- Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
Dictionary of 1940s slang spoken as by hardboiled detectives Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, and Mike Hammer, letting you too talk like a noir hero.
www.miskatonic.org/slang.html
- Thrilling Detective Web Site
Dedicated to hardboiled private eyes and other tough guys and gals from pulp and noir literature, film, television, and radio drama.
www.thrillingdetective.com
- Hard Case Crime
Publisher dedicated to reviving the golden age of paperback crime novels by bringing classic pulp back into print, as well as featuring new works by today's writers and artists.
www.hardcasecrime.com
- Wikipedia: Hardboiled
Short article about hard-boiled fiction, the mystery fiction style pioneered by Dashiell Hammett and characterized by gritty portrayals of crime, violence, and sex.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardboiled
- Black Mask Magazine
Online version of the pulp and hard-boiled mystery magazine that introduced the world to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Includes reprints of hard-boiled classics, as well as new essays and nonfiction.
www.blackmaskmagazine.com
- Hard Boiled Slang Dictionary
Dictionary of hard-boiled slang terms found in 1930s and 1940s mysteries, for those of us who need to know how to tell a flop house from a clip joint.
www.classiccrimefiction.com/hardboiled-slang.htm
- Hard Boiled Maryland: Hammett, Cain, Gresham, Pelecanos
Online exhibit of four hard-boiled mystery authors -- Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, William Lindsay Gresham, and George P. Pelecanos -- each with a personal connection to Maryland. From the University of Maryland.
www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/HardBoiled/Index.html
- Hardboiled Heaven
For the hardcore fan of hardboiled crime, mystery, and detective fiction. Includes galleries of cover art and checklists of the most important hardboiled titles.
members.tripod.com/~writer89
- The Hard-Boiled Way
Essay analyzing the hard-boiled attitude of 1940s mystery detectives, and how it lives on in mysteries today.
www.gryphonbooks.com/Articles/hard_boiled_way.html
- BBC: Hard Boiled Slang
An introduction to hard-boiled mystery slang terms for criminals, policemen, detectives, weapons, women, and liquor. From the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A563898
- MysteryNet: Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Article about hard-boiled mysteries and Black Mask Magazine, one of the most influential pulp mystery magazines of the 1920s.
www.mysterynet.com/hardboiled
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