The Chee-Chalker

OK. I know the author started a cult. I even heard he started it as joke, but never mind. I could not resist the cover and, who knows? Even cult leaders could be good writers. Except in Hubbard's case, no. I mean, he's a good writer, but the substance of his writing isn't very interesting. Sure, he's go......more

This is a fun pulp-noir mystery adventure with an unusual (for the pulps of the time) setting and a familiar premise. It's an Alaskan crime drama with drug runners, a damsel in distress, and a hard-boiled private eye who has to save his pal and set things right. All black and white, all right!......more

Fun to read. Serial-ized pulp fiction from the 40’s. Short quick not much plot development. Just action.. keep in mind it is from the ‘40’s and was serial-ized for magazines. Helps to keep it in perspective when you don’t have all the other stuff you see in today’s crime fiction. Peaked my interest......more

The Chee-Chalker A Chee-Chalker is slang for a newcomer to Alaska, and Norton sure felt it! Hubbard’s Chee-Chalker shows a rough world in the Far North of Alaska, a rough frontier territory, marginally interested by the FBI – our main character Norton, who is on assignment in Ketchikan, Alaska, a fish......more