Marc Todd

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D
is for this novel whose main character, Rudy Waltz commits accidental manslaughter as a child when he shoots a gun out of a window and fatally strikes a pregnant woman. What book am I?

The answer: Call of the Wild - "Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law". Jack London

C
is for this 1903 novel whose hero's name is Buck. Talk about persistence, the author amassed 664 rejections for this novel before finally getting it published. What novel am I?

Correct: Blonde on Blonde - "The drunken politician leaps. Upon the street where mothers weep" Bob Dylan, I Want You

B
is for this 1966 album with the iconic blurred cover photo of the artist. Only one song was recorded in New York, the rest was recorded in Nashville, adding to the country rock instrumentation. What album am I?

The answer: Alice in Wonderland - “Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

A
is for the 1865 book (which has never been out of print) written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. It poses the question 'Why is a raven like a writing desk?' What book am I?

Z
is for Zhivago. I love Russian literature. Dr. Z is one of my favourites. The movie is brilliant. Soviet censors marked this book as anti-Russian.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcth...

Y
is for Yoda. Yoda's speech uses the literary devices of anastrophe and anadiplosis. The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence and the repetition of the last word or phrase of a line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next.

X
is for Xenomorph. Designed by the Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger in 1976, the xenomorph (alien) is the "perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility."

W
is for The Warlord. Vietnam war veteran Travis Morgan is the "Warlord" as he fights for the freedom of the people of Skartaris.

V
is for the 1984 sci-fi TV mini-series "V". Starring a pre-Freddy Robert Englund. I still remember being absolutely shocked by the Guinea Pig eating scene.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhkR...

U
is for "Us and Them" by Pink Floyd. Listening to the Dark Side this morning.

""Forward!" he cried from the rear / And the front rank died / The general sat, and the lines on the map / Moved from side to side"

T
is for "The Troop" by Nick Cutter. Such a great horror book. When, oh when, is the movie coming out?

S
is for Scary Tales comic books. From April 1981 featuring three stories: The Scorpio Curse, The Vampire's Bride, and What's Inside Roger? Charlton Comics was an American comic-book publishing company that existed from 1945 to 1986.

R
is for the poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allen Poe.

There once was a girl named Lenore / And a bird and a bust and a door / And a guy with depression / And a whole lot of questions / And the bird always says / Nevermore.”

...not a quote from the poem.

Q
is for the 1982 movie Q-The Winged Serpent, starring Michael Moriarty and David Carradine. The monster animation is well done by Randy Cook and David Allen.

P
is for "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Suskind. What a great book. That finale - wow.

“He disgusted them the way a fat spider that you can't bring yourself to crush in your own hand disgusts you.”

O
is of Ozzy Osborne the godfather of heavy metal. And the book "I Am Ozzy". I really enjoyed this bio about the complicated and complex bat / dove-head biting legend of rock-n-roll.

N
is for "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by the Beatles. From their 1965 Rubber Soul album. This is the first appearance of the Indian string instrument on a Western rock recording. A very nice listening happening this Sunday morning.

YouTube video by Motörhead Official Motörhead – Eat The Rich (Official Video)

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M
is for Man-Thing. "The Gong of Doom!" The Man-Thing is a large, slow-moving, empathic, humanoid swamp monster living in the Florida Everglades. Why not.

L
is for "The Lost World" by A. Conan Doyle. The second best Dino adventure in my books. Also the title of Crichton's follow up to Jurrasic Park - both great novels.

I just recently watched it again too. Brilliant movie and the scene you describe is excellent. But my favourite scene is the ending. He wouldn't hurt a fly... I had forgotten about the skull overlay with Norman at the end. Soooo good.

K
is for Kull. Anyone remember this 1983 movie with Ken Marshall and Liam Neeson. I have the comic book. Based on the original screenplay by Stanford Sherman who also wrote the awesome 1984 Ice Pirates screenplay.

J
is for "Jurrasic Park" by Michael Crichton - the greatest Dinosaur adventure book ever written. I think it is.

I
is for "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson. Great book. And the movie adaptations were also very good. The Omega Man was frightening as a child. I Am Legend with Will Smith is still very good.