Do you remember when you recommended volumes 1-3 of Prince Valiant? I bought it and not only loved it, but my nephews (who aren't "readers") read it and loved it, too. I think our society lost a lot when we lost literate serial comics in newspapers--Dick Tracy and Prince Valiant and the like made readers out of "non-readers". That book is now one of my most treasured possessions. Not to get too personal, but is Roger losing weight? He must be on the keto.
So ironic! 2 weeks ago? 3 weeks ago? I came across a copy of the Purple Land at the library steps book sale ( the Eland Classics edition) picked it up, knew it sounded familiar, I even thought "I think Michael k Vaughn has talked about this book" and did the careful mental math of: do I buy this for $4, (read the back, and think) "will I ever read this?" And put it back. I'm sure you understand.
Hi. I'm from Argentina and we haven't forgotten Hudson. His books are still on print and we have a town with his name. My father's home happens to be in lands that used to belong to Hudson, and you can still see some of the ombú trees he planted nearby (he was obsessed 😅).
Yes, The Surfer was Jack's idea. He was not in the original plot. According to Stan he saw the pages & asked Jack who the hell is that? And Jack told him a character like Galactus should have a herald. Jack is listed as the sole creator. Since you're reading Conan of Cimmeria you might want to check-out Titan's Conan series. Issues 13& 14 are a prelude to The Frost Giant's Daughter. Number 15 which comes out next month will be a direct adaption of that story.
I believe the latest is Marvel Studios came to its senses after the outcry and Silver Surfer will be Norrin Radd, a MALE. Geez, these times we live in. Lord give me strength!😂😂😂😮
Nice update as always! I was in the pulps some myself this week. I read The Living Shadow by Maxwell Grant. The first The Shadow novel. It was a really fun mystery and suspense story. Ill definitely read more of them. I think I have the next four volumes at least. Up next I think I'm going to read Beowulf. For whatever reason I have a hankering to revisit it. After that I might jump into Cimmerian Sept with Blood of the Serpent and City of the Dead. I recently picked up the three volume Penguin set of the Arabian Nights that I might Pick at with one story/night an evening right before bed. But im also toying with doing the same thing with the Usagi Yojimbo comic series. Awh choices lol.
Regarding ‘The Purple Plain’ my mother met my father when he was 20 and she was 16. They married, and I was born when she was 18. This was not uncommon in the 1950s.
I recently read "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. I wanted to read it because it was short and a classic work of Gothic fiction. I read the Penguin Classics paperback edition (2003). It was kind of a complicated novella. Dr Jekyll (an apparently "respectable" man) rejects the standard materialistic explanations of life. He creates a potion to separate the good and evil aspects of a person, and it transforms him into Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is a dwarfish, ugly, deformed, ape-like, angry man, a primitive throwback to an earlier stage in human evolutionary history and a reflection of the evil impulses within Dr. Jekyll himself. Mr. Hyde's ugliness and deformity are sensed by people around him, but they cannot say exactly what the deformity and ugliness consist of. People hate Mr. Hyde on sight. Dr. Jekyll says that the potion is "neutral." It reflects the inner state of the user. Dr. Jekyll has been unsuccessfully dealing with his desire to do unspecified evil things. He is also a bit of a megalomaniac. On one of Mr. Hyde's excursions into the city, he runs into and tramples on a little girl. Witnesses threaten to ruin Mr Hyde's reputation if he doesn't pay. He pays the blackmail money to keep the witnesses quiet. Mr. Utterson learns that Mr. Hyde has access to Dr.Jekyll's mansion through the rear entrance/exit. Mr. Utterson decides to unlock the mystery of the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. On a later excursion into the city, Mr. Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew, a high-status person and client of Mr. Utterson, a lawyer. The description of the incident implies that Sir Danvers Carew is a closeted homosexual who propositioned Mr. Hyde. Mr Utterson is also a lawyer for Dr. Jekyll. Early on Mr. Utterson assumes that Dr. Jekyll's bizarre behavior is being caused by syphilis or masturbation sickness. Ultimately Dr. Lanyon (a former friend of Dr. Jekyll's), Mr. utterson (his lawyer), and Poole (a servant of Jekyll's), learn that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are the same person. Dr. Lanyon witnesses the actual transformation of Mr. Hyde into Dr Jekyll, an experience so extreme that Dr. Lanyon says that he must die soon. He does die a few days later. However it's not clear exactly why Dr. Lanyon feels that he "must die" after witnessing this transformation. Maybe the story just "requires" this extreme reaction. As time goes on, Dr. Jekyll transforms into Mr. Hyde even without the potion every time he feels weak or tired, and he needs more