Comments on: Great moments in pulp fiction: "Lady, That's My Skull"

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:37:00 +0000

“I need it to keep my hat off my shoulders.”

According to Wikipedia, “For its first few years, the company published a wide range of books, all offered for sale for 25 cents. Among the novels they reprinted were works by Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, James Hadley Chase, and Somerset Maugham.”

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:58:00 +0000

That was Claude Shannon. Then again, you might be making an obscure joke…. Hard to tell these days, innit?

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:56:00 +0000

When I read that title, I couldn’t help but think of the movie Brain Dead (starring the two Bill’s — Paxton and Pullman, and written by Charles Beaumont) where a street person comes up and starts harassing a scientist carrying a brain in a jar saying: That’s my brain! You’ve got my brain!!! I love this movie. It nearly makes sense all the way through until you get to the end and go: Wha? Wait a minute. Musta missed something…. You get the same reaction EVERY time you watch it. At least, I do. I have lost track of how many times I’ve seen this. Oh, and Bud Cort is in it also. The original D.O.A. is about as fractured as this film and both of them bear repeated viewings just because they are impossible to put coherently together once finished. Sorta like new films each time :)

By: Chevan

Chevan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:27:00 +0000

Is there any way to read this aside from picking up a vintage copy on ebay?

I tried the *AHEM* usual suspects but turned up blank.

By: Tavie

Tavie — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:20:00 +0000

I would buy the hell out of a tee shirt of this.

By: blueelm

blueelm — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

So this is already a band name, right? Because it should be.

By: planettom

planettom — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:29:00 +0000

For some reason I picture this being said by Jerry Lewis.
“LADY, that’s my SKULL!”

By: rochrobb

rochrobb — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:09:00 +0000

A Harlequin VP gave a talk to a small writing class I was in (years ago while attending college in Toronto).

One story he told was that the wife of a small struggling publisher suggested that he might print these English romance novels she was reading. He approached the company to get the Canadian rights, and they gave him the North American rights.

Followed by PROFIT!

It does suggest before then they published other things…

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:04:00 +0000

I’ll need more information before I decide whether information is real or not.

By: Just_Ok

Just_Ok — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:40:00 +0000

So, information is just a theory, like gravity? Just consider that evolution is alot like evil lotion. LOL ( <–not Laugh out loud)

By: DisGuest

DisGuest — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:32:00 +0000

Maybe it’s not really pulp fiction, maybe it was written by Oliver Sacks.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:08:00 +0000

He was also the father of information theory. It’s true! You can look it up!

By: Woody Evans

Woody Evans — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:02:00 +0000

The source of the title for the Alan Moore / Highbury Working track? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMHAipa_qs

By: spocko

spocko — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:03:00 +0000

Fun fact, Carl Shannon the author of this book, was the maternal grandfather of Cameron Crowe, the author of Fast Time at Ridgemont High. Remember that classic Sean Penn line, “Dude, that’s my Skull?” what do you think that line came from?
So now you know, the rest of the story…
Good day!
(oh, by the way, the above comment is not meant to be a factual statement)

By: Kevin Hill

Kevin Hill — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:59:00 +0000

“Lady, That’s My Skull” came out under at least two other imprints. In addition to Harlequin, it came out under “Phantom Books”, and “Hangman’s House.” I have no clue as to why or if this was a common practice in the pulps.