412019-03-15T10:05:25.954-07:002019-03-15T10:05:25.954-07:00I have The Sex Ladder and Doctor of Lesbos, and pr...I have The Sex Ladder and Doctor of Lesbos, and pretty sure I read both when I was a young whippersnapper. I suppose they're due for further scrutiny. But Jeez, I haven't even gotten around to reading Blue Murder yet. Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-40587421701979184752019-03-15T08:39:29.989-07:002019-03-15T08:39:29.989-07:00Have you subjected The Sex Ladder (Beacon 783) by ...Have you subjected The Sex Ladder (Beacon 783) by "Anthony Gordon" to a similar textual scrutiny? It's widely attributed to Bellem, and has been since Lancecon days. I'm taking a copy to the LA Show to (I hope) sell. A quick riffle through the pages didn't disclose any obvious Dan Turnerisms.<br />Art Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334930459109747106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-39197613855371144482019-03-15T06:46:00.785-07:002019-03-15T06:46:00.785-07:00John A. Saxon appears to have been his real name. ...John A. Saxon appears to have been his real name. Here's what the Fictionmags Index says about him: Born in Minnesota; died in Alhambra, California; reporter on the New York World; court reporter in the Los Angeles Superior Court for 30 years; movie scriptwriter. I believe Will Murray talks about him in WORDSLINGERS, too. It's not surprising that Bellem would have ghosted this one, since Saxon also wrote a bunch for the Spicy pulps and they probably knew each other because of that.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com