Born on this day – Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Writer

September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950

Credits:

Books:

6 Of The Best Ever Classic Sci Fi Stories (2012); A Fighting Man of Mars (1930); A Princess of Mars / aka Under The Moons Of Mars (1917); Apache Devil (1933); At the Earth's Core (1922); Back to the Stone Age (1937); Beyond the Farthest Star (1941); Black Cat Weekly #62 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #76 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #86 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #88 (2023); Brother Men (2005); Captive of the Centaurianess / A Princess of Mars (2012); Carson of Venus (1937); Deputy Sheriff of Commanche County (1940); Dreams and Wonders (2010); Escape on Venus (1946); Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1968); I Am A Barbarian (1967); Jane: The Women Who Loved Tarzan / Tarzan of the Apes (2016); John Carter of Mars (1941); Journeys Through Time & Space (2017); Jungle Tales Of Tarzan / aka Tarzan's Jungle Tales (1917); Land of Terror (1944); Llana of Gathol (1948); Lost on Venus (1933); Marcia of the Doorstep (1924); Mars, We Love You (1973); Mother Was a Lovely Beast (1974); Out of Time's Abyss (1918); Pellucidar (1923); Pirate Blood (1970); Pirates of Venus (1934); Savage Pellucidar (1941); Science Fiction Classics (2001); Sense of Wonder (2023); Swords of Mars (1934); Synthetic Men of Mars (1938); Tales Of Three Planets (1964); Tanar of Pellucidar (1929); Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924); Tarzan and the Castaways (1965); Tarzan and the City of Gold (1933); Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938); Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923); Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916); Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1935); Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933); Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1929); Tarzan and the Madman (1964); Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion (1936); Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1930); Tarzan of the Apes (1912); Tarzan of the Apes / Prisoner of Zenda (2006); Tarzan the Invincible (1931); Tarzan the Magnificent (1939); Tarzan the Terrible (1921); Tarzan the Untamed (1920); Tarzan Triumphant (1932); Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1928); Tarzan's Quest (1935); The Bandit of Hell's Bend (1926); The Beasts of Tarzan (1914); The Big Book of Adventure Stories (2011); The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019); The Cave Girl (1925); The Chessmen of Mars (1922); The Edgar Rice Burroughs Western MEGAPACK (2015); The Efficiency Expert (1921); The Eternal Savage / aka The Eternal Lover (1925); The Girl From Farris's (1916); The Girl from Hollywood (1922); The Gods of Mars (1918); The Lad and the Lion (1938); The Land of Hidden Men / aka Jungle Girl (1932); The Land That Time Forgot (1924); The Lost Adventure (1995); The Lost Continent / aka Beyond Thirty (1915); The Mad King (1926); The Man Eater (1955); The Master Mind of Mars (1927); The Monster Men (1929); The Moon Maid (1923); The Moon Men (1925); The Mucker (1921); The Oakdale Affair (1917); The Outlaw of Torn (1927); The People That Time Forgot (1918); The Red Hawk (1925); The Return of Tarzan (1913); The Return of the Mucker / aka The Man without a Soul (1921); The Rider (1937); The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979); The Son of Tarzan (1915); The Tarzan Twins (1926); The War Chief (1927); The Warlord of Mars (1919); The Wizard of Venus (1970); Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920); Under the Moons of Mars (1970); You Lucky Girl (1999).

Movies and television:

Adventures of Tarzan (1921); At the Earth's Core (1976); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); John Carter (2012); John Carter: 100 Years in the Making (2012); Jungle Girl (1941); Kaj og Andrea (2000); Per una manciata d'oro (1965); Princess of Mars (2009); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (1922); Tarzan & Jane (2002); Tarzan (1967 / 1984 / 1999 / 2003 / 2013); Tarzán / TV series (1991–1995); Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005); Tarzan Activity Center (1999); Tarzan and His Mate (1934); Tarzan and Jane (2017); Tarzan and the Amazons (1945); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927); Tarzan and the Great River (1967); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968); Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); Tarzan and the Lost City (1998); Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957); Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948); Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Tarzan and the Trappers (1960); Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966); Tarzan Escapes (1936); Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939); Tarzan Goes to India (1962); Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines (1973); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / 1998); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 / 1981); Tarzan the Fearless (1933); Tarzan the Magnificent (1960); Tarzan the Mighty (1928); Tarzan the Tiger (1929); Tarzan Triumphs (1943); Tarzan van George (2023); Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976–1978); Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959); Tarzan: Terk's Tree Surfing Challenge (2005); Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–2000); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943); Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958); Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959); Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955); Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967); Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Tarzan's Peril (1951); Tarzan's Revenge (1938); Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952); Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941); Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963); The Lad and the Lion (1917); The Land That Time Forgot (1974 / 2009); The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2002 / 2016); The Lion Man (1936); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Oakdale Affair (1919); The People That Time Forgot (1977); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Romance of Tarzan (1918); The Son of Tarzan (1920); The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour (1980–1982); The Underground World (1943); Wish (2023).

