176th Day (March 24)
“The Monster and the Maiden,” “The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth,” Roger Zelazny (sf ss)
Zodiac, Robert Graysmith (true crime) – frightening account of the Zodiac Killer. A good companion piece to Cops.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker, “The Ripper” – first actual episode of the series
Son of Frankenstein (1939 horror)
Seventy-Five books = 1/64 of total.
178th Day (March 26)
Duran Duran, “Decade”
Marvel Tales No. 182 (Dec 1985), reprinting Amazing Spider-Man No. 42, circa 1966.
From Russia with Love (1963 thriller) – James Bond #2 plus extras
183rd Day (March 31)
Kolchak, “The Zombie”
Gilligan, “Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet,” “Hi-fi Gilligan”
Danger Man, “The Not-So-Jolly Roger,” “Koroshi”
Monster that Challenged the World (1957 sf), to go with the article about same
Popular Mechanics (April 2012)
Insects, Clarence Cottam and Herbert S. Zim – basic guide to hexapods
Journey to Cubeville, Scott Adams (comic strips) – more Dilbert!
Seventy-seven books read = 1/63 of total
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Closing in on the Sixth Month
166th Day (March 14 – happy birthday to me!)
Six Million Dollar Man, “Last of the Fourth of Julys”; “Eyewitness to Murder”
Gilligan. “Quick, Before it Sinks”
The Night Strangler (1973 horror) – more of this Kolchak person
169th Day (March 17 – St. Paddy’s Day)
Marvel Tales no. 153 (July 1983) – reprint of Amazing Spider-Man #15. First appearance of Kraven the Hunter. No. 166 (Aug. 1984) – reprint of ASM #28.
“A Matter of Form,” Horace L. Gold (sf novelette); “The Knife,” Robert Arthur (horror ss); “The Real Thing,” Robert Specht (horror ss)
Cyborg, Martin Caidin (sf novel; Steve Austin #1)
Thistle & Shamrock #679, “The Land”
War of the Worlds extras, including the Orson Welles radio broadcast (Oct. 30, 1938)
Village of the Damned (1961 sf)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935 horror)
171st Day (March 19)
Muppets Magic – a video of all the Muppets’ appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1966-1971.
Gilligan, “Castaways Pictures Presents,” “Agonized Labor”
Six Million Dollar Man, “The Coward” and “Run, Steve, Run” end Season One
174th Day (March 22)
Marvel Masterpieces: The Mighty Thor Vol. 1, Stan Lee, et. al – The first comic stories of the Thunder God
Mazeppa, “Toby the Toe-Headed Boy;” “Why Can’t This Night Go on Forever?” – ends Mazeppa Vol. 1. Superman, “The Eleventh Hour”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion: “Last Chapter: Unmasked!”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Last of the Fourth of Julys”; “Eyewitness to Murder”
Gilligan. “Quick, Before it Sinks”
The Night Strangler (1973 horror) – more of this Kolchak person
169th Day (March 17 – St. Paddy’s Day)
Marvel Tales no. 153 (July 1983) – reprint of Amazing Spider-Man #15. First appearance of Kraven the Hunter. No. 166 (Aug. 1984) – reprint of ASM #28.
“A Matter of Form,” Horace L. Gold (sf novelette); “The Knife,” Robert Arthur (horror ss); “The Real Thing,” Robert Specht (horror ss)
Cyborg, Martin Caidin (sf novel; Steve Austin #1)
Thistle & Shamrock #679, “The Land”
War of the Worlds extras, including the Orson Welles radio broadcast (Oct. 30, 1938)
Village of the Damned (1961 sf)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935 horror)
171st Day (March 19)
Muppets Magic – a video of all the Muppets’ appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1966-1971.
Gilligan, “Castaways Pictures Presents,” “Agonized Labor”
Six Million Dollar Man, “The Coward” and “Run, Steve, Run” end Season One
174th Day (March 22)
Marvel Masterpieces: The Mighty Thor Vol. 1, Stan Lee, et. al – The first comic stories of the Thunder God
Mazeppa, “Toby the Toe-Headed Boy;” “Why Can’t This Night Go on Forever?” – ends Mazeppa Vol. 1. Superman, “The Eleventh Hour”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion: “Last Chapter: Unmasked!”
