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originally posted on February 14, 2010 When I first came up with idea of doing this Ten Nights of Love series of posts, I wanted to find something to illustrate them and the obvious choice was the books. As I sorted through my collection, though, I realized that they also showed a lifetime of changes in the covers themselves. So, I wanted to see a gallery of one cover for each author in one post and thought you might enjoy it, too. I included Ten Nights of Love just to keep things even although I may have sort of cheated elsewhere for the purposes of showing an early electronic cover. 😉Read More →

Trail of Conflict by Emilie Loring

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I’ve had a Pinterest account for years but never really did anything on it except find or post the occasional interesting thing. Recently though I found out that Pinterest already contains a wealth of really old paperback covers but they’re kind of scattered. So I’ve started my own “vintage paperback covers” board and started by searching out covers from some old favorites. It’s a beginning and I’ll probably add others from my own collection, too, if they’re not already there. As I discover some good ones, I’ll post them individually here just to let you know I’m still working on this little project. Read More →

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I mean, really bad ones.  First a side note. I browse a lot of old book covers, aka pulp fiction, doing research. A lot. And the one thing that always amazes me is just how bad a rap romance has always gotten with regard to the covers in the genre. I guess the thing that gets me the most is that while there may be some bad covers in the romance genre, they ain’t got nothing on the really old covers from other genres. All popular genre have their problems but, for me, mysteries and science fiction have produced some doozies of covers over theRead More →

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Title: The Thin ManAuthor: Dashiell HammettCover artist: Harry BennettEstimated value: $15-20 (perfect, square, bright)Best things about this cover:Nick looks like I feel these days. “Fuck all this. Where’s the bar?”The color shading on this is all kinds of weird. Conventional figurative art that looks like it’s been cut out of a magazine by an 8-year-old and then glued into the white rectangle.Joey Backwards chair is explaining certain anatomical facts about himself to Millie Sweetgams, much to her amusement.ASTA! Source: Pop Sensation: Paperback 925: The Thin Man / Dashiell Hammett (Perma Books M4202)Read More →

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I had already decided I wasn’t going to comment on the topic of the Superman/Wonder Woman hook-up, because frankly I’m not all that invested in the outcome one way or another. This rather odd storyline will in no way impact the way I feel about Superman or Lois Lane no matter how long or short lived it is. As far as I’m concerned. I still have the “products” I already love to rewatch and reread and what they’re doing just doesn’t involve the characters I love but some other people I don’t know. Is that short-sighted? Maybe. But, you know, fans and consumers have thatRead More →

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Yeah, ain’t that the truth. 😉 I’ve been quiet lately, real life and all, which I really need to tell you all about, but yesterday something rather humorous happened that I wanted to share. Cathy from TN contacted me wanting some help finding a book. She was hoping I knew of it. Well, I did.At least I thought I did. I just needed my memory tweaked a bit. Okay, more than just a bit, but nobody is perfect. o.O First here’s her initial question: I found your website when I was researching Emilie Loring book titles. I am hoping that you can help me rememberRead More →

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Somehow it just doesn’t look like a romantic treehouse to me Maybe more like something out of a sci-fi novel. Or a horror movie. Seriously. I can’t figure out if the picture creeps me out or intrigues me to no end but it definitely caught my attention and made me want to read the article about architects who are experimenting with “growing” buidings using trees grown around metals. And tree houses it definitely is. This is truly wild. Who would have thought willows of all the trees could be used to create towers like that? Then again, maybe that does make sense. Gothic goings on inRead More →

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I thought it somehow fitting to find a beginning point for the industry I’m rather devoted to buying, consuming, devouring–well, you get the idea. 😉 One of them anyway. Originally published as A John Crowther Publication in London in 1946, The Manatee by Nancy Bruff was republished in paperback as Harlequin #1 in 1949. So far the only description I’ve found is from an ad on eBay that says it’s taken from the back cover: This robust, powerful novel is the story of Jabez Folger, savage, romantic man of the sea, with a sinister secret in his past. Against the colourful background of Nantucket in its great whaling days, NancyRead More →

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Since I seem to be appallingly fascinated (fascinatedly appalled?) by them. The newest is thanks to Squawk Radio. Feast your brain on this one:   So, have you figured it out yet? 😀 I know I’ve found more recently so I’m going to go back through my archives and make sure I haven’t missed any but let me know if you’ve run across any yourselves.Read More →

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But alas I shall have to wait. Until NEXT year. Bummer. Well, I suppose I should share what has me all in a lather. It started with a post by Linnea Sinclair on Alien Romances about cover art. Which led me to the preview of the cover art for Games of Command. So nice. I think I want one for my wall. 😀 Please note: For those familiar with her ebooks, this is apparently the reworked & expanded print version of Command Decision, which pretty much ties with Gabriel’s Ghost as my favorite by her. And that’s saying something. It should also have the rest of theRead More →