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HIP POCKET SLEAZE the Lurid WorLd of Vintage aduLt PaPerbacks by JOHn HArrISOn www.worldheadpress.com COnTEnTS Introduction 1 A Short History Of Paperbacks 5 The Birth Of Pulp Fiction 6 Armed Services Editions: Selected Titles 8 Adult Paperbacks 11 Strange Sisters & Queer Daddies: Lesbian & Gay Paperbacks 14 The Smut Peddlers 21 Writer Profiles & Interviews Victor J. Banis 21 Ann Bannon 25 Lawrence Block 37 Richard E. Geis 39 Jim Harmon 57 Ron Haydock 70 Robert Tralins 75 Edward D. Wood, Jr. 81 Masters Of The Provocative Art 89 Gene Bilbrew 89 Eric Stanton 92 Bill Ward 95 Interview with Dede Aday Macdonald 98 Vintage Adult Paperback reviews 106 The 1970s 126 When Softcore Hardened & The Sleaze became Sick 1970s Adult Paperback Reviews 129 Linda Lovelace 134 Greenleaf, The Way It Was 143 Horwitz 154 New English Library 181 Interview with D.J. Norman 205 Other Genres 210 Turning On and Dropping Out: Drugs and Counterculture 210 Scream & Scream Again: Horror Tie-Ins 220 The Gore Novels Of Herschell Gordon Lewis 239 Interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis 241 The Devil Made Them Write It: Witchcraft & The Occult 244 Witchcraft magazine 252 Charles Manson: Paperback’s First True Crime Hero 255 Miscellaneous Offbeat & Esoteric Titles 271 Classic Smut Film rags 278 Adam Film World 278 Interview with Kevan Jensen 291 Cinema Blue 295 Daring Films & Books 297 Exciting Cinema 300 Torrid Film Reviews 305 X-Films 307 Sex For Sale 309 8mm — The Dirty Little Film Gauge 309 Photo Sets & The Sounds Of Sex 312 Collector Interviews 315 Chris Eckhoff 315 Miriam Linna 319 Appendix Notable US Publishers and Their Titles 326 Corinth Paperback Manuscript Guidelines (circa 1965) 348 8mm Stag Shorts & Loops: A Partial Listing 349 Sordid Sources 354 recommended reading 357 Index 360 About the Author A freelance writer based in Melbourne, Australia, John Harrison grew up obsessed with the pop fantasies of comic books, old amusement parks, glam rock and horror movies, all offset with a grim fascination for the seedier things in life that came out of growing up in the suburb of St Kilda, at the time one of Australia’s major hubs for crime, prostitution and drugs (not to mention a thriving punk music scene). Aside from contributing to the true crime volumes Death Cults, Bad Cop Bad Cop and Guns, Death, Terror, Harrison has written for such publications as Fatal Visions, Cult Movies, Is it Uncut?, Filmink, Headpress, Scary Monsters and Bachelor Pad, as well as penning reviews and liner notes for many DVD and VHS releases from Something Weird Video. An obsessive archivist (read: hoarder), Harrison’s extensive collection of vintage sleaze paperbacks, 1960s monster model kits, James Bond memorabila and Charles Manson artefacts was featured on the national Australian television series Collectors. His stash of old 8mm stag films (including a print of Anal Dwarf) was, however, strangely omitted from the show. Harrison is currently working on his first novel, a violent crime thrill- er set in the 1980s, with a nod to the classic noirs, titled Kill Me, My Love. A Note About the bibliogrAphies In most cases, bibliographies contained throughout this book are listed alphabetically by publisher (generally the most ac- cepted way in which paperback collectors like to see them). However, for the sake of convenience and ease of reference, paperbacks in the review sections have been listed alphabetically by title. While I have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible regarding publication dates, serial numbers etc., such information in some cases was difficult and occasionally impossible to obtain. Any corrections or omissions will be pointed out either in future editions of the book, or in the pages of the Hip Pocket Sleaze fanzine. Keys to Abbreviations ca cover artist nd no publishing date listed in book’s indicia nn no publishing number listed in book’s indicia 1 InTrODUCTIOn The books without pictures weren’t worth bothering about. All you get is little mentions of sex, just enough to keep you going through the story, but there’s nothing in them really, nothing like the books you get round North Africa. Take this one I noticed particularly, Seduction it was called. One, the cover was a picture of a young thing being kissed in a field of grass. Her skirt was slid up so you could see all her legs. Underneath it said: “In the heat of summer a young girl learns for the first time the secrets of love.” Translated that means, one more virgin is had away by some dirty b—. Peter Loughran, The Train Ride (1966) In 1978, when I was fourteen years old, there was a sec- ond hand bookshop I used to frequent nearly every Saturday morning (and damn I wish I could remember its name). It was situated towards the end of the Acland Street shopping strip, diagonally opposite Luna Park. For the uninitiated: Luna Park is (and was, even then) an archaic, white-framed amusement park which you entered through the gap- ing mouth of a giant clown. It was a creepy, eerie place to this kid, and walking through that giant mouth was like stepping back in time, to an era of rattling, dangerous roller-coasters; dodgem cars that showered a continual rainbow of electric sparks over your head; a ferris wheel that looked like it was about to fall off its axis at any moment; a rickety ghost train whose scariest feature was the occasional derelict slumped in the corner cradling a half-empty bottle of cheap red, and a tunnel of love that smelled like a sewer and put you in the mood for anything but romance. It was a wondrous, magical place…

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Hip Pocket Sleaze is an introduction to the world of vintage, lurid adult paperbacks. Charting the rise of sleazy pulp fiction during the 1960s and 1970s and reviewing many of the key titles, the book takes an informed look at the various genres and markets from this enormously prolific era, from gr