The book smelled dusty and old but also
carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting.
She opened to the first page and started to
read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.
- Shannon Hale.
- Shannon Hale.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Recommended reading - Marathon Man
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Marathon Man
by William Goldman.
First published 1974.
Published by Random House Publishing Group.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0345439724
ISBN-13: 978-0345439727
Description:
William Goldman's remarkable career spans more
than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist
to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions
of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess
Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist
in literary and cinematic history – in one of the seminal thrillers of the
twentieth century. . . .
MARATHON MAN
Tom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every
sense: racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence –
and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven
suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in
motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery,
and murder – and force him into a race for his life . . . and for the answer to
the fateful question, "Is it safe?"
"Superb . . . One hell of a read." –
The Washington Post.
“An exciting – often funny, often sad – chase
… Goldman does a masterly job.” – Associated Press.
“Well-plotted, expertly characterized, and
fast-paced." – Los Angeles Times.
Born on this day – Paulette Dubost:
Paulette Dubost
Actress
October 8, 1910 – September 21, 2011
Credits:
Curriculum
(2007); Pale Eyes (2005); Duval: Un mort de trop (2001); Workers for the Good
Lord (2000); Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999); L'histoire du samedi (1998); La
belle vie (1997); Nini (1997); Un chantage en or (1996); The King of Paris
(1995); Perle noire (1994); Habiba Msika: The Dance of Fire (1994);
Passé-composé (1999); Les cinq dernières minutes (1989–1992); Les mamies
(1992); La mémoire (1992); Le jour des rois (1991); Feu sur le candidat (1990);
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1977–1990); May Fools (1990); Pause café,
pause tendresse (1989); La fête à Louisette (1988); La comédie du travail
(1988); Marc et Sophie (1987); Cent francs l'amour (1986); Le tiroir secret
(1986); Le paria (1985); Rancune tenace (1985); Julien Fontanes, magistrat
(1985); La derelitta (1978–1985); Le seul témoin (1985); La femme ivoire
(1984); Au théâtre ce soir (1984); Charlots connection (1984); Deux filles sur
un banc (1984); Le retour des bidasses en folie (1983); Le cercle fermé (1982);
Les amours des années grises (1981); La vie continue (1981); Un temps ailleurs
(1981); Le boulanger de Suresnes (1981); La grossesse de Madame Bracht (1980);
The Last Metro (1980); La petite valise (1980); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2
(1979–1980); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); Les 400 coups de Virginie
(1979–1980); La gueule de l'autre (1979); Jean le Bleu (1979); Efficax (1979);
La barricade du Point du Jour (1978); Thomas Guérin... retraité (1978); Le
retour de Jean (1978); À l'ombre d'un soupçon (1978); Take It from the Top
(1978); Les bijoux de Carina, de Victor, de Patrice, ou de Raymond? (1978); Les
folies Offenbach (1978); Dear Inspector (1977); Rendez-vous en noir (1977);
Bonjour Paris (1976); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Crise
(1975); Jack (1975); Malaventure (1974); Un certain Richard Dorian (1973–1974);
Juliette et Juliette (1974); Du plomb dans la tête (1973); Poker d'As (1973);
Une atroce petite musique (1973); La feuille de Bétel (1973); Les dernières
volontés de Richard Lagrange (1972); Les chemins de pierre (1972); La tête à
l'envers (1972); La possédée (1971); On recherche héritière (1970); La revanche
