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Post by helrunar on Jul 25, 2020 13:38:25 GMT
Gorgeous scans of those Quatermass books, Andreas. A few months ago I finally got to see the original TV production of Quatermass II. Interesting story. The final episode was unfortunately balky due to Kneale rather overshooting what was possible in a BBC TV studio production at the time, plus one of the actors was having great difficulty with the whole affair--I think it was the fabulous but alas erratic Hugh Griffith.
Steve
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Post by cromagnonman on Jul 25, 2020 14:48:44 GMT
Thanks, Richard, for the bibliographic notes! I am not a Stephen King fan... did you think Salem's Lot was a good story? That's being asked in an objective, interested tone of voice... not a snarky snide hint of "did anyone think it was a good story??" I'm well aware of how massively his books sold and the cult around them. Some have been filmed four times. I think that one has been filmed in 3 versions, to date. The American telefilm of Salem featured this iconic vampire played the late, great Reggie Nalder, and I've thought about watching it sometime just to see his performance. But I read somewhere he was only in the movie for about two minutes. And the y.t. clips I have played of the remainder seemed dire. Sorry for the unnecessarily rambling post. Steve Afraid I've never read it Steve. I have an interest in collecting the earliest pb prints I can find of King's 70s and 80s books but I've yet to read any apart from the short story collections. I don't denigrate him at all. You can't argue with success of that scale. But I wonder sometimes if becoming the brand name for corporate mainstream horror was what he had in mind when he first started out. And whether the idea would have appealed to him had he known.
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Post by samdawson on Jul 25, 2020 15:31:22 GMT
How does one post a pic (of books) like that one?
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Post by helrunar on Jul 25, 2020 16:54:04 GMT
I looked it up and it was John Robinson as Quatermass who had problems that seemed to hit an extreme in the final episode. I think the clunky rocketship set and the space gear costumes must have added to Robinson's difficulties. He was a last minute replacement for the original actor in the role who died suddenly in 1955.
It was an interesting serial for me, not all in and of itself, but because plot elements were re-used subsequently in episodes of The Avengers and Dr Who. I don't think Nigel Kneale was very happy about that.
H.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jul 25, 2020 17:03:21 GMT
How does one post a pic (of books) like that one? You will need to use a third party image hosting service like imgbb and then follow these instructions - inserting imagesYou don't need to register to use imgbb, you can just drag and drop the image file onto their home page.
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Post by samdawson on Jul 25, 2020 18:00:31 GMT
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Post by andydecker on Jul 25, 2020 18:43:18 GMT
Nowadays I also use Imge BB. Also no register. But without it you can't access your downloads again. Download as instructed, copy the BBlink. The tricky part - for me - is proboards. Copy the link directly into your text. If I use the Insert Image button, I have to delete some of the link text. This works, but is cumbersome.
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Post by andydecker on Jul 25, 2020 19:20:27 GMT
Thanks, Richard, for the bibliographic notes! I am not a Stephen King fan... did you think Salem's Lot was a good story? That's being asked in an objective, interested tone of voice... not a snarky snide hint of "did anyone think it was a good story??" I'm well aware of how massively his books sold and the cult around them. Some have been filmed four times. I think that one has been filmed in 3 versions, to date. I heard it as an Audio books recently again after some decades. In my opinion it has aged badly in places. But it didn't bother me. It always was a very straight-forward vampire-story. Maybe even a bit innovative back than as King did it straight. No parody, no wink. (Okay, maybe some parody, when the boy uses his Aurora model cross for scaring the vampire off, I never could take this seriously) But I was surprised how suspenseful this still is. King develops here a formula which he uses again in some of his novels - especially IT comes to mind -, and some of his setpieces linger. Again, he doesn't re-invent the wheel. His ghost-house - the Marsten house - is Hill House again, his vampire has his Renfield and so one. As far as (official) second novels go, it is entertaining. It misses a lot of his later faults, especially the over-writing and bloating, but the narrative is very linear and by the numbers. His hero is dull, the love interest unconvincing and boring. But the vampire action is well done, and the slow dying of the town is creepy and very atmospheric. I am not a fan of the tv-movie, never could get behind the noseratu look-alike. But the remake is worse. It suffers from a typical remake fault, supposed improvements in the story which kill the story, and a terrible ending. So, on the whole I would say it still is an entertaining novel. But it can't deny the fact that it is 45 years old.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jul 25, 2020 19:25:19 GMT
Copy the link directly into your text. If I use the Insert Image button, I have to delete some of the link text. This works, but is cumbersome. Yes, the instructions provide by proboards are a bit unclear, and it took me a couple of goes to work it out.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 25, 2020 21:45:02 GMT
That is actually King's SALEM'S LOT believe it or not. Yes, it is Salem's Lot - it rips off the US paperback cover I think, but is nicely done.
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Post by samdawson on Jul 26, 2020 15:41:41 GMT
Thanks, I'll try that next time
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 29, 2020 21:34:10 GMT
Was pleased to pick this up at the junk shop for $2. It even has a chapter on bibliomaniacs, which makes my junk shop affliction seem mild by comparison. John Mitchell is of course the UFO guy.
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 1, 2020 22:06:13 GMT
Sadly, the mid-year Lifeline Bookfair, which would have been held last month, and the big September bookfair have been cancelled due to the pandemic. Lifeline has set up a small shop at the Tuggeranong markets, which I went to yesterday and picked up the following for $2 each: Couple of Kane novels which I already have: Omnibus, again which I already have, but this one looks unread: One for Steve Wouldn't usually touch westerns with a barge pole, but this is an old Curtis Warren And I nice book of Chris Foss sf art
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Post by helrunar on Aug 1, 2020 23:40:41 GMT
I am compelled to ask if there is any information regarding Smoothies. That brooding sultry lad on the cover is probably way too smooth and I'd probably get into trouble if I washed up next time him in some bookstore cafe in Earls Court...
I thought the Pandemic had receded into very low numbers down there James... sorry to hear the events have been canceled.
cheers, Steve
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 2, 2020 7:22:36 GMT
I am compelled to ask if there is any information regarding Smoothies. That brooding sultry lad on the cover is probably way too smooth and I'd probably get into trouble if I washed up next time him in some bookstore cafe in Earls Court...I thought the Pandemic had receded into very low numbers down there James... sorry to hear the events have been canceled. I'll need to read it and report back. As for covid, there's been a recent spike so big events have been cancelled.
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