I know this is a little old, but I had to write! When I was not reading "Hardy Boys" books, I was reading "Nancy Drew"...I loved it when she solved cases with her "chums"!
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I know this is a little old, but I had to write! When I was not reading "Hardy Boys" books, I was reading "Nancy Drew"...I loved it when she solved cases with her "chums"!
I know this is a little old, but I had to write! When I was not reading "Hardy Boys" books, I was reading "Nancy Drew"...I loved it when she solved cases with her "chums"!
Interestingly, some of the early Hardy Boys is set in my area of Canada, which tracks as most of the early ones were written by a Canadian ghostwriter.
I ended up getting rid of my Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books. I kept my Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, though, along with the Brains Benton and Trixie Belden series.
My recent reading material has been a Highlander fanzine and copious amounts of Merlin fanfic. The Harry Potter story I'm following (Wind Up All the Clocks) just had Chapter 85 posted Tuesday.
My recent reading material has been a Highlander fanzine and copious amounts of Merlin fanfic. The Harry Potter story I'm following (Wind Up All the Clocks) just had Chapter 85 posted Tuesday.
The chalice of the gods by Rick Riordian. Man, I missed the OG trio.
Opposable Thumbs, To the Temple of Tranquility and Step on It, Surely You Can't Be Serious, and Bad Motherfucker.
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Also Nathan Hale's inexplicably-hilarious graphic novel Donner Dinner Party. It stayed true to the gruesome history and still successfully milked the ''what can go wrong next'' humor to incredible levels. It's part of a historical series.
I am currently listening to Venus by Ben Bova, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Tomorrow, over on Booktube, Non-fiction November begins. I have several books lined up to read/listen to during the month.
Tomorrow, over on Booktube, Non-fiction November begins. I have several books lined up to read/listen to during the month.
This was one of Bova's books where I felt had a lot of mustache twirling. Much prefer his first two Mars books.
Yes, I agree. I am just up to the part where he has met the big baddy (if we exclude his father as a baddy). I have read the first Mars book and I will reading the second one soon. I also have Mercury, Uranus, Neptune and Titan on my list of possibilities.
I quite liked the first two Mars books, but felt the third one wasn't necessary. Bova at one point started to insert more and more politics and religious opinions into his books as part of an interconnected backstory, and you really feel that in the 3rd one. At one point, I just stopped reading them because I felt they were less interesting as compared to his earlier stories.
Another thing about Venus is that I felt it was little more than a setting that didn't really influence the story much.
Another thing about Venus is that I felt it was little more than a setting that didn't really influence the story much.
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I've just finished H.P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, which is as close to high fantasy as Lovecraft got.
Now, early on, there's a phrase that I couldn't help it, I found quite familiar. Lovecraft's writing uses very long sentences that really could have been several sentences, but I'll just quote the important bit:
"... Carter resolved to go with bold entreaty whither no man had gone before, ..."
For the record, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was first published in 1943 and was regularly included in reprints of Lovecraft's works afterwards.
Now, early on, there's a phrase that I couldn't help it, I found quite familiar. Lovecraft's writing uses very long sentences that really could have been several sentences, but I'll just quote the important bit:
"... Carter resolved to go with bold entreaty whither no man had gone before, ..."
For the record, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was first published in 1943 and was regularly included in reprints of Lovecraft's works afterwards.
15 different chapters from 15 different non-fiction books....or as I call it, my daily simulated issue of PLAYBOY.
I just finished reading the collected edition of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Ilyrian Enigma, written by Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johson, with art by Megan Levens. This was one of the first tie-ins for Strange New Worlds, and I thought they did a really good job on it. Now I'm going back to Fellowship of the Ring after my comic book break.
I recently finished the new KUBRICK bio. Here are the books I'm currently chapterizing:
GAME OF THRONES by George R.R. Martin (book one)
CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE COMPLETE FILMS
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: SELECTED LETTERS, 1917-1961
THE MOVIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE with Louise Erdrich and 22 others
LOVE AND LET DIE: JAMES BOND, THE BEATLES AND THE BRITISH PSYCHE
TENDER COMRADES: A HISTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST
THE CAUSE by Eric Alterman
THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
COCKTAILS WITH GEORGE AND MARTHA: MOVIES, MARRIAGE AND THE MAKING OF WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE by Arthur Miller
ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson
NIXON-RATED CARTOONS by Ranan R. Lurie
A 1000-page LUKE CAGE omnibus
HITS, FLOPS AND OTHER ILLUSIONS by Ed Zwick
OUTRAGE, INC. by Derek Hunter
I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER by Percival Everett (I also finished his ERASURE last month)
ALIENS: BUG HUNT with Keith R. DeCandido and 19 others
GAME OF THRONES by George R.R. Martin (book one)
CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE COMPLETE FILMS
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: SELECTED LETTERS, 1917-1961
THE MOVIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE with Louise Erdrich and 22 others
LOVE AND LET DIE: JAMES BOND, THE BEATLES AND THE BRITISH PSYCHE
TENDER COMRADES: A HISTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST
THE CAUSE by Eric Alterman
THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
COCKTAILS WITH GEORGE AND MARTHA: MOVIES, MARRIAGE AND THE MAKING OF WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE by Arthur Miller
ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson
NIXON-RATED CARTOONS by Ranan R. Lurie
A 1000-page LUKE CAGE omnibus
HITS, FLOPS AND OTHER ILLUSIONS by Ed Zwick
OUTRAGE, INC. by Derek Hunter
I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER by Percival Everett (I also finished his ERASURE last month)
ALIENS: BUG HUNT with Keith R. DeCandido and 19 others
THE LAST FOUNDING FATHER (a James Monroe bio)
A CATCH-22 CASEBOOK
THE FREAKS COME OUT TO WRITE (an oral history of The Village Voice)
THE BLUES BROTHERS (the making of)
HOLD THE LINE by Michael Fanone
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION by Andrew Breitbart)
WEIRD AL: SERIOUSLY
1984: THE PLAY
THE LAST DAYS OF PATTON by Ladislas Farago
DANGEROUSLY FUNNY: THE UNCENSORED HISTORY OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR
JIMMY CARTER by Mike Evans
AN ACTOR AND A GENTLEMAN by Louis Gossett, Jr.
ONE WAY BACK by Christine Blasey Ford
THE CANCELING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
ALIEN: THE ARCHIVE (covering all the Ripley-films)
SLANTED by Sharyl Attkisson
DUNE MESSIAH by Frank Herbert
A CATCH-22 CASEBOOK
THE FREAKS COME OUT TO WRITE (an oral history of The Village Voice)
THE BLUES BROTHERS (the making of)
HOLD THE LINE by Michael Fanone
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION by Andrew Breitbart)
WEIRD AL: SERIOUSLY
1984: THE PLAY
THE LAST DAYS OF PATTON by Ladislas Farago
DANGEROUSLY FUNNY: THE UNCENSORED HISTORY OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR
JIMMY CARTER by Mike Evans
AN ACTOR AND A GENTLEMAN by Louis Gossett, Jr.
ONE WAY BACK by Christine Blasey Ford
THE CANCELING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
ALIEN: THE ARCHIVE (covering all the Ripley-films)
SLANTED by Sharyl Attkisson
DUNE MESSIAH by Frank Herbert
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