(1970); Les Parisiennes de Kiraz (1969); Le curé de village (1969); Le corso
des tireurs (1968); Les créatures du bon Dieu (1967); Saturnin Belloir (1967);
Par mesure de silence (1967); Allô police (1967); The Sunday of Life (1967);
Vive la vie (1966); Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel (1966); Viva
Maria! (1965); Le naïf amoureux (1965); Umorismo in nero (1965); Madame Jumeau a
crié (1965); L'âge ingrat (1964); Chance at Love (1964); La dérive (1964);
L'assassin viendra ce soir (1964); La revue des feuilletons (1963); Banana Peel
(1963); Maigret voit rouge (1963); Germinal (1963); Janique aimée (1963);
Seul... à corps perdu (1963); Enough Rope (1963); Jeanne et Jacques (1962);
Pourquoi Paris? (1962); Les mystères de Paris (1962); À la monnaie du pape
(1962); Plaisir du théâtre (1962); La dame aux camélias (1962); The Seven
Deadly Sins (1962); Love Play (1961); Women and War (1961); Le sérum de bonté
(1960); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Tendre et violente Elisabeth (1960);
La main chaude (1960); Madame Valentin, 3ème gauche (1959); Le Bossu (1959);
Picnic on the Grass (1959); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); La caméra explore le
temps (1959); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Soupe au lait (1959); Châteaux en
Espagne (1958); Taxi, Trailer and Corrida (1958); The Adventures of Remi
(1958); Mädchen in Uniform (1958); Inspector Maigret (1958); Der 10. Mai
(1957); La joyeuse prison (1956); Ces sacrées vacances (1956); Lola Montès
(1955); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Sheep Has Five Legs
(1954); My Brother from Senegal (1953); Familie M Junior (1953); L'oeil en
coulisses (1953); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); Le Plaisir (1952); Descendez,
on vous demande (1951); Chéri de sa concierge (1951); Four in a Jeep (1951);
Tire au flanc (1950); Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950); Le roi Pandore
(1950); Le 84 prend des vacances (1950); La petite chocolatière (1949); The
Naked Woman (1949); Ma tante d'Honfleur (1949); Le bal des pompiers (1948); Le
dolmen tragique (1948); ; Blanc comme neige (1948); Et dix de der (1948);
Ploum, ploum, tra-la-la (1947); Plume la poule (1947); La dernière chevauchée
(1947); Six heures à perdre (1947); La revanche de Roger la Honte (1946); Au
petit bonheur (1946); Roger la Honte (1946); Farandole (1945); Adrien (1943);
Je suis avec toi (1943); Opéra-musette (1942); Bécassine (1940); The Rules of
the Game (1939); Le paradis des voleurs (1939); Hotel du Nord (1938); L'ange
que j'ai vendu (1938); Barnabé (1938); Titin des Martigues (1938); The Lie of
Nina Petrovna (1937); La reine des resquilleuses (1937); La brigade en jupons
(1936); Le prince des Six Jours (1936); La petite sauvage (1936); Le
siège-arrière (1935); Le bébé de l'escadron (1935); La rosière des Halles
(1935); La caserne en folie (1935); Ferdinand le noceur (1935); Le comte
Obligado (1935); Studio à louer (1935); Le billet de mille (1935); L'auberge du
Petit-Dragon (1934); Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934); Le bonheur (1934); La
cinquième empreinte (1934); Jeunesse (1934); Une fois dans la vie (1934); Vive
la compagnie (1934); George and Georgette (1934); Le fakir du Grand Hôtel
(1934); Noces et banquets (1933); Maison hantée (1933); Cette nuit-là (1933);
Pour être aimé (1933); The Orderly (1933); Song of the Streets (1933); Le
martyre de l'obèse (1933); Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette (1933); Rivaux de
la piste (1933); Paris-Soleil (1933); L'enfant de ma soeur (1933); Riri et Nono
amoureux (1932); En plein dans le mille (1932); The Man Who Doesn't Know to Say
No (1932); À moi le jour, à toi la nuit (1932); Riri et Nono se débrouillent
(1932); Un homme sans nom (1932); Le champion du régiment (1932); Vous serez ma
femme (1932); Service de nuit (1932); Un coup de téléphone (1932); L'amoureuse
aventure (1932); Un chien qui rapporte (1932); J'ai quelque chose à vous dire
(1931); Le bal (1931).
