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!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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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