Finally, I understood your 500 book challenge. You are stimulating reading, not spending. Since 1. 12. 2024, I started my 500 book challenge. It's a liberating idea. Let you know when reach book 51.
I just discovered that in Orangeburg, SC there is a Robert E. Howard Middle school. No, not named after that one but some other guy with the same name. Would have been cool if it were though.
Oh Roger, at least your heart's in the right place (squirrelled away in a canoptic jar, hopefully), thank goodness the manor's carpets are scotch guarded and very stain resistant. I've been productive, finished the entertaining 1940s pulp tales in Dr. Zeng Archives, then it was time for some comics, two volumes collecting The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec from Fantagraphics. Now I'm reading vintage science fiction short stories from the Best of Henry Kuttner in the Henry Kuttner SF Gateway Omnibus.. or maybe some of its CL Moore, no one truly knows to this day.
It sounds like you are increasingly clutching at straws when it comes to convincing yourself to continue Varney the (non-horrific, non-vampire) Vampyre! :D
I read The Beast in the Cave and The Alchemist this week. The Beast in the Cave is surprisingly competent story from a 14 year old. The Alchemist is kind of so-bad-it's-good. The ending is hilarious.
The best early weird Superman story is the one where he kidnaps and drugs a college football player so he can take his place on the team. Because why bother with the whole tryout thing? Also, I love how horrible Golden Age Lois Lane is. There's one where she gets Clark fired so she can steal his assignment, then after he gets his job back he tells her he still likes her and she's like, yeah whatever.... classic! 😂
You should let Roger do the weekly reading wrap-up, he's got years of experience. Roger will decorate for Xmas with tana leaves. Beyond The Wall of Sleep was about a Murphy bed.
“You were the one they used against us, Bruce. The one who played it rough. When the noise started from the parents' groups and the sub-committee called us for questioning... you were the one who laughed... that scary laugh of yours. "Sure, we're criminals", you said. "We've always been criminals". "We have to be criminals".--Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman ― Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns "I know who I am! I'm a dude pretending to be a dude disguised as another dude!"--Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman
The best thing about The Running Man? Richard Dawson, Jim Brown and Jesse Ventura were in the movie 🤭 I found out recently DC own IPC Magazines - who did War/Air/Battle Picture Library (and other war comics). Explains why they've never been reprinted.
Somebody should re-publish that collaboration between Lovecraft and Dr. Seuss: HORTON HEARS A CTHULHU. The horrors that those elephant ears could hear, the eldritch whispers from microcosmic realms of phantasmic terror . . .
I believe Conway also wrote for Law and Order and a few tv shows. Look forward to hearing more about Varney. The Silver Age Flash is probably the mos law abiding superhero. There's a comic where, under mind control, the Central City authorities band superspeed in the city. So the flash has to trick his enemies into going outside the city limits so he fight them. Even though he's The Flash and the cops couldn't catch him.
Wassup. Regarding one of your lord Dunsany videos, does that fantasy masterworks edition use the corrected texts? If not, is it close enough to what Dunsany intended?
I actually really like Dr Samuel Johnson, especially the bit where "Lovecraft" revises a bit of Johnson's verse and it actually was better than the original.
I finished a reread of Stephen King - 'The Drawing of the Three'. Currently working on finishing James Clavell - 'Shogun'. I am hoping to finish it by the end of the year. Comics wise I read some recent limited series (Alpha Flight, Punisher/Nick Fury, Stranger Things) and tried the first volume of the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Sorry Jonathan Hickman you still aren't the writer for me. Gary Stu Spider-Man not my jam and feel like I am missing stuff not reading the event that led to this reboot.
Michael, are you aware of DAS MILLIONENSPIEL? It's eerily similar to King's Running Man, although it may actually precede it. Naturally it's an old template, but it's REALLY similar, and also seems to have provided visual inspiration for the American movie although it's really only the game show set.
Gee, thanks for the spoilers on Varney, Michael! Just because I haven't been able to get past the first chapter or so on three tries doesn't mean I won't ever get through him,(does it?)
Please, don't spoil Varney the Vampyre I am reading it. Its good and I like it but I will be reading this for a long time before its finished. The next Penny Dreadful I might try is that Wagner the Werewolf or whatever that story is called. Oh, and I know you are a fan of Sheridan Le Fanu and this channel Grave Visitations were in the cemetery filming where he is buried and showed his grave. Its rather a sad, neglected grave and sort of plain.
King's predictions for next year sound pretty accurate.
Finally, I understood your 500 book challenge. You are stimulating reading, not spending. Since 1. 12. 2024, I started my 500 book challenge. It's a liberating idea. Let you know when reach book 51.
I just discovered that in Orangeburg, SC there is a Robert E. Howard Middle school. No, not named after that one but some other guy with the same name. Would have been cool if it were though.
Oh Roger, at least your heart's in the right place (squirrelled away in a canoptic jar, hopefully), thank goodness the manor's carpets are scotch guarded and very stain resistant.
I've been productive, finished the entertaining 1940s pulp tales in Dr. Zeng Archives, then it was time for some comics, two volumes collecting The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec from Fantagraphics. Now I'm reading vintage science fiction short stories from the Best of Henry Kuttner in the Henry Kuttner SF Gateway Omnibus.. or maybe some of its CL Moore, no one truly knows to this day.
