Pop Sensation
My Vintage Paperback Collection, one book at a time / aka Rex Parker aka Michael Sharp / https://salmongutter.blogspot.com
- Liven up your Thanksgiving with … well, a dead body. But a literate one! It’s THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY (1946), latest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/11/pape...
- He seemed so suave, so worldly, so debonair, but between his ears was … THE HOLLOW (1948), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/11/pape...
- I gasped (THE LOWDOWN, 2025, ep. 1)
- I screamed at the screen many times because there is NO way anyone who loved vintage paperbacks, let alone a rare book dealer, would handle them the way Ethan Hawke does in this movie. Just bending covers & cracking spines left and right, like they’re 2-dollar beaters, ugh! Also … wtf is this??
- Solve the Case of the Mysterious Stench with … MR. PARKER PYNE, DETECTIVE (1951), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/10/pape...
- Leave a well-dressed corpse ✅—it’s MURDER AT HAZELMOOR (1957), newest Pop Ssnsation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/10/pape...
- I keep reading Edgelord Dies and thinking, “cool” … but no, it’s LORD EDGWARE DIES (1962), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/10/pape...
- Reposted by Pop Sensationthe artist, Clement Micarelli, after painting masterpieces like the cover for Sexbound, retired from commercial art in 1971 and later painted many ultra-conservative Christian artworks featuring Jesus and the usual tableaux. alas! more info about Sexbound: pulpinternational.com/pulp/entry/c...
- Take your fingers out of your mouth, it’s time for SEXBOUND (1961), newest Pop Sensation paperback #DailyPaperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/10/pape...
- Reposted by Pop SensationThe Turret Room by Charlotte Armstrong (Charlotte Armstrong Lewi) (Fawcett Crest T1317, 1965). Cover Art by Harry Bennett. #TheTurretRoom #CharlotteArmstrong #1960s #book #books #paperback #coverart #cover #artwork #HarryBennett #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillers #FawcettCrest
- Overwhelmed by arithmetic?! Start easy with … TEN PLUS ONE (1964), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
- Dear Diary, let me tell you about … CASSIDY’S GIRL (1954), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
- Sixth time’s the charm! It’s SIX TIMES DEATH (1948), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
- Put on *all* your lingerie and run away from … the STRANGLER’S SERENADE (1952), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperback #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
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- When the hotels are full up in Graft Town, head on over to … CORRUPTION CITY (1959), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
- Put on your orgy boots and grab your fanciest red feather, it’s time for UNDRESS REHEARSAL, the newest Pop Sensation paperback #DailyPaperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
- She’d have to be impervious to pain to sit on that horrific scratchy bedspread for any length of time… it’s IMPERVIOUS TO PAIN (1972), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/pape...
- When you have spent WAY too much of your life knee-deep in midcentury sleaze… 👋
- The exciting new story of a woman who couldn’t keep her trap shut! (That’s my theory, anyway.) It’s … WOMAN TRAP (1962), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/09/ppae...
- Got flagged with a “sensitive content warning” for this one, despite the fact that it’s no more “sensitive” than many other contents I’ve contented, sigh. I hate this prudish algorithmic world. Anyway, TORMENTED BRIDE (1965)! salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- Calling all comers (!!). Your presence is requested by … ANGELINA (1964), newest Pop Sensation paperback [Was this written by *the* Irving “Swifty” Lazar? Probably not. But I can dream…] #vintagepaperbacks #pulp #DailyPaperback #vintagesleaze salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- Where does one even get chainmail underwear?! Find out (maybe) when you enter … THE TWILIGHT LUST (1965), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #lesbian #pulp #dailypaperback salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- Boy … oh boy! It’s CALL BOY (1963), the newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp #paperbackcovers #vintagesleaze #sexworkers #bisexuals #queer salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
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- Bare your midriff and unzip your jeans, it’s time to mount a full-scale SEDUCTION CAMPAIGN (1962), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #nymphomania #pulp #DailyPaperback salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- BABY DOLL MURDERS, James O. Causey (Gold Medal, 1957) cover: Barye Phillips Pop Sensation paperback no. 2 #DailyPaperback #marijuana #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2007/08/pape...
- Enter hell’s anteroom and share a smoke with … MERCEDES (1966), newest Pop Sensation paperback #DailyPaperback #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #pulp salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- Don’t you hate it when you realize too late that you forgot to pack a watch *or* a shirt?! Have a drink and a cigarette and forget your troubles with THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #DailyPaperback salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- I complain (if you let me) about artwork not getting credited on paperbacks, but on this paperback the artwork actually gets MIScredited (to R. McGinnis instead of the correct Mitchell Hooks). Grateful to readers who are even nerdier about this shit than I am ❤️ Thanks for the heads-up!
- Place your bets, suckers! It’s LONG SHOT (1959), the newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/07/pape...
- Inspired by @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social, in addition to posting new Pop Sensation paperbacks, I’m going to post a #DailyPaperback, highlighting books from the archives, starting with this beautiful Ace Double (D-27, 1953), the first pb I ever wrote about salmongutter.blogspot.com/2007/08/grea...
- Reposted by Pop SensationTwisted Lovers by Orrie Hitt (Kozy Book K134, 1961). #TwiatedLovers #OrrieHitt #1960s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #KozyBook #KozyBooks
- Drop to your knees and thank god for sleaze! It’s time to take a wild spree with WILD SPREE (1964), newest Pop Sensation paperback #lesbians #bisexuals #vintagesleaze #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/08/pape...
- So mad I had to put that red bar in there to get the “adult content” label to go away. There is NOTHING under the bar except underwear, and not particularly provocative underwear. Yeesh. Moderation by HUMANS, please 🙏
- Reposted by Pop SensationRemember that time Fran Lebowitz wrote a porno? No? Well, she did in 1971 under a pseudonym and this is it. I saw a copy at the NY fair for $1250 a few years ago and cried. Got it this week for $35. Patience & knowing where to look are everything in book collecting. #DailyPaperback
- Instantly indispensable newsletter! I am no-joke howling. Academic AND hilarious. Very much my thing.
- Reposted by Pop SensationToday’s #DailyPaperback is one that has been on my Abe Want list for about 5 years, since I first started to collect Satanic Gothics. Jensen has a lot of fans and apparently this is pretty good—I can’t wait to read it and find out what’s up with that suit and cane!
- Reposted by Pop SensationMen, women, strangers - the three genders
- Gay! That’s her name! Also, she sleeps with women! Coincidentally! If you like orgies of the flesh (and you know you do), well look no further than … GOLDEN TRAMP (1959), the newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/07/pape...
- Two new paperbacks up at Pop Sensation! Hot girls dressed in white and the saps who love them! It’s WALLS OF GOLD (1948) and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1953) #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com
- Gay! That’s her name! Also, she sleeps with women! Coincidentally! If you like orgies of the flesh (and you know you do), well look no further than … GOLDEN TRAMP (1959), the newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/07/pape...
- Chicago tourism board just workshopping some poster ideas … it’s CHICAGO: CITY OF SIN (1965), newest Pop Sensation pb #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/07/pape...
- If you like arms at right angles and off-the-mark kisses, then load up your love gun ‘cause it’s open season on SIN for … THE PASSION HUNTERS (1964), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/07/pape...
- Reposted by Pop SensationA good place to take a break from the news: @rexparker.bsky.social ‘s amazing vintage paperback blog. What I love about this book: whoever got “from which was made” into the cover copy salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/07/pape...
