tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post3720445162753033196..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 353: Blue City / Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald) (Dell 363)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-1522391190467756332010-09-24T19:23:38.809-07:002010-09-24T19:23:38.809-07:00"Come along, Floraine". Floraine?"Come along, Floraine". Floraine?capewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028921297568214207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-61809981452643585002010-09-24T13:35:06.936-07:002010-09-24T13:35:06.936-07:00Indeed, one of the best covers I've seen. I l...Indeed, one of the best covers I've seen. I love not only the skin on the hand but the odd and disturbing angles of the fingers. I don't know about that pinky ring though.P.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16431406356898405676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-33148903849090425532010-09-23T10:55:02.955-07:002010-09-23T10:55:02.955-07:00The Best cover I can remember seeing here! It even...The Best cover I can remember seeing here! It even has a friggin' lamp post!<br /><br />Love the guy with the green jacket!<br /><br />Hmm -- there is an extraneous perspective line by Mr. Green Jacket's left knee.<br /><br />And I say the body proportions are perfect. It's us poor real humans that are a bit off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-48888431216927106232010-09-23T06:12:41.798-07:002010-09-23T06:12:41.798-07:00Very nice copy - I have a later edition that has a...Very nice copy - I have a later edition that has a photo of a naked woman on it in tones of blue - a la James Bond opening sequence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-33023819306549056842010-09-23T03:12:16.725-07:002010-09-23T03:12:16.725-07:00The woman on the front seems awfully mannish to me...The woman on the front seems awfully mannish to me. In fact, I think she looks a little like the ugly stepsister from the Shrek sequels.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-87702846146908153972010-09-22T19:30:52.653-07:002010-09-22T19:30:52.653-07:00The blue is a really, really bad blue, too. A litt...The blue is a really, really bad blue, too. A little violet, a little gray. A dirty sky.<br /><br />I like the way the beefy French whore's dress has been applied in semi-transparent red over her fully depicted naked body, while the guys' bodies are notional and their clothes opaque. <br /><br />The artist is amusing himself. As, of course, is his right.Renee in Tucsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-17384532626154105302010-09-22T18:39:12.291-07:002010-09-22T18:39:12.291-07:00I like that the map includes "6. Inspector Ha...I like that the map includes "6. Inspector Hanson". The Inspector gets his own map reference, but appears to be investigating East Nowhere. I'm getting disillusioned by these mapbacks ... why bother including a map if you don't indicate where the six corpses were found?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945204165944678020noreply@blogger.com