This one is mad as a box of frogs - Mix up Tarzan, King Kong, Mighty Joe Young and a host of every other jungle adventure you can think of and you get this…
I wonder where they got this idea from?
And a scene that @Barbel sees every time he belts out “These Boots Are Made For Walking” at The Skunnered gigs…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
The producers of TheMeg had never seen this 1981 book, of course…
Producer: Let’s change the title of the best selling book TheRats, so no one will connect it with our movie, then do a tie-in version. Makes perfect sense.
Joseph Citlo: No, I’ve never read It. Who’s Stephen King?
A deadly virus from bats causing worldwide deaths, one of the more unlikely Guy N Smith ideas from 1978…oh, hang on…
Michael Crichton: No, I’ve never heard of Carnosaur, published six years before Jurassic Park. No, I didn’t realise that Carnosaur features many facets that are in my 1990 bestseller: chase scenes, close calls, and especially the scientific basis of resurrecting dinosaurs. Anyway, who the hell is Harry Adam Knight?
(Harry Adam Knight was a pen name of our own John Brosnan)
And finally…the cover of one of the most infamous “animals attack” genre book, full of gratuitous sex and violence…
And who is this dastardly author, Pierce Nace? Some Jason Vorhees lookalike, no doubt? Well, not quite. More like the deaf lady, Mrs Richards from Fawlty Towers…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Ann-Margret is one of the most gorgeous actresses to ever grace the screen. At the age of 76 she was still stunning in 2017’s Going In Style with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
Here are some movie tie-in paperback covers from the ‘60’s.
And a couple of posing pictures for the above cover…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
the title Body on Mont Royal suggests Canadian content: Mont Royal is the big forested hill that sits in the centre of Montreal, a very nice urban park landscaped by Frederick Olmsted
Ah, the Dell edition @caractacus potts thanks for sharing. The reason I said the UK Panther book was one of the rarer editions was that I probably only had about a dozen copies of it during 40 years of book selling, whereas others of a similar ilk were much more plentiful.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
A couple of Beatles books, the Yellow Submarine used to sell very quickly…
JT Edson was famous for his westerns that sold in millions, but he also wrote this “son of Tarzan” series which was licensed by the Burroughs estate before they withdrew their permission.
This is one of a myriad of film review books, I think I only ever had one of these in stock…
I usually don’t like photographic covers, but this one has had a lot of care and attention put into it and is very alluring…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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Looks like that ice cream was photoshopped in on the last one 👀🤭
I would consider these to be “pulp”, but arguments could be made to place them in different categories such as “exploitation”, or even other definitions.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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This one is mad as a box of frogs - Mix up Tarzan, King Kong, Mighty Joe Young and a host of every other jungle adventure you can think of and you get this…
I wonder where they got this idea from?
And a scene that @Barbel sees every time he belts out “These Boots Are Made For Walking” at The Skunnered gigs…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You're actually not too far away from the truth, there....
That "Her" cover is hilarious!
The last one looks more like a scene from a Beatles after gig party 👀🤭
These kind of covers seem to be the most popular on this thread for some reason…
There must be some reason. If only we knew what it was....
I was amused by the "Her" cover above, and believe it's an example of a "mockbuster". Any others you can think of along those lines?
I'm totally flummoxed as to why these covers are popular here 🤔😏
As for the actual address of the first one…is that Shame Street, Road, Lane, Avenue or Cul-de-sac…? Asking for a friend 👀
The producers of The Meg had never seen this 1981 book, of course…
Producer: Let’s change the title of the best selling book The Rats, so no one will connect it with our movie, then do a tie-in version. Makes perfect sense.
Joseph Citlo: No, I’ve never read It. Who’s Stephen King?
A deadly virus from bats causing worldwide deaths, one of the more unlikely Guy N Smith ideas from 1978…oh, hang on…
Michael Crichton: No, I’ve never heard of Carnosaur, published six years before Jurassic Park. No, I didn’t realise that Carnosaur features many facets that are in my 1990 bestseller: chase scenes, close calls, and especially the scientific basis of resurrecting dinosaurs. Anyway, who the hell is Harry Adam Knight?
(Harry Adam Knight was a pen name of our own John Brosnan)
And finally…the cover of one of the most infamous “animals attack” genre book, full of gratuitous sex and violence…
And who is this dastardly author, Pierce Nace? Some Jason Vorhees lookalike, no doubt? Well, not quite. More like the deaf lady, Mrs Richards from Fawlty Towers…
😁😁😁 Thank you! And I didn't know that about John Brosnan, so thanks again.
Me either 😱
I've been searching a few second hand bookstores here to try a find a few of the earlier mentioned titles 👀 🤣
Good luck @Sir Miles it’s nice to know that there are still some second hand bookstores in Canada!
There are a few decent ones…but prices are high for even regular second hand books 😳
Ann-Margret is one of the most gorgeous actresses to ever grace the screen. At the age of 76 she was still stunning in 2017’s Going In Style with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
Here are some movie tie-in paperback covers from the ‘60’s.
And a couple of posing pictures for the above cover…
Can't argue with that, CHB!
I wholeheartedly agree 😁
One of the rarer books available about Bond published in the 60’s…
And now some pretty good covers…
For Bond Lovers Only is rare? Damn…I must have thrown three or four copies of that away 🫣
I only ever had the one, it's on the shelf next to similar books.
Pure coincidence but Dambala is the snake guy in LALD
I have For Bond Lovers Only too, but my copy has this cover
maybe one cover is rarer than the other?
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the title Body on Mont Royal suggests Canadian content: Mont Royal is the big forested hill that sits in the centre of Montreal, a very nice urban park landscaped by Frederick Olmsted
Ah, the Dell edition @caractacus potts thanks for sharing. The reason I said the UK Panther book was one of the rarer editions was that I probably only had about a dozen copies of it during 40 years of book selling, whereas others of a similar ilk were much more plentiful.
Another thing I’ve just learnt, thanks @Barbel 👍🏻
I gather that, despite appearances in the film, the actor who played Dambala was not too fond of snakes. Can't say that I blame him! 🐍
A couple of Beatles books, the Yellow Submarine used to sell very quickly…
JT Edson was famous for his westerns that sold in millions, but he also wrote this “son of Tarzan” series which was licensed by the Burroughs estate before they withdrew their permission.
This is one of a myriad of film review books, I think I only ever had one of these in stock…
I usually don’t like photographic covers, but this one has had a lot of care and attention put into it and is very alluring…
Looks like that ice cream was photoshopped in on the last one 👀🤭
I used to have a lot of film review books eg Halliwell but only a few these days thanks to their place being usurped by the net.
A range of covers - all very popular and collectable.
A surprise seeing Christie there!
Some err…ahem…nice covers there ☺️
And some more of those popular covers…the Carter Brown covers are painted by Robert McGinnis who did several of the Bond movie posters.
Do these fit the definition of "pulp", "exploitation", or something else?
I would consider these to be “pulp”, but arguments could be made to place them in different categories such as “exploitation”, or even other definitions.