Finally reading this! I've owned it for ages.
Wow, what a neat book! I can really see why people were so affected by this. It's a little dated in spots (it doesn't deal with homosexuality much at all, really) but I enjoyed it. Bits of it are kind of cheesy but I loved the way Heinlein created such a radically different culture for the martians and looked at how it might interact with the culture of humans. Wonderful!
by Anton Kaes
This is part of the BFI Film Classics series, and it covers the brilliant Fritz Lang movie "M," which starred Peter Lorre. This was Lang's first sound film, and it ROCKS.
Anyway.
The book is cool, if slim, and it talks about all kinds of things, including Lang's use of parallel visuals and sound to build tension and make a point. This is a great movie, and it's out on DVD. It's worth seeing, and then this book is worth reading to get more out of the film.
by Andre Norton, Illustrated by Robin Jaques
What a charming little fantasy! Three kids go exploring in the garden and find a portal to another world... where they have to find three magical items needed in the war against evil before they can go home. It's pretty simplistic, and definitely a young adult book, but I liked it.
by Martin Ebon
Wow, this is an old collection of essays about the occult, and it varies from mildly amusing to really annoying. The folks who wrote most of it don't differentiate between different branches of the occult (witchcraft = Satanism = new-Paganism). Still, it's an interesting look at what people thought about the occult back when it was written (in 1963).
Got this as a Christmas gift and so far am really enjoying it! Lots of Peanuts cartoons, with little essays by established authors mixed in.
by Jody Lynn Nye
What a charming little book! Nothing groundbreaking or anything, but rather fun and I'm curious to read the other books in the series.