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That's been Alan Moore's entire career -- killing off other peoples characters and getting famous from doing it. The second any comic book company gave Alan Moore a book to work on, the first thing he'd say was, "I'm going to kill them!" That's where Watchmen came from -- DC bought all the old Charlton superheroes and wanted Moore to do something with them. He said, "I'll kill them all!" but they'd paid too much for them to let him do that, so he had to do something he's never been comfortable with -- coming up with his own characters (heavily patterned after Charlton's) and then killing THEM off. I hate Alan Moore...

Except for those people who say the earth is flat. They have some really compelling arguments! Oh, and Joe Rogan.

But...I believe everything you tell me. Surely you won't steer me wrong, given how many absolutely amazing books I've read as a result of your recommendations!

I decided to do some Rocket Summer reading myself. I read "The Time Machine" and "The island of Dr. Moreau" for the first week. I had never read Wells and really enjoyed both stories for the most part. The rigid and proper Englishman's language and some of the social/scientific exposition made the stories drag a tiny bit at certain points but both stories were exciting and felt remarkably contemporary. For the second week I read 'The Green Hills of Earth,' a short story collection by Robert Heinlein from the 1940s. The stories were really interesting slice-of-life tales set in space with little to no adventure to speak of. I found one story about a man struggling with the bureaucracy of an interstellar slave ship really tedious. Then I read a collection of short stories written by Clifford Simak in the 1950s called Other Worlds of ... which was really good. After reading this book I was better able to understand how a new generation of concept/idea-based sci-fi was rising at that time. The stories weren't space adventures and instead focused on various strange occurrences happening on earth as a result of an alien visitation. i found all of these stories really interesting and satisfying. Tomorrow I am going to start reading "The Man Who fell To Earth" by Walter Tevis from 1963. I have been curious about this movie after seeing the movie years and years ago and am happy that this reading event came along and gave me the incentive to read it.

So, you are on TH-cam. We shouldn’t believe anything you say? Okay. Got it.

Hello, thx a lot for you videos. But, i prefer it when you don't mix comics with novels. I'm not a comic book reader. Roland from France.

My favorite Clifford Simak book is "Cosmic Engineers", which was (I believe) his first novel. Cosmic Engineers was a "slam-bang, shoot-em-up," kind of space opera story, which introduced many of the great ideas which he would re-visit in his later works. I liked it because it was fun to read...and re-read!

Wow! Impressed! (I sloughed-off on my reading over the last few weeks. Haven't been busy, just been lazy!)

Michael, this is one of the few interesting places I can go to on the internet to avoid political commentary. When you take a political stance you invariably alienate some of your audience and irrevocably change the way that people look at you.

The third version of Invasion... was just called Body Snatchers, scripted by Stuart Gordon (Re-animator) and directed by that mad bastard Abel Ferrara it came out in 1993 and is actually pretty good. There is a fourth version, The Invasion which came out in 2007 starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, bit of a car crash really but worth a watch if you're in the mood.

could't agree with you more about Heinlein Michael. Number of the Beast is one of the worst books I've ever read.

Any illustrations in that new "Conan: City of the Dead" book?

Very cool Michael! Congrats on finishing up vol. 1 of Thor! I know it must be bitter sweet to finish up with a comic that has been a part of your every day life for the last 9 months. I bet it was a fun ride though, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the FF! I might read along with you for a bit as I have the first 4 omnibuses but I have not read them yet. Glad to see that you enjoyed the Simak book. I just finished Way Station by Simak yesterday for Rocket Summer. It was my second Simak after City and I deeply enjoyed both! Simak is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. I'm currently reading Red Shadows by REH. I was going back and watching you reviews of Solomon kane and I'm going to read through the five major stories that you covered. I might then jump into the Kull stories that you talked about. I'm currently enjoying Red Shadows and looking forward to more! Thanks for the cool video!

But if I shouldn't believe what people say on TH-cam then I shouldn't believe you when you say I shouldn't believe you. My head hurts. OOOHHH Look at Mr. Fancypants tripod person. I guess raising ancient pharaohs pays off. We demand more of the crack research department.

Way station by Simak is another interesting book, although not one of my favourites

The first Conan story I read was the last pastiche book Tor published which was S M Stirling Conan Blood and Serpent.

Hellstrom's Hive thoroughly out weirds The Green Brain.

Sounds like most of the art in the Thor volume was ok but not outstanding.

Michael, I have to say that I have been consistent in my distain for this stupid challenge. Life is short. Get the books you want.

So glad you got City of the Dead 👌, I only know Conan pastiche exists because of your channel.

This warning goes not just for TH-cam but for all social media....

Civilization is just a mask, barbarism is the natural state of Man😊!

Not all dapper gentlemen are believable, but this one is.

I read Almuric for Rocket Winter (Southern hemisphere chapter). Why is Jesus on the front cover of the REH book ? 🤔🤔

Outstanding PSA. Having a TH-cam channel is too often like using a Jedi mind trick on the unwashed masses.

So because I'm not on a book buying challenge I found myself at our local Books a Million and discovered they now have a section dedicated to mass market paperbacks so I bought a brand new MMP copy of Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov. I wasn't planning on doing Rocket Summer but I went home and read it in one sitting so I guess I did Rocket Summer after all!

I am always sceptical when told that Dune is a great book. 😉

I didn't believe a word you said (not that I ever have.) :) And the king is a shape-shifting lizard person! I heard that from a very reputable source right here on TH-cam!

Gosh, the last Thor Epic, devoured.. look forward to your thoughts on the series. Nice gifts in the post. This week I've not read as much as I'd have liked because a couple of days were Surtur level heat wave and sweating on books isn't fun but I did manage a couple of stories by Henry Kuttner and more Dan Dare comics collected from Eagle weekly. My Rocket Summer will continue upto Cimmerian September, enjoying a run of vintage science fiction.

My JFK assassination conspiracy theory that it was a bad golf shot has yet to be disproved…. Because nobody has bothered to…

I really enjoyed Way Station by Simak. I must try more of his stuff.

More likely Jack Kirby read it. According to Jack, Stan didn't read anything.

Kind of an odd episode.

Great episode!

Interesting -- I didn't know The Green Brain was about insects. I thought he'd well covered that topic in Hellstrom's Hive!

I did not know there was a REH publishing, will have to check it out. Is there something equivalent to Edgar Rice Burroughs that you know of?

Keep reading the skies! Wait, what?

Executioner was in Immortal Thor the other month with Enchantress and the Minotaur.

You had a great reading week! Bow that Thor os done and you are moving on to FF, I'm going to join you. I have had the first 3 volumes sitting on my Kindle for a while and joining you is a great excuse to dive in 😀

I don 't even believe myself on the TH-cam. They are just opinions. Clearly it was a time travelling assassin or Thoth Amon involved ? That is a conspiracy that can run and run.

Great week! Ring Around the Sun sounds awesome… added to the list!

I wish Tainted Meat and Foul Play were adapted as Tales From the Crypt episodes. They would have been great to watch.

I suppose they said: we have to go with the Thor we’ve got/ since we can’t go with the Thor who’s not.

It's sad that the lizzard thing is fake :(

Great reading report. I'm glad Rocket Summer is working out for you and so many other people on booktube.

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I’m really hoping the appearance of the REH letters volume means your actually on their mailing list - you very much should be!

Just finished Travels of Jamie McPheeters . This is a Great coming of age story about a boy set in the old west. But it is not a shootemup. More a character study with humor and is a Great Read !

Love ERB. Really like REH. Conan with longer hair looks like my ex-wife