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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,811Chief of Staff

    Yes, it’s very easy to see why ☺️🤣

    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    To save on costs some artwork was reused on other covers, usually with some slight differences…



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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    I like the Pan covers of The Saint books best but these from Hodder and Stoughton are pretty good, too.



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,931Chief of Staff

    Yes, they are- very atmospheric.

  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,811Chief of Staff

    I think I’ve only ever read one Saint book 😳 I must remedy that…

    YNWA 97
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,852MI6 Agent

    That top Saint book (Alias the Saint) was the very first edition I found back in 1996 I think. I always thought that the depiction of Simon Templar on that one looked a lot like Roger Moore and that was before he was cast in The Saint.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    I’ve read a handful of them, but like you @Sir Miles I need to read some more.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    A nice selection here…



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,931Chief of Staff
    edited July 21

    The first one looks like the only one I'd read, but those are fascinating covers all right.

  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,811Chief of Staff

    In the last one, the girl looks like a young Elizabeth Taylor…

    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    Did you read many of the Peter Chambers books? They used to sell quite well.but I don’t recall reading any myself.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,931Chief of Staff

    No, not at all, but it looks like the kind of book I'd read (dated, private eye, shades of noir).

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    I misread your original line - I thought you said that you had read it 😁

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    Some more Hank Janson covers…



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,811Chief of Staff

    I’m going to have to hunt a couple of these books down ☺️

    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    The Slaves of the Empire series ran to 5 books before cancellation. Set in Roman times the covers promised a lot more than the content within.



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,614MI6 Agent

    What appalling titles. Those look both terrible and brilliant at the same time.

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,280MI6 Agent

    Donald E Westlake was one of the great pulp authors. Under his own name he published novels such as The Mercenaries and The Hot Rock. Using the pseudonym Richard Stark he published the Parker series including Point Blank and Slayground (many of which have been filmed with actors such as Lee Marvin and Jason Statham). He also wrote screenplays for movies such as The Stepfather and The Grifters. In the early days he used the name Alan Marshall to write soft-porn novels such as…



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,931Chief of Staff

    Westlake was a good writer, and could be very funny or cruel and vicious in turn. I never knew he could be sexy too!

  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,811Chief of Staff
    edited August 25

    I’m sure we all know that he also wrote Forever And A Death which was based on a treatment he was hired to write for a Bond film…that obviously didn’t get made…


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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,852MI6 Agent

    There's not a hair's breadth between Forever and a Day and Forever and a Death as titles. I suppose there are only so many titles you can come up with for thrillers in such a packed field.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,931Chief of Staff

    It was discussed a while ago in the Lit forum- @Silhouette Man was it you who brought it up?

  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,852MI6 Agent
    edited August 25

    No, it wasn't one of mine, @Barbel. I had a search and that thread was created by the member @Le Samourai. I see that I did comment on it at the time though:


    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,931Chief of Staff

    Ah, thanks.

  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,852MI6 Agent

    It had been so long I could barely remember but I didn't think I'd started a thread on it. 🙂

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,614MI6 Agent

    Did you eventually read the book though @Silhouette Man ?

  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,852MI6 Agent

    No, sadly not. I think I bought a copy at the time but I never got around to it.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,811Chief of Staff

    I read it when it came out…I’m not sure if I still have it…lots of stuff is currently being packed up…it was definitely ‘of its time’, but easy to see how it was adapted from his unused Bond script…

    YNWA 97
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,614MI6 Agent

    Hmm. May be worth a look then.

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