One of the reasons I keep buying books:

Abibliophobia:

Noun.

Definition:

The fear of running out of things to read.

Recommended reading - Nothing Lasts Forever (1979):

Nothing Lasts Forever (1979).

By Roderick Thorp.

Filmed as Die Hard (1988).

Published by Graymalkin Media.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1935169181

ISBN-13: 978-1935169185

Description:

The pulse pounding bestseller that started it all.

Inspiration for the film Die Hard.

The greatest action film of all time. – Entertainment Weekly.

A ferocious, bloody, raging book so single-mindedly brilliant in concept and execution it should be read at a single sitting. – Los Angeles Times.

Keeps us in a state of almost unequaled suspense and excitement! – The New Yorker.

High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match between a lone New York City cop and a gang of international terrorists. Every action fan knows it could only be the explosive big-screen blockbuster Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis blew away audiences as unstoppable hero John McClane, author Roderick Thorp knocked out thriller readers with the bestseller that started it all.

A dozen heavily armed terrorists have taken hostages, issued demands, and promised bloodshed – all according to plan. But they haven't counted on a death-defying, one-man cavalry with no shoes, no backup, and no intention of going down easily. As hot-headed cops swarm outside, and cold-blooded killers wield machine guns and rocket launchers inside, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown between anti-hero and uber-villains. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight … to the death. Ho ho ho!

Recommended reading - Dark City: The Film Noir (1984):

Dark City: The Film Noir (1984).

By Spencer Selby.

Published by McFarland Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786404787

ISBN-13: 978-0786404780

Description:

The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas. The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits for 25 classics – such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Detective Story. The second section is an annotated filmography including major credits and short descriptions of nearly 500 films. Also included are appendices listing every film noir by both director and chronological order, off-genre noirs, and other films bearing important relationships to the noir cycle.

San Francisco’s Spencer Selby spent over five years researching and writing Dark City. This acclaimed work was called “a first-rate reference” by Booklist, while American Reference Books Annual called the book “Brilliant … both valuable and informative.”

Ann Patchett, on writing:

I'm very comfortable writing.

- Ann Patchett.

On this day in movie history - Friedkin Uncut (2018):

Friedkin Uncut

documentary directed and written by Francesco Zippel,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 31, 2018.
Music by Costanza Francavilla.

Cast:

William Friedkin, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento, Samuel Blumenfeld, Ellen Burstyn, Damien Chazelle, Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Deschanel, Gina Gershon, Walon Green, Randy Jurgensen, Philip Kaufman, Matthew McConaughey, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Monda, Gianandrea Noseda, William Petersen, Michael Shannon, Quentin Tarantino, Juno Temple, Edgar Wright, Thierry Frémaux, Walter Hill, Fritz Lang, Orson Welles, Mark Kermode, Sherry Lansing.

On this day in movie history - What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018):

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

documentary directed and written by Rob Garver,

was released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on August 31, 2018.
Music by Rick Baitz.

Cast:

Pauline Kael, John Guare, David Edelstein, Greil Marcus, Gina James, Camille Paglia, Brian Kellow, Craig Seligman, Jaime Manrique, Daryl Chin, Dick Cavett, Lili Anolik, Edward Landberg, James Wolcott, Paul Schrader, Molly Haskell, Phillip Lopate, David O. Russell, Christopher Durang, Chester Villilba, Ortrun Niesar, Dirk Van Nouhays, Carol Van Strum, Stevens Van Strum, Marcia Nasatir, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Towne, Joe Morgenstern, George Malko, Daniel Menaker, John Boorman, Tom Pollock, David Lean, Woody Allen, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Sragow, Jerry Lewis, David V. Picker, William Peter Blatty, Johnny Carson, Norman Mailer, Francis Ford Coppola, Carrie Rickey, Ridley Scott, Stephanie Zacharek, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jackie Netis, Mike Pollock, Joel Haberli, Amanda Sykes, Debbie Irwin, Michael Bryan, Cliff Resnick, Rob Garver, Carol Baum, Thomas Baum, Jean-Paul Belmondo, James Broughton, George Chakiris, Joan Collins, Keir Dullea, Robert Evans, Dick Hogan, Maila Nurmi, Diana Ross, Shawn Shillingford, Gene Siskel, George Williams.