and more potion every time to return to Dr. Jekyll. He runs out of the potion and can't recreate the original formula. He commits suicide rather than live permanently as Mr. Hyde. The novella has a lot in common with "Frankenstein" (1818) by Mary Shelley. In both books, an obsessed, irresponsible scientist transgresses the laws of God or Nature and creates a monster that wreaks havoc and indirectly kills its creator. And it has a lot in common with the movie "Altered States" (1980) starring William Hurt in which a scientist combines sensory deprivation & hallucinogenic drugs to unlock different states of consciousness. These experiments cause him to devolve into earlier stages of human evolution. And it has a lot in common with the novel "Psycho" (1959) by Robert Bloch. Norman's "mother" personality murders Milton Arbogast and Mary Crane. Is Norman Bates "responsible" for these murders ? And it has a lot in common with the short story "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka (1915). Gregor Samsa wakes up and realizes slowly that he has been transformed into some kind of beetle overnight. His family eventually kills him and goes on without him which is depicted as completely normal and beneficial to the family. Dr. Jekyll's mansion symbolizes his mind. The front is clean and respectable, but the back is dirty and run down. Major THEMES of the story: evil frequently lurks behind a respectable facade. Respectability is a mere facade. Man has a dual nature. The oppressiveness of having to constantly worry about one's "reputation" and the need to present the "correct" facade. Humans cannot escape the "doom and burden" of life. IRONY is also prominent: Mr. Hyde (despite his evil nature) cares about his reputation and doesn't want it damaged. Mr. Utterson and servant Poole keep thinking that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are separate people.
Don't think I will finish it this month but finally started a text novel this month with 'LOTR: The Return of the King' by J.R.R. Tolkien. I been reading it while the students have been assigned the first Percy Jackson book from Rick Riordan. Otherwise still whittling away at my backlog of monthly comics. I got caught up on Amazing Spider-man, American Psycho, Disney' Hades, and read some facsimile editions of DC military comics. All while still revisiting 1983 through the comic strip Bloom County.
Hello, what a wonderful channel. I find myself catching up on your videos whenever i do get the time. I was rather randomly wondering if you have ever considered going down the Terry Pratchett Discworld Route? Or if you have already and if so, what your opinion on his work might be?
I love how he has to be young cause he’s an idiot getting into trouble 😂Running for it cause he didn’t get dad’s permission is amazing! Glad to hear you approve of the newer drawings. I never knew Fantastoc Four and Black Panther were in the same stories! Very cool! Good luck learning to speak, I find 30 odd years isn’t enough for me to get the hang of it very often myself! 😂
There's a huge difference between REH and deCamp and Carter. Carter and deCamp can be entertaining when they're on their game. But Howard's writing is just epic. Great stuff Michael!
Hello Michael and Roger. Is W.H.Hudson the novelist the same author who wrote AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE? Thanks for your Excellent Video
According to my math you've added about 50 books to your 500 book challenge since April 28th...you were at 127? So that's pretty dang impressive! 50 in 4 months? You're doing great! I saw Roger actually speak once...will he ever speak again? Who knows????
I'm a little sad on your behalf that you're blasting so quickly through the FF and are about to shoot past its golden period and into post-Kirby, post-Lee material. It's still a great comic in many ways, but it was, for a stretch there, the best comic. (Disagree about Chic Stone vs. Vince Colletta by the way, but since you're the guy with the knife, I won't argue too much.)
Komiks to nie ksiazka tylko ilustrowana ksiązeczka z dymkiem dla dzieci od 7-15 lat tylko ksiazki papierowe czytane osobiscie nie tam elektroniczne bzdety powiesci nie rysuneczki a komik to mozna sobie zerknąc przy kawce i podziwiac wspanialych rysowników i relaksowac się barwami 👋👋👋👉
Do you remember when you recommended volumes 1-3 of Prince Valiant? I bought it and not only loved it, but my nephews (who aren't "readers") read it and loved it, too. I think our society lost a lot when we lost literate serial comics in newspapers--Dick Tracy and Prince Valiant and the like made readers out of "non-readers". That book is now one of my most treasured possessions.
Not to get too personal, but is Roger losing weight? He must be on the keto.
I love it when Jack Kirby draws Mr. Fantastic with five o'clock shadow.
So ironic! 2 weeks ago? 3 weeks ago?
I came across a copy of the Purple Land at the library steps book sale ( the Eland Classics edition) picked it up, knew it sounded familiar, I even thought "I think Michael k Vaughn has talked about this book" and did the careful mental math of:
do I buy this for $4, (read the back, and think)
"will I ever read this?"