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
. . . And into March
152nd Day (Feb. 29)
Footrot Flats 21, Murray Ball (comic strips)
Superboy 80-Page Giant, No. 147 (2006 reprint of June, 1968 issue)
Gilligan Season Two: “Gilligan’s Mother-in-Law,” “Beauty is as Beauty Does”
The Monkees, “Hitting the High Seas,” “The Frodis Caper,” – in memory of Davy Jones
156th Day (March 4)
Star Trek, “Charlie X”
The Man from Planet X (1951 sf)
Mazeppa, “What Do You Get?”, “Airplane Noise School”; Superman, “The Japoteurs”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Ten: Mystery Wagon”; The Invisible Man (1933 sf)
The Monkees, “Monkee Vs. Machine,” “Fairy Tale”
Thistle & Shamrock #802, “Island Cruise”; Pink Floyd, “Works”
158th Day (March 6)
Excerpts from Ozark Tales and Superstitions by Phillip W. Steele (1985)
Golden Nature Guide to Trees, Herbert S. Zim and Alexander C. Martin
The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1, Stan Lee, et. al (comic collection)
“Spectre-Dogs”, an excerpt from The Book of Days, Vol. 2, by Robert Chambers (1885)
162nd Day (March 10)
Cops, Mark Baker (true crime) – hard-hitting book on crime and those who combat it, told by real policemen in their own words
“The Beast in the Cave,” “Dagon”, early tales by H. P. Lovecraft
“ALPHAs”, Gregory Benford (sf ss)
Gilligan, “The Little Dictator”, “Smile, You’re on Mars Camera”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Dr. Wells is Missing”
The Lone Ranger, “Cannonball McCade”; Jonny Quest, “The Fraudulent Volcano”
Mazeppa, “The New Contender”; Superman, “Showdown”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Eleven: Face to Face”
War of the Worlds (1953 sf)
Seventy-Two books = 1/67 of the total!
Footrot Flats 21, Murray Ball (comic strips)
Superboy 80-Page Giant, No. 147 (2006 reprint of June, 1968 issue)
Gilligan Season Two: “Gilligan’s Mother-in-Law,” “Beauty is as Beauty Does”
The Monkees, “Hitting the High Seas,” “The Frodis Caper,” – in memory of Davy Jones
156th Day (March 4)
Star Trek, “Charlie X”
The Man from Planet X (1951 sf)
Mazeppa, “What Do You Get?”, “Airplane Noise School”; Superman, “The Japoteurs”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Ten: Mystery Wagon”; The Invisible Man (1933 sf)
The Monkees, “Monkee Vs. Machine,” “Fairy Tale”
Thistle & Shamrock #802, “Island Cruise”; Pink Floyd, “Works”
158th Day (March 6)
Excerpts from Ozark Tales and Superstitions by Phillip W. Steele (1985)
Golden Nature Guide to Trees, Herbert S. Zim and Alexander C. Martin
The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1, Stan Lee, et. al (comic collection)
“Spectre-Dogs”, an excerpt from The Book of Days, Vol. 2, by Robert Chambers (1885)
162nd Day (March 10)
Cops, Mark Baker (true crime) – hard-hitting book on crime and those who combat it, told by real policemen in their own words
“The Beast in the Cave,” “Dagon”, early tales by H. P. Lovecraft
“ALPHAs”, Gregory Benford (sf ss)
Gilligan, “The Little Dictator”, “Smile, You’re on Mars Camera”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Dr. Wells is Missing”
The Lone Ranger, “Cannonball McCade”; Jonny Quest, “The Fraudulent Volcano”
Mazeppa, “The New Contender”; Superman, “Showdown”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Eleven: Face to Face”
War of the Worlds (1953 sf)
Seventy-Two books = 1/67 of the total!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
More Stories! More Media!
I seem to move at a snail's pace, but these lists of things read/seen/heard keep growing!
142nd Day (Feb. 19)
TV Guide items, web-pages, and e-mails concerning Kolchak: The Night Stalker
“I Caught Jack the Ripper,” from the London Daily Express, 16 March 1931 – former constable Robert Spicer’s claim.
“Have You Seen this Creature?”, Amy Hotz, from Wilmington (NC) Star-News online, 10/29/2006
“Rescue Party,” “The Reluctant Orchid,” Arthur C. Clarke (ss)
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (cd)
Arkham Cemetery – a short horror film from BLP Productions
$6,000,000 Man, “Rescue of Athena One”
146th Day (Feb. 23)
Odds and ends concerning Forrest J. Ackerman and Famous Monsters
“Before Eden,” “The Curse,” “Summertime on Icarus,” Arthur C. Clarke
“Rhythm and Weep,” “Back from the Front,” “The Three Troubledoers,” Three Stooges shorts
Gilligan, “It’s Magic,” “Good-bye, Old Paint,” “My Fair Gilligan,” “A Nose By Any Other Name” finishes off Gilligan’s Island Season One
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor, Donald J. Sobol (jv mystery) – hey, Cubby’s still a kid!
But 67 books = 1/72 books read.
