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A non-fiction read but speaking of ‘fascism’ and ‘populism’ I’m currently part way through this insightful read: Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down! amzn.eu/d/0jd65xzc

I have ne'er heard of any of these books, but they all sound delightfully weird.

Dear Mr. Henshaw is one of my favorite books as well. :)

I'm re-reading a book from my childhood and totally enjoying it in the most carefree way. Very much enjoying your videos. 📚 Also, I ADORED Beverly Cleary books.

Hi Paul. This was a nice trip down memory lane. Uninvited Ghosts was a book I always wanted to read but neither the school or local library had it. The Nicholas Fisk book cover scared the life out of me and I stayed clear to be honest, but always wished I had the courage to pick it up. I read The Children Of Green Knowe books though when I was about fourteen and loved them. Enjoy your reading time!

Enjoy your reading ; I do like a good spell and that image of the snakeskin floating downstream in the egg was lovely . Needs illustrating.

I’ll take horror when it’s serious, but it’s best when it’s campy, in my opinion. 😅

Sorry to report but that Waterstones in Lancaster near the Merchants is no more. It's now a restaurant!

Loved that MOORCOCK Doctor Who book. Made that cosmology mesh with his own.

Paul, do you have a P.O. box for us to write you? If so, can you share? Love your videos.

My copy of the Dickens is two books in one ; Reprinted Pieces ( all the politics) and The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices . I got the MacMillan 1925 ; which is identical to the much more expensive 1896 edition. Less than a fiver . Think I have enjoyed the Reprinted Pieces best to be honest meatier and not so frivolous . I suppose I come at Dickens as a man of serious intent On that note ; I learnt today that Thomas Hardy got himself shipped many miles to get cremated ; there seemed to have been few crematoriums at the time . I wonder how many writers pre-planned their funerals ; I may work on that one ; that would make an interesting gothic road trip . Probably just anticipating the Manamas arrival tomorrow, Do you know of any writers and artists that pre-planned their funerals ? Love Rabbit holes. I did that trip in the lakes when I was 17 Ruskin; Wordsworth ; Beatrix Potter etc. No money and a hell of a lot of walking ; not by train haha. Been diverted as well from Unica Zurin's The Man in Jasmine to Henri Michaux (liking his stuff a lot) . She is a beautiful writer and that begs another question ; how many writers landed up in Mental Hospitals ? and why.? If you know any ; help me out . I think that magical realism is quite far out man and am interested in that side of things . Take Richard Dadd ; his characters are not so much the production of a mad man but are based on the Bestiaries etc . ; what about the dude that helped write the Oxford dictionary . Insanity is all relative ; but when violence enters the ring ; these people are condemned to one very very long writing retreat . Hello Jeremy . P.S not forgetting Blake and De Quincies addiction etc . Maybe it represented people in search of Utopias for whom ordinary dreariness was never going to be enough perhaps. Maybe I should reread the Road to Xanadu . These road trip things have got my imagination going even if it is just an internalised trip.

I notice the David Bowie IS book on your shelf behind you. Did you ever see the traveling exhibition?

Was that a Wild Jeremy or … Bigfoot?!

My copy is coming next week! Congratulations.

I'm reading Michael Pollan's Ominore's Dilemma (very depressing), Mary Oliver poetry, Robert Aickman's The Wine-Dark Sea and Philip Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Wow! That Robin Hood book is gorgeous! I love retellings of Fairy Tales, especially Beauty and the Beast, Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland and anything Baba Yaga related! I have a pile of books I want to get through, but the Olympics have me a bit distracted! Still, I am determined to make a decent dent and if that means little sleep, so be it! I'll be sleepy, but happy!

“Fiction is for girls” - blimey, I’ve heard some nonsense about gender roles, but that takes the cake.

On the subject of the Robin Hood book - which looks gorgeous - Victor Ambrus used to do the illustrations on Channel 4's Time Team. I loved seeing his vision of the archaeology come to life. He was really prolific as an illustrator. I believe he wrote and illustrated lots of Dracula books too. Sadly, he died two or three years ago. On that uplifting note, have a lovely holiday.

The Lovecraft book cover reminds me of It Came From Beneath the Sea, an early Ray Harryhausen movie with a giant octopus attacking San Francisco after an atomic test. It's neither very long or complex, but it showcases Harryhausen because the tentacled and multi-limbed form is apparently hard to animate. A lazy day background watch, I think. When I hear people having a whinge about straight pride or international men's day, my standard response is to invite them to organise it. The events they envy are organised by women or queers, so straight men should get off their arses and organise the events they long fir. And we all know they never will. Sad news is that one of the two comics shops here where I live is closing in a couple of weeks. Lease is up, proposed new rent is also up, but thanks to cost of living issues, sales are down. So goodbye to Dee's Comics and Books, you'll be missed.

I highly recommend THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti. Examines the pessimist philosophical underpinnings of horror fiction. A deep, dark nihilist read. I was highlighting the bejeebus out of entire passages. 10:42

Lovecraft meets drag-culture. Now THAT would be a yarn. 6:43

Wonderful episode. Nostalgia of my childhood library where I also discovered Half Magic one summer...it was the cover that hooked me.

ah, in my writing I was adding words instead of removing them most of the time in editing, but was worried that was wrong. Good to hear a proper novelist like you does that!

I keep stumbling on Lovecraft videos. Never read any. Where to start?

