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”
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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.
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