![]() ![]() Like so many of McDowell’s books, this one is set in the south. ![]() We’ll start with Cold Moon Over Babylon, which was made into a movie ( Cold Moon) in 2016. While I don’t think you can go wrong with any of his books, I am focusing on my personal favorites for the purpose of this story. Valancourt’s website states that they specialize “in the rediscovery of rare, neglected, and out-of-print fiction.” Many of his books had been out of print until Valancourt Books came into being, and re-released most of his library. They were often lurid, filled with sex and gore, and featured fantastic eye-catching artwork on their covers.Īlthough Michael McDowell later went on to write screenplays for movies such as Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, he cut his literary teeth on paperback originals, and proclaimed that he was proud of being a commercial writer. ![]() These books could be picked up in drugstores, at the supermarket, pretty much anywhere you could get your favorite magazines. Michael McDowell, is “the finest writer of paperback originals in America,” according to his friend, Stephen King. In the early 1980s, horror paperback originals were all the rage. But, prior to that, Stephen King was a fan of his paperbacks. By Carla Davis 4 years ago Michael McDowell wrote the screenplays for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. ![]()
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