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My #HHS package went out this afternoon. @BookwormAHN you should get your box on Wednesday. It‘s coming UPS. 🙂🎃🖤 @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🧡 1mo

BookwormAHN Yay, thanks 🖤 1mo

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DeeLew

Halloween: A Novel | Curtis Richards

My #HHS package came yesterday! Yay!
@wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🧡 2mo

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Leftcoastzen

American Graffiti: A Screenplay | George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck

#TuesdayTunes when American Graffiti came out it was some young people‘s first exposure to 50s & early 60s music .The film had bit parts for the then not well known Harrison Ford & Suzanne Summers. What stands out from the Big Chill, Rolling Stones “You can‘t Always Get What You Want” could be considered a key song in the plot. Not uncommon in that era for a group to allow it in film but not the soundtrack. To garner sales for their album?

TieDyeDude

TieDyeDude Interesting. I didn\'t know that about the Stones. Big Chill was a big soundtrack for us growing up. It was one of my dad\'s favorites. 2mo

Leftcoastzen @TieDyeDude rights to music can be tricky. I heard that they never issued the complete Drew Carey Show because of music rights. Some artists are ok with it appearing in a show or movie but not cool when it turns marketable by units , like albums & DVDs . 2mo

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Bookwomble

Sapphire And Steel | P.J. Hammond

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I unashamedly give this 5 💎, while accepting that at least one of those points is due to nostalgia. However, given this has feels of the Edwardian ghost stories of E.F. Benson and M.R. James crossed with a sci-fi take on higher-dimensional physics, with multiversal entities engaged in an eons-long conflict waged between malignant psychic incursions and anthropomorphic elemental beings, it's right in my wheelhouse, anyway.

Bookwomble It helps that the novelisation author is also the creator-screenwriter of the TV show, so it's entirely authentic, and reading the book felt just like watching the show. 4mo

TieDyeDude I never heard of this, but it sounds exciting. Is it just the one book? It looks like the TV series is available on Tubi in the US. 4mo

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude Yeah, they only released one novelisation of the first storyline. The show had five or six storylines, of which the second is probably my favourite, featuring an abandoned train station haunted by WWI soldiers, and other entities, but they're all good. Worth a try if you like the low budget but well-scripted feel of, say, '70s Doctor Who 🙂 4mo

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Bookwomble

Sapphire And Steel | P.J. Hammond

"The figure raised its head very slowly and then turned its body, equally slowly, to face Rob.
The figure has no face. No features. There was only a darkness under the strands of hair, where a face should have been. Just a blackness. A nothingness."

There's some creepily effective descriptions from Hammond, as befits a screenwriter, but I had to restrain myself from adjusting the punctuation towards the end ?

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Bookwomble

Sapphire And Steel | P.J. Hammond

"All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension.
Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life.
Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel.
Sapphire and Steel have been assigned."

This quote is from the TV show opening credits rather than the book, and is about the only explanation given about who/what the MCs are. Wonderfully enigmatic ?

Bookwomble You Tube clip of said opening credits, with '70s radiophonic theme and portentously overblown actorly diction - love it!: https://youtu.be/A_ACM8DYj8c?si=u_GQnFx7WQ5Ak6qo 4mo

TheBookHippie This art. Stunning. 4mo

The_Book_Ninja I read this post before I went to bed last night. And it made me dream about the show! It‘s available to watch on ITVX I might just give it a watch. It‘s been so long since I saw it 4mo

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Bookwomble @TheBookHippie I liked how this came out, too. I've about 100 other tries that made them both look like they'd had bad plastic surgery! 😄 4mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwomble 😅 4mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja As long as you forgive the late '70s production values, the performances and writing are still excellent. That said, the Second Assignment, about the haunted railway station, the set design and effects are creepy as fuck! 😱 I think the show holds up really well. There's been talk of a reboot over the years, but I wonder if a new production could resist the temptation to give backstory to S&S, which I think would be a mistake. 4mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble No reboots please. There isn‘t an actor around nowadays that has iconic McCallum hair. 4mo

The_Book_Ninja Also…. https://youtu.be/y05mMRJrUnE?si=yQJn0o9jk80B8CCK 4mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja That track stands up for itself! I was trying to figure out what DM's contribution to the music was, and I see that he conducted the musicians. I was waiting for him to sing to see if he was better or worse than Shatner! 😂 4mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Who “sings” best, The Shatt or Nimoy?🤣 (edited) 4mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Well, they're both execrable, aren't they? I do, however, have "Shatner Clause", Bill's Christmas duets album, in which he is so knowingly bad it's kinda good, and then he's singing with some great artists, like Iggy Pop, so it is fun ? 4mo

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Bookwomble

Sapphire And Steel | P.J. Hammond

#BookHaul
Weirdly, I was not only thinking about Sapphire and Steel a couple of days ago, but had an online trawl for the novelisation and decided it was that bit more than I wanted to pay, only to find it today at the same bit more, but the nice man accepted a lower offer, so here it is! 💎🔩😍
The Frank Herbert has a great Ian Miller cover, and it's Frank Herbert 😁
Human? Has some big name authors, and also another fantastic cover!
Happy 😊

