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With all those hands, I thought I'd mention, though I haven't read it, that Susan Hill has a ghost story called 'The Small Hand'.

I loved LT Meade’s hand story. I found it the best I’ve read of her so far.

Great one Roy love rereading your book and love the Nightland !!!

Fans of Terry Pratchett should definitely try Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.

I did recommend listening to Dickens on audiobook. His long sentences wash over you 😊

Now I want a William Morris audiobook that includes Dr. Jenny losing it in the background. Who do I contact to request this?

My favorite Victorian moment must be the first chapter of Bleak House, with the fog everywhere including court.

Favorite adaptation: MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL.

I’m doing the tag! I’m always horning in on your tags! But they are so fun!

A local nonprofit theater performs The Drunkard, a play based on the novel, every Saturday evening in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has been performed each Saturday since November 14, 1953. It is the longest continuously-running play in the US.

Hi Roy (and your wife in the background?). Quite a collection! I’m jealous of the Hammer books. I have mostly 1970/1980s tie-ins (Halloween/Halloween 2, The Fog, Fright Night, Friday the 13th, Battlestar Galactica, etc.) I am quite proud of my tie-ins of all 5 Planet of the Apes movies. And I picked up a bundle of Space 1999 books (mostly by Michael Butterworth) on e-bay. Keep on collecting and great reading to you. P.S. the novelisation of the fantasy video game ‘Diablo’ is quite good.

Famous Five were incredibly popular in Germany as audio drama in the 80s (and 90s i think) in Germany. The translation had some choice of phrases that would not be considered politically correct today anymore and were very much "of their time". To me it just signals how we as society progress. FGrom the few books I read of EB in English, i think the original writing was softer. I think they are still very enjoyable books, especially Famous Five with the privileged setting feel today almost more like a fantasy novel than back in my youth.

Great advice for starting your victorian lit journey! I especially like the tip to use audiobooks

I had no desire for more Dracula, but this new film, Nosferatu, looks amazing.

Roy, great video! My wife wasn't a reader in high school until her English teacher told her to try Jane Austen. He gave her the book, saying she would like reading it. She read Pride and Prejudice and loved it. And she has been a reader ever since. Thanks again for the videos! Oh, I got a digital book of the complete John Silence! Take care!

William Morris wrote beautifully and with greatly detailed descriptions so that one pictures everything, and was such a fine designer and poet, but his writings won't appeal to minimalist modernists. He was a romantic medievalist, and ladies and gentlemen of that ilk will enjoy his writings much more. I read two of his books years ago, and have two or three more (and lots on his art and design) I haven't got to yet, but one of these days I will settle down and begin another one of them. One thing I try to avoid in Victorian novels is very sad and depressing stories, but so many of them are! At least with Charles Dickens he would usually throw in some funny and silly things to help balance out the sadness a bit! That's why I've only read a little bit of Thomas Hardy, as I think he is dreary, even though I read his least dreary books, and doubt I will read more. Roy, I think it's great that you made such an effort with your Victorian studies and earned your degree, and I appreciate your unique, in-depth videos. Lori

My parents had that LP, and I have the CD. But why play it? The songs are ingrained. “There’s a little ditty they’re singing in the city….” I must look out for that _Daniel Deronda._

Is that William Morris as in the interior designer?! So interesting to hear how you got involved in your studies.

EEEEK! a Rah-Rah Rasputin reference! Dr. Jennie, I'm shocked at the depths of your decadence! I saw stills from THE REPTILE in issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland when I was a kid, but I've never seen that movie. I've contended for years CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is the worst possible film adaptation of a kid's book. It had no reason to be so bad.

That Young Magicians anthology was a favourite during my teenage years. It still has a powerful allure now...

Wow those are amazing covers.

And others... Why? Ruined your title

Lots of great options! Not too sure about the kidney pie though.

Now, *there's* a coincidence....it seems I've already made an early start on the 'Tember challenge; I'm three books into the Space 1999 novelisations: "The Space Guardians" by Brian Ball. From the sounds of it, John Burke was a more versatile writer than his American counterpart; Alan Dean Foster; who (as far as I know) only wrote SF. When I hear "Avengers", my thoughts run more to The *New* Avengers - Stead, Gambit and Purdy. 😏 And if they were going to bring out a Crossroads cookery book, I'd have thought the "author" would have been Shughie McFee. 😁

Some gorgeous editions there!

Damn. A Waltons book. Learned to appreciate this show in my middle age...Little House On The Prairie too. Beats the fare on the HALLMARK Channel. 12:53

Gosh, those are just wonderful covers! Love the music choice too!

This is such a fun idea, and I've got so many novelizations already that I could easily throw together a TBR to fit each prompt. At first I wasn't even sure if I had any for the tabletop games category, until I remembered I own far too many books based off of the World of Darkness. 😂 So I guess this gives me the perfect excuse to actually read some of them. I love all the random ephemera that you seem to find, Roy. Paperback cookery books based off of British dramas and soaps was not something I expected to see. It'd be a lot of fun if you made a video preparing some of these dishes. 😊 But that'd probably be a bit of an undertaking. Still, I'd watch it. 😉 I've got a pretty busy November, so I don't know if I'll be able to get to every single prompt, but I'll try to slip in at least one novelization, just for funsies.

What a handsome kitty! 😜 Never seen these old Panthers before, love 'em 🥰

Wow. What a fabulous collection. No one else but you could deliver everything from sci-fi to The Smurfs via The Waltons. Brilliant 😊

I love Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! 😱 I loved singing the songs and have a DVD which a sing-along version lol. 😁 Lots of interesting books, enjoy!

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Since you mentioned it: my friend James Wallis wrote some Sonic the Hedgehog tie-ins back when. He mostly had fun with them, but does not claim they’re good. Also, OMG, the Bee-Gees Yellow Submarine movie was so bad. And the novelization does not help. You’ll love it, for perhaps a Richard Laymon-esque sense of “love”.

Anything by Josh Reynolds is worth a look. He's been in a few issues of ODM. I'd quite like a copy of that Song of Carcosa book.

This is awesome! Thanks for participating! Can't wait to see how these go!