Something About Gog and Magog

For whom the bell tolls.

570th Anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople

This year - and indeed today - is the 570th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople. May 29, 1453, also marks one of the rare times when we can pinpoint an exact date of the events of one of John Bellairs's novels - namely, The Trolley to Yesterday (1989).

Interview Again: Derek Piotr

We met musician Derek Piotr in 2018, and now we hear he's researching and recording traditional folk music. We had to know more; he was nice enough to share his answers again. He's sharing his archive online, too, and the best thing is you can contribute to it. But first - a few words on how he got started.

Anthony Monday Available as E-books

Open Road Media will publish the three remaining books in the Anthony Monday series as e-books on May 16. The Dark Secret of Weatherend (1984), The Lamp from the Warlock’s Tomb (1988), and The Manion in the Mist (1992) join The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn (1978), published initially as an e-book back in 2014.

He was like, 'Hast thou led me to, like, Egypt, or whatever?'

The following quote from the autobiography of filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille resurfaced recently:

If 1,000 years from now, archaeologists happen to dig beneath the sands of Guadalupe, I hope they will not rush into print with the amazing news that Egyptian civilization, far from being confined to the valley of the Nile, extended all the way to the Pacific coast of North America.

Something About Various Voynich Owners

Divine provenance?

Something About Sloane Square

Eye Opening Trivia, Part 2.

Something About John of Austria

Puzzlin' evidence.

The House with a Clock in its Walls: Revisiting 50-Year-Old Book Reviews

It's not just The House with a Clock in its Walls turning 50 years old this year. It's also all the reviews from the various publishing journals. Just like the text of the book, some reviews have aged better than others. Here's a rundown of what we've collected over the years. 

Something About Used Ushabtis

Goo goo dolls.

Something About Nafpaktos

Port authority.

Something About The Battle of Lepanto

Splish splash.

Cover Critic: The House with a Clock in its Walls (Germany, 2000)

Cover Critic is our periodic survey of readers and fans about the various artwork and illustrations of the books in the Bellairs Corpus.

Something About The Ghost Returns

Too subtle?

Something About Sanitizing In A Church

Caveat subscriptor (sort of).