The things I read in November are mostly as expected: scifi and mystery from 1890s to early 1960s. Good old #ACD is there, as are #JohnWyndham & #BenBova. The surprise was Seven Uni-verses, cool #space poetry by Jatan Mehta @moonmehta.bsky.social.
#TheBeetle by #RichardMarsh was brilliant!
#Booksky
This novel was written in 1897 and it is WILD. We got shapeshifting, we got hypnosis, we got kidnapping, we got blood cults and human sacrifices, we got a ridiculous amount of xenophobia, we got train wrecks and explosions. 1897??? WTF RICHARD 😂 #TheBeetle #RichardMarsh #SupernaturalHorror #Booksky
This is a #scarce #FirstUSEdition of a 1907 #romantic #mystery which was published in #England with the title "The Girl and the Miracle." Its #author began using #RichardMarsh as a #pseudonym after serving 18 months #hardlabour for passing bad cheques. $125. #Booksky #crime #prettybooks #oldbooks
Righto. If you get a chance, GO AND SEE THIS! I went tonight, and it was wonderful! It's a love letter to Die Hard with so much humour, quality and emotion. I'm not a theatre-going chap, but this is ace!! On tour in the UK now. Highly recommend it. ykylive.com #diehard #Richardmarsh #Darrelbailey
The Broadview Press edition of The Beetle, with a black-and-white cover that includes a vintage photo of a mysterious woman walking away from men who are slightly out of focus. There is an ominous atmosphere in the photo, as if things aren't as they seem.
#Halloween Countdown, Day 19
Let's wrap up this portion of the countdown with a #Gothic classic that was published the same year as the now-better-known Dracula: The Beetle (1897) by #RichardMarsh.
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In my youth I owned the Amateur Coleopterist's Handbook & was a member of the Balfour-Browne Club dedicated to water beetle research. Now much older, if little wiser, I'm still collecting beetles #TheBeetle #RichardMarsh #Victorianfiction #Gothic #Egypt #horror