148th Day (Feb. 25)
“Patent Pending.” “Hide and Seek,” Arthur C. Clarke
Connections, “Faith in Numbers”
Lone Ranger, “Old Joe’s Sister”; Jonny Quest, “Turu the Terrible”
Rodan (1955 sf)
150th Day (Feb. 27)
“Death and the Senator,” “Superiority”, “Encounter at Dawn,” “The Sentinel.” “Transience”, “The Star,” finishes The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
Thistle & Shamrock, “Celtic Love Stories” (no number)
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery no. 42 (Aug. 1972) – comic full of wacky monsters
Angry Red Planet (1961 sf) – movie full of wacky monsters
Danger Man, “A Time to Kill”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Burning Bright”
142nd Day (Feb. 19)
TV Guide items, web-pages, and e-mails concerning Kolchak: The Night Stalker
“I Caught Jack the Ripper,” from the London Daily Express, 16 March 1931 – former constable Robert Spicer’s claim.
“Have You Seen this Creature?”, Amy Hotz, from Wilmington (NC) Star-News online, 10/29/2006
“Rescue Party,” “The Reluctant Orchid,” Arthur C. Clarke (ss)
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (cd)
Arkham Cemetery – a short horror film from BLP Productions
$6,000,000 Man, “Rescue of Athena One”
146th Day (Feb. 23)
Odds and ends concerning Forrest J. Ackerman and Famous Monsters
“Before Eden,” “The Curse,” “Summertime on Icarus,” Arthur C. Clarke
“Rhythm and Weep,” “Back from the Front,” “The Three Troubledoers,” Three Stooges shorts
Gilligan, “It’s Magic,” “Good-bye, Old Paint,” “My Fair Gilligan,” “A Nose By Any Other Name” finishes off Gilligan’s Island Season One
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor, Donald J. Sobol (jv mystery) – hey, Cubby’s still a kid!
But 67 books = 1/72 books read.
148th Day (Feb. 25)
“Patent Pending.” “Hide and Seek,” Arthur C. Clarke
Connections, “Faith in Numbers”
Lone Ranger, “Old Joe’s Sister”; Jonny Quest, “Turu the Terrible”
Rodan (1955 sf)
150th Day (Feb. 27)
“Death and the Senator,” “Superiority”, “Encounter at Dawn,” “The Sentinel.” “Transience”, “The Star,” finishes The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
Thistle & Shamrock, “Celtic Love Stories” (no number)
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery no. 42 (Aug. 1972) – comic full of wacky monsters
Angry Red Planet (1961 sf) – movie full of wacky monsters
Danger Man, “A Time to Kill”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Burning Bright”
Sunday, February 19, 2012
On into February
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY (Feb. 4)
Footrot Flats 6, Murray Ball – New Zealand comic strips about farmer Wallace Footrot and Dog. Surprisingly frank looks at life on a farm – calf-births, geldings, muck, and all. But funny.
Japanese Fantasy Film Journal No. 6, circa Spring 1970 – Old, crude, but fun fanzine. Special issue on The Mysterians; we’ll reach that movie eventually.
“If I Forget Thee, O Earth,” “Call of the Stars,” Arthur C. Clarke (sf ss)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955 sf) – second Godzilla film introduces Anguirus and the ever-popular monster battle.
Mazeppa, “Coach Chuck (‘On your belly, on your back’);” Superman, “Terror on the Midway,” Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Nine: The Golden Arrow”
The Grand Illusion, Styx (cd)
130th DAY (Feb. 7)
Gilligan, “Three to Get Ready”; Jonny Quest, “A Small Matter of Pigmies”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Doomsday and Counting”
Louie Anderson, “MOM! Louie’s Looking at Me Again!” Stand-up routines that became “Life with Louie”
The Green Hornet, “Axton Makes a Deal”
“Trouble with Time,” “Out of the Sun,” “The Wall of Darkness,” “Dog Star,” Arthur C. Clarke (sf ss)
134th DAY (Feb. 11)
The Andromeda Strain (1971 sf)
Connections, “Distant Voices;” Gilligan, “Forget-Me-Not”
The Lone Ranger, “The Masked Rider”; Jonny Quest, “Dragons of Ashida”
“The Nine Billion Names of God,” “A Walk in the Dark,” “No Morning After,” A. C. Clarke (sf ss)
Vermont Monster Guide, Joseph Citro – folklore, fakelore, and forteana about Vermont
“The Ingleby Monster and the Penn Valley Legend Complex,” Norma Bishop, from Keystone Folklore Vol. 3, no. 1, 1984
137th Day (Feb. 14)
Godzilla cartoon, “The Firebird” – a bit different from the Godzilla of the movies we’ve seen
Six Million Dollar Man, “Little Orphan Airplane”
Gilligan, “Diogenes, Won’t You Please Go Home?”; “Physical Fatness”
And Then There Were None (1945 mystery)
“Dancing Cows,” “Green Meanie,” “Water Tower,” “Invisible Creature,” “The Beast”, and emails concerning “The Beast”, from Obi-Wan’s Ghost site
Marvel Tales no. 149 (March 1982), reprinting Spider-Man no. 15 (1963)
Batman No. 253 (Nov. 1973) – with the Shadow!
