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.