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Thanks so much for doing the tag! I like the idea of having a themed playlist for what you are reading...I may try that!

Yes! Themed playlists to match the book you’re reading. I find Death Metal goes well with epic fantasy 🤘

One of my favorite books of all time is Gone With the Wind. I have a beloved paperback edition that I've had since 8th grade. I only know that because for whatever kid-mentality reason, I scrawled my classroom number in it. This poor thing was old by the time I bought it because it was from a thrift store. I'm in my 50s and I don't know how it hasn't literally crumbled into dust. It was held together by tape for a lot of years. But even that didn't work anymore. I finally put it in a plastic baggie and it now lives on my shelf. A few years ago I bought a new (to me!) hardcover copy. I think it was from Thriftbooks. Absolute steal at $10. Not only was it in near new condition, but it had a plastic cover! It may have been a library book. And while I love it and have read it... I can't bear to part with the old one. It has so many memories attached to it. I used to read it every spring. Who knows the places I dragged it through the years. If only old books could physically speak and say where they've been!

Thanks for the mention and I enjoyed your version of the tag. I'm planning to read The Time Macine during Victober. Aaarrgh, not the bent back paperback! 😆 This was fun.

1:45 Only 5 or 6 years ago did I learn Hollywood approached Asimov after they had the movie in the can. I was 13 when it appeared, a member of the consumer pool, and dutifully I saw the movie, read the book and bought the comic. Asimov's book was everywhere, paperbacks and comics were on sale in many grocery stores then. Fantastic Voyage was in all of them, right alongside the equally ubiquitous Chariot of the Gods. If you were around in 1966 then you know which eyesore I mean.

Um, the Great Depression in the 1930s wasn't just the USA - It affected the whole world. Just sayin'

Libby was from Arkansas.

That story, from that book no less, was the first I've read of Howard's Conan. That verse at the beginning totally delighted and surprised me. I was hooked immediately. And have devoured as many Conan stories as I could ever since, By Crom!

There were a number of Perry Mason movies made during the 1930s as well

I love your videos!

Howdy Scott! I think this may be a long post for me. Zane Grey is my all-time favorite western author. I have read almost everything he ever wrote including his non-fiction travel stories. Boy, did he have some great adventures! I've been reading Grey since the sixties. Also, Nevada may be my favorite story by him. I agree that it starts slow but once it starts moving it is a great western. Yes, I've read the prequel to Nevada. Although I enjoyed it, I still prefer Nevada. Just to mention a fact of interest that I read somewhere. You mentioned a word several times. Supposedly, Grey was the first author to ever use the term "gunslinger". The art: I've never seen any of the magazine art for Grey's work but what you showed us is delicious! I would have to agree with you that the cover of the first edition is my favorite. A close second is the art by Phillips, partially I think because that this was the cover of the book in which I first read the story. Next, you're correct that the bandoleer is way wrong. That is for rifle cartridges not cartridges for a pistol. Lastly, the Bama illustration is WAY wrong technically. It pictures shells being ejected from a revolver. That doesn't happen! Wrong kind of gun for that. Thank you for the wonderful review of one of my favorite stories.

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Wonderful video! Many thanks for sharing this essay. Cheers from one Trek nerd to another!

Thanks for doing my book tag! It is always so fun to see and hear everyone's answers. :)

Fantastic art. Thankyou fella

What a burn! I thought there was going to be an actual story.

I remember reading a few of the Hardy Boys books when I was younger, they were my mother’s but she actually had way more Nancy Drew books. Sadly though I can’t recall anything about them but I do know they started rereleasing them for kids today with updated covers and they look so good,I’ve been tempted to give them another chance. I’m glad you enjoyed this tag and I enjoyed seeing your answers! Also thank you for the little shoutout!

Okay…don’t read Black Fire for Book Trek…got it!

Oops. I have only one Star Trek novel in my limited collection that I have not read, and that is _Black Fire_ by Sonni Cooper. I just saw it in Steve Donoghue’s library tour (Bookcase 2, Shelf 2, Subsection B) and Steve implied he kept it because it was infamous. I received it as a gift a few years ago, and I intend to read it this year. On one of the prompts, the one about one’s favorite series as a child, my response would be The Adventures of Tintin - engaging stories and great artwork. Were you lucky enough to come across these in your youth?

I think you should tag Dean Koontz.

Lou Feck was born Louis Willett. He was my mother's first cousin. The last time my mother saw him was about age five then he disappeared.His parents divorced and I finally found him as Lou Feck. He was adopted by the second husband and moved to Massachusetts from Ohio. Lou's mother was a prolific writer of cards for Hallmark.

Hi Scott. I do indeed remember watching Fantastic Voyage. Oddly enough the only character that I remember is Raquel Welch. Isn't that strange? I did buy the book but don't think I ever read it. None of the artwork does much for me. The only one that I find halfway decent is the original hardcover. I am a fan of Asimov and my favorite "book" is the first three Foundation novels. Many of his other stories are also excellent reads. I also have a soft spot for the juvenile series that he wrote. I think it was called the Lucky Starr series. It's been a lot of years but that was a really fun set of books.

Just found your channel, great work on this video!

