What Books Have You Bought Recently?

[Inspector Abberline]

The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window....

A great book on watching television in Britain in the 1970s,from Why Don't You to Children of the Stone and all the cult movies that would appear on late night regional television...no one under 50 need apply...(f**k off back to your Ipads beardy hipsters..)

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[Rob4]

I just got this through the post for my nostalgia fix...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

There don't seem to be any new coffee table books out this Autumn for mass market consumption in the genres we know and love.

Remember when we got things like The Hammer Vault and John Landis Monsters in the Movies every year and now nothing.

I know that specialist publishers have released books on Hammer stuffed with lobby cards but they are around fifty quid in hardback which is too much in my opinion.

There doesn't seem to be any new Doctor Who coffee table books either. Perhaps they've run out of ideas.

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

There don't seem to be any new coffee table books out this Autumn for mass market consumption in the genres we know and love.

Remember when we got things like The Hammer Vault and John Landis Monsters in the Movies every year and now nothing.

I know that specialist publishers have released books on Hammer stuffed with lobby cards but they are around fifty quid in hardback which is too much in my opinion.

There doesn't seem to be any new Doctor Who coffee table books either. Perhaps they've run out of ideas.

Message to Stephen Thrower - where the hell is Nightmare USA 2? It's been like 7 years since it was teased!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Message to Stephen Thrower - where the hell is Nightmare USA 2? It's been like 7 years since it was teased!

He's very slow.

It took years for The second Franco book to arrive. Ended up getting published about two years after it was supposed to. They kept pushing back my Amazon order.

[Justin101]

Give the guy a break those books are monsters!!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Give the guy a break those books are monsters!!

When authors deliver a new 600 page novel each year (Looking at you among others Stephen King) you'd think Thrower could write a book in six years.

He probably needs vigorous editing if his interview on the 88 Splatter University disc is anything to go by as he constantly repeats himself.

This post is in jest by the way. I have no idea if Stephen Thrower is even writing a new book.

If he is then that's fantastic because the ones i have are ****ing superb!

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Give the guy a break those books are monsters!!

It will be a monster if ever completed. According to the tease in Volume 1 it was going to include 24 chapters on individual filmakers plus a 120 title review section.

When I read Volume 1 most of the films mentioned hadn't seen the light of day making the book a sort of map to buried (illicit!) treasure. My concern is that these independent movies are arriving so thick and fast on BR now the book might not seem that attractive or interesting from an archaelogical point of view.

Having said that, it's day one for me...