Sunday, October 28, 2012

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.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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

Sunday, October 21, 2012

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.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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


Sunday, October 14, 2012

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.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

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

Sunday, October 7, 2012

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.