The_Book_Ninja Nice! 4mo

RamsFan1963 I remember the Sapphire & Steel TV series, and my huge crush on Lumley, but I didn't know there were books about them. 4mo

Bookwomble @RamsFan1963 There's only one novelisation by the creator, and there was one annual aimed at younger readers. I think there's some fanfic books, and there's a series of Big Finish audio dramas with different actors, but otherwise, this one is it, which I'll be reading next 😊 And, yeah, Joanna was a great choice for the show. She and McCallum took up a big slice of budget, but their performances made it better than its production values. 4mo

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RamsFan1963 @Bookwomble I'm not clear on my timeline, but Sapphire & Steel was after McCallum starred in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. right? 4mo

Bookwomble @RamsFan1963 Right. I don't know the exact dates for UNCLE without looking it up, but I'd have thought late '60s. Sapphire and Steel aired in 1979 to early '80s 🙂 4mo

Suet624 Ilya from the man from uncle! My heartthrob. 4mo

tournevis Good haul! 4mo

Bookwomble @Suet624 He's a stylish dude. I only vaguely remember UNCLE, it must have been on at a funny time or aired against a show my dad wanted to watch instead, but I remember him more clearly from his '70s version of The Invisible Man - did you see that one? 4mo

Bookwomble @tournevis Yeah, I was chuffed to little mint balls to find these 😊 4mo

Suet624 No, I didn‘t see that one. However, I saw him in person a number of times when I worked at Burton snowboards HQ. He was somehow related to Jake or his wife. He had an alcohol problem at the time and sadly he was no longer gorgeous. Thankfully, he cleaned himself up eventually. 4mo

Bookwomble @Suet624 His second wife was Katherine Carpenter, so perhaps she was Jake Carpenter's sister? Sad to hear he went through a stage of alcohol misuse, and positive that he came safely through that. He passed away last year at the age of 90, which is a respectable age, and he's generally spoken of with affection, which isn't a bad legacy ❤️ 4mo

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Twainy

The Predator: The Official Movie Novelization | Mark Morris, Christopher Golden

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I love B movies, just so you know where I‘m coming from before I tell you that I really enjoyed this book!

I love the original movie!

This was a fun story! A predator … a super predator … a military man … a group of men with guns … an autistic son … a predator dog!! ♥️

Good narration! I want to read another Predator book!!

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Leftcoastzen

American Graffiti: A Screenplay | George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck

#TLT #ThreeListThursday
I realize this is pretty f*****n ridiculous, but true! Wow, lots of movies!
Can‘t just list 3 American Graffiti, Animal House, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now,Cabaret ,The Way We Were, Star Wars, One Flew Over The Cuckoo‘s Nest,The Jerk. I‘m tired now

dabbe

dabbe I humbly bow to you, Queen of the 70s Movies! 🙇‍♀️ Thanks for sharing! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

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TieDyeDude

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Novel | George Lucas, Campbell Black, Lawrence Kasdan

#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

I wasn't going to participate originally, because I didn't want to rack my brain for 80's pop songs, but I thought of a category I could narrow down enough, soundtrack scores 😁

🎷 Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone from The Mission
🐍 Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams
🦇 Theme from Batman (1989) by Danny Elfman

TheBookHippie John Williams is fantastic! 7mo

CatLass007 I‘m not familiar with The Mission. Was it based on a book? I think you‘ve done an excellent job of narrowing down your category. I‘m fairly certain that if I started thinking of music from the 70s or 80s or any other decade, I‘d have those songs running through my head for the rest of the year. John Williams‘ Raiders of the Lost Ark theme is very memorable. But I remember very vividly sitting in the theater watching the maze that became (cont)⬇️ 7mo

CatLass007 the Batman symbol and almost physically being pulled in by the music. Not long ago I was having a conversation with my brother about that scene and I said something about Seal singing Kiss from a Rose for the movie and he had no idea who or what I was talking about. Everyone thought Michael Keaton was going to be a terrible Batman, but he was fabulous! 7mo

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dabbe Added to our new Spotify Playlist: LITSY SONGS OF THE 1980s! Thanks for sharing! 🤩🎶🤩

Click below for the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5sZRAAKVORN1SRh7S6l60g 7mo

archaeolibrarianologist
1. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew: My favorite vampire song 2. The Final Countdown - Europe: My impending apocalypse theme song 3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears: My popcorn song (IYKYK) 7mo

Itchyfeetreader @dabbe late to the party but adding a couple of personal faves that I don‘t think you already have 1. Karma chameleon by culture club, how will I know by Whitney and for something a bit different your latest trick by dire straits 7mo

dabbe @archaeolibrarianologist All are now on the playlist! 🤩 7mo

dabbe @Itchyfeetreader All are now on the playlist! 🤩 7mo

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