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I like the stories that combine sword and sorcery with hints of the Cthulhu mythos! Thank you, Abe!

You are right about serials, it seems like such a missed opportunity! E.g. what if there was a Star Wars serial and an Indiana Jones every Saturday or something (and they were actually good😂) there’s no way that wouldn’t have worked!

Awesome! Definitely have to reread this I don’t remember this one at all! Thank you for making videos Abe!

I remember visiting the US in 1989 and being in Baltimore where my sister was doing her post-doc I was shocked that Maryland PBS running fundraisers to keep their lights on and they were auctioning Dr Who serials. I feel so privileged to have been born and growing up in Britain and being encouraged and enjoying Dr Who.

Oh just wanted to say really appreciate you keep things spoiler-free, even with the older stuff!

Never watched dr Who, is there a good place to start? Could you start watching with this serial?

Love the new set-up Abe. Looks great. Very professional. How would you feel about splicing in still images occasionally to illustrate your commentary?

Excellent coverage, good man!! Those early stories were great experiments and showed how hard they worked to keep Doctor Who running! Rock on!

Wow the only serial I’ve seen was the first Flash Gordon, I guess I knew there would be more but never really thought to look up and see what else there was, will check it out and thanks for the link!

Great review! Love that you focused on the actual rules, you’d think more people would do that when reviewing rpgs… I’ve only looked at MERP here and there, the artwork was great, I can see the issue with the rules not reflecting the world! TBH hard to imagine a Middle Earth RPG that would work, it just doesn’t quite feel like that kind of world… unless maybe it took place around Silmarillion, that age…?

This collection does sound interesting but I haven’t read much Shakespeare, always feel with that kind of concept if I don’t know the background I’ll miss too much…

Love your videos Abe! I’d say it’s definitely in the Cthulhu mythos, it’s more explicit in some stories than others but definitely mythos! This was a great story indeed!

That’s a great list! The whole time I was wondering if you would include “Hook”, that’s the one that popped in my mind straight away though I haven’t seen it in decades! I would only disagree with blade, I think it feels more like horror/action, not fantasy, but great movie! The only one I would add would be Roald Dahl’s Witches, that was a fun movie with some really creepy scenes! Also Robin Hood: men in tights, love that movie but it’s more of a parody…

I don’t remember this story at all! You’ll make me reread this and I have a million books to read😂 Have you read Richard Tierney’s Simon magus novel, “drums of chaos” ? I thought it was quite interesting, somehow pulpier than the short stories! And thank you for the video, hope you have an amazing day as well!

Read Hiero's Journey in the 70s and Unforsaken Hiero in the 80s. They were magnificent. The sequel leaves you hanging. I heard, I don't remember where that he had the next in the series outlined in his mind, but then had a stroke or something and couldn't write the final book. A great tragedy. The stories are right up there with something Tolkien, Jordan, or Sanderson would write.

Great! I’d have to agree with you on this one! Also for anyone else interested this collection has been reprinted as “swords against caesar” the original is out of print and a bit pricey, as far as I can tell they are practically the same though (minus the cool spot illustration unfortunately!)

I also only played rogue a few times! Nethack was my introduction to roguelikes and it’s pretty cool, and I definitely want to try TOME, Angband, ADOM, Omega… more, but I tend to gravitate towards simpler/more straightforward stuff like Infra arcana, doom the roguelike, and (my favourite I think) Temple of torment. Great video!

Just discovered your channel and love your videos! Hope you are well and happy! Haven’t read this but it does sound intriguing….

This one is one of my favourites! 10 out of 10 for me!

Thnx, man! I missed this earlier, and I'm glad I got to watch tonight!

This is a great list! I still recall seeing your Number One choice at a Drive-in! And your choice of 9 was one of my faves, as well!

You really nail the analysis of how well the producers set up the history and science - thanks to the teachers -- and I always found that first episode, where they enter the junkyard and discover the TARDIS, to be very mysterious! Leading into stories like "The Aztecs" and more, the show carried a lot of promise, and it sure did pay off! Your mention of "Robots of Death" reminds me to mention that I started watching when the PBS stations picked up the Tom Baker stories, and that Hinchcliff era sure was fantastic! I liked Barry Letts and Jon Pertwee's team as well, and I should tell you (you likely already know) that in "Robots of Death" Taren Capel was a name loosely based on the writer who coined the term "Robot" (as in slave). He was a Russian named Karel Capek and he wrote a play about a robot revolution! ALSO, Chris Boucher wrote some sequel novels and the Big Finish folks did some neat follow-up audios called "Caldor City" - very good expansions on the world! tardis.wiki/wiki/Taren_Capel

SCORE!!! Thank you, ABE!!

