With winter setting in it’s about time to line up my reading material in front of the fireplace on those cold snowy nights. Plenty to choose from. Have a look and grab a title.
Latter day Peckinpah?
Could this book actually be better than the movie? Saw this for the first time when our entire high school went to a local theater for a special viewing. A memorable outing.
I should think that seeing this a number of times might help me decipher the descriptions on the written page of this once in a lifetime voyage.
I would have purchased this copy from an antique shop if the dust jacket hadn’t been in such rough shape. Maybe with Bogie and Bacall on the cover I should have made an exception.
If you’re a fan of westerns than maybe you’ll want to read this Greg Peck edition.
Maybe you’d rather a war time tale with Mr. Peck.
Paul Newman makes the cover but costars Ed Asner and Ken Wahl weren’t so lucky despite there prominence on the movie poster.
Another edition with Miss Bacall though this time she’s paired with The Duke.
Ol’ Blue Eyes makes the cover for his dramatic police procedural.
Way back in 1960 you could pick up the latest Robert Mitchum / Eleanor Parker novelization for a mere 35 cents.
In case you’re not sure, that’s Tom Laughlin aka Billy Jack on the cover of this edition.
Not to be overly critical but here’s hoping the Glenn Ford character in the book works better than Glenn did on screen. I found him miscast even if he was starring once again opposite his onscreen partner, Rita Hayworth.
Not into reading Ian Fleming? Then why not the pocket novel edition of James Coburn’s turn as Derek Flint?
Speaking of Jimmy Coburn, I’d swear his image has been used on this book’s cover. I’d recognize his grin anywhere. No idea why but if I’m right I wonder if his lawyer’s knew about it.
Can’t find the time to read then why not press play on a tape deck if you can find one and listen to Christopher Lee read us some spine tingling tales of Poe.
Then again perhaps you’re just not into reading a book by the fire. If that’s the case then maybe you’d rather pop a cork and lower the needle to a Bing Crosby soundtrack while sipping on an Elvis Merlot 2006.
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Great covers!
Always fun to root for these in book shops and thrift places.
I have different edition of the Goodis novel, but I reckon I would have bought that Bogart/Bacall tie-in regardless of its condition.
Maybe I should have but it was so ragged I passed. Now I know it exists so I’ll keep an eye peeled.
Fair enough, sometimes books can be just too tatty to bother with. You’re probably right to hold off and maybe pick up a more presentable copy now that you’re aware of it.
I have an old hard copy of The Egyptian minus the book cover. What a great book!
Marvellous batch of movie tie-ins. In the 1960s movie tie-ins were worth about $200 million to publishers. They got stills for free and studios benefitted from the publicity they received from people seeing the covers on display in 100,000 newstand outlets. Always interested to see what changed from book to film – The Detective being a prime example, Five Card Stud another.
I remember I’d always bug Mom to buy the tie in novels and once in a while she’d treat me. Another fun way of collecting movie memorabilia.
I keep on tracking them down.