And put it back.
I'm sure you understand.
Hi. I'm from Argentina and we haven't forgotten Hudson. His books are still on print and we have a town with his name. My father's home happens to be in lands that used to belong to Hudson, and you can still see some of the ombú trees he planted nearby (he was obsessed 😅).
I have a signed copy… had a map of Uruguay that I followed their path…
Oh nice, the Weird Tales Boys book is excellent! Definitely a must have for pulp lovers, I'm glad to see someone was so kind to send it to you.
I have to say…. I’m very very excited by the love The Purple Land is getting on here!
Yes, The Surfer was Jack's idea. He was not in the original plot. According to Stan he saw the pages & asked Jack who the hell is that? And Jack told him a character like Galactus should have a herald. Jack is listed as the sole creator.
Since you're reading Conan of Cimmeria you might want to check-out Titan's Conan series. Issues 13& 14 are a prelude to The Frost Giant's Daughter. Number 15 which comes out next month will be a direct adaption of that story.
I believe the latest is Marvel Studios came to its senses after the outcry and Silver Surfer will be Norrin Radd, a MALE. Geez, these times we live in. Lord give me strength!😂😂😂😮
@@nunyabizness6595 I’ll believe it when I see it! 😅
Nice update as always! I was in the pulps some myself this week. I read The Living Shadow by Maxwell Grant. The first The Shadow novel. It was a really fun mystery and suspense story. Ill definitely read more of them. I think I have the next four volumes at least. Up next I think I'm going to read Beowulf. For whatever reason I have a hankering to revisit it. After that I might jump into Cimmerian Sept with Blood of the Serpent and City of the Dead. I recently picked up the three volume Penguin set of the Arabian Nights that I might Pick at with one story/night an evening right before bed. But im also toying with doing the same thing with the Usagi Yojimbo comic series. Awh choices lol.
Regarding ‘The Purple Plain’ my mother met my father when he was 20 and she was 16. They married, and I was born when she was 18. This was not uncommon in the 1950s.
Just started The Purple Land....decision pending.....I rather like that knife 🔪
Mon-tay vih DAY-oh,(Day-ay-ay O!)
@@tonette6592 thanks
Yes, make sure Roger does not dismembering with the knife. That really dulls the blade.
I recently read "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. I wanted to read it because it was short and a classic work of Gothic fiction. I read the Penguin Classics paperback edition (2003).
It was kind of a complicated novella. Dr Jekyll (an apparently "respectable" man) rejects the standard materialistic explanations of life. He creates a potion to separate the good and evil aspects of a person, and it transforms him into Mr. Hyde.
Mr. Hyde is a dwarfish, ugly, deformed, ape-like, angry man, a primitive throwback to an earlier stage in human evolutionary history and a reflection of the evil impulses within Dr. Jekyll himself.
Mr. Hyde's ugliness and deformity are sensed by people around him, but they cannot say exactly what the deformity and ugliness consist of. People hate Mr. Hyde on sight.
Dr. Jekyll says that the potion is "neutral." It reflects the inner state of the user. Dr. Jekyll has been unsuccessfully dealing with his desire to do unspecified evil things. He is also a bit of a megalomaniac.
On one of Mr. Hyde's excursions into the city, he runs into and tramples on a little girl. Witnesses threaten to ruin Mr Hyde's reputation if he doesn't pay. He pays the blackmail money to keep the witnesses quiet. Mr. Utterson learns that Mr. Hyde has access to Dr.Jekyll's mansion through the rear entrance/exit. Mr. Utterson decides to unlock the mystery of the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
On a later excursion into the city, Mr. Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew, a high-status person and client of Mr. Utterson, a lawyer. The description of the incident implies that Sir Danvers Carew is a closeted homosexual who propositioned Mr. Hyde. Mr Utterson is also a lawyer for Dr. Jekyll.
Early on Mr. Utterson assumes that Dr. Jekyll's bizarre behavior is being caused by syphilis or masturbation sickness.
Ultimately Dr. Lanyon (a former friend of Dr. Jekyll's), Mr. utterson (his lawyer), and Poole (a servant of Jekyll's), learn that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are the same person.
Dr. Lanyon witnesses the actual transformation of Mr. Hyde into Dr Jekyll, an experience so extreme that Dr. Lanyon says that he must die soon. He does die a few days later. However it's not clear exactly why Dr. Lanyon feels that he "must die" after witnessing this transformation. Maybe the story just "requires" this extreme reaction.