141st Day (Feb. 18)
“I Remember Babylon,” “Who’s There?”, “The Possessed,” Arthur C. Clarke
Scooby-Doo, Mystery Inc., Vol. 2
Danger Man, “View from the Villa”
The Mummy (1933 horror) plus “Mummy Dearest” extra
Silver Age Classics 1992 reprint of Adventure Comics no. 247 (Apr. 1959) – first appearance of Legion of Super-Heroes
“Mystery Meadow,” “Muppet Dream,” from Obi-Wan’s Ghost site
Footrot Flats 6, Murray Ball – New Zealand comic strips about farmer Wallace Footrot and Dog. Surprisingly frank looks at life on a farm – calf-births, geldings, muck, and all. But funny.
Japanese Fantasy Film Journal No. 6, circa Spring 1970 – Old, crude, but fun fanzine. Special issue on The Mysterians; we’ll reach that movie eventually.
“If I Forget Thee, O Earth,” “Call of the Stars,” Arthur C. Clarke (sf ss)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955 sf) – second Godzilla film introduces Anguirus and the ever-popular monster battle.
Mazeppa, “Coach Chuck (‘On your belly, on your back’);” Superman, “Terror on the Midway,” Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Nine: The Golden Arrow”
The Grand Illusion, Styx (cd)
130th DAY (Feb. 7)
Gilligan, “Three to Get Ready”; Jonny Quest, “A Small Matter of Pigmies”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Doomsday and Counting”
Louie Anderson, “MOM! Louie’s Looking at Me Again!” Stand-up routines that became “Life with Louie”
The Green Hornet, “Axton Makes a Deal”
“Trouble with Time,” “Out of the Sun,” “The Wall of Darkness,” “Dog Star,” Arthur C. Clarke (sf ss)
134th DAY (Feb. 11)
The Andromeda Strain (1971 sf)
Connections, “Distant Voices;” Gilligan, “Forget-Me-Not”
The Lone Ranger, “The Masked Rider”; Jonny Quest, “Dragons of Ashida”
“The Nine Billion Names of God,” “A Walk in the Dark,” “No Morning After,” A. C. Clarke (sf ss)
Vermont Monster Guide, Joseph Citro – folklore, fakelore, and forteana about Vermont
“The Ingleby Monster and the Penn Valley Legend Complex,” Norma Bishop, from Keystone Folklore Vol. 3, no. 1, 1984
137th Day (Feb. 14)
Godzilla cartoon, “The Firebird” – a bit different from the Godzilla of the movies we’ve seen
Six Million Dollar Man, “Little Orphan Airplane”
Gilligan, “Diogenes, Won’t You Please Go Home?”; “Physical Fatness”
And Then There Were None (1945 mystery)
“Dancing Cows,” “Green Meanie,” “Water Tower,” “Invisible Creature,” “The Beast”, and emails concerning “The Beast”, from Obi-Wan’s Ghost site
Marvel Tales no. 149 (March 1982), reprinting Spider-Man no. 15 (1963)
Batman No. 253 (Nov. 1973) – with the Shadow!
141st Day (Feb. 18)
“I Remember Babylon,” “Who’s There?”, “The Possessed,” Arthur C. Clarke
Scooby-Doo, Mystery Inc., Vol. 2
Danger Man, “View from the Villa”
The Mummy (1933 horror) plus “Mummy Dearest” extra
Silver Age Classics 1992 reprint of Adventure Comics no. 247 (Apr. 1959) – first appearance of Legion of Super-Heroes
“Mystery Meadow,” “Muppet Dream,” from Obi-Wan’s Ghost site
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
To the end of January, 2012
ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH DAY (Jan. 21)
Twilight Zone, “Walking Distance”; At Last, the 1948 Show ep. 2
Gilligan, “Music Hath Charms”
IT! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958 sf)
“Neighbors: The Werwolf in Pennsylvania,” New York Folklore Quarterly Vol. 7 no. 2 (Summer 1951) & “Another Werwolf,” Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 1951), both by Henry W. Shoemaker
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH DAY (Jan. 24)
“The Monster That Challenged the World,” Al Taylor and Dave Everitt, from Filmfax No. 19 (March 1990) – decided I could do without the magazine, but kept the article about this movie.
Secret Origins – Giant Issue – 1998 reprint of 1961 comic. Now Cubby knows several DC heroes, like J’onn J’onzz and the Flash.
It Happened to Me! Vol. 4, ed. David Sutton – hit the shelves the day after I finished Vol. 3, but I think they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for “true” paranormal stories.
