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This past year I've been revisiting older books I love that most people won't know about today. This is one of three that were published before 1950, and made into movies that are now regarded as classics. This one became a 1942 hit starring a young Ray Milland.
But as so often happens--the books are all much (much) better than the films! And in this case, the film is quite a bit better than most "ghost stories," but the book is a really good novel, genre or not.
Dorothy Macardle's The Uninvited is a believably disturbing ghost story set in a beautiful place, with intelligent characters and just the right touch of romance. Every time I re-read it, I feel like I've re-met old friends, and revisited provocative ideas about the nature of supernatural experience. I love Macardle's detailed, highly descriptive writing, as well as her ability to create a…
A gothic, bone-chilling Irish ghost story first published in 1941 and now brought back into print. The title benefits from an introduction by well-known academic Professor Luke Gibbons and Martin Scorsese and various critics, including William K. Everson and Leonard Maltin, regard The Uninvited as one of the best ghost stories ever filmed.
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
During the past year I've been revisiting older books I love that most people won't know about today. This is one of three that were published before 1950, and made into movies that are now regarded as classics. In this case, a 1955 film with Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, and a dazzling array of "special effects."
Most of the plot was missing though! And it's the intricate, interesting plot that makes Jones's novel more than worth a read. It's a bit dated now, as you can definitely recognize the influence of Cold War politics. But the human characters are more than believable, and the alien culture is very well-imagined. Plus--if you're reading it for the first time, there are some actual plot surprises.
This Island Earth not only offers an absorbing read, but also raises some interesting moral and philosophical questions. Plus there's a strong female character, which wasn't always…
In 1949 and 1950 a science fiction serial by Raymond F. Jones appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories. Within half a decade that serial would make history as the basis of the first science fiction movie about interstellar travel and interstellar war. The next Hollywood movie to venture to another solar system was Forbidden Planet, a wholly original construct of the prestige studio MGM. But solid, reliable Universal Studios was there first...long before Star Trek.
This Island Earth was really the first Star Wars. Colorful, spectacular, wildly imaginative, it lived up to everything its agent could possibly want, a man who…
