The following posts include (1) "footnotes" for The Doris Piserchia Website (link at left), (2) texts-in-process that will eventually appear there, (3) texts from other websites, and (we hope) (4) stimulating discussion threads. The picture to the left is the back cover of The Spinner (book club edition), depicting a citizen of Eastland "hanging out" while Ekler the cop and Rune the idiot-superman look on.
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Book cover for French edition of The Spinner. ("L'homme-araignée": The Man-spider). Published by Fleuve Noir ("Black River") in 1985. The foreground figure, I'm guessing, is Rune, but it also appears to be a weird hybrid of Rune and the Spinner, with clawed, webbed feet and "spider markings" on his clothing. Also, what's with the futuristic weapon? And the woman behind him--is that the cognitively impaired girl Rune impregnates? She looks like a cross between an amazon warrior and a crusader.