The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[Fedora]

It's a live action Dr. Suess movie, made in the '50s with his supervision. Kinda corny, but interesting just the same. VERY catchy songs - though very odd.

Cool--I want to see that :) I also want to read his WWII cartoons sometime.

[Fedora]

Yeah, THAT Tikki Tikki Tembo! I adored that book. Mom must have been soooo sick of it.

I sometimes tease my Mom because she read that to me so many times but still can't remember TTT's full name :)

Star-bellied (and un-Star-bellied) Sneetches and Horton Hatches an Elephant were two we had on tape, which probably was a good thing...that and the pants with nobody inside 'em.

Oh, those pants were spooky! :) We had some records with the Horton stories on them. Also had a large collection of fairy tales on record, plus some Halloween ghost stories. I still have my Hobbit book and record set! :)

Also had Green Eggs and Ham memorized at one point. I could say the whole thing all the way through.

I think I had it memorized at one point but when I try to remember it now I always get the order confused. Think that's a good excuse to read it again. . . :)

Sigh...probably used up brain cells very early in life. It would explain a lot!

Hmm, interesting theory--maybe that's what happened to my brain--I knew it had to be something :)

[Fedora]

Yes, Mysterious Island was his sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, which is my favorite of his that I've read so far. I think In Search of the Castaways may have been a Disney movie inspired by his ideas that subsequently got turned into a book--I remember seeing that as a kid, but would need to look it up to remember the details. I also like his Journey to the Center of the Earth and From the Earth to the Moon a lot. If you like his technological details, I think From the Earth to the Moon is one of his best--it anticipated the actual NASA moon mission very closely. He wrote many other lesser-known works I still want to read--about trips to the Arctic and the Amazon and stuff. Didn't notice he said "verdure" and "quadrupeds" all the time, but I'll keep an eye out for that :) BTW, since you like that aspect of Mysterious Island, did you ever read Robinson Crusoe or Swiss Family Robinson?--I like those for the same reason.

[RosieCotton]

I don't think I liked his space works as much. I did really like Journey to the Center of the Earth - mostly I remember being fascinated by the decoding process, figuring out the runes.

Maybe the book I have isn't In Search of the Castaways...need to check. It's an older book, so I doubt it would have come after the movie. I actually haven't read it yet!

Looky what I found! I did read Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson. Liked Swiss Family Robinson better - I found Robinson Crusoe horribly self indulgent and irritating. But then I was pretty young when I read it and all the philosophical meandering annoyed me. I keep intending to read it again now that I'd understand it better. Ugh...I have far too many books to reread!

[Sam Cree]

I like Sherlock Holmes.

[Sam Cree]

That's not the house you are moving into, then?

[SuziQ]

Am back from White Sands

Lots of exploding things?

[Sam Cree]

A pretty great example of Victorian realist art located here:

http://virtualart.admin.tomsk.ru/eakins/eakins10.jpg

Note the lacy (and what we think of as typically Victorian, which I suppose it was) dress hanging on the chair next to the model who is posing for the ship carver William Rush.

Note the model, of course.

Thomas Eakins, American, 1877.

[300winmag]

Have to have all new graphics cards.

New models, or a whole new brand? What brand of graphics card is it, so I know what to avoid.

[Fedora]

> Looky what I found!

Cool link!--thanks :)

I liked the rune-decoding in Journey to the Center of the Earth, too. I also liked the idea there could be lost animals/civilizations underground. Edgar Rice Burroughs and A. Merritt (The Moon Pool) also did some cool stuff with that concept. On Robinson Crusoe, I guess I liked following the progress of his technological advancement and how that replicated the history of technological progress; maybe I was focused on that and ignored the self-indulgent philosophical meandering :)

Here's the In Search of the Castaways movie I'm thinking of:

In Search of the Castaways (1962)

If you scroll down the linked page, one reviewer mentions, "I'm not entirely sure, but based on a footnote in the Verne novel THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, I believe the book this is based on is actually titled "CAPTAIN GRANT'S CHILDREN". (Anyone who knows better, please let me know!)"

[Fedora]

I like Sherlock Holmes.

Me, too, though I've only read a little--actually only Hound of the Baskervilles, the rest I know from movie/radio adaptations. I'm planning to read some more. What are his best stories in your opinion?

[RosieCotton]

I like Sherlock Holmes.

I do, too...though in smallish doses, I admit. I don't tend to binge on Holmes like I do some other mysteries.

[RosieCotton]

If you scroll down the linked page, one reviewer mentions, "I'm not entirely sure, but based on a footnote in the Verne novel THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, I believe the book this is based on is actually titled "CAPTAIN GRANT'S CHILDREN". (Anyone who knows better, please let me know!)"

It's listed on the page I mentioned...so maybe it HAS been around. Possibly it has several titles? May also be one of those books that ended up with a different title in different countries.

[Fedora]

So that's actually an American Victorian painting rather than a British one? Interesting--when I think "Victorian" I usually think British first, but come to think of it there was a realist trend in American painting at that time, also, wasn't there? I remember looking at some paintings of the Old West that were done in a realist style--unfortunately I forget the artist, but they did a lot of frontier paintings.

[Fedora]

It's listed on the page I mentioned...so maybe it HAS been around. Possibly it has several titles? May also be one of those books that ended up with a different title in different countries.

I was guessing maybe it has several titles, too. Okay, now I'm obligated to read it and watch the movie again--add another one to the reading list :)

Re: your other post: What mysteries do you binge on?

[SuziQ]

I think next time I watch Bakshi LotR, I'm gonna have to MST3K it :)

Heh, that's what the gang did at Entmoot!

[SuziQ]

I thought 6 lbs was small too. Especially given that Elf-boy was 10 lbs 3 oz.

EEK! Elf-boy was born half-grown! Both Clare and David (#2 son) were 6lbs. 13 oz. and they were the smaller of our four.

[2Jedismom]

Oh we're BIG Hardy Boys fans around here! Just ask Rosie!

We're currently reading "The Great Airport Mystery". Now, this is not the re-done 1960s versions of the books...these are PHOTOCOPIES of the 1930 version! Put out by Applewood Press. I love them! They talk about now new and novel airplanes are and about Prohibition like it's a current event.

I get a kick out of them because even the ads are reprints! Tells you "Don't throw away the wrapper!" Because on the inside it tells you how to order more books!

Except it doesn't. Because it's from 1927 or so.

[g'nad]

yes... alot more... I still shoot muh crossbow, rifles, shotguns and pistols... got my own range on the homestead...

[SuziQ]

I'm sure I look like a damn fool in it, but have always liked the things

LOL! We are 'of an age' Sam, that it doesn't matter anymore! I was looking for a purple blouse the other day to wear to the Parish Mardi Gras party, and the lady asked if I was in the "Red Hat Society". I just laughed and said, "I'm old enough, but I was wearing purple LONG before purple was cool to wear!"