Book #30: The Thrilling Adventure Hour

[thistlechaser]

The Thrilling Adventure Hour by a collection of artists and writers.
(Book received for free for review from Diamond Book Distributors.)

Book description from Amazon:
"Based on the popular Hollywood stage show and Nerdist Industry podcast, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a rip-roaring adventure anthology in the tradition of old-time radio serials, brought to you by a carnival of Hollywood and comic's finest! In a timeless collection of original genre tales that harken back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment..."

I enjoyed the artwork and liked the "old timey" ads, but unfortunately the stories/humor didn't work for me. I did worry they might not, since the Nerdist podcast doesn't work for me (even though I consider myself a nerd/geek type person). There was nothing at all wrong with the stories, they just weren't a good match for my tastes. (I actually feel bad for not liking it. It seemed a spiffy idea and a neat book, it just wasn't for me.)

On a record-keeping note, I decided I'm going to count all graphic novels, kids' books, and anything else I'm not officially counting as one book. If you add them all together, that should work out to be about fair. Any future ones will also be included in #30.

So, so far, "Book #30" includes:
The Thrilling Adventure Hour (GN)
G.I. JOE Volume 1: Homefront (GN)
Goliath's Secret (K)
The Compassionate Warrior (K)
Custer's Last Battle (K)
One Hen (K)
The New Ghostbusters Volume 1 (GN)
Shadow Squadron: Elite Infantry (GN)

GN: Graphic Novel, K: Kids' book

Man, my memory. Scrolling back through my 2013 books to make that list, I forgot most of the first 20 or so I read.

Also, I'm 90% through the "real" (non-graphic novel) book I'm currently reading. Slowest Book Ever (took me TWO WEEKS to get this far!). It's not bad at all, so it's a mystery why it's taking me so long. Expect a much longer review than this one once I finally finish it.

Comments

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm going to whine at you now, because I love the podcast and pledged to the Kickstarter for the graphic novel and I don't have a copy yet. ;p

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Aww, so sorry!

Totally unrelated to this post, what's your current email address?

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

You can use either my LJ username at comcast dot net or my FFXI character name at gmail dot com.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Email sent to the Comcast address.

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

So, just wanted to say I'm loving FFXIV. While I can't claim to be a mastercraftsperson like you, I was a master alchemist in XI and made a shitton of money on it. Crafting in WoW bored the crap out of me. I enjoyed the risk/reward (oh skinnerbox you) and the crazy nuances (face what direction on what day?) -- not so much the craziness of them but knowing such things definitely boosted output, which boosted profit. Controlling HQ rate, knowing the risk to reward chances...Love it. While crafting base ingredients without the ability to batch 'em kinda sucks, being able to macro things helps. I haven't gotten deep enough into combat to love it or hate it (though THM is way more interesting to play than BLM was - fire fire fire fire transpose ice ice ice lightning transpose fire fire fire fire is at least better than thunder thunder thunder rest...)

Right now playing on Midgardsormr (of course). I've run across all sorts from old Midgard - some PlusOne, some PhoenixDown, though no one I've known. If people I've known are gonna play, I would love to hear which server.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm glad to hear that! If/when I leave WoW, I'm coming back there for sure. (My desire to quit WoW varies from day to day -- some days I'm certain I'm about to quit, others I'm okay with staying.)