It sounds like you are increasingly clutching at straws when it comes to convincing yourself to continue Varney the (non-horrific, non-vampire) Vampyre! :D
Pretty soon you will get to the best version of The Thing in the Fantastic Four history. "Thing ring! Do your Thing!" 🤣
@@chefeddie6164 No! I thought I had blocked that memory forever. 😫
I read The Beast in the Cave and The Alchemist this week. The Beast in the Cave is surprisingly competent story from a 14 year old. The Alchemist is kind of so-bad-it's-good. The ending is hilarious.
I'm re-listening to my collection of Lovecraft. Glad to have you along for the trip.
The best early weird Superman story is the one where he kidnaps and drugs a college football player so he can take his place on the team. Because why bother with the whole tryout thing? Also, I love how horrible Golden Age Lois Lane is. There's one where she gets Clark fired so she can steal his assignment, then after he gets his job back he tells her he still likes her and she's like, yeah whatever.... classic! 😂
You should let Roger do the weekly reading wrap-up, he's got years of experience. Roger will decorate for Xmas with tana leaves. Beyond The Wall of Sleep was about a Murphy bed.
“You were the one they used against us, Bruce. The one who played it rough. When the noise started from the parents' groups and the sub-committee called us for questioning... you were the one who laughed... that scary laugh of yours. "Sure, we're criminals", you said. "We've always been criminals". "We have to be criminals".--Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman
― Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
"I know who I am! I'm a dude pretending to be a dude disguised as another dude!"--Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman
Oh, silly Roger - seems like Christmas brings out the murder frenzy in him. Whatever will we do. 🤦♂
The best thing about The Running Man? Richard Dawson, Jim Brown and Jesse Ventura were in the movie 🤭 I found out recently DC own IPC Magazines - who did War/Air/Battle Picture Library (and other war comics). Explains why they've never been reprinted.
Somebody should re-publish that collaboration between Lovecraft and Dr. Seuss: HORTON HEARS A CTHULHU. The horrors that those elephant ears could hear, the eldritch whispers from microcosmic realms of phantasmic terror . . .
Bravo!
I believe Conway also wrote for Law and Order and a few tv shows.
Look forward to hearing more about Varney.
The Silver Age Flash is probably the mos law abiding superhero. There's a comic where, under mind control, the Central City authorities band superspeed in the city. So the flash has to trick his enemies into going outside the city limits so he fight them. Even though he's The Flash and the cops couldn't catch him.
Roger would look great with a couple of Christmas tree baubles embedded in his eye sockets.
Hello my friend!!! Hello!!
Michael, I hope you have enough blank pages left in your tablet to list the rest of the books in your 500 Book Challenge!
Wassup. Regarding one of your lord Dunsany videos, does that fantasy masterworks edition use the corrected texts? If not, is it close enough to what Dunsany intended?
As far as I know the texts were taken from the first book editions. Those were Dunsany approved.
I actually really like Dr Samuel Johnson, especially the bit where "Lovecraft" revises a bit of Johnson's verse and it actually was better than the original.
"rules for vampires." What's a vampire story without rules?
Superman urban renewal...like The Great Society.
I finished a reread of Stephen King - 'The Drawing of the Three'. Currently working on finishing James Clavell - 'Shogun'. I am hoping to finish it by the end of the year.
Comics wise I read some recent limited series (Alpha Flight, Punisher/Nick Fury, Stranger Things) and tried the first volume of the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Sorry Jonathan Hickman you still aren't the writer for me. Gary Stu Spider-Man not my jam and feel like I am missing stuff not reading the event that led to this reboot.
Michael, are you aware of DAS MILLIONENSPIEL? It's eerily similar to King's Running Man, although it may actually precede it. Naturally it's an old template, but it's REALLY similar, and also seems to have provided visual inspiration for the American movie although it's really only the game show set.
Haven’t heard of that one.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 It's pretty good!
Gee, thanks for the spoilers on Varney, Michael! Just because I haven't been able to get past the first chapter or so on three tries doesn't mean I won't ever get through him,(does it?)
I will continue to shamelessly spoil Varney.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I won't argue with you. I am afraid of Roger.
Please, don't spoil Varney the Vampyre I am reading it. Its good and I like it but I will be reading this for a long time before its finished. The next Penny Dreadful I might try is that Wagner the Werewolf or whatever that story is called. Oh, and I know you are a fan of Sheridan Le Fanu and this channel Grave Visitations were in the cemetery filming where he is buried and showed his grave. Its rather a sad, neglected grave and sort of plain.
Varney seems to have been revamped.
How do you avoid police investigations, where Roger is concerned? It can't be easy.
He lives out in the sticks where the law is fat and lax ;)
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It's funny you mention walking in the daylight is "breaking the literary rules of vampires" when that idea came from the movie Nosferatu lol
I said the rules hadn’t been invented yet.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 literary, as in literature, as in books, when the concept originated from a movie lol
The new generation of vampires not only walk in the daylight but glitter like sparkly unicorns.
@@Falconlibrary the old generation did too. Lord Ruthven, Carmilla, and Dracula were all daywalkers.