tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post8747855938453039077..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Books: HOT CARGO -- Orrie Hittmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-65924550945531257742009-10-30T10:19:53.854-05:002009-10-30T10:19:53.854-05:00Those three women are in this book, but there'...Those three women are in this book, but there's also a fourth one, a wanton who decides to reform, get married, and settle down. Not with the protagonist, though.<br /><br />Too bad the reprints added hotter sex and vulgarity to the books. That would detract from their period charm.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-49858744254506619762009-10-30T10:13:59.858-05:002009-10-30T10:13:59.858-05:00Hitt's other gun-running novel, ADD FLESH TO T...Hitt's other gun-running novel, ADD FLESH TO THE FIRE, is the same -- we never see any action, the actual gun rnning, landing on Cuba, transport, evading the Cuban army, etc. It all happened "last night."<br /><br />Hitt's heroes alwaus jumble three women -- one is usually a wife or girlfriend he's tired of, one's a good girl who loses her vriginity ('you're my first') and the third is the evil wrong woman he is head over heels for and eventually screws him over.<br /><br />But a hero having sex with three women the same night? I haven't seen that yet, or in any book since Peitevich's TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.<br /><br />For Hitt, there are added in sex scenes in the 1970s reprints from Softcover, very un-typical Hitt with vulgar language and descriptions. I notice Nightstand did the same with their 70s reprints; they could get away with it then.Michael Hemmingsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17441800190702888919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-27223312773044424882009-10-30T09:54:18.169-05:002009-10-30T09:54:18.169-05:00I think one of the problems with this book is all ...I think one of the problems with this book is all the conversations. There's a lot of talk but not much action. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but this is a book that needs a little more movement. The sense of place is really well done, though, and I can even see it as a movie. Bogie in the lead, of course, and Roos is obviously Sidney Greenstreet.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-24238286980255357842009-10-30T09:42:51.043-05:002009-10-30T09:42:51.043-05:00Thanks for the review, Bill. I just saw some copi...Thanks for the review, Bill. I just saw some copies of this for sale on the internet the other day. Guess I need to buy one. This year, I have read ten Hitt books, and when he was clicking, he was better than "OK." Some titles were as good as Gold Medals from that period. Try The Cheaters or HIred Lover. <br /><br />It is amusing that these "sleaze" books were sold as over-sexed stories, and yet were so tame. The covers are actually the hottest part of the package. The sex scenes remind me of the cinematic "fade to black" after the first kiss, common in the movies from this period. Your excerpts are typical and could have been pulled from any of his books. It was what happened before and after that was important to the drama of the story, and why many of these books are more than just "sex reads." There is a real attempt to write a good story.<br /><br />Another thing we need to keep in mind when judging the quality of the work, is that Hitt (and others like him in both the sleaze and crime genres) wrote these books at break neck speed, sometimes just a couple weeks. These books were viewed as expendables --- read and toss. I'm glad not all of them were tossed, as I am enjoying searching them out and reading them.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31781166219648067802009-10-30T08:18:30.554-05:002009-10-30T08:18:30.554-05:00That is a great cover. Too bad that red bar is at...That is a great cover. Too bad that red bar is at the bottom.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-62563505783772335672009-10-30T08:14:55.783-05:002009-10-30T08:14:55.783-05:00I love that cover!I love that cover!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-32941720886454042142009-10-30T07:52:41.733-05:002009-10-30T07:52:41.733-05:00Some day I am going to walk into a used bookstore ...Some day I am going to walk into a used bookstore and see a book by Orrie Hitt -or any of the writers you guys dig up.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-57965693144329480972009-10-30T07:32:06.110-05:002009-10-30T07:32:06.110-05:00Let's be honest. He was OK but the best thing...Let's be honest. He was OK but the best thing about Orrie Hitt is his name.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com