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Gotta say I love that waistcoat. The black on black designs look very fancy. Roger must be jealous.

This is a really clever twist on the challenge! And of course you can reread Dorian Gray as many times as you like, it never gets old…

Lovecraft owned and read at least "The Picture of Dorian Gray" , "A Journey in Other Worlds", and "The Time Machine" He liked "She" by H. Rider Haggard, but I don't know if he read "Eric Brighteyes". By Jules Vernes, he owned and read "From the Earth to the Moon" and "20.000 Leagues under the Sea". He mentions he read "others" in magazines. We don't know which ones. (according to "Lovecraft's Library", by S.T. Joshi & David E. Shultz) He also read "The Turn of the Screw" because he mentions it in "Supernatural Horror in Literature". I've found no evidence of Lovecraft reading "Heart of Darkness" but I could be wrong. He apparently says in a letter that he's reading "Lord Jim", by Conrad. So, at least 4 books on your list were read by Lovecraft for sure. Maybe more ! Also, I'm surprised that you didn't put Dracula on this list 😄

The Land that Time Forgot is on my pile, I need to get to it.

You'll like Slugs. Spoiler alert: slugs kill people in that book! Death Squad's not the best Executioner, but it's not bad. Deviates too much from his "lone wolf" thing, but... gotta read 'em all! And you can never go wrong with Ray Russell. I loved the V TV show, but mostly because I got to look at Jane Badler. That's a definite bonus...

Nice way to spice up your 500 Readathon, I like the spin you've put on this Novel Life challenge, exciting possibilities, choices you might not otherwise choose and gems you might discover, ohhh I like it. One day I might do this myself, maybe CL Moore as my chosen muse. Mmm .. another great idea from booktube's infamous sons.

My favorite inspiration on the cosmic horror theme is back! Jolly, good!

Love the story you told about finding this book. Maybe next time you'll discover Necronomicon.

You could do most of Thorne Smith's novels! (Most of them..."Skin and Bones" was crap.) I'd go for "Topper," Turnabout" and "The Stray Lamb."

What a splendid idea! I can only imagine how many books dusty old Roger would have to work his way through!

Great twist on the challenge! Speaking of Heart of Darkness… you ever read Silverberg’s Downward to the Earth?

Night Watches by WW Jacobs

The Long Night by Stanley J Weyman

Your videos are always cool. 🤠

I really have to check into more Lovecraft.

Hey Brian could the books you read count for both challenges?? Just a thought.

Do more of these!

On the last chapter of The Time Machine right now. And just finished Turn of the Screw last week.

I adored Doc Savage back in my pre-teen years! Bantam re-issued them as mass market paperbacks in the 60s, and I ate them up. My older brother used to snidely say things like “Still reading Doc Sewage, I see.”

I like to think his only regret was that he had bone-itis.

Good list! HPL was a big fan of Haggard's SHE, so 'Brighteyes' is a good choice. "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" was quite ground-breaking. Underappreciated.

An interesting idea.

You should do a top ten list of books you would have bought if you could buy books?

Garbaugust huh? Yeah...*all I read is trash.

A great tke on this challenge! Thanks, Michael!

Hartmann the Anarchist is on Gutenberg, Fate of Fanella is not, but is at the internet archive.

Hey I love that Thor cover

Some useless information: The author of Hartmann The Anarchist was the brother of Colonel Percy Fawcett, the British explorer that mapped a load of the Amazon and went missing in 1925 searching for a lost city.

