tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post5752093182951932894..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 409: The Party Was the Pay-Off / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (Mercury Mystery 175)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-58309493623869105772011-09-01T22:50:27.435-07:002011-09-01T22:50:27.435-07:00BTW...the cover artist was Mercury Press stalwart ...BTW...the cover artist was Mercury Press stalwart George Salter, not Stefan as noted above...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-7326202411249047732011-09-01T10:03:11.785-07:002011-09-01T10:03:11.785-07:00As you probably know, MERCURY MYSTERY and its sibl...As you probably know, MERCURY MYSTERY and its sibling imprints were spinoffs from ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, and like that magazine, were meant to help keep H.L. Mencken's political/cultural magazine AMERICAN MERCURY afloat...much as, earlier, BLACK MASK magazine was founded to help fund Mencken's earlier project THE SMART SET going. Cornell Woolrich and Dashiell Hammett published in both the earlier magazines, even as James M. Cain did in both the MERCURY and EQMM...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-77704889382116707832011-05-05T03:52:09.776-07:002011-05-05T03:52:09.776-07:00And then I followed the link in your comment and s...And then I followed the link in your comment and see that it's a motif for series. Not sure I like it, but I can see it working in the era.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-30040243444604668962011-05-05T03:50:23.800-07:002011-05-05T03:50:23.800-07:00The pill bottles are OK, I suppose, though they wo...The pill bottles are OK, I suppose, though they work better with the original title. But what's with the postage stamp motif? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the story, based on the cover copy and your pull quotes.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-80838120283902694392011-05-04T16:10:39.484-07:002011-05-04T16:10:39.484-07:00Aha!
I've found the motive and solved the cas...Aha!<br /><br />I've found the motive and solved the case!<br /><br />Page 123: "don't worry, Jimmy," she said, with a pleasant social smile, and turned away to mount the stairs, followed by the matron.<br /><br />She mounted the stairs, she mounted the matron, but she didn't mount Jimmy!borkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042275165058229970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-22907764530394340072011-05-04T14:54:08.440-07:002011-05-04T14:54:08.440-07:00NOT Mercury Mystery's style. They are selling ...NOT Mercury Mystery's style. They are selling to a ... somewhat slicker crowd. You can see what I mean by having a look at the other MM title I have posted (by another great writer) <a href="http://salmongutter.blogspot.com/2008/11/paperback-162-black-curtain-cornell.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-19993786227572805742011-05-04T14:50:53.419-07:002011-05-04T14:50:53.419-07:00I hate the cover. A bunch of pill bottles? Pleas...I hate the cover. A bunch of pill bottles? Please. This is a book that would have really been helped by a lurid, pulp-esque cover.Sean Brodrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307875566403471653noreply@blogger.com