Hi Paul. I'm reading Runaway Girl at the moment and loving it. Cathy has quite a bit of spunk about her. I must admit when the biscuit man tried it on I wanted to climb in the pages and give him a thump but Cathy did alright on her own. Mrs Sturrocks ia going to be a character I can tell. Her son and herself have a bit of a complicated relationship though don't they! So far everything I like in a family saga! 😊

I had the Lovecraft Cthulhu RPG with floor maps and all such paraphernalia as a kid ..I Loved the idea of Cthulhu ..however sweet Jesus the books are dry !

Anne Tyler is in my top ten favorite contemporary authors. Always a comfort read on rainy afternoons and Sundays. Thanks for the tour of your early twenties. 😺✌️

Have a wonderful HOLIDAY with Jereme and Socks! Thank you for another interesting video. Just did some research about Lovecraft…he died so young and his work wasn’t really noticed until after his death. That’s very sad. 😢❤

I just bought several versions of Arthurian myth. I really loved them as a teenager, its kind of soothing to get new ones. Have you read Mary Stewart? She has a saga she wrote based on King Arthur and Merlin. They're quite wonderful.

The edition of a book definitely affects my enjoyment of it. I love that Isherwood Folio Society Edition! I only started reading him several years ago. I am not sure he was even on my radar yet in the 90's. It was from Bowie's favorite book list that got me to check him out. I also bought Isherwood's diaries but have not yet started them. On a side note, and not to get preachy( and I realize you did not do it), but tortoises feel pain in their shells, whether temperature related or otherwise. They have lots of nerve endings in the shell and their spine is fused to the shell.

Now that is odd ; you said Mash Up novel in your last video so I dived in and found H.P Lovecraft meets the Beats on a road trip ; Burroughs etc . by Nick Mamatas ; my second ebay purchase in a very long time ; your idle apprentices thingy being the first ; one arriving tomorrow I hope and the other is coming Monday . They would not let me order your book at the library until it is on their system . So will be back on Monday to mither them. Also reading in the meantime short works by Unica Zurn after finding the Man in Jasmine lurking on my shelf . Weird but utterly fascinating stuff. My first cool typewriter was called Erica bought for a pittance as a teenager at an auction where I could buy boxes of leather bound gilt edge poetry book boxes for £3 . My first typewriter was also a blue petite . Thanks for squeezing one out.

I recently performed in an Alice in Wonderland musical, Alice by Heart, which combines the story of Alice in Wonderland with WWII, children in a hospital ward during the Blitz. That, to me, felt very much like a Doctor Who premise (well, many things do) and wondered why there wasn't more of an effort to mix the world of Wonderland with Who (I do love Zagreus, but so many things are happening there), that I'm really happy this book exists and will be reading it as soon as I have the time.

Congratulations! Delighted to have found your channel. I'm a very big fan of Dr who, I'll have to get myself a copy of this 😊😊

Congrats! Will definitely pick it up and do an Amazon review.🎈🏆🏅

Can’t get enough of your channel, Paul! Another delightful ramble. I recently read the Hamilton Salinger biography and enjoyed it a lot more than some of the other stuff about him. I’m also a keeper of reading lists. Only for the last ten years but not planning to stop the cataloguing of my ‘symbolic autobiography’ any time soon! I love to see how much fun you have looking back.

This is such a great video! Unfortunately, all of my streaming tv channels charge for any Dr. Who. I ordered your new release Dr. Who in Wonderland and anxiously awaiting its arrival!❤If I was a TV producer in the UK, I would sign you up for your own television show filmed in your study with Socks. It would be a HIT!

Squeeze 88 Lancaster I was there too great night

What led you to choose that TARDIS crew for this mash up?

Happy release day. I pre ordered on amazon. I hope it will arrive quickly here in Belgium. I especially loved your Robin Hood one, can't wait to read this 🎉

I must look out for this book on my travels. I’m sold on the idea of reality and fiction somehow melding together. I’m just waiting for the copy of Never the Bride I ordered earlier this week to arrive. I’m not the worlds fastest reader but you channel is certainly inspiring me to read more with multiple genres on the go at any one time (one fiction, one non-fiction and one children’s fiction). I have a lot of old puffin books I need to grab off the shelf. Perfect bedtime reading.

This looks great! I'll be sure to pick it up. Like Alice, the 5th Doctor tries to believe three impossible things before breakfast.

Congratulations on the release of your latest contribution to this wonderful Puffin literary classics series. I recently purchased your first two books and look forward to adding this to the collection and getting to read these. Such a brilliant concept, mashing the magic of Doctor Who with beloved and timeless stories of literature and with phenomenal writers on board and gorgeous cover artwork to boot, what's not to love? 🙂

Wonderful news and a great idea for a book! I preordered my copy a few minutes ago. The 4th is "my Doctor", but I have a lot of affection & admiration for the 5th Doctor era, too, especially the more unconventional stories such as "Kinda", "Snakedance" and "Enlightenment".

Well done, Paul! 14:21

You deserve every one of your subscribers and views, this channel is wonderful.....however my reading list is now completely out of control because of your thoughtful comments and recommendations.

Tragedy has struck the South East: No book at my local bookstore! I might have to go on a riot to resolve this.

Fantastic news🎉. Congrats!

It arrived this morning. Can’t wait to get into it.

Congratulations on this being publication day. Here's to many sales!

Fantastic! I got the others, but somehow I missed reading that you were writing this one. I will have to pick it up!