tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post548482466925548063..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 162: The Black Curtain / Cornell Woolrich (Mercury Mystery 64)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-81840021053396605352011-05-04T16:22:25.397-07:002011-05-04T16:22:25.397-07:00For some reason the book's title conjures up t...For some reason the book's title conjures up the image of a Sesame Street style anthropomorphic curtain saying, "What you lookin' at, mother fucker? You got a problem with my threads, bi-itch? My black ass too real for y'all? Back off 'fore I cut you...or's what you really at's me all over your lily white ass? You fixin' to be my ho, huh?"borkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042275165058229970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-74239332113343903662008-11-16T12:15:00.000-08:002008-11-16T12:15:00.000-08:00This is part of his "Black" cycle, isn't it? Like ...This is part of his "Black" cycle, isn't it? Like <I>Rendevous in Black</I>... God, Woolrich is fantastic.Sobriquet Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146978394033288780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-91637250762481694022008-11-14T08:47:00.000-08:002008-11-14T08:47:00.000-08:00That is a pretty book (I'm a big fan of brown). B...That is a pretty book (I'm a big fan of brown). But it looks to me like the top part of that guy's head has been chopped off and then covered over with a piece. Creepy.Miss Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075664250796458409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-86122883832235261542008-11-14T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-14T07:32:00.000-08:00I recently found a 60s (or 70s?) reprint cover tha...I recently found a 60s (or 70s?) reprint cover that is evocative yet wholly generic. Like this cover better.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-10458614522894967842008-11-13T17:10:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:10:00.000-08:00Lovely cover. Too bad there ain't no boobs.Lovely cover. Too bad there ain't no boobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-63667668676764131332008-11-12T17:43:00.000-08:002008-11-12T17:43:00.000-08:00It looks like Woolrich is such a good writer, his ...It looks like Woolrich is such a good writer, his book's been recognized on a stamp by the US Postal Service.<BR/><BR/>And what's with the floaty ghost head that seems to possess eldritch and horrific powers of wordspacing? Look into the terrible void between "the" and "black"!<BR/><BR/>And while it's cool to get a quote from the New York Times, when the blurb essentially says "The book is not so dull that you'll want to dump it in the trash midway through", that's not exactly a ringing endorsement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com