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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 3, 2017 4:39:39 GMT
Simple enough question.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 3, 2017 6:03:47 GMT
Today I read the October 1909 edition of the magazine "Edison Phonograph Monthly". This magazine was issued by the Edison company to be read by their dealers and jobbers, to provide advice on how to sell their cylinder records and cylinder record players. There magazine includes a list of new records to be issued in December (which includes some disturbing racism). There's also an article on Johann Strauss III, who had just been signed to the label. To me, the most interesting thing about the magazine was an article about the Amberola record player, which at $200 was very much a luxury. There is also talk of the Combination Gem phonograph, which cost $15 and was described by the magazine as being "within the reach of everyone". In fact, $15 was a lot of money in 1909, although to be fair, many people bought them on an installment plan. For those who want to read it and other 1909 editions of the magazine, the Library of Congress has uploaded a collection of them to the Internet Archive (though their scan is of a reprint from 1979 rather than the original scarce magazines): archive.org/details/edisonphonograph07moor |
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 3, 2017 16:06:09 GMT
Right now I'm re-reading The Survivor by the late great British writer James Herbert. Published in 1976, it was Herbert's first foray into supernatural horror, and oh man he really did a great job on the writing of some horrific and creepy parts. An absolutely terrifying story and it remains my favorite James Herbert book. For those not familiar with the story, it's about an airplane co-pilot who was the only survivor of a plane crash that occurred in a small town, and he tries to solve the mystery as to why he was able to just literally walk away from the crash while the rest of the crew and all passengers all died. Meanwhile, there's all kinds of demonic activity and unexplained deaths happening around the town.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 23:23:04 GMT
'Hornblower and the Atropos' by C.S. Forester.
Just finished watching the Hornblower series and this picks up where the series left off-still have the main character fresh in my mind- so it is fairly easy to imagine him in the book.
'Dark City 'The Lost World of Film Noir' by Eddie Muller.
Covers the post-WWII 'Film Noir' period in Hollywood, really enjoying this book, filled with great stills, production background stories and bio's of the leading stars and directors. Definitely worth checking out if your a novice like myself- of the three books that I picked up on Film Noir this one is the most fun.
Finished, 'A History of Architecture' by Spiro Kostof
A very large and informative book (800 illustrated pages) mostly covers Western Architecture with in-depth sections on Medieval and Gothic architecture, my favorite period, a bit light on Modern, just glances over Art Deco-another favorite period, mostly browsed over the more technical sections on urban development and industrial design, the book starts in the prehistoric period then covers almost every major architectural achievement throughout history- learned quite a bit.
'Murder on the Orient Express' by Agatha Christie,
Already knew the ending from watching the movie, just wanted to see if the story made more sense which it does- not the biggest mystery reader- have 'Little Sister' the 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler next in line though.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 4, 2017 2:15:07 GMT
Today I read two short stories from the 1907 book
Under the Bowdoin Pines. The stories in the books were written by students of Bowdoin College.
The two stories I read were:
Anna, 1864, written by Clement F. Robinson. Interesting story of college life, with a predictable twist ending. I enjoyed it.
The Thorndike Oak, written by Thaddeus Roberts Simonton, story of how the planting of a tree ensured that one guy would be remembered through the years.
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Post by howardschumann on Jun 5, 2017 2:59:57 GMT
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
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Post by Raimo47 on Jun 5, 2017 13:19:52 GMT
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King.
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Post by darknessfish on Jun 6, 2017 8:14:57 GMT
Emile Zola - The Earth
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Ed Moloney - A Secret History of the IRA
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Post by theravenking on Jun 7, 2017 15:28:34 GMT
Murder Impossible - an anthology of impossible crime stories
The first issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine
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Post by politicidal on Jun 9, 2017 21:40:43 GMT
Just finished Midnight in Peking by Paul French and am starting Michael Crichton's newest release, Dragon Teeth. Waited six months for this!
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Post by louise on Jun 11, 2017 19:04:22 GMT
Charles II by Antonia Fraser. very interesting.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 15, 2017 23:00:04 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 16, 2017 7:12:09 GMT
I just finished reading The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea.
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Post by theravenking on Jun 16, 2017 15:31:37 GMT
I just finished reading A New Leaf And Other Stories by Jack Ritchie - an excellent collection of short mystery tales.
Started reading Invitation To A Dynamite Party by Peter Lovesey. The previous two entries in the Cribb & Thackeray series were rather disappointing, I hope this will be better.
also reading:
My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories Of The Great Detective - An anthology of Sherlockian pastiches written by other people than Watson, among them C. Auguste Dupin and Mycroft Holmes.
The Theft Of The Iron Dogs by E.C.R. Lorac
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Post by sagenesse on Jun 17, 2017 5:29:22 GMT
I just finished reading A Child Named It. I just started What Ever Mother Says by Wensley Clarkson. It's a true crime book.
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Post by darknessfish on Jun 21, 2017 7:36:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 21:38:45 GMT
In the Bleak of Midwinter by Julia Spencer Fleming. It's about a cop and a reverend who get together and solve a crime. It's a series of 8 books I think. The cop is married when it starts out, but in later books she dies.
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Post by theravenking on Jun 22, 2017 11:20:52 GMT
I just finished re-reading Solomon’s Vineyard by Jonathan Latimer, a great underappreciated classic. I enjoyed it as much as the first time around. This must be one of the most entertaining noir novels ever written, at times it’s laugh-out loud hilarious. I wish there would’ve been more books featuring private eye Karl Craven.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 20:48:07 GMT
Finished The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster. I like Mr Fosters earlier writings in the 70's they seem more lively and imaginative. Just a light Sci-fi Adventure story and the tech is pretty good-so easy to just overlook by today's standards.
Starting the next book in the series Orphan Star- bought the next 6, read the series a number of years ago and I am finding it enjoyable for some on/off summer reading.
Also, The Shining by Stephen King (almost 700 pages in the paperback. Mr.Kings books are usually page turners and just fly through them).
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Post by sov on Jun 23, 2017 1:13:06 GMT
I started reading a collection of Adam Warlock comic books the other day. And I'm working toward the end of a novel set in the Arrowverse. When I finish that, I think I may reread War of the Worlds. I have this urge to read some H.G. Wells  |
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