tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8360494179322002629..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Getting Off - Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-13468965407873285472011-08-18T17:57:49.640-05:002011-08-18T17:57:49.640-05:00Nobody has said anything yet, so I will.
Images ju...Nobody has said anything yet, so I will.<br />Images juxtaposing danger/death with sex/desire have been a common aspect of genre book covers since the pulps.<br />A long-time genre reader (like, um, me) might think they'd seen it all, and done as well as it might be done.<br />This cover leaps off the paper-- an image that channels power through circuits so often used that I thought they'd lost most of their ability to deliver a shock.<br />Great stuff.<br /><br />John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-51344094235825804172011-08-15T23:31:03.178-05:002011-08-15T23:31:03.178-05:00The plotline (Kit decides to track down all five o...The plotline (Kit decides to track down all five of them and finish the job, and to do that she has to turn detective)sounds a bit like Woolrich's THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, don't you think? Not that that's a bad thing; just an observation.Rittsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145597443811879849noreply@blogger.com