Column: Pomona edges into Tarantino’s ‘Hollywood’ novel

There’s some Pomona dialogue in the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” novel, in which Quentin Tarantino completely rethought his movie and screenplay in print form. That’s the lead item of Wednesday’s column, which continues with two more examples of Inland Empire dialogue in fiction, a hit song that namechecks some San Gabriel Valley cities, and graffiti news from Palm Springs.

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Column: Local cities got name-checked in ‘Inlandia’ anthology

The “Inlandia” literary anthology was a recent column topic. In reading the book, a few amusing quotes jumped out at me. I collect ’em, with commentary, in Friday’s column.

It’s been a while since I wrote a column of fiction quotes about the region. A bunch more such quotes are saved up, and I’ll try to present those in the near future, now that this column lays some groundwork.

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Column: Science fiction story’s alien touched down in San Dimas

Sunday’s column begins with a couple of items that will warm the hearts of the nerds in my audience, as I find local references in two stories by Harlan Ellison. After that, two Pomona-related stories from the past, one about a 1959 robbery that involved the star of TV’s Wyatt Earp, the other about the 1938 filming in town of a Bing Crosby movie.

All the above items, by the way, were written last year for use during either a dry spell or a vacation. I finally got to use them during the latter. Hooray! I’ll be back at my desk Monday.

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