tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post1448938190364878863..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 236: A Chosen World / Carl Corley (GSN PL524)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-45068196816463633142009-06-07T06:22:14.176-07:002009-06-07T06:22:14.176-07:00Thanks, Victor. It should also be noted that all p...Thanks, Victor. It should also be noted that all prices contain a "pry it out of my unwilling hands" tax. That is, if I were really truly looking to unload all my books, the prices would be lower. I love my books, but I also love the idea of their having other lives with other people. So prices are "reasonable," as you say, but not bargain basement. They're also flexible, frankly. <br /><br />Best,<br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-31364809905799238442009-06-07T06:05:11.450-07:002009-06-07T06:05:11.450-07:00First, $75 is a reasonable price for a Carl Corley...First, $75 is a reasonable price for a Carl Corley in good condition. Corley was one of the better known writers in the early days of the gay publishing revolution, unusual in that, as I recall, he put his own name on the books - dangerous in those days. You might want to check with Bolerium Books in S.F., or Lynn Munroe in So. Cal, or Tony Jacobs at vintagesleaze.com to confirm price.<br /><br />Victor J. Banis (also collectible)Victor J. Banishttp://www.vjbanis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-76358470622867569232009-06-06T17:15:01.973-07:002009-06-06T17:15:01.973-07:00So why exactly is it $75 again? Are you hoping Da...So why exactly is it $75 again? Are you hoping David Geffen might buy it? <br /><br />After '68, gay pulps were a thriving industry:<br />http://www.gayontherange.com/<br />There's actually tons of these books you can still take out on loan from the SF public library.<br /><br />But I respect your decision to gouge the the people who might be interested with such an astronomical markup compared to your other books. Talk about a sin tax.James Fellowesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-31084479074370427712009-06-06T08:22:59.780-07:002009-06-06T08:22:59.780-07:00Ah, yes, the multifaceted Carl Corley, author of b...Ah, yes, the multifaceted Carl Corley, author of both <i>Today and Tomorrow: An Engineering Analysis of the Highway Transportation System in Mississippi</i> and (1949) <i>Satin Chaps</i> (1968).<br /><br />I note that <i>A Chosen World</i> is written in lavender type. Safe to say that lavender is to colour what 'twilight' is to words... so much so that writing 'twilight' in lavender is redundant.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-44792708468228708362009-06-06T00:59:31.406-07:002009-06-06T00:59:31.406-07:00"In his desperate search for understanding an..."In his desperate search for understanding and to be understood..." --- he couldn't understand his standing under the stigma of standing in his underwear while taking a stand in his chosen underworld!<br /><br />Understand?Dirt Digglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388327861018868413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-63256959553910432762009-06-05T21:11:29.101-07:002009-06-05T21:11:29.101-07:00He's "enslaved" and "trapped by...He's "enslaved" and "trapped by tormenting emotions", but he's made a "choice"?<br /><br />And there's at least one too many commas in the back cover blurb, although the writer seemed generally enamored of textual pauses.Tulsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-76320250608059268022009-06-05T16:38:00.705-07:002009-06-05T16:38:00.705-07:00I SO agree with you about the typewriter - I'v...I SO agree with you about the typewriter - I've been trying to get my hands on one for years, but 1)I'm a poor college student and therefore can't afford one, and 2)I don't know where one would get the ink for it. <br /><br />I also must agree with Alix: there are WAY to effing many ellipses. <br /><br />"...AS A HOMOSEXUAL!" Gosh, a little louder. I think there might have been a deaf man in Moldova who didn't catch that. <br /><br />Does anybody else find it baffling trying to figure out how old this dude is? He has kind of a baby face, and yet his eyes and forehead are hella wrinkled.Nicole "Gidget" Kalsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812924528578021534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-60375323132695177302009-06-05T14:40:51.950-07:002009-06-05T14:40:51.950-07:00I note that Corley also wrote a novel called Saddl...I note that Corley also wrote a novel called <i>Saddle Studs</i>, for which he evidently compiled a lexicon of cowboy lingo. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the cowboy logo....<br /><br />If you can't get enough Corley, you can find more--lots more--at Duke University (http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/corley/inv/). <br /><br />P.S. Best thing about the Duke Library collection link: the biographical note that he worked for a couple of states' highway departments as an illustrator. I want to give him bonus points just for that.Candidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586276874940437381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-59304844935980456652009-06-05T13:38:39.657-07:002009-06-05T13:38:39.657-07:00Doesn't make much sense to use a code world fo...Doesn't make much sense to use a code world for homosexuality when you're screaming the word on the book cover.<br /><br />Tragic... misuse of... ellipses...Alixnoreply@blogger.com