Looking for something else to read? Take a stroll through the neglected books page and find your own 'good books that almost nobody else has read.' I consider myself something of a fringe reader (in that I am not all that excited about the reading from the bestseller list) so this website should prove quite valuable to me. I have seen quite a few links on their pages to many of my other favorite internet book sites in just my first few minutes of browsing.
They offer an RSS feed to help you keep up with their frequent updates.
I picked up this 1968 Pinocchio book at the local thrift store because I really loved the interior artwork. Very minimal yet very stylish. I have scanned twenty images and included them in a CBZ file if you are interested in seeing more.
Well of course it's just one person's opinion but if you are a fan of the genre you will no doubt be surprised by many titles on the list (and it may help you to decide what to read next).
This site is technically a storefront but I just love to browse the old paperback covers from almost any genre that I can imagine. Prices range anywhere from $4 to hundreds of dollars but the books are well organized and it's almost like going to a paperback museum.
Brilliant marketing ploy in the making here! Not only are a bunch of us going to link to this and drive lots of traffic there but all of these books are for sale and many of them are quite reasonably priced.
Complete series included in this archive: Tarzan, Barsoom (John Carter of Mars), Pellucidar, Venus, and The Land That Time Forgot.
This archive also includes many 'singles' for a total of over 40 books. If you have never read these and you have something can read the EPUB format (ebook reader, PC, pocket PC/blackberry/iPhone) I highly recommend them, especially the Barsoom series!
N. C. Wyeth's Robin Hood illustrations are second to none and a big reason why I started collecting illustrated Robin Hood books. Take a peek at this link compliments of Golden Age Comic Book Stories.
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Alternative Comix (a blog that was new to me) posts a lot of great older comics and books. Follow the link for the Tell-A-Tale book Donald Duck in Frontierland.
I just finished reading this one and couldn't wait to recommend it to my readers! Lots of great stuff in here including interviews with most of the living comics luminaries that turned the medium into what it is today. It is truly amazing to read exactly what went on in this age of McCarthyism, the "red scare', and many other forms of censorship. Screw the bill of rights! Have we still not learned or does this thing (the Bill of Rights) only apply to those from which we wish to hear what they have to say?
I bought the ebook at fictionwise.com but you can get the hardback from Amazon right now or you can pre-order the softcover (releasing in February) for a few dollars less. I highly recommend this one!
I asked my wife to get me this book for Christmas. She ordered it from the publisher because they were having a sale, they shipped it, and I answered the door when the UPS man delivered a package that was labeled on the outside 'From: Chronicle Books Contents: Cartoon Modern.' This ended up being a good thing for me as she just gave it to me on the spot and said 'Merry Christmas.'
I immediately dove in to the book and fell instantly in love with the many illustrations from 1950's and 1960's animation studios and I give it my highest recommendation for any animation fan. The book's coverage delves deeply into all popular animation from the time period including tv, commercials, movies, and more. This book leaves me itching for much more and will provide a nice reference for me as I now try to collect some exmples of the actual content that is discussed within.
If you still are not convinced that this book is a must-own, go here and see the Google books preview.
List price is $40 but there are some books available for about twenty bucks at Amazon.
In searching for information for this post I also found that there is a cartoon modern blog that gets frequent updates so check it out!
Dr. Pepper Snack Bar Commercial (featured in the book)
The Forbidden Library is a website devoted to banned books. You can't actually check out any of the books (or even download!) but it is a nice list of 'controversial' books throughout history. There are links to purchase the titles but most of them appear to me to be public domain and can be easily obtained on the net from Project Gutenberg or any of the other usual sources.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (An Evergreen book) by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
I just finished reading this and thought I would share a few comments. First, the title is very misleading. It's not so much a history of PUNK but more so the New York music scene in the days leading up to the PUNK movement. There are a few small chapters about the Sex Pistols but even those deal more with Sid and Nancy AFTER THEY MOVED TO NEW YORK!If you want to read about some of the pioneering New York bands that this is a recommended read (The New York Dolls, The Ramones and the Velvet Underground get a majority of this book but there is also a lot of information about Patty Smith, Television, The MC5, The Stooges (mainly Iggy Pop AFTER HE MOVED TO NEW YORK!).
There is really no mention of any other early punk bands short of the Pistols so if you are looking for that you should look elsewhere (ENGLAND'S DREAMING by Jon Savage or RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN by Simon Reynolds are both great places to start).
I found my copy of this book at Powell's in Portland for about ten bucks but you can get them on Amazon for six bucks or so if you go used. It is a nice first hand account of pre-punk New York history using interview from most of the primary players of the era and for that I can recommend it.
I was in the mood for a little light reading on my pocket pc so I browsed the rapidly increasing inventory of free vintage pulp fiction ebooks on the net and finally settled on this one (and a bunch more that I will be reading in the coming months and reviewing here).
What you get is pretty much your standard vintage murder mystery novel here. Three murders and a cartload of suspects make for a quick and enjoyable read in the classic detective genre. As I was reading this I could almost see the vintage black and white 'b' picture that would have accompanied this story.
I just signed up so I can't verify anything but it looks cool - you sign up for their mailing list and they send you a link to a free ebook each week. Probably similar to Baen's idea of giving out the first books of series free and then charging you for the rest after you are hooked and kind of like your neighborhood heroin dealer but I like free.
I have a real soft-spot for 1950's short story science-fiction, the 'golden-age' of science fiction literature in my opinion. I love the youthful exuberance and unabashed optimism that emanates from this pre-1960's Vietnam/Civil Rights/Nixon era of literature. Of course we now know that most of this stuff is absolutely impossible but the authors of this age wrote with such an innocence that my generation (I was born in 1967) and future generations will surely never experience.
Included in this volume are the classic Star Bright in which a young girl has superpowers that noone could possibly understand, A Woman's Place - a very early feminist work, and four or five other classics.
Mark Clifton may not be well known today but his writing is right up there with the other giants of the age. This collection is only available in ebook format but the stories are available elsewhere if you prefer a paper version.
