THIRTY-THIRD DAY (November 2, 2011)
Murder, She Said (1962 mystery) – Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Like The Lady Vanishes, the mystery involves a train and a missing woman. Cubby will have to spread out, mystery-wise.
Excerpt from In Northern Mists, by Fridtjof Nansen (1911) – a mention of Dog-Headed Men in Norway.
THIRTY-FIFTH DAY (Nov. 4)
“First Person,” first-hand accounts sent to Strange Magazine, now on their website. Monsters and ghosts, including the infamous “Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room.”
Kolchak: The Night Stalker, “Horror in the Heights” – I intended to watch TV shows in a sort of historical order, beginning with Twilight Zone and going on to Night Stalker later, but I decided on a bit of “random access” viewing. The Rakshasa is quite a nasty customer in this episode!
“The Picture in the House,” H. P. Lovecraft (horror ss)
“The Rag-Thing,” David Grinnell (Donald Wollheim) (sf ss)
THIRTY-SIXTH DAY (Nov. 5)
Pockets World History, Philip Wilkinson – A tiny paperback, but it gives us an outline of history from cavemen to 1996 when it was published. Now Cubby knows all the basics of history, and how the fragments and bits he has learned fit together! It’s like a couple of pages of Life Story multiplied a thousandfold, yet it is itself very sketchy (Ancient Rome gets two pages, The Cold War and The Space Race get a page each, etc.). Nothing to do but expand more into history!
Lone Ranger, “War Horse”; Jonny Quest, “Treasure of the Temple” – Maya-type ruins and gold treasure remind us of the Doc Savage book.
Unsolved Mysteries, “Friendly Ghost,” “Resurrection Mary,” “Matchmaker Ghost,” “Queen Mary Ghosts”.
Rocketship X-M (1950 sf) – Could almost be considered the first of 1950s SF. It was filmed quick in order to get it out before George Pal’s announced Destination Moon. Though cheaply made and rushed, it’s not too bad. Would have been #1 in “Fantastic Theater,” except I just found it.
Thirty-four books = 1/144 of the way.
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