So, watcha' reading?

[Wicked Lester]

Currently reading a bunch of Dan Turner Hollywood Detective stories by Robert Leslie Bellem.


Total cheese spicey pulp detective with crazy slang and lingo. FUN stuff.

[BlackLagoon]

Just finished Jack Ketchum's "Red". Not what I thought it was gonna be, but really enjoyed reading it. Look forward to "Girl Next Door" which I think is gonna be more in the vein of what I was seeking.

[Halloween Jeff]

With Robert P. Parker gone, I'm starting at the first Spenser and working my way down....


Bizarro Jeff

[typhooforme]

Shirley Jackson's RAISING DEM0NS.  Quite a change from her HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE!

[Scatter]

I'm currently reading The War of the Worlds; The Deluxe Illustrated Edition which my mom found at the dollar store for....you guessed it a dollar!!  The book is comprised of 3 parts:

Part I:  Orson Welles and The War of the Worlds
An overview of the events that happened that October night in 1938 and the aftermath.  The original radio play script is presented as well as a brief biography of Orson Welles.

Part II:  Mars in Popular Culture
Details the rise of outer space in popular culture from pulp mags to movie screens and UFO/martian sightings.

Part III:  H.G. Wells and The War of the Worlds
Includes a biography on H.G. Wells and his novel The War of the Worlds is presented as well.

The book also came with a 72 min cd featuring the original radio broadcast, Orson's October 31st press conference, H.G. Wells meeting Orson Welles, An Excerpt from "War of the Worlds" on WKBW Radio and Orson Welles recollections on the original broadcast.

All and all not a bad deal for a buck....

That book sounds AWESOME!! Where did Mom pick it up??

[Illoman]

That book sounds AWESOME!! Where did Mom pick it up??

I have that book and it is awesome!! Got mine online for under a buck plus postage.

Mike

[Fester]

Man!
I feel ripped off-- I found my copy on one of the sale tables at Hastings Books/Video for $2.99!

Sheesh!

[Wicked Lester]

Just received a load of mags from Oldies.com. Monster Bash , Monsters From The Vault , Scary Monsters and Scary Monsters Memories. I skimmed thru them all tonight. Took 3 hours for skimming. God only knows how long it will take to actually read em. Cool art and many many vintage monster ads.

[gypsy214]

I just got "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" - looking forward to reading them!

[zombiehorror]

Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day

Now back to War of the Worlds; never got around to finishing it, Book I The Coming of the Martains is really drawn out and it was hard to get thru but Book II The Earth Under the Martians is going pretty quick.  Glad I read it but I would never torture myself again with it.....

After that I have Vampire Stories From the American South....

[slayergriffith]

Death Wish by brian Garfield

[typhooforme]

NOTES ON A COWARDLY LION, the biography of Bert Lahr by his son John Lahr.  2/3 of the way through--from pre-1910 to 1944 thus far--and sad to say, far more tragedy than comedy.  On stage, hilarious!  Off stage, he couldn't catch a break.

[Elisabeth]

I just got my hands on a copy of PRACTICALLY TRUE...a 1927 autobiography by Ernest Thesiger.  It looks like it will be a great deal of fun.

Elisabeth  

[typhooforme]

I just got my hands on a copy of PRACTICALLY TRUE...a 1927 autobiography by Ernest Thesiger.  It looks like it will be a great deal of fun.

Elisabeth 

Let us know what you think, Elisabeth!  I've looked for this for years, but only find copies costing a barrowful of money!  Your review may be the turning point on which a purchase hingest!

[Scatter]

"A Crack in the Edge of the World" by Simon Winchester, about the SanFrancisco earthquake of 1906. Wish I could recommend it wholeheartedly, but I cannot. Winchester thusfar seems intent on forcing me to re-learn plate tectonics. While a bit of geology is both necessary and interesting (not to mention a pertinent element of the story) he simply drones on for page after page after interminable page on the subject. If brevity is the soul of wit,it would be a kindness to refer to Winchester as a half-wit.

To be fair, when he digresses long enough to actually address the EARTHQUAKE and its human toll, it's interesting reading. But I dislike having to sift through reams of overly technical and tedious recitations of geologic theory to glean the few gems I've found.

Thank God I only paid a dollar for it.