Thursday, February 05, 2015
The Digest Enthusiast
Some of you are going to want this, I know. Just look at the ToC below, and you'll see why I say that. If you have any interest at all in digest-size magazines, you'll have to have it. There's a website set up with a nice gallery of digest covers, and there will soon be a forum there for discussion of digests. Check it out.
The Digest Enthusiast Book One
Interviews:
Phyllis Galde, Editor and Publisher of Fate magazine
Gordon Van Gelder, Editor and Publisher of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Matthew Turcotte, Archie Digest Library collector
Articles:
Digest 911: Protective Sleeves by D. Blake Werts
Galaxy Science Fiction: The H.L. Gold Years by Larry Johnson
In Defense of Digests by Rob Imes
The Big Story by Charlie Jacobs
Myron Fass, Foto-rama & His Other Digests by Tom Brinkmann
Reviews:
Fate #725 by Rudolph Schmidt
Coronet June 1950 by David Burnette
Fate Trading Cards by Rudolph Schmidt
Paperback Parade #85 by Rudolph Schmidt
Fiction:
A Darker Night by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
The Presidential Collection by Lesann Berry
A Foul Breath of Fresh Air by Richard Krauss
Artwork:
Joe Wehrle, Jr. (cover)
Michael Neno
Bob Vojtko (gag cartoons)
Print Edition: $5.99 from CreateSpace or Amazon.com
Kindle Edition: $1.99 from Amazon.com
Mary Healy, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Mary Healy, an actress and singer who with Peter Lind Hayes formed a husband-and-wife comedy team on television variety shows and sitcoms in the 1950s and ’60s and portrayed their suburban life on radio broadcasts from New Rochelle, N.Y., died on Tuesday in Calabasas, Calif. She was 96.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Confederate submarine's hull again revealed
After 150 years, Confederate submarine's hull again revealed: Has the mystery of Confederate submarine that sank Union ship then vanished finally been solved after 15 years of research?
Gator Update (Super Bowl Dinner Edition)
News-JournalOnline.com: A DeBary man chose the wrong menu item for a Super Bowl meal when he decided to kill five small alligators for a gator tail dinner, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said Monday.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Overlooked Movies: My Little Chickadee
A rerun from 2011.Mae West and W. C. Fields are fading from the American consciousness, I think. For most people under 50, or maybe under 60, these two stars are, I suspect either unknown or forgotten. If I'm right, that's too bad.
Both the actors were past their prime when My Little Chickadee was made, but to me it's still a very funny movie. West plays Flower Belle, a woman who's run out of town and can't return until she's respectable, i. e., married. She meets Cuthbert J. Twillie (Fields) on the train, and he proves more than willing to marry her to help her attain her goal. For West it's to be a marriage in name only, so a lot of the movie's humor comes from Fields' attempts to consummate the relationship. No one but Fields would woo a woman by admiring her hand and saying, "What symmetrical digits."
West slinks and flirts, Fields flounders, and the double entendres come thick and fast. There's even a Masked Bandit! I saw this movie more than 50 years ago, and I laughed for weeks about it. I still get a goofy grin when I think about certain scenes and lines of dialogue. You can watch the trailer in the post above, and if you think that's funny, then you'd like the movie. If not, time to rent The Hangover again.
Monday, February 02, 2015
Sunday, February 01, 2015
Dino Update
Telegraph: A new dinosaur which had an extraordinarily long neck has been discovered in China and named the ‘Dragon of Qijiang.’
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Geraldine McEwan, R. I. P.
NY Daily News: The family of longtime actress Geraldine McEwan says she has died following treatment for a stroke. She was 82.
McEwan was known for many roles including playing the famous Agatha Christie detective Miss Marple in 12 TV episodes.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
McEwan was known for many roles including playing the famous Agatha Christie detective Miss Marple in 12 TV episodes.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Please Celebrate Responsibly
The 10 Greatest Gorilla Suits: Today is National Gorilla Suit Day, a holiday invented by Mad’s Maddest Artist, the incomparable Don Martin, in his 1963 book, Mad’s Don Martin Bounces Back! In honor of this auspicious day, let’s take a look at some of the great gorilla suits and their wearers.
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The Murder Mystery Legend Behind Austin’s Iconic Moonlight Towers
Austin’s moonlight towers.: The Murder Mystery Legend Behind Austin’s Iconic Moonlight Towers
How Playing a Musical Instrument Benefits Your Brain More than Any Other Activity
How Playing Music Benefits Your Brain More than Any Other Activity: “Playing music is the brain’s equivalent of a full-body workout.”
Friday, January 30, 2015
FFB: The Star Treasure -- Keith Laumer
Ban Tarleton, a lieutenant on a starship, has never questioned authority or much of anything else. When his best friend is murdered, he starts to question everything. And comes up with the wrong answer, which leads to his making a trip to Earth in a ship not equipped for the journey. He survives but he's a wanted man. Tarleton avoids capture for a while but is hunted down, caught, and court-martialed. Sentenced to a prison planet, he doesn't really fight back. He thinks the sentence might be justified. He works in the mines, looking for a substance that is crucially important, although he's not told what it is or what it's for. He's expelled from the mines onto the desert where he's not expected to survive.
He does survive (of course) and finds himself living among a native race that no one has suspected is there. In all these experiences, Tarleton is coming closer to his destiny. He's one of those SF heroes who's really much more than he seems, but even he doesn't realize it until it's time to wrap up the story.
This is one of those one-damn-thing-after-another story that seemed as if Laumer were making it up as he went along. It's fun but slight. If you're looking for some fast-moving but not memorable entertainment, this might do the trick.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Rod McKuen, R. I. P.
LA Times: Rod McKuen, a prolific songwriter and poet whose compositions include the Academy Award-nominated song “Jean” for the 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” has died. He was 81.
Suzette Haden Elgin, R. I. P.
SF Site News: Author and linguist Suzette Haden Elgin (b.Patricia Anne Wilkins, 1936) died on January 27. Elgin began publishing in 1969 with the story “For the Sake of Grace” and followed it a year later with the novel The Communipaths. She may be best known for the Native Tongue trilogy. In 1978, she founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and their Elgin Award is named in her honor.
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