So, watcha' reading?

[Fester]

Lesser known gunfighters, eh?   I hope he included Big Bad Irving, the 142nd fastest gun in the west.

http://dmdb.org/lyrics/irving.html



I just finished Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Originally an author of southern Gothic ghost stories, she has now branched off into steampunk.  Boneshaker includes zombies, airship pirates, and a mad scientist, all amongst the wreckage of Seattle in 1879.   It is kind of like a steam powered Road Warrior meets Dawn of the Dead on the set of The Night Strangler.   But the main storyline of a woman coming to grips with her past while rescuing her son is quite compelling too.

[Scatter]

Just finished "Buster Keaton:Tempest In A Flat Hat".

Now reading "My 75 Years In The NFL" by the Pittsburgh Steeler's owner Dan Rooney.

[Street Worm]

Just finished up
"The Evil in Pemberley House" written by Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert-

Pretty cool, always liked the Wold Newton stuff.

Just starting "River Of Eternity" also by Farmer (a recent Ebay snag)

[Wicked Lester]

'Evening, Lester.  The above is Vol. II.  I have not read Vol. I, but for this book he spends his intro discussing how the gunfighters here in his book are rarely found in any other books, including some of the better western overviews that have been written.  Pretty cool stuff at this end seeing his first subject, Jim Moon hung out here in the Denver area.   Let me know what books you have enjoyed about Doc Holiday.

I haven't read much western wise in several years. About 8-10 years ago I was on a kick and read almost nothing but cowboys,gunfighters , Indians, mountain men etc. I killed 40-50 books in a year.
One book I still have that I have been meaning to reread is Doc Holliday Gunfighter by Matt Braun.

[Bogey]

[Elisabeth]

A reprint of Michael Egremont's 1936 British novelisation of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.  I remember an ad for it in the back of FM, and remembering spending $25.00.  That was in 1969, so it was about five week's allowance.....FOR A REPRINT!  The last price I saw for the British First edition was almost $1,000.00!!!

Yipes!...I'd have to mortgage the family castle....
Elisabeth

[Fester]

Just finished Dracula The Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt.  It is quite a rollercoaster of a "sequel" to Dracula.  Lots of twists and turns in the plot.  Fact and fiction are intertwined almost seamlessly and it is open to a sequel.  There are a few quibbles with some details -- still trying to figure out why in the heck everyone these days has to work a katana into a sword fight.  Especially in 1912. In England. Everyone is English, Dutch, or Romanian.

[Illoman]

I'm reading "Fred Allen's Letters". A collection of correspondence comedian/humorist Fred Allen sent to various people.

Mike

[Inkfink]

In the middle of two books, the Sherlock Holmes novel, "The Sign of the Four" and "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

[Wicked Lester]

I'm gonna be reading David Wellingtons vampire series for a while. It's like 1200 pages long.

[ChattyLMS]

I'm waiting for a book about Charles Darwin.

[Wich2]

Read lotsa Horror Comics for Halloween (esp. Charlton, like MIDNIGHT TALES and HAUNTED LOVE); soon will get in the Christmas spirit with some, esp. the CLASSIC "Dennis the Menace" Holiday Giants.

Right now, a facsimile of an old CAPTAIN BILLY'S WHIZBANG, which some know was a precurser to a FAMOUS comic! (Robert? Mike?)

And a collection of Arthur Machen stories...

-Craig

[Illoman]

Right now, a facsimile of an old CAPTAIN BILLY'S WHIZBANG, which some know was a precurser to a FAMOUS comic! (Robert? Mike?)


-Craig

Well, I'd have to guess, but I'd guess Captain Marvel?

Mike

[Fester]

I'm waiting for a book about Charles Darwin.

Is there a particular one about him you're waiting for?

[coughcool]

I'm gonna be reading David Wellingtons vampire series for a while. It's like 1200 pages long.

I'm finishing Wellington's third book in this series. IMO they have been great.