I don't know who Anthony Boucher put down. I do know that
when I was in
grad school I went to the library stacks, got down the bound
copies of the
NYTBR, and read every Boucher column I could find. He was one
of the first
reviewers (if not the first) to take paperback originals
seriously. He was
practically the only (if not the only) reviewer in the 1950s
to review
writers like Harry Whittington, John D. MacDonald, and others
who wrote
almost exclusively for the paperback market. I'd read his
columns, make a
list, and head for the used-book stores. I owe him a huge
debt.
As for the two versions of KISS TOMORROW GOOD-BYE, they
certainly exist. I
have copies of both the 1940s Signet paperback, which appears
to be a
severely abridged version, and the hardcover edition.
Bill Crider
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