The Strange World of Dinosaurs, Dr. John H. Ostrom – when I was a kid, this was the greatest book on earth, and Cubby just about agrees! Now we know all about many kinds of dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles. The amazing illustrations by Joseph Sibal really enhance the book. Dr. Ostrom was an early proponent of the “Hot-Blooded Dinosaur” idea.
NASA, “Apollo/Soyuz”; Gilligan, “The Match-Maker”
The Six Million Dollar Man, “Survival of the Fittest”
Four and Twenty Blackbirds (4/22/84) – college radio show from Edmond, OK, this one featuring William Blackfox and bagpipe music.
Sixty-four books read = 1/75 of all the books.
ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH DAY (Jan. 27)
Gilligan, “Music Hath Charm,” “They’re Off and Running”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Operation: Firefly”
“Hold That Lion” (1947) – Three Stooges short with Shemp, but Curley makes a cameo. The only time Curley and Shemp appeared together.
The Night Stalker (1972 horror) – this made-for-TV movie introduces us to Carl Kolchak, a reporter who discovers that a vampire stalks Las Vegas
It couldn’t happen here No. 1 (Fall 1996) – Kolchak fanzine. Read it before seeing the above, so I about had to watch The Night Stalker. Introduction, episode guide, trivia, etc., concerning the movies and series.
“The Bray Road Beast: Wisconsin Werewolf Investigation,” Scarlett Sankey, from Strange Magazine No. 10 (Fall-Winter 1992) – article on the Wisconsin Werewolf.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIRST DAY (Jan. 29)
The Lone Ranger, “Finders Keepers”
Scooby-Doo: Mystery, Inc., Vol. 1
Mazeppa, “Spicy Pictures from Outer Space”; Superman, “Volcano”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Eight: Flowing Death”; The Lodger (1926 horror) – very grainy copy with very inappropriate music.
Six Million Dollar Man, “Day of the Robot”
“The Little Glass Bottle,” “The Secret Cave,” “The Mystery of the Graveyard,” “The Mysterious Ship” (long & short versions), and “The Very Old Folk”: very early tales by young H. P. Lovecraft
“Bray Road Beast Update,” Linda S. Godfrey – from Strange Magazine No. 11 (Spring-Summer 1993) – the second of two articles on the Beast. Next: Godfrey’s books on the “manwolf” phenomena.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THIRD DAY (Jan. 31, 2012)
The Stars Are Ours!, Andre Norton (SF novel) – now here’s science fiction! The heroes go from bare subsistance-level survival in a Dystopian future to the first starship to another solar system, and that’s just part of their adventures. Yet the story never feels rushed or contrived.
“Hare-Way to the Stars,” “Rocket Squad,” “The Hasty Hare,” Warner cartoons
At the end of month four, Cubby has seen Carl Kolchak, Steve Austin, James Bond, Godzilla, and Frankenstein. John Ostrom’s dinosaur book is a great overview of prehistoria, as mentioned. Several other books and magazines await, partly read, and Cubby’s score could have been much higher. He skips from book to book, not because of a short attention span but because there are so many interesting things to sample.
Twilight Zone, “Walking Distance”; At Last, the 1948 Show ep. 2
Gilligan, “Music Hath Charms”
IT! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958 sf)
“Neighbors: The Werwolf in Pennsylvania,” New York Folklore Quarterly Vol. 7 no. 2 (Summer 1951) & “Another Werwolf,” Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 1951), both by Henry W. Shoemaker
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH DAY (Jan. 24)
“The Monster That Challenged the World,” Al Taylor and Dave Everitt, from Filmfax No. 19 (March 1990) – decided I could do without the magazine, but kept the article about this movie.
Secret Origins – Giant Issue – 1998 reprint of 1961 comic. Now Cubby knows several DC heroes, like J’onn J’onzz and the Flash.
It Happened to Me! Vol. 4, ed. David Sutton – hit the shelves the day after I finished Vol. 3, but I think they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for “true” paranormal stories.
The Strange World of Dinosaurs, Dr. John H. Ostrom – when I was a kid, this was the greatest book on earth, and Cubby just about agrees! Now we know all about many kinds of dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles. The amazing illustrations by Joseph Sibal really enhance the book. Dr. Ostrom was an early proponent of the “Hot-Blooded Dinosaur” idea.
NASA, “Apollo/Soyuz”; Gilligan, “The Match-Maker”
The Six Million Dollar Man, “Survival of the Fittest”
Four and Twenty Blackbirds (4/22/84) – college radio show from Edmond, OK, this one featuring William Blackfox and bagpipe music.
Sixty-four books read = 1/75 of all the books.
ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH DAY (Jan. 27)
Gilligan, “Music Hath Charm,” “They’re Off and Running”
Six Million Dollar Man, “Operation: Firefly”
“Hold That Lion” (1947) – Three Stooges short with Shemp, but Curley makes a cameo. The only time Curley and Shemp appeared together.
