Thanks to the outer gods for Arkham House. As you said if it was not for them Lovecraft may have been some horribly obscure writer and I may have not discovered his wonderous works. Also thanks for showing some of those beautiful books and talking about the imprints, which I had no idea of.

Pretttttty sure there’s going to be at least a couple more Osten Ard novels now that I’ve finished The Navigator’s Children.

I think that’s the only time I’ve ever heard somebody bring up her Majesty‘s Secret Service and not mention the Sean Connery debacle and George Lassen be taking over the role for that film

Excellent overview!

Thanks to Captain Midnight for the recommendation

The King of Elfland's Daughter is one of my all-time favorites. Absolutely gorgeous.

His voice is like a silky whisky

Do you have to be a whispering Mike Rowe? I mean…library, but still.

Guinevere AND Lancealot? as in both?

The first Kay book that I stumbled upon was 'A Brightness Long Ago'. An incredible masterpiece.

I grew up reading The Three Investigators and came to know that it's your favorite too! Have you ever tried the German Translations or recommended those to anyone? I have read 97 of them.

Bookworms only weirdos read books

As a big cinematic Bond fan, I'm finally getting around to reading the books. My lovely GF got me the old Signet paperbacks from the 60s, and it's been a blast reading them. I'd say that my opinions on the books, and their relation to the films, is about on-par with what yours is. I've (mostly) enjoyed the earlier books more, and can see where Fleming was wavering as time went on. Hell, I enjoyed The Diamond Smugglers more than Diamonds Are Forever, which I think goes to show how Fleming felt too. Thanks for the excellent video! Your analysis was recommended as a sidebar here on YT, but I'm looking forward to diving into your other videos!

Personally a huge fan of Bernard Cromwell's Warlord Chronicles. A solid, swashbuckling historical retelling of the Arthur set in post-Roman Britain during the Saxon migration. Quite a lot of fun.

I can't be the only one that thinks that the trilogy written by Rosalind miles starting with "Queen of the summer country" was the most exciting page turner that had me riveted to keep turning those pages.👏📚🔖..MUST READ ..THANK ME LATER

It looks like there's a fair bit of overlap between the titles in the Ballantine series and David Pringle's list of 100 Best Modern Fantasy Books. I definitely want to try and make my way through as many of these titles as I can in the coming years. I'll take these works over Brandon Sanderson anyday. Fantastic documentary 👍

Library Ladder, are you familiar with the work Michael Moorecock did with the rock bands Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult?

Peter David's Modern Arthur trilogy, Knight Life, One Knight Only and Fall of Knight are really good.

I've read Mists of Avalon so many times it's falling apart! I've been into Aruthurian legend most of my adult life, am 78. This books original take is literally like no other. It's very mystical and magical, involving the Isle of Avalon. Pulls you in. I literally have a hard time putting it down.

Why do people even lisin to this creator at all they use ai to respond to comments

He should be reading to terminal patients in hospitals across the country......his voice is perfect..... he could be reading the phone book

Not only did I watch "Perry Mason" on television (in Japan in Japanese), I also read every Perry Mason novel available at our university library. As I read the books, I pictured Raymond Burr as the lead character.

Interesting In high school I wrote a paper comparing different versions of the King Arthur story with drawings I did of key moments. The teacher didn’t like the drawings because she said it wasn’t part of the assignment so I received a disappointing grade. Later in college I turned in another version of the same paper and received an A+ as the professor especially loved the drawings. Just discovered your channel today, definitely subscribing 😎🤙

I bet this dude's greatest fear is fire.

Great show.

brilliant ..subscribed

Loved this video, but it has one glaring omission. What word did Fleming's friend come up with to describe a woman exhaling cigarette smoke?

I read Goldfinger and From Russia With Love... VERY different from the movies!