Born on this day – Frank Herbert:
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Frank Herbert
Writer
October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986
Credits:
Dune (1965);
Dune Messiah (1969); Children of Dune (1976); God Emperor of Dune (1981);
Heretics of Dune (1984); Chapterhouse: Dune (1985); House Atreides (1999);
House Harkonnen (2000); House Corrino (2001); Fremen Justice (2001); The
Machine Crusade (2002); The Battle of Corrin (2004); Hunters of Dune (2006);
Sandworms of Dune (2007); Paul of Dune (2008); The Winds of Dune (2009);
Sisterhood of Dune (2011); Mentats of Dune (2014); Red Plague (2016);
Navigators of Dune (2016); The Duke of Caladan (2020); The Lady of Caladan
(2021); The Heir of Caladan (2022); The Machine Crusade (2002); The Battle of
Corrin (2004); The Illustrated Dune (1965); The Dune Encyclopedia (1984); Songs
of Muad'dib (1992); The Road to Dune (2005); Tales of Dune (2011); Sands of Dune
(2022); Whipping Star (1969); The Dosadi Experiment (1977); Destination Void
(1966); The Jesus Incident (1979); The Lazarus Effect (1983); The Ascension
Factor (1988); SF Authors' Choice 2 (1970); SF Authors' Choice 3 (1973); The
Dragon in the Sea (aka Under Pressure / 21st Century Sub) (1956); Missing Link
(1959); Operation Haystack (1959); Try to Remember (1961); The Green Brain
(1966); The Eyes of Heisenberg (1966); The Heaven Makers (1968); The Santaroga
Barrier (1968); Soul Catcher (1972); The Godmakers (1972); Hellstrom's Hive
(1973); Direct Descent (1980); The White Plague (1982); Man of Two Worlds
(1986); Old Rambling House (2010); High-Opp (2012); Angels' Fall (2013); A Game
of Authors (2013); A Thorn in the Bush (2014); The Worlds of Frank Herbert
(1970); The Book of Frank Herbert (1973); The Best of Frank Herbert 1965-70
(1975); The Best of Frank Herbert (1975); The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964
(1977); The Priests Of Psi (1981); Eye (1985); Classic Science Fiction Stories
(2009); The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert (2014); Frank Herbert:
Unpublished Stories (2016); New World Or No World (1970); Threshold: The Blue
Angels Experience (1973); Without Me You're Nothing (1980); Maker of Dune
(1985); The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune (1988); Analog's Golden
Anniversary Anthology (1980); Analog's Lighter Side (1982); Analog's Children
Of The Future (1982); Analog (1983); War and Peace (1983); Aliens from Analog
(1983); Analog Writers Choice (1984); From Mind to Mind (1984); Dune: The
Graphic Novel, Book 1 (2020); Dune: The
Graphic Novel, Book 2 (2022); Amazing Stories, Vol. 41, No. 4 (1967); Backdrop
of Stars (1968); On Our Way to the Future (1970); Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's
Alternatives (1973); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Bug-Eyed
Monsters (1974); Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981); Nebula Awards 15
(1981); Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II
(1984); Election Day 2084 (1984); Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987);
More Fantastic Stories (2009); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2
(2010); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); Pulse Pounders
(2015); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015).
Movies and television:
Chapterhouse
Dune (2009); Children of Dune (2003 / 2008); Destination Dune (1984); Dune
(1984 / 1992 / 1993 / 2000 / 2006); Dune 2000 (1998); Dune II: The Building of
a Dynasty (1992); Dune Messiah (2007); Dune: Messiah (2025); Dune: Part One
(2021); Dune: Part Two (2024); Dune: Prophecy (2024); Emperor: Battle for Dune
(2001); Flash Gordon (1980); Frank Herbert's Cease Fire (2012); God Emperor of
Dune (2007); Heretics of Dune (2008); JDR Dune: Campagne JDR / Podcast Series
(2023); JDR Dune: Le Réveil / TV Mini Series (2021); Soul Catcher (2025);
Special Collector's Edition (2014); Valkokangas (1985).
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Born on this day – Jean-Jacques Beineix:
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Director
October 8, 1946 – January 13, 2022
Credits:
Les Gaulois
au-delà du mythe (2013); Loft Paradoxe (2002); Mortal Transfer (2001); The
Works (1997); Assigné à résidence (1997); Otaku (1994); The King of Ads, Part 2
(1993); IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989);
Betty Blue (1986); L'épi d'or (1985); The Moon in the Gutter (1983); Diva
(1981); Le chien de Monsieur Michel (1977).