The third book was intended to explore world building by the Earthseeds, but Butler had passed away from a fall before she had a chance to complete a draft

I did read the story and I agree with you that Philip could be dick is a brilliant sci-fi writer maybe of all time. That is he is a brilliant sci-fi brighter in the genre of distorted reality. My question is I didn't understand the ending of this story and I was looking for somebody who may have an insight as to what the last few lines actually meant.

FYI.... If you're looking to improve your videos I might suggest you write out your responses ahead of time, review it, making an outline that includes the notes that you are about to speak of. If you want people to keep coming back to your videos you're going to have to become a smoother with your delivery...

Still remember my Golem Death-Monk from Z. Only winner I ever had. Broken AC values. Hi, by the way, Abe. Been awhile.

Abe Roguelikes were my first obsession. Way back in college more years than I care to admit :) I have played all of those and still am playing angband today. I think I like zangband a bit more because it had more classes, races, etc. Have you played Hengband? It's a Japanese made Hengband and has my favorite roguelike class-the Magic Eater

You owe it to yourself to dig up a copy of Carter's "Tara of the Twilight" his erotic novel about a female swordswoman who somehow remains virginal throughout the novel despite being captured by lustful enslavers. It contains such charming elements as child r*pe. and a pro -pedophilia subtext. It told me more about the man than any biography ever would. The entire efeect is ick, ick, ick!

My favorite is Infra Arcana and I lean towards Nethack style of roguelikes with just purely dungeon diving. Sil is probably my second favorite.

The ending leaves me flat, too :)

Maybe you could produce TH-cam shorts picking a random book from your shelf, top 5s or mini reviews etc? I see a lot of booktubers do this and it could help you grow your audience and boost your watch time and subs?

Very cool!! Those must be fun escapades in the modules!

Hey Awesome Abe, this piece is in the 'Space and Time' magazine re-prints, which have been published in the last couple of years as paperback compendiums. Space and Time is something like Weird Tales, but with more of a tendancy towards sci-fi -you should check them out 😀

Thank ye, Abe! The more i hear you discuss this collection, the more curious I am!! Rock on!!

My favorite book in the series, regardless!

The serials -- I remember that when I was a tiny kid, some UHF stations still played them early on Saturday mornings, and some of them were fantastic! I can't believe this was all the way back in 1935! WILD!

Holy grail!!! YEAH!

Those classics : are they mostly from Europe ? Time Machine , Daniel Defoe, around the world in 80 days-tends to cross with school literature

Derleth never understood what constitutes cosmic horror. And upon Lovecraft’s death he appointed himself the keeper of the Mythos but unfortunately he behaved more like the proverbial dog in the hayloft.

Interesting never head of this author

Great review! Thank you!!

His writing is incredible! The descriptive power is great, and the style is nearly poetic! Great choice Abe. I like Gwen's comment, as well. Your coverage is excellent! Take care, all. :)

I started reading that last week, and now moving on to the other Hyperborea tales by CAS with the night shade collection of books. Love your coverage of the mythos!

This video is about to go viral.

Thanks, Abe!!! :)!

I have a son who is into entomology and loves Science Fiction. He’s in his early teens, would you say this would be a good book for him to be introduced to on HG Wells?

Big fan of George MacDonald. Beauty, goodness, and truth are all present in high concentration in his fairy tales. I like The Shadows because I think it's a reminder that negative emotions (sadness, fear, etc.) can be just what we need at times. In that sense, you could see it as serving the same pupose as Pixar's Inside Out. MacDonald's story The Light Princess centers around the same idea, but comes at it from the opposite angle (showing what life is like for a princess who is incapable of serious emotion of any kind).

This looks like an interesting collection, the only thing is, here in UK the price is eyewatering -like £ 65 or more 😬

This isn’t very relevant to this video but I’ve been wanting to ask, have you ever read any horror novels by the likes of Robert R. McCammon or Dean Koontz? You’ve probably read Brian Lumley. He’s pretty great, Derleth protégé though he is. I’m re-exploring those kinds of books, which I last read a couple decades ago. McCammon’s The Night Boat is my favorite so far, but his book They Thirst is fun too, as is Koontz’s Shadowfires. I guess they’re kinda like long-form pulp fiction, and a lot of them would make kick-ass movies lol.