IN MY WORLD, BOOK COVERS ARE A LOT LIKE FACEBOOK. I GET SUCKED IN WHILE LOOKING AT THEM AND CAN’T STOP. I THOUGHT THESE WERE PARTICULARLY ATROCIOUS INTERESTING.
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SHE APPEARS TO BE DYING IN SOMEONE’S BEDROOM, SO I GUESS IT’S OKAY.
Thank goodness, it’s complete and unabridged. I wouldn’t want to miss a single word of what looks like a fascinating novel.
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THAT SOUND YOU JUST HEARD WAS BETTY FRIEDAN ROLLING IN HER GRAVE.
Does anyone actually have a body like this?
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CONNOISSEUR: A PERSON WHO HAS A GREAT DEAL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FINE ARTS, CUISINES, OR IS AN EXPERT JUDGE IN MATTERS OF TASTE.
I suppose it all depends on one’s definition of tasteful.
ENJOY YOUR WEEK!
Diana Douglas 
Reblogged this on Freddy Barnett.
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I have an abiding and not-quite-ironic love for old pulp fiction covers. These are great.
Thanks for the reblog!
Ohh, these are priceless.
“As Related to Ben Sarto by Jack Richmond”… what?
I know, I couldn’t figure that one out either. 🙂
I suspect the first one is death by sexual objectification. Haha I rather like that Experience with Evil one. They’re in the middle of nowhere and she has a dress that makes her look a bit like a cactus, plus a gun! She is in control!
Ha! You put a lot of thought into it. Much more than I did. 🙂
Seriously, these covers are awesome, Diana! I grew up in the 70s when my mom used to pick up pulp mags for me at the supermarket. I used to get lost in them, reading them over and over until the pages were worn and the cover was falling apart. Of all of them, the private dick ones and westerns were the best. I can’t tell you how much these covers you’ve featured bring back memories of my childhood. So good!
Glad you enjoyed them. I’ll be posting more in a few weeks.
Priceless, Diana. Grabbing and ripping wasn’t enough. He had to Mangle as well; after all, look what that punk did to Dotty!! lol 😉 I agree with Jack, this brought back memories of my childhood. Where I lived, (very rural) we didn’t have a library. We had a bus that visited. I remember renting books like this and reading every last word. Lord help me. lol 😉 Sharing this bit of nostalgia now!!
What’s funny is I don’t remember the book covers being so sexual. They must have been, but I guess I was too young to pick up on it!
I’ve been watching old B & W film noir movies and they (like these book covers) are simply awful. But there is something about them that remains alluring–I watch if only for the opportunity to riff at the silliness and, yes, the misogyny!
You’re right! I’m a sucker for Phillip Marlowe and I really love The Thin Man Movies. The dresses Nora (Myrna Loy) wears are enough to make me drool with envy. The movies may not be politically correct but they’re so much fun, I don’t care.
Yes, the women’s clothes are divine. The hats…they are another matter!