tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post8785406344583016363..comments2024-02-14T10:45:08.868-08:00Comments on Killer Covers: Facing Up to Macdonald’s FictionJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-23971099688701249002020-03-24T13:44:40.825-07:002020-03-24T13:44:40.825-07:00They make a nice set, but to hyphenate the author&...They make a nice set, but to hyphenate the author's name to fit in with a rigid, prearranged design template is an unforgivable sin.Casparhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173076840562762680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-75056305445225500792019-03-15T18:41:16.138-07:002019-03-15T18:41:16.138-07:00Hey, Tim: Thanks for the note about Sleeping Beaut...Hey, Tim: Thanks for the note about <i>Sleeping Beauty</i>. It was only after I wrote this post originally that I realized that paperback's cover probably wasn't painted by Hooks. I have now removed my mention of it from this article.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />JeffJ. Kingston Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-54302261753784246202019-03-04T16:47:39.715-08:002019-03-04T16:47:39.715-08:00I have nearly all of the Mitchell Hooks covers on ...I have nearly all of the Mitchell Hooks covers on my shelves. (By the way, SLEEPING BEAUTY isn’t a Hooks cover. It’s one of the subsequent set that followed Hooks’ run on the books, using the same cover design concept.) I keep thinking I might start collecting those chunky letter covers. They were virtually everywhere, on every book rack when I was a kid/Tim Hewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11804856562112937867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-49141459511386254082016-01-06T01:13:04.515-08:002016-01-06T01:13:04.515-08:00They are still my favorite covers of the Macdonald...They are still my favorite covers of the Macdonald novels! I used to scrounge the used bookstores for them on my visits to the U.S. in the nineties, but they were pretty scarce even then. <br /><br />The ones I own are: <i>Trouble Follows Me</i>, <i>Blue City</i>, <i>The Drowning Pool</i>, <i>The Way Some People Die</i>, <i>Meet Me at the Morgue</i>, <i>The Galton Case</i>, <i>The Wycherly Woman<Karl-Erik Lindkvisthttp://www.rossmacdonald.senoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-18182431485862091392015-12-28T10:07:41.729-08:002015-12-28T10:07:41.729-08:00Use to see Macdonald around when l llved ln Santa ...Use to see Macdonald around when l llved ln Santa Barbara. Read all, and enjoyed the helr apparent to Chandler. Also llke hls wlfe's wrltlngjack hrusoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147180869574455747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-64286320982572251852015-12-15T16:29:39.364-08:002015-12-15T16:29:39.364-08:00My collection of Macdonald books does include a fe...My collection of Macdonald books does include a few of those Bantams (love the design), but also a few of the earlier editions from publishers like Dell and Pocket Books. I also have one of the later Mitchell Hooks covers, The Chill. All in all, very enjoyable. Greg M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916093510949419233.post-81759697691296381952015-12-14T05:59:54.495-08:002015-12-14T05:59:54.495-08:00Love these covers! ...though sadly don't have ...Love these covers! ...though sadly don't have any of them. Used to see them a lot, though. Nice collection, nice post!Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.com