CONTENTS:The Armchair Detective [v13 #2, Spring 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman)82 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed83 · The Chronology Of The Travis McGee Novels · Allan D. Pratt · ar90 · Conquering The Stereotypes: On Reading The Novels Of John D. MacDonald · George S. Peek · ar [John D. MacDonald]94 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc98 · An Interview With A Black Sheep Of Amsterdam: Janwillem van de Wetering · Janie & Chris Filstrup · iv108 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl110 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi112 · A Fatal Attraction · G. A. Finch · ar125 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales From The Archives: The Adventure Of The House With The Baboons [Smiler Bunn] · Bertram Atkey · ss The Grand Magazine July 1910, as “The Place With The Baboons”134 · TAD At The Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl135 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl136 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl137 · The Worst Mystery Novel Of All Time · Bill Pronzini · ar141 · “The Wild Bunch” Revisited · Brian Garfield · ar145 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc148 · On Compiling A Sax Rohmer Collection · Alan Warren · ar [Sax Rohmer]150 · John le Carré’s Circus · Harry D. Dawson · ar [John le Carré]151 · Dicks On Stage: Form And Formula In Detective Drama [Part 8 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar158 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc163 · The Failure Of Two Swiss Sleuths · Kay Herr · ar166 · Iwan Hedman: An Interview · Caleb A. Lewis · iv169 · Crime And Character: Notes On Rex Stout’s Early Fiction · David R. Anderson · ar [Rex Stout]171 · Some Of My Best Friends Are Books · Mary Groff · ar173 · Zadig As A Jew: An Early German Tale Of Detection · Armin Arnold · ar The Armchair Detective was a quarterly fanzine on mystery & detective fiction featuring articles, commentary, checklists, interviews with authors, bibliographical material, book reviews, etc., which was started by the legendary crime fan and bibliographer Allen J. Hubin. 119 issues were published over a thirty-year period from 1967 to 1997. It began publication in 1967 as a crudely printed, stapled fanzine. In 1978, it morphed into a professionally printed semi-prozine which could be found in the magazine sections of large chain bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders. In addition to the goldmine of nonfiction articles on the genre (by Bill Pronzini, Jon L. Breen, Jacques Barzun, E. F. Bleiler, Robert E. Briney, Allen J. Hubin, Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Edward D. Hoch, and many more), The Armchair Detective published a single piece of classic reprint fiction in each issue from October 1978 to Winter 1986 and original fiction from Winter 1990 to Fall 1994 (by the likes of Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence Bloch, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Charles McCarry, Jerome Charyn, Joe Gores, Jonathan Valin, Dick Lochte, Jonathan Kellerman, George Baxt, Michael Z. Lewin, and others).