Darn, I didn't realize you had done a video on Perry Mason! I loved the Raymond Burr TV show and was inspired to read the novels. I think I've read all of them. It's interesting that in the first novel, The Case of the Velvet Claws, there is no courtroom scene. He resolves it before getting into court. Also, sure, Mason does unethical things, but not entirely without consequence. Several time he was threatened with investigations of his misconduct and/or disbarment proceedings, which he narrowly avoids by solving the case and proving who the real culprit is. Aso, The Case of the Musical Cow, even though its title seems to follow the same pattern as the titles of the Mason novels, is not in fact a Perry Mason novel. It's still a pretty good novel though. For the Mason titles, Gardner preferred using alliteration, as in the The Case of the Mythical Monkeys or the The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe. Some of Gardner's other writings are also fun, especially the Donald Lam and Bertha Cool stories. The D.A. series is shorter, harder to find, and a bit more uneven, as are the Grandpa Wiggins stories.

People who haven't read the early Perry Mason novels don't know what they're missing. Masterpieces of darkness, all of them. The bleak view of human nature, Perry's secretive approach to running the case, Della's ingenuity and resourcefulness when left without clear instructions, Perry's monumental respect for her, twisting the law to its limits to buy time. . . To me ESG and Mickey Spillane are head and shoulders above all other American crime fiction.

Been my favorite series since 1983….totally scratch the third one though! Read The Gap series instead

Came for the Bond books analysis. Stayed for the ASMR.

"I have to place them in an easily escapable situation. . ."

Thanks, I've never hear of this author. Wonderful video. I am going to buy one of his books.

You have a great voice Prof. Better than many audiobook narrators I've listened to.

I've been a bond fan thanks to my father (a baby boomer)so he got started in the old-school Connery films, thru the years I have appreciated how it has changed and evolved, yet my favourite bond is Timothy Dalton (in part because he looked a lot like my father) and his Bond was brutal and more realistic, (pretty criticized in the past but Craig is 100% Copy paste of this portrail), then Lazenby did a great great job considering He had never acted, I dunno why all the hate for his Bond, and actually it was very well received in the past actually he was offered 5 films and due to probably the worst advice ever he dropped from franchise...(maybe he's swtill banging his head on the wall to this day).....ok so in my very opinion my favourite film from each Bond are:.....From Russia with love, In her majesty..., For your eyes only, Licence to Kill, Golden Eye and Sky fall.... stay kool!

Thomas is a great character. The best. I like him. Im sorry no. Thomas is the hero. I dont agree with you at all.

The original Iseki story.

Dr. No is a really good Bond novel.

LIVE AND LET DIE is one of the most entertaining Bond books.

Very enjoyable and informative. Great info for someone who used to be into Bond but is no longer and probably never read the books. It was a shock when I realized movies usually didn't totally represent the books they were based on. Was excited for the remake of 'Walking Tall' and then tried to watch it and turned it off. Movies are all about making $$ and shocking the viewer and just because a book sells X # of copies doesn't necessarily mean its material for a film.

Why do I imagine you telling me this, about an inch from the nape of my neck? 🤔

Just finished Dr No a couple of days ago. After reading a couple other Bond books that basically just shared the title with the movie, I was surprised how close the Dr No book and movie were to each other.

Oh, right thrift stores have books! But how do you deal with books from thrift stores? The conditions could vary. That said how do you go about mold or just general book cleaning?

Live And Let Die is my favourite Bond movie...highly entertaining...no comment on the books as i tried reading one but gave up after about 6 pages

I grew up with Mary Stewart's books. I was in love with Merlin until Mordred came along and ever since, I've disliked every Mordred character in every other work in Arthuriana that portrays him as a villain. My favorite scene, however, is when Merlin finally reveals to Arthur who his true father is, Uther, the last High King. And he's surprised that Arthur is actually disappointed. Arthur had hoped that _Merlin_ was his father, he basically raised him after all. Sir Ector protected him but it was Merlin who was had show interest to a lonely boy who only knew he was a bastard living on charity.

I read all of the Flemming books in the late 60s thru mid 70s. I continued reading the series up until 10-15 years ago. I just lost interest in reading. Anything. I think Raymond Benson came closest to finding Flemming's "voice" in his books. A year ago, I did listen (in order) to the audio book versions of the Flemming novels.

Great video! I read all the books in 2024. I actually preferred the short stories, because he was just able to get out a quick anecdote -- like Bond hunting down a guy who stole Nazi gold -- without needing to be stretched.