As time goes on, Dr. Jekyll transforms into Mr. Hyde even without the potion every time he feels weak or tired, and he needs more and more potion every time to return to Dr. Jekyll. He runs out of the potion and can't recreate the original formula. He commits suicide rather than live permanently as Mr. Hyde.
The novella has a lot in common with "Frankenstein" (1818) by Mary Shelley. In both books, an obsessed, irresponsible scientist transgresses the laws of God or Nature and creates a monster that wreaks havoc and indirectly kills its creator.
And it has a lot in common with the movie "Altered States" (1980) starring William Hurt in which a scientist combines sensory deprivation & hallucinogenic drugs to unlock different states of consciousness. These experiments cause him to devolve into earlier stages of human evolution.
And it has a lot in common with the novel "Psycho" (1959) by Robert Bloch. Norman's "mother" personality murders Milton Arbogast and Mary Crane. Is Norman Bates "responsible" for these murders ?
And it has a lot in common with the short story "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka (1915). Gregor Samsa wakes up and realizes slowly that he has been transformed into some kind of beetle overnight. His family eventually kills him and goes on without him which is depicted as completely normal and beneficial to the family.
Dr. Jekyll's mansion symbolizes his mind. The front is clean and respectable, but the back is dirty and run down.
Major THEMES of the story: evil frequently lurks behind a respectable facade. Respectability is a mere facade. Man has a dual nature. The oppressiveness of having to constantly worry about one's "reputation" and the need to present the "correct" facade. Humans cannot escape the "doom and burden" of life.
IRONY is also prominent: Mr. Hyde (despite his evil nature) cares about his reputation and doesn't want it damaged. Mr. Utterson and servant Poole keep thinking that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are separate people.
Hello my friend!! Hello!!
Don't think I will finish it this month but finally started a text novel this month with 'LOTR: The Return of the King' by J.R.R. Tolkien. I been reading it while the students have been assigned the first Percy Jackson book from Rick Riordan.
Otherwise still whittling away at my backlog of monthly comics. I got caught up on Amazing Spider-man, American Psycho, Disney' Hades, and read some facsimile editions of DC military comics. All while still revisiting 1983 through the comic strip Bloom County.
Hudson wrote Green Mansions which was made into a movie.
Hello, what a wonderful channel.
I find myself catching up on your videos whenever i do get the time.
I was rather randomly wondering if you have ever considered going down the Terry Pratchett Discworld Route?
Or if you have already and if so, what your opinion on his work might be?
I have yet to read Discworld.
Hemingway mentions The Purple Land in The Sun Also Rises
I love how he has to be young cause he’s an idiot getting into trouble 😂Running for it cause he didn’t get dad’s permission is amazing!
Glad to hear you approve of the newer drawings. I never knew Fantastoc Four and Black Panther were in the same stories! Very cool! Good luck learning to speak, I find 30 odd years isn’t enough for me to get the hang of it very often myself! 😂
The "Purple Land" is on Thrift Books, and I do believe it's a Penquin Classic.....The cover looks Penquin Classic.
I can’t believe you’re reading Conan pastiche!!!
I really like Curse of the Monolith I must admit…
@@JeffMPalermo I can’t believe it either.
There's a huge difference between REH and deCamp and Carter. Carter and deCamp can be entertaining when they're on their game. But Howard's writing is just epic. Great stuff Michael!
Thanks!
no one sends me a knife in the mail :(
🍺
Hello Michael and Roger. Is W.H.Hudson the novelist the same author who wrote AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE?
Thanks for your Excellent Video
Not that I am aware of.
According to my math you've added about 50 books to your 500 book challenge since April 28th...you were at 127? So that's pretty dang impressive! 50 in 4 months? You're doing great! I saw Roger actually speak once...will he ever speak again? Who knows????
Mon tey vih day o
I'm a little sad on your behalf that you're blasting so quickly through the FF and are about to shoot past its golden period and into post-Kirby, post-Lee material. It's still a great comic in many ways, but it was, for a stretch there, the best comic. (Disagree about Chic Stone vs. Vince Colletta by the way, but since you're the guy with the knife, I won't argue too much.)
You were sent a knife, in the post, 😅
Komiks to nie ksiazka tylko ilustrowana ksiązeczka z dymkiem dla dzieci od 7-15 lat tylko ksiazki papierowe czytane osobiscie nie tam elektroniczne bzdety powiesci nie rysuneczki a komik to mozna sobie zerknąc przy kawce i podziwiac wspanialych rysowników i relaksowac się barwami 👋👋👋👉