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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Paperback 208: Beat Not the Bones / Charlotte Jay (Avon PN286)

Paperback 208: Avon PN286 (6th ptg, 1970)

Title: Beat Not the Bones
Author: Charlotte Jay
Cover artist: Uncredited (come on, someone must know this...)

Yours for: $10

BERJAYA
Best things about this cover:

  • Let's start with the title ...
  • Because honestly, I'm not sure where to begin ...
  • Beat Not the Bones! - for if you do, the Psychedelic South American Tree God will alight on your head with mind-altering fury!
  • Revealed!: the secret of soprano Alma Gluck's outstanding voice!
BERJAYA
Best things about this back cover:
  • "Hair-raising" is not an effective qualifier of or follow-up to "persuasive." I mean, really - how do you en-dash your way from "hair-raising" to "persuasive?" That is nuts, New York Herald Tribune.
  • "Proceeding?" It's not a trial. Horrible blurbs! Hey, I have a new blog tag.
  • Civilization = innocence = sanity. Nice.
  • "Rumors whispered suicide" - yes, when you play it backwards, the American version of Fleetwood Mac's most popular album does just that. And to think, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne got all the bad press.

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"I'm not at all well," he stated. "Fever always put my nerves on edge and those damn Kerema dogs come over and root up all my vegetables."


~RP