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Wow. With this topic, you have hit a bullseye with my 1966 twelve year old self. I was obsessed with Fantastic Voyage - first reading the Gold Key one issue comic adaptation, then seeing the movie in a theater, then reading Isaac Asimov’s book - my very first science fiction book. I even made a replica, as best I could, of the Proteus using my Erector Set. I have the Bantam paperback, fourth printing, which does not have the gold circle in the lower corner of the cover. Also absent from the cover is the price, for some reason. Your video has made me want to revisit the book, both for Spring into Adventure and for Old School April. I read _Fantastic Voyage II - Destination Brain_ a few years ago. It was not as exciting as the first version, as I remember. Asimov added various adjustments to try to make miniaturization more scientifically plausible, but in doing so he had to eliminate most interactions between the crew, composed of miniaturized molecules, and the normal-sized body of the patient.

Well done! Now how about doing Enola Holmes.

Not ever tried this author but I am curious now.

The first book I read in the 70s was The Case of the Grinning Gorilla. Never looked back since then. An amusing embarassment to me was when I didnt understand why a street (Della) was moving !

I have a bunch of Cussler’s books, including this one. I haven’t read any of them. I guess I should.

Your thumbnails are always the best! I read the first few Dirk Pitt adventures when I was a teen. They always seemed a little more adult than the James Bond novels, and I greatly enjoyed them. I haven't read one in ages!

Although I'm familiar with the name I haven't read anything by Cussler. He sounds like an interesting character though. As far as artwork I have to say that none of the covers that I saw impressed me in the least. One or two of the earlier published stories were halfway decent, otherwise they wouldn't draw me to the book in a store.

This is the best review and analysis of "A Study in Scarlet" here on UA-cam. Starting with the A. C. Doyle's Biography and how the novel came to life, accompanied by your very interesting insights on the illustrations.

I read this book in 1973 in high school my report on it intrigued my English teacher and she read it also. I had several of Silverberg‘s books and thousands of Science Fiction and horror paperbacks at that time.

One of my favorite stories of the in Vol. I. Wish I saw this when we did the readalong 😂 Great video 🎉

I have never heard of this author before. I couldn’t find on Amazon either. Great illustration!

I haven't heard of this particular author but the story sound like a fun read. There were so many pulp magazines. Every one of them had something wonderful to read. Besides the SF & F ones I think my favorite was Adventure magazine especially from the 20s thru the 40s. It truly had adventure in every page! ...and the art! Oh my!!! I can certainly agree with everything you say in all your videos Scott.

As per usual a fantastic video. It is a shame that magazine art has disappeared from our collective consciousness. Thanks for sharing.

I'm really getting an education from you guys (i.e., you "adventurous" readers). You would enjoy our Voxer group, I bet 😉 Good one, Scott 🎉

Thank you for participating in March mystery madness. It was a lot of fun, and I found a lot of new book tubers by hosting. Aloha from hawaii.

Carr is one of the mystery authors that I've always meant to read but haven't gotten around to... yet. My favorite cover is the one with the McGuinness artwork. Hag's Nook sounds mildly interesting so I might give it a try sometime. None of those newer covers do anything at all for me. I love all the older 50s and 60s art.

I have been wanting to try this author! I am an in order reader as I hate jumping in the middle of a series...lol. Love how you talk about the art work! I love older covers! That newest one is what digital illustrations gets us flat art of lines and curves colored in. 😕 New sub!

As a kid I spent just as much time enjoying the cover art as I did reading the books.

03:10 Aha, that must be the origin of Dreaming Jewels a.k.a. Synthetic Man. I could be wrong, just seems so.

I've really been enjoying your videos on SH Scott. Very informative and entertaining! Thank you. As to the illustration of the king I did notice that the earlier drawing you showed of the king seemed to have his body out of proportion to the head.

Been catching up with your videos recently and enjoying them very much. Could listen to you talk about Conan Doyle and Holmes all day long. With regards to Holmes, I always thought it was both remarkable and sad that the original literary Dr Watson and his recent incarnation as played by Martin Freeman in the 'Sherlock' TV adaptation both saw military service in Afghanistan. Separated by a century but no update to that detail required. that unfortunate country still a geo-political battleground.

Very well done Sir! I LOVE watching and listening to your videos. Thank you for the lecture.

Like you, I also had my first exposure to Sherlock Holmes during my college days. During freshman orientation in Ann Arbor, 1972, the dormitory cafeteria had an evening showing of _The Spider Woman,_ a Sherlock Holmes film from 1943. A few years later the first Borders bookshop opened up on State Street, where I found a hardback containing the Adventures and the Memoirs, replicating the original stories in The Strand. The stories had an enticing way of luring me away from my homework. I have since read all of the original Holmes stories, and a couple years ago finally purchased the Baring-Gould editions.

I very much enjoyed you little lecture Scott. I've been enjoying Holmes since I found him in school back in the 60s. Doyle is the author that I enjoyed in the beginning but in the 80s I discovered the pastiches... many of them quite good. I enjoyed the movies with my favorite actor being Basil Rathbone. His movies are quite dated now but I enjoy the charm of those old black and whites. As far as TV shows I loved the Jerome Brett version. One last thing to mention is the old-time radio shows, of course the ones staring Basil Rathbone coming in at #1.

What a great video! I have never seen it done better. I am glad I stumbled on your channel. Keep up the good work!