The Night Stalker (1972 horror) – this made-for-TV movie introduces us to Carl Kolchak, a reporter who discovers that a vampire stalks Las Vegas
It couldn’t happen here No. 1 (Fall 1996) – Kolchak fanzine. Read it before seeing the above, so I about had to watch The Night Stalker. Introduction, episode guide, trivia, etc., concerning the movies and series.
“The Bray Road Beast: Wisconsin Werewolf Investigation,” Scarlett Sankey, from Strange Magazine No. 10 (Fall-Winter 1992) – article on the Wisconsin Werewolf.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIRST DAY (Jan. 29)
The Lone Ranger, “Finders Keepers”
Scooby-Doo: Mystery, Inc., Vol. 1
Mazeppa, “Spicy Pictures from Outer Space”; Superman, “Volcano”; Zorro’s Fighting Legion, “Chapter Eight: Flowing Death”; The Lodger (1926 horror) – very grainy copy with very inappropriate music.
Six Million Dollar Man, “Day of the Robot”
“The Little Glass Bottle,” “The Secret Cave,” “The Mystery of the Graveyard,” “The Mysterious Ship” (long & short versions), and “The Very Old Folk”: very early tales by young H. P. Lovecraft
“Bray Road Beast Update,” Linda S. Godfrey – from Strange Magazine No. 11 (Spring-Summer 1993) – the second of two articles on the Beast. Next: Godfrey’s books on the “manwolf” phenomena.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THIRD DAY (Jan. 31, 2012)
The Stars Are Ours!, Andre Norton (SF novel) – now here’s science fiction! The heroes go from bare subsistance-level survival in a Dystopian future to the first starship to another solar system, and that’s just part of their adventures. Yet the story never feels rushed or contrived.
“Hare-Way to the Stars,” “Rocket Squad,” “The Hasty Hare,” Warner cartoons
At the end of month four, Cubby has seen Carl Kolchak, Steve Austin, James Bond, Godzilla, and Frankenstein. John Ostrom’s dinosaur book is a great overview of prehistoria, as mentioned. Several other books and magazines await, partly read, and Cubby’s score could have been much higher. He skips from book to book, not because of a short attention span but because there are so many interesting things to sample.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
To Day 108
ONE HUNDREDTH DAY (Jan. 8, 2012)
Lone Ranger, “Return of the Convict;” Jonny Quest, “”The Deadly Dolls”
Victory at Sea, “Sea and Sand;” NASA, “On the Shoulders of Giants”
Gilligan. “Big Man on a Little Stick;” Scooby-Doo, “A Tiki Scare is No Fair”
ONE HUNDRED-FOURTH DAY (Jan. 12, 2012)
“Monster-God of Mamurth,” Edmond Hamilton (SF/horror ss) – 1927 story to start on early science fiction
It Happened to Me! Vol. 2, ed. Paul Sieveking – another collection of fortean anecdotes
“An Historical Study of the Werewolf in Literature,” Kirby F. Smith – folklore article from Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (Vol. IX, New Series, Vol. II), 1894. An important early article on lycanthropic legends.
Writer’s Digest Vol. 91, No. 7 (Oct. 2011) – an entire magazine that will help us in our writing career
The X-Men no. 1 – 1991 reprint of a September 1963 comic. The General promised that everyone would honor the name of – the X-Men! I’m sure.
Secret Origins no. 6 (Feb 1974) – the origin of a WW II hero, “Blackhawk”, and of a whole Legion of Super-Heroes
Gilligan, “How to Be a Hero”; Scooby-Doo, “Haunted House Hang-Up,” “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?”, “Don’t Fool with a Phantom” ends Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Seasons 1 & 2
“The Solid Gold Kidnapping” – third Six Million Dollar Man TV movie
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH DAY (Jan. 14)
Map of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas, from National Geographic Magazine (Oct. 1974) – Cubby wants more visuals. Now he has seen beyond Oklahoma. Soon, the world!
Gilligan, “Return of Wrong-Way Feldman;” Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc., “Battle of the Humongonauts,” “Howl of the Fright Hound”
It Came from Outer Space (1953 sf) plus extras
Frankenstein (1931 horror) – another basic movie monster seen.
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH DAY (Jan. 16)
“Duck Dodgers in the Twenty-Fourth and a Half Century,” “Jumping Jupiter,” “Rocket-Bye Baby,” Warner cartoons
Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc., “The Secret Serum,” “The Shrieking Madness”
Gilligan, “New Neighbor Sam”
Victory at Sea, “Beneath the Southern Cross”
Unsolved Mysteries, “Houie Long,” “John Wilkes Booth”
Gojira extras
Thistle & Shamrock #689, “Duos”
“Life-Line,” Robert Heinlein (sf ss) – first Hamilton’s first published story, now Heinlein. We’re into the Golden Age of SF!
