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"Shanghai Jim," a revenge tale by Frank L. Packard, was just… okay. More exposition than action, unfortunately.

"The Golden Anaconda" by Elmer Brown Mason was not my favorite story so far, but was full of jungle action… and baseline racism with a heapin' helpin' of early 20th century colonialism. That sort of thing is to be expected in most 1930s pulp, but somehow this felt a little gratuitous even by pulp standards. Still, a tale worth reading… in its proper historical context.

Started this ages ago but now getting back into it, just to read a story at a time whenever the mood strikes. I'm skipping the stories "Hell Cay" by Lester Dent because I've read it elsewhere already, and "Off the Mangrove Coast" because I just bought a Louis L'Amour collection and that's the title story--so I'll read it there.

That gets me to "The Golden Anaconda" by Elmer Brown Mason…

Let's go!

Man, have I stalled out on reading.

But the month of colliding deadlines consumes all.

Determined to finish at least this one by the end of the month.

Boy, I have effectively stopped reading in the past insane couple months. That's sad. I hope to get reading time back after the first of the year.