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Hard Case Crime is too good to be true. Mass market paperback editions of 1940s and 50s noir novels! With new covers in the Fawcett Gold Medal style! This surely cannot last for long. If they were to...

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Ron Prescott wrote: And these are originals to the new series, I suppose? Very nice indeed. Barnes & Noble has a special section for HARD CASE CRIME, and I typically spend a leisurely moment...

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Here are a couple of photos I took of the Hard Case rack at my local Barnes & Noble: That's the way to sell paperbacks. --------------- Mirek

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Latarnia wrote: Here are a couple of photos I took of the Hard Case rack at my local Barnes & Noble: That's the way to sell paperbacks. --------------- Mirek wow! the places around here that do...

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Freakin' awesome...

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Just finished Hard Case Crime's latest entry -- Donald E. Westlake's The Cutie. Originally titled The Mercenaries, it has now been re-christened with the title Westlake originally wanted it to have,...

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Ron Prescott wrote: I must say, this is my favorite Westlake novel so far, next to The Hunter. Nobody did this stuff better, not even Mickey Spillane. cool. one of the guys at Bookgasm gave it a...

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Now this is very amusing. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gone hard-boiled. Coming from Hard Case Crime in December. ------------ Mirek

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As a joke, that is indeed very funny. I am a little surprised that they are actually doing this for real, however.

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No author royalties! Mirek

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Sure, but it still costs something to produce, so they must be hoping somebody will want to buy it. I would buy it as a novelty item, of course, but how many others would?

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There are probably enough "Hard Case Crime" collectors to make this a success. Plus, I'm betting that the oddity of the publication will get some publicity. Mirek

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The new SHERLOCK HOLMES movie with Robert Downey Jr. comes out the same month as this book, so I'm guessing it's a tie-in.

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Jojo Lapin X wrote: As a joke, that is indeed very funny. I am a little surprised that they are actually doing this for real, however. pardon me for being dense, but could you let me in on the joke?

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frankie marino wrote: pardon me for being dense, but could you let me in on the joke? Just like that, you mean? Just because you ask?

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Jojo Lapin X wrote: Just like that, you mean? Just because you ask? that's what i was hoping...in exchange i will explain any joke of your choosing or translate any limmerick from pig latin to english...

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frankie marino wrote: that's what i was hoping...in exchange i will explain any joke of your choosing or translate any limmerick from pig latin to english free of charge Oh, ok! Well, you see, around...

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Jojo Lapin X wrote: Oh, ok! Well, you see, around the turn of the last century, there was this author, Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote immensely popular stories about a detective named Sherlock Holmes,...

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frankie marino wrote: the secret weapon? Mexicans. I had no idea!

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Just finished Hard Case Crime #62 The Corpse Wore Pasties by Jonny Porkpie ("The Burlesque Mayor of New York")Clever dialogue and situations (there's a funny passage that Porkpie writes as he's trying...

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i'm finding i'm not liking the original entries. The Max, for example, is in your face stupid and tries waaaay too hard

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