It Happened to Me! Vol. 3, ed. David Sutton and Paul Sieveking – more fortean anecdotes
Sixty-two books read = 1/79th of all books!
Lone Ranger, “Return of the Convict;” Jonny Quest, “”The Deadly Dolls”
Victory at Sea, “Sea and Sand;” NASA, “On the Shoulders of Giants”
Gilligan. “Big Man on a Little Stick;” Scooby-Doo, “A Tiki Scare is No Fair”
ONE HUNDRED-FOURTH DAY (Jan. 12, 2012)
“Monster-God of Mamurth,” Edmond Hamilton (SF/horror ss) – 1927 story to start on early science fiction
It Happened to Me! Vol. 2, ed. Paul Sieveking – another collection of fortean anecdotes
“An Historical Study of the Werewolf in Literature,” Kirby F. Smith – folklore article from Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (Vol. IX, New Series, Vol. II), 1894. An important early article on lycanthropic legends.
Writer’s Digest Vol. 91, No. 7 (Oct. 2011) – an entire magazine that will help us in our writing career
The X-Men no. 1 – 1991 reprint of a September 1963 comic. The General promised that everyone would honor the name of – the X-Men! I’m sure.
Secret Origins no. 6 (Feb 1974) – the origin of a WW II hero, “Blackhawk”, and of a whole Legion of Super-Heroes
Gilligan, “How to Be a Hero”; Scooby-Doo, “Haunted House Hang-Up,” “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?”, “Don’t Fool with a Phantom” ends Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Seasons 1 & 2
“The Solid Gold Kidnapping” – third Six Million Dollar Man TV movie
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH DAY (Jan. 14)
Map of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas, from National Geographic Magazine (Oct. 1974) – Cubby wants more visuals. Now he has seen beyond Oklahoma. Soon, the world!
Gilligan, “Return of Wrong-Way Feldman;” Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc., “Battle of the Humongonauts,” “Howl of the Fright Hound”
It Came from Outer Space (1953 sf) plus extras
Frankenstein (1931 horror) – another basic movie monster seen.
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH DAY (Jan. 16)
“Duck Dodgers in the Twenty-Fourth and a Half Century,” “Jumping Jupiter,” “Rocket-Bye Baby,” Warner cartoons
Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc., “The Secret Serum,” “The Shrieking Madness”
Gilligan, “New Neighbor Sam”
Victory at Sea, “Beneath the Southern Cross”
Unsolved Mysteries, “Houie Long,” “John Wilkes Booth”
Gojira extras
Thistle & Shamrock #689, “Duos”
“Life-Line,” Robert Heinlein (sf ss) – first Hamilton’s first published story, now Heinlein. We’re into the Golden Age of SF!
It Happened to Me! Vol. 3, ed. David Sutton and Paul Sieveking – more fortean anecdotes
Sixty-two books read = 1/79th of all books!
Monday, January 9, 2012
The end of 2011/the Cubby Experiment continues
After Three Months/End of 2011:
At the beginning of the Cubby Experiment, it was interesting to see how much our imaginary friend could learn about the world in one day, two days, etc. Now I’m starting to think in terms of “One Month Old Cubby,” “Two Month Old Cubby,” when it comes to knowledge. So I’m kind of setting goals for him. I wanted him to finish “Who Fears the Devil?” by December 31, see a Sherlock Holmes film, a James Bond film, and read “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells – one of the basics of science fiction. Didn’t quite do that, but Cubby has absorbed quite a bit of literature and media in three months. He’ll know even more at four months!
NINETY-SECOND DAY (Dec. 31)
Sting of the Green Hornet no. 3 (Aug 1992) and no. 4 (Sept 1992)
“I Can’t Claim That,” “The Little Black Train,” “Who Else Could I Count on?”, “Walk Like a Mountain,” “None Wiser for the Trip,” “On the Hills and Everywhere.” “Nary Spell,” “Nine Yards of Other Cloth” finish off Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman
It’s Obvious You Won’t Survive by Your Wits Alone, Scott Adams (comic strips)
The Best of the Spirit, Will Eisner (comic strip/book collection). Needed to finish it for:
Batman/The Spirit no. 1 (Jan 2007)
Connections, “Death in the Morning”
Victory at Sea, “Rings Around Rabaul;” NASA, “In the Mountains of the Moon”
Hound of the Baskervilles (1958 mystery) – Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes
Thistle & Shamrock #675, “A Celtic Feast” – cassette of Celtic music
Fifty-seven books read = 1/85 of all books!
