David V. Reed, The Thing that Made Love (The Metal Monster Murders), Uni Books, 1951 Besides being retitled, this book was "specially adapted for your reading pleasure." I don't know what that means.
Uni Books tended to spice things up. Perhaps someone could do a line by line comparison with the original story published sometime in 1943 in MAMMOTH DETECTIVE. More likely, perhaps not.
Reed was one of Ray Palmer's old writers. When I was twelve or so I bought a huge cardboard box of RAP pulps from the Forties and Reed (as my faulty memory remembers it anyway) was in half of them. He was a decent writer as I recall but not of course on the same level as Richard S. Shaver. :)
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This is another book I've never seen before. I don't know what "adapted to your reading pleasure" means either.
I wonder if it means they added some sex scenes.
David V. Reed wrote tons of Batman comics in the 1970s.
Maybe they could be specially adapted for our reading pleasure.
Uni Books tended to spice things up. Perhaps someone could do a line by line comparison with the original story published sometime in 1943 in MAMMOTH DETECTIVE. More likely, perhaps not.
I nominate you, Jerry.
Reed was one of Ray Palmer's old writers. When I was twelve or so I bought a huge cardboard box of RAP pulps from the Forties and Reed (as my faulty memory remembers it anyway) was in half of them. He was a decent writer as I recall but not of course on the same level as Richard S. Shaver. :)
Let's face it: Nobody was on the same level as Shaver.
Based on the cover illustration, he wrenched her back.
I hope that was the worst of it.
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