Born on this day – Claude Jade:
Claude Jade
Actress
October 8, 1948 – December 1, 2006
Credits:
Célimène et
le cardinal (2006); Groupe flag (2005); À San Remo (2004); La crim' (2004);
Sans Famille (2000); The Tide of Life (1998–2000); Scénarios sur la drogue
(2000); Une femme d'honneur (1998); Les rapapommes (1997); Inspecteur Moretti
(1997); Belle Époque (1995); Porté disparu (1995); Navarro (1995); Julie
Lescaut (1995); Eugénie Grandet (1994); Bonsoir (1994); La tête en l'air
(1993); List of Merite (1992); Histoires d'amour (1990); Le radeau de la Méduse
(1990); Fleur bleue (1990); The Hitchhiker (1990); The Window (1990); V comme
vengeance (1990); Le grand secret (1989); Qui sont mes juges? (1987); The Man
Who Wasn't There (1987); Voglia di volare (1984); A Girl in the Sunflowers
(1984); A Captain's Honor (1982); Rendezvous in Paris (1982); Lise et Laura
(1982); Commissaire Moulin (1981); Assassination Attempt (1981); Lenin in Paris
(1981); Jade in Treize (1981); Schools Falling Apart (1981); La derelitta
(1979–1981); Quelqu'un manque (1980); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1980);
La grotte aux loups (1980); Antenne à Francis Perrin (1980); Coffin Island
(1979); Love on the Run (1979); Au théâtre ce soir (1974–1978); The Pawn
(1978); Ulysse est revenu (1978); Les amours sous la Révolution (1978); A
Spiral of Mist (1977); Les anneaux de Bicêtre (1977); Le collectionneur des
cerveaux (1976); Kita no misaki (1976); Mamie Rose (1976); The Choice (1976);
Maître Pygmalion (1975); Trop c'est trop! (1975); Evil Pleasure (1975);
Malaventure (1974); Les oiseaux de lune (1974); Forbidden Priests (1973);
Special Killers (1973); Home Sweet Home (1973); Number one (1973); Le château
perdu (1973); La mandragore (1972); Hearth Fires (1972); Shéhérazade (1971);
The Boat on the Grass (1971); Nijinsky: Unfinished Project (1970); Mauregard
(1970); Bed & Board (1970); Allô police (1966); A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1969); Topaz (1969); My Uncle Benjamin (1969); The Witness (1969); Les oiseaux
rares (1969); The Return of Monte Cristo (1968); La prunelle (1968); Stolen
Kisses (1968); Le crime de la rue de Chantilly (1967).
On this day in movie history - Marathon Man (1976)
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Marathon Man
directed by John Schlesinger,
written by, and based on the novel by William Goldman,
was released in the United States on October 8, 1976.
Music by Michael Small.
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Cast:
Dustin
Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz
Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Allen Joseph, Tito Goya, Ben Dova, Lou
Gilbert, Jacques Marin, James Wing Woo, Nicole Deslauriers, Lotte Palfi Andor,
Lionel Pina, Church Ortiz, Tricoche, Jamie Tirelli, Wilfredo Hernández, Harry
Goz, Michael Vale, Fred Stuthman, Lee Steele, William Martel, Glenn Robards,
Ric Carrott, Alma Beltran, Daniel Nunez, Anthony Pena, Chuy Franco, Billy
Kearns, Sally Wilson, Tom Ellis, Bryant Fraser, Igor Dega, Gene Bori, Annette
Claudier, Roger Etienne, Raymond Serra, John Garson, Charlott Thyssen, Estelle
Omens, Madge Kennedy, Jeff Palladini, Scott Price, Abebe Bikila, S.C. Dacy,
Bobra Harris, Robert Hitchcock, Shawn McAllister, Irving Metzman, Monty
O'Grady, N.J. Osrag, Harrison Ressler, Louis Tanno, Mark L. Taylor, Treat
Williams.
On this day in music history - The album Mozart Arias, by Cecilia Bartoli (1991)
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Mozart Arias
by Cecilia Bartoli
was released on
October 8, 1991.
On this day in music history - The album Bounce, by Bon Jovi (2002)
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Bounce
by Bon Jovi,
was released on October 8,
2002.
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