NINETY-EIGHTH DAY (Jan. 6, 2012)
Gilligan, “X Marks the Spot,” “Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy,” “St. Gilligan and the Dragon,” “Diamonds are an Ape’s Best Friend”
Scooby-Doo, “Nowhere to Hyde,” “Mystery Mask Mix-Up,” “Jeepers, It’s the Creeper,” “Scooby’s Night with a Frozen Fright”
Twilight Zone, “The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine”
Victory at Sea, “Marenstrum”; NASA, “Nothing So Hidden” – some odd moments on the Apollo 16 mission
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year – Red Skelton’s “Baby Bear” voice in this holiday special has always been my idea of what very young Cubby, excited about the world, sounds like.
Dr. No (1962 thriller) plus extras – now we know who Bond – James Bond – is.
Gojira (1954 sf) – seeds from the earliest times still sprout. At last we know about the monstrous reptile glimpsed on the First Day on the Ghidrah poster and given a page-long synopsis in the Japanese Fantasy Film Journal.
Marvel Tales no. 154 (Aug 1982), re-printing Amazing Spider-Man no. 18, with Daredevil, 1963
“The Gods of Pegana,” Lord Dunsay (fantasy novelette) – Cubby’s first taste of fantasy is the quasi-creation myth that influenced H. P. Lovecraft and others.
It Happened to Me! Vol. 1, ed. Paul Sieveking and Jen Ogilvie – first-hand fortean accounts
The Sunday Best of B.C., Johnny Hart (comic strips) – should have been one of the first things read, because I remember these strips from when I was almost too young to understand the dialogue. Still fun.
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak (jv) – still a few juvenile books around. Some funky monsters presented here.
Sixty books read = 1/80 of all books!
At the beginning of the Cubby Experiment, it was interesting to see how much our imaginary friend could learn about the world in one day, two days, etc. Now I’m starting to think in terms of “One Month Old Cubby,” “Two Month Old Cubby,” when it comes to knowledge. So I’m kind of setting goals for him. I wanted him to finish “Who Fears the Devil?” by December 31, see a Sherlock Holmes film, a James Bond film, and read “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells – one of the basics of science fiction. Didn’t quite do that, but Cubby has absorbed quite a bit of literature and media in three months. He’ll know even more at four months!
NINETY-SECOND DAY (Dec. 31)
Sting of the Green Hornet no. 3 (Aug 1992) and no. 4 (Sept 1992)
“I Can’t Claim That,” “The Little Black Train,” “Who Else Could I Count on?”, “Walk Like a Mountain,” “None Wiser for the Trip,” “On the Hills and Everywhere.” “Nary Spell,” “Nine Yards of Other Cloth” finish off Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman
It’s Obvious You Won’t Survive by Your Wits Alone, Scott Adams (comic strips)
The Best of the Spirit, Will Eisner (comic strip/book collection). Needed to finish it for:
Batman/The Spirit no. 1 (Jan 2007)
Connections, “Death in the Morning”
Victory at Sea, “Rings Around Rabaul;” NASA, “In the Mountains of the Moon”
Hound of the Baskervilles (1958 mystery) – Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes
Thistle & Shamrock #675, “A Celtic Feast” – cassette of Celtic music
Fifty-seven books read = 1/85 of all books!
NINETY-EIGHTH DAY (Jan. 6, 2012)
Gilligan, “X Marks the Spot,” “Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy,” “St. Gilligan and the Dragon,” “Diamonds are an Ape’s Best Friend”
Scooby-Doo, “Nowhere to Hyde,” “Mystery Mask Mix-Up,” “Jeepers, It’s the Creeper,” “Scooby’s Night with a Frozen Fright”
Twilight Zone, “The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine”
Victory at Sea, “Marenstrum”; NASA, “Nothing So Hidden” – some odd moments on the Apollo 16 mission
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year – Red Skelton’s “Baby Bear” voice in this holiday special has always been my idea of what very young Cubby, excited about the world, sounds like.
Dr. No (1962 thriller) plus extras – now we know who Bond – James Bond – is.
Gojira (1954 sf) – seeds from the earliest times still sprout. At last we know about the monstrous reptile glimpsed on the First Day on the Ghidrah poster and given a page-long synopsis in the Japanese Fantasy Film Journal.
Marvel Tales no. 154 (Aug 1982), re-printing Amazing Spider-Man no. 18, with Daredevil, 1963
“The Gods of Pegana,” Lord Dunsay (fantasy novelette) – Cubby’s first taste of fantasy is the quasi-creation myth that influenced H. P. Lovecraft and others.
It Happened to Me! Vol. 1, ed. Paul Sieveking and Jen Ogilvie – first-hand fortean accounts
The Sunday Best of B.C., Johnny Hart (comic strips) – should have been one of the first things read, because I remember these strips from when I was almost too young to understand the dialogue. Still fun.
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak (jv) – still a few juvenile books around. Some funky monsters presented here.
Sixty books read = 1/80 of all books!
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