tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post4164985418079866586..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 221: Like Love / Ed McBain (Permabooks M-4289)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-28677778233594912622009-04-23T12:06:00.000-07:002009-04-23T12:06:00.000-07:00Wait, is that Tommy and Irene on the front cover? ...Wait, is that Tommy and Irene on the front cover? Or is that detectives Carella and Hawes? <br /><br />She wears black lace underwear and sheer curtains. He has huge hands and a headache. Together, they fight crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-63020852541630613472009-04-21T08:45:00.000-07:002009-04-21T08:45:00.000-07:00Lots of people write to God. Though usually not su...Lots of people write to God. Though usually not suicide notes. I know there's websites now where you can send an e-mail and they'll write it up in a letter to God and stick it in the Western Wall.<br /><br />I can't think of anything snarky for the cover that hasn't already been said.JamiSingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756726189949304645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-30742821595687722642009-04-20T17:28:00.000-07:002009-04-20T17:28:00.000-07:00"Oooh, I can see you officers are real busy, what ..."Oooh, I can see you officers are real busy, what with the sad suicide of these two crazy kids, so we'll just let ourselfs out."pious agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043616958654007026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-84482002063802734052009-04-20T04:02:00.000-07:002009-04-20T04:02:00.000-07:00"ourselfs"?
Scooby, it looks like a clue to me. T..."ourselfs"?<br /><br />Scooby, it looks like a clue to me. The real murderer doesn't know how to spell.Cartophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474715424129283330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-35643737227510264092009-04-19T19:06:00.000-07:002009-04-19T19:06:00.000-07:00WHAT is "Like Love"... hallucinations of genie, Ba...WHAT is "Like Love"... hallucinations of genie, Barbara Eden? ... suicide? ... murder? ... all of the above?!Dirt Digglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388327861018868413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-30963224586575037242009-04-19T18:55:00.000-07:002009-04-19T18:55:00.000-07:00I think she's modeling the latest from Country Cur...I think she's modeling the latest from Country Curtains -- their Sassy Spring '63 collection.<br /><br />Anybody else think his hands are enormous? No way Anguished Andy here is sporting striped boxers. No way.<br /><br />Who leaves a suicide note to God?? Are they thinking He'll come by the apartment later and read it?<br /><br />P.123 -- wow, that's reazzzzzzzzz...Alixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-57189281063533964812009-04-19T18:13:00.000-07:002009-04-19T18:13:00.000-07:00"What do you you think of the color? I was thinkin..."What do you you think of the color? I was thinking I could make it into a cocktail dress. Maybe I'll just be scandalous and make it street length instead of full length! Or maybe a blouse? Or..."<br />Him thinking, '<I>Shut up</I>!'<br /><br />What's with the disconnect between the two people on the cover? She's doing a veil dance (with a sheet? shower curtain?) in her underwear, while he's fully dressed in a suit with a migraine. They're drawn different too, and have zero interaction.<br /><br />She has a mullet, but at least her strapless bra is better than Frenchie's.<br /><br />Found in striped blue undershorts - how embarrassing!<br /><br />An obvious suicide that's next to impossible to prove as murder? Well it could be, I dunno, a suicide.<br /><br />Miscolo wouldn't happen to be some horrible racial stereotype would he?Eunicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692212353227538810noreply@blogger.com