More Books on Tape

We recently came across an old newsletter, the Talking Book Topics from January-February 1999, highlighting the then-recent books that were read to cassette and/or CD for the blind and physically handicapped. We were surprised to see three books of John's were listed in the mix:

• The Doom of the Haunted Opera, read by Erik Sandvold. 
• The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie, read by Erik Sandvold 
• The Secret of the Underground Room, read by Christopher Hurt.

We would appreciate hearing more about these editions, if more is to be told (or heard).

Review: Face "Cheerful Tone And Unapologetically Anachronistic"

Book review: The Face in the Frost

Time Capsule: 1967

February, 1967: Prospero and Roger Bacon could sing the Dies Irae and apparently John Bellairs could, too.

Creepy Carvings in Wood

Something...rather someone...jogged my memory this week of raising the dead (don't ask), which in turn led to John Dee, which brought to mind that eerie engraving of him and the spectral woman in white in the English Churchyard. Chances are you may have seen the picture.  John Bellairs apparently did and described the engraving in a book read by Lewis Barnavelt [The House with a Clock in its Walls, 67-8].

All About Evil: Timothy Foulest

by Broteus Mitchell

Feb. 12, 2007

Guess Who's Coming To Film?

Reports have surfaced that a film adaptation of Edward Gorey’s The Doubtful Guest is in the works.  Who knew Gorey would win over Bellairs in getting one of their books adapted for the silver screen first?

Edward Gorey: The Doubtful Guest

It came fifty years ago - and to this day....

The Edward Gorey House is currently closed but reopens on Sunday, April 15, 2007, when it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Doubtful Guest [review] with special exhibitions of original illustrations, dolls and ephemera for one of Edward Gorey's most popular books.