"Twice-told Crypt Tales Gain Little in Re-telling"

Book Ad of the Week: SILKY! (1979)

July 13, 1979

Silky!

by Leo Rosten

Harper & Row, 1979

Leo Rosten wrote the original stories for the film noirs THE DARK CORNER (1946) and WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950), as well as the novels that SLEEP, MY LOVE (1948) and CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. (1963) were based on, but the film adaptation of his 1979 private detective novel Silky! was never produced.

Paperback Procession: The 'Soul Cinema' Edition, Part 2

Nothing But a Man

by Jim Thompson

Popular Library, 1970

Novelization of 1964 film

The Learning Tree

by Gordon Parks

Fawcett Crest, 1969

Movie tie-in

Watermelon Man

by Herman Raucher

Ace, 1970

Novelization

The Landlord

by Kristin Hunter

Pan, 1970

U.K. movie tie-in

Cotton Comes to Harlem

by Chester Himes

Dell, 1970

Movie tie-in

Come Back, Charleston Blue

by Chester Himes

Berkley Medallion, 1972

The Heat's On movie tie-in

Claudine

by Charlotte Ruth Miller

Avon, 1976

Novelization of 1974 film

Don't Play Us Cheap

by Melvin Van Peebles

Bantam, 1973

Movie tie-in of play

B&W photos

Five on the Black Hand Side

by Charlie L. Russell

The Third Press, 1973

Movie tie-in of play

B&W photos

Hit!

by Arthur Stackman

Bantam, 1973

Novelization

Man and Boy

by Harry Essex

Dell, 1971

Novelization

Sparkle

by Richard Perry

Warner, 1976

Novelization

Siege

by Edwin Corley

Avon, 1969

"Soon a major motion picture"

Unproduced

Masque of Honor

by Edward Linn and Jack Pearl

Macfadden-Bartell Corp., 1969

"Soon to be a major motion picture"

Unproduced

Up Your Banners

by Donald E. Westlake

Lancer, 1969

"Soon to be a motion picture"

Unproduced

Book Ad of the Week: HOFFMAN (1969)

May 8, 1969

Hoffman

by Ernest Gebler

Doubleday, 1969

Ernest Gebler adapted his own novel for the 1971 film HOFFMAN, directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Ruth Dunning and Jeremy Bulloch.

Paperback Procession: The Spaghetti Western Edition, Part 2

Big thanks to Justin Marriott of The Paperback Fanatic for providing us with these U.K. book cover scans!

A Fistful of Dollars

by Frank Chandler [Terry Harknett]

Tandem, 1972 (British)

Novelization of 1964 film

For a Few Dollars More

by Joe Millard

Star, 1980 (British)

Novelization

A Dollar to Die For

by Brian Fox [Todhunter Ballard]

Tandem, 1977 (British)

Original novel in a series

A Coffin Full of Dollars

by Joe Millard

Tandem, 1977 (British)

Original novel in a series

A Coffin Full of Dollars

by Joe Millard

Tandem, 1972 (British)

Original novel in a series

The Devil's Dollar Sign

by Joe Millard

Star, 1980 (British)

Original novel in a series

The Million Dollar Blood Hunt

by Joe Millard

Tandem, 1976 (British)

Original novel in a series

The Million Dollar Blood Hunt

by Joe Millard

Tandem, 1974 (British)

Original novel in a series

Book Ad of the Week: REPORT FROM ENGINE CO. 82 (1973)

January 14, 1973

Report from Engine Company
Co. 82

by Dennis Smith

McCall Books, 1972

The major motion picture was never produced.

Paperback Procession: The Adults Only Edition

This post is dedicated to the Harbour Police over at MHVF.

Personals

by Armand Weston with Howard Winters

Lancer, 1972

“9 in-depth, uncensored interviews from the soundtrack”

Adultery for Fun and Profit

by Leland Gardner

Greenleaf Classics, 1971

Making-of and screenplay

with color and b&w photos

Deep Throat

by D.M. Perkins

Dell, 1973

Novelization

The Devil in Miss Jones

by David Danziger

Grove Press, 1973

Novelization

Deep Throat, Part II

by D.M. Perkins

Dell/Quicksilver, 1974

Novelization

Linda Lovelace for President

by Jack S. Margolis

Playboy Press, 1975

Novelization

The Story of Joanna

by Justin Collin

Grove Press, 1976

Novelization

Defiance

by D.M. Perkins

Warner, 1976

Novelization of THE DEFIANCE OF GOOD

Through the Looking Glass

by Molly Flute [Eileen Lottman]

Dell, 1976

Novelization

In Love

by Rick Marx and Chuck Vincent

Frederick Fell Publishers, 1983

Screenplay with b&w photos

Film a.k.a. STRANGERS IN LOVE

Porno Star

by Tina Russell

Lancer Books, 1973

Autobiography

The Girls Who Do Stag Movies

by William Rotsler with Winston Hill

Melrose Square, 1973

“Intimate Interviews” with b&w photos

Inside Linda Lovelace

by Linda Lovelace

Pinnacle Books, 1973

Autobiography with b&w photos

and color fold-out

The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace

by Linda Lovelace as told to Carl Wallin

Pinnacle Books, 1974

with color “Linda Lovelace for President” fold-out

Marilyn Chambers, My Story

by Marilyn Chambers

Warner Books, 1975

Autobiography with b&w photos

Here Comes Harry Reems!

by Harry Reems

Pinnacle Books, 1975

Autobiography with b&w photos

10½

by Marc Stevens

Zebra Books, 1975

Autobiography

Superstud

by William Rotsler

Melrose Square, 1975

Interviews with b&w photos

Xaviera meets Marilyn Chambers

by Xaviera Hollander and Marilyn Chambers

Warner Books, 1976

Book Ad of the Week: RIDE A TIGER (1988)

February 16, 1988

Ride a Tiger

by Harold Livingston

William Morrow & Co, 1987

Harold Livingston wrote a few movies (STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, THE HELL WITH HEROES) and numerous TV episodes (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, THE LOVE BOAT), but a filmed adaptation of his novel Ride a Tiger was never produced.