So, watcha' reading?

[Hepcat]

Robert A. Heinlein's last novel published in 1987-
he died in '88.

I bought that one when it first hit the stands!

[Scatter]

I want this book badly, but the 30 plus dollar price tag has kept it out of my reach for the time being. What exactly does it cover-the movies shown and/or background to the show from WOR9? I saw Fright Night many times back in the 80s when i would stay overnight at friends or at my aunt's who had cable. Always showed a great eclectic assortment of flicks!

The book covers both the history of the show (and its creators) as well as covering the ENTIRE film line-up with capsule synopsis,review, and air dates. Freaking LOVE this book!! The price kept me away too, but Nancy saw it in my Amazon queue and bought it for me (yes, the monkey is spoiled!).

[Hepcat]

I just finished reading these two:





Great spellbinding interstellar mysteries by an author whose books I always like!

[Halloween Jeff]

Best Horror 23 and 24. 

[RedKing]

The book covers both the history of the show (and its creators) as well as covering the ENTIRE film line-up with capsule synopsis,review, and air dates. Freaking LOVE this book!! The price kept me away too, but Nancy saw it in my Amazon queue and bought it for me (yes, the monkey is spoiled!).

Nice! I added it to my Amazon Christmas list so maybe it'll show up under the tree. I love the old UHF monster movie shows from the 70s and 80s, especially the ones I saw as a kid from the NYC channels-11's Chiller with the hand, Fright Night on ch9,cg5s Drive in movie. I didny have cable growing up so whenever I went to a friends or to my aunt or grandmother's that did Id catch a showing. I tried researching the local upstate Albany area shows Theater Bizarre from ch23 and the various ones on the short lived ch 45 from the 80s, but I haven't been able to find complete TV listings and ch23 has no info about their early days anymore(they became part of tghe Fox conglomerate years ago)

[Count_Zirock]

Ten Years Beyond Baker Street by Cay Van Ash.  Sherlock Holmes comes out of retirement to match wits with Fu Manchu.  So far a delightful book!

Ever read "The Shadow Over Baker Street," an anthology of Holmesian Cthulhu Mythos stories? Pretty good stuff!

[Fester]

Just finished Firebird. 
When it comes to engrossing mystery/adventure stories set in a Science Fiction universe, McDevitt is the best.

[Sly Wolf]

[Illoman]

I'm reading "Gilbert: The Man Who Was G K Chesterton". I enjoy his Father Brown mystery stories, and liked his novel The Man Who Was Thursday.

[Howler]

I'm about to start this one.

[Unknown Primate]

THE BEAST OF BOGGY CREEK: The True Story Of The Fouke Monster
by Lyle Blackburn
foreward by Loren Coleman

[neonnoodle]

Ah, the Fouke Monster...I love "The Legend of Boggy Creek," great movie.

Re-visiting Elliot O'Donnell's book "The Midnight Hearse"...love this guy's turn-of-the-century classic ghost hunting stories.  Real atmospheric and at times pretty darn creepy!

[Count_Zirock]

It came in yesterday's mail, along with "Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron" and "Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha." Eagerly awaiting the release of the long-delayed fourth (and possibly final) book in the series, "Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard."

[AlwaysWitty]

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It came in yesterday's mail, along with "Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron" and "Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha." Eagerly awaiting the release of the long-delayed fourth (and possibly final) book in the series, "Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard."

Outstanding series. I actually heard Newman wants to do a fifth book which brings it right up to around present day. He mentioned a working title called The War On Horror, naturally a little reference to the War on Terror.

Some days I wish someone like HBO would do a TV series adaptation. Movies would be cool, but I'd expect them to be a lot less faithful to the books the way Hollywood tends to be these days. It certainly could be done with the right talent. But I think TV is a safer bet.

[Hepcat]

"Boy's Life" by Robert McCammond is just the book for UMAers:



The main character is a young boy growing up in small town Alabama in 1962. His father is a milkman with a house of ill repute on his route and the young boy and his best buddy have Aurora monster model kits, Green Lantern comic books and Topps Civil War news cards. The book deals with the adventures the boys have involving a circus, triceratops, huge old gator, Ku Klux Klansmen and a corpse his father finds in the lake!