I don't know if you've read any of these, but I couldn't help making a few recommendations for the following decades of Lovecraft's life. _The Purple Cloud_ (1901) by M.P. Shiel (both Wells and Lovecraft praised this book) _Ayesha: The Return of She_ (1905) by Sir Rider Haggard (the sequel to _She_ -- but set in Central Asia instead of Central Africa) _The Red Thumb Mark_ (1907) by Dr. R. Austin Freeman (introduced the detective Dr. Thorndyke) _The Book of Wonder_ (1912) by Lord Dunsany (Lovecraft was of course a Dunsany superfan) _The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu_ (1913) by Sax Rohmer (introduced the long-running supervillain Fu-Manchu) _Max Carrados_ (1914) by Ernest Bramah (introduced Max Carrados, a blind detective) _The Holy Flower_ (1915) by Sir Rider Haggard (one of the best Allan Quatermain books) _The Ivory Child_ (1916) by Sir Rider Haggard (sequel to _The Holy Flower_ -- and potentially even better) _The Moon Pool_ (1919) by A. Merritt (another lost world tale) _Drome_ (1927) by John Martin Leahy (underground world) "In Amundsen's Tent" (1928) by John Martin Leahy (Antarctic horror story) _The Maracot Deep_ (1929) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (a tale of Atlantis) _The Horror from the Hills_ (1931) by Frank Belknap Long (includes a description of one of Lovecraft's dreams, taken almost verbatim from H.P.L.'s own account) "A Martian Odyssey" (1934) by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Lovecraft and Weinbaum were mutual fans) "Valley of Dreams" (1935) by Stanley G. Weinbaum (sequel to "A Martian Odyssey") _Death on the Nile_ (1937) by Dame Agatha Christie (a classic!) Sorry for such a long list!

Who's out there trashing Dorian Gray? Heathens. For some reason, I had both Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness pegged for much later -- 1910s maybe. Interesting!

That's a very interesting list. John Jacob Astor was America's first multi-millionaire. He founded his fortune on the American fur trade but was smart enough to get out of it when he noticed that in Europe men were swapping out of beaver hats for silk hats

I really like your take on this challenge, Michael. I just read The Time Machine last week for Rocket Summer. 🚀 I used to teach Heart of Darkness. Great stuff. I think you’re going to have a lot of fun with the challenge this way! 👍🏼😊

You should make a video covering the 1st year of Titan's run on Conan. I think they've done a great job.

You should make a video covering the 1st year of Titan's run on Conan. I think they've done a great job.

11:59 This is my first time hearing the John Astor book even exists. Looking forward to your thoughts on it.

You didn't go extreme enough, in the vein of upping the 100 book challenge to 500, I thought you'd make it "The Novel: a Novel challenge" and read a book every year books have been around. Lovecraft's younger then you! :P

Very imaginative spin on the challenge. Thought about doing the Booker Prize winners from each year as a twist, but this is way better

What a novel idea😊

The Picture that Dorian's Gay... probably influenced Lovey's Cool Air along with Poe's M. Valdemar, which of course was the main influence.

I ended up getting an "Illuminated" Beehive version of Voyage to Arcturus myself. Couldn't resist. It's beautiful. The novel is one of those books you need to read for a while, then close and think about, and the design of this edition almost makes it feel like a book of wisdom from another planet. Anyone reading this for the bookclub should put their interpretations in the discord thread. Maybe that'll help us wrap our heads around it!

Neither the Time Traveller nor Professor Cavor was prepared for their travels. Professor Cavor never returns from the Moon, if you see my point. Great video Michael.

This surely is the most interesting way to do this. Paying respects to great author’s! BO!

I can't wait to see what other books you pick from the next few decades! These are the years of genre fiction I love. I already learned about a few titles I'd never heard before.

I read the original magazine version of Dorian Gray in which the homosexual elements were more prominent than in the later novel version. Eric Brighteyes was really an early fantasy novel since supernatural elements appear. It was really good. Which it being Haggard who really had the storytellers gift should not be surprise. I remember liking Well at World's End which I read between high school and getting my first job in the real world. During that time I read a lot of classic fantasy. A lot of the other books you mention I hadn't heard of (well obviously I heard of the Time Machine,) so I look forward to hearing about them particularly the Fate of Finella.

I'm not familiar with all of these, but this looks like a great selection from that period. It might be worth (re)reading Supernatural Horror in Literature for some suggestions too.

Hawk the Slayer movie proven, that if you have a choice between most badass elven archer in the history of elven movies (yes I am looking at you Legolas, you hve a thing or two to learn from Crow) and the guy with repeater crossbow, the choice is you take them both in.

An interesting take on this reading challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing your updates on this no matter how long it takes.

When I saw CriminOlly's video I instantly thought it was a great idea, too... But I am just doing it the boring way, your take is really creative! I can think of a few different authors for whom it would be fun to do a "Novel Life" of in the way you're doing for Lovecraft. Great thinking!

Anyone who thinks Dorian Grey is a bad book probably shouldn’t be allowed to handle sharp objects or operate heavy machinery. They can’t be trusted.

That sounds like and interesting list. I'll be waiting for your take on the stories.