# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - November 2025 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga, books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [October 31, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462 "2025-10-31T20:49:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/21 "2025-11-10T13:57:35Z")
I just finished **Larry: The Stooge in the Middle**. I’d wanted to read this book for years, ever since I first read about it in the book _High Weirdness by Mail_, but never saw a copy until last weekend at a flea market. It’s written by Morris “Moe” Feinberg, Larry’s brother (How did Larry distinguish between people talking about his brother and his partner, Moe Howard?) Great book. Evidently Larry himself wrote an autobiography, **Stroke of Luck** , which I hadn’t even heard of before this. I’ll have to see if I can fin this one, too. After that, I started on Rex Stout’s **Might as Well be Dead** , a Nero Wolfe mystery that I don’t think I’ve read before. They tend to blur together in memory. On audio, I finished **The Canterbury Tales** and am close to finishing **The Mayflower** by Nathaniel Philbrick. Very good, well-researched book covering not only the Mayflower voyage, but the history of the Pilgrims for several decades afterwards. My bedside reading is **The Two Noble Kinsmen** , a collaboration between William Shakespeare and John Fletcher that is reckoned as the last of Shakespeare’s undoubted plays. It’s based on _The Knight’s Tale_ from _The Canterbury Tales_, which is my reason for reading it. I’d never read it before, and was curious how they could turn a story in which not an awful lot happens – and most of that is fighting – into a five act stage play. I got the Folger edition. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/22 "2025-11-10T14:15:41Z")
I thought I was the only one who’d read High Weirdness by Mail. If any book needs updating, thats it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/23 "2025-11-10T15:57:31Z")
It doesn’t need updating – it’s obsolete. I realized soon after the Internet became a readily accessible “thing” that all that “High Weirdness” that was in the book had shifted onto the internet. Face it – the only reason that the people generating that stuff were sending things out to people who sent them Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes (SASEs) was because they had no other delivery system to reach interested people. The Internet provided just such a medium, and greatly extended the reach of the inspired crackpots who were generating the weirdness. So not longer were they dependent upon people seeing their ads in newsletters or in ads in the back of niche magazines. Now they could put their stuff on permanent display. So we don’t need an update to High Weirdness by Mail We have plenty of High Weirdness by Internet. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/24 "2025-11-10T22:33:19Z")
Ocean Earth’s Last Wilderness David Attenborough and Colin Butfield The well-known British naturalist and some other dude describe the current environmental state of the sea, with each chapter focusing on a specific ecosystem. And it’s not all bad news. They highlight some successes like the recovery of whales. Enjoyable and informative book ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/25 "2025-11-11T15:25:33Z")
I finished King Sorrow by Joe Hill this morning. It’s late November, so I’ll call it and say that’ll be the best thing I’ll read all year. I admit there were some key scenes where I thought his dad (Stephen King) could have brought it better. I guess I’ll never stop comparing the two (sorry, Joe). However, for the most part the kid’s a chip off the old block, and he must not mind the association because there are plenty of Easter eggs scattered about for his dad’s fans. There were a couple of scenes that really surprised me in a good way as well. If you feel you’d like to have a pet dragon, check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/26 "2025-11-11T19:48:06Z")
Almost done with _The Shattering Peace_ by John Scalzi, which is very good, and definitely up to his usual high standard of clever, snarky sf. I’ve already gone back and reread two scenes; they’re just that much fun. The library has yanked back the audiobook of _The Fate of the Day_ by Rick Atkinson, grrrr, because someone else put a hold on it. I’m about two-thirds done, and it’s excellent. Now nearing the end of _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir, which is growing on me, although I still prefer _The Martian_. I finished _I See You’ve Called In Dead_ by John Kenney, a comic novel about an obit writer who realizes he’s not living life to its fullest and will someday, after all, be dead forever. It has its moments, but otherwise meh. My current audiobook is _Sharpe’s Trafalgar_ by Bernard Cornwell, in which a hard-bitten young British infantry officer, sailing back home from service in India, gets drawn into the great 1805 naval battle. It’s okay so far. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/27 "2025-11-12T13:14:55Z")
Still reading, and enjoying, _Who Is Dracula’s Father? And Other Puzzles in Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece_, by John Sutherland. Finished _The Last Planet_, by Andre Norton (also known as _Star Rangers_). Meh. Also finished _Dinner With King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations_, by Sam Kean. Best book I’ve read so far this year, filled with fascinating scientific and historical anecdotes. It’s a combination of nonfiction and historical fiction. Next up: _Ellery Queen’s Murder–in Spades!_, edited by Ellery Queen (an anthology of short stories by various authors), and _Tree Houses Within Reach: 30 Lofty Cabins, Playhouses, and Getaways You Can Actually Build_, by Derek Diedricksen. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/28 "2025-11-12T13:49:17Z")
Yesterday I picked up and put down Dog of the South, by Charles Portis. I really enjoyed True Grit, by the same author, but this one didn’t grab me and I felt it was trying too hard to be quirky. Now I’m on to Joe Lansdale’s Hatchet Girls, the latest in his Hap & Leonard series. The quality of these books has come way down. I’m reading it for old times’ sake and also because Wednesday is too late for me to start on anything of substance. Gosh, don’t you hate when you finish a good book and everything else sucks for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/29 "2025-11-12T16:42:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Almost done with _The Shattering Peace_ by John Scalzi, which is very good, and definitely up to his usual high standard of clever, snarky sf. When my wife asked if I liked it, I told her “yeah–it’s a science-fiction novel with a hero who cusses a lot, disrespects authority, and beats enemies through trickery and wit instead of brute force.” You know, a Scalzi novel. I enjoy Scalzi a lot, but as popcorn. For myself, I have a few recent reads: - _[This is How You Lose the Time War](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43352954-this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war),_ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. It was a second read, for a book club, and just as delicious as the first reading. It was great reading it in a book club, because folks noticed things I hadn’t (like the Romeo and Juliet allusions, which how on earth did I miss?) I don’t know that anyone has ever, or will ever, write a better novel about time travel. - [Tantrum](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221251788-tantrum), by Rachel Eve Moulton. Cautiously recommended. It’s a horror story that’s an allegory for postnatal depression and a few other things. There are some fantastic “holy shit!” moments, including one in the first five pages. But it’s a short book, and it’s an allegory for too many things: at its length, it can just about manage one, and the more issues that it throws into the mix, the less coherent the work becomes. Ultimately I think it was a failure, due to the overload of issues; but it sure had some great scenes along the way. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/30 "2025-11-12T20:07:38Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Almost done with _The Shattering Peace_ by John Scalzi, which is very good, and definitely up to his usual high standard of clever, snarky sf. > > When my wife asked if I liked it, I told her “yeah–it’s a science-fiction novel with a hero who cusses a lot, disrespects authority, and beats enemies through trickery and wit instead of brute force.” You know, a Scalzi novel. > > I enjoy Scalzi a lot, but as popcorn… Well, it’s not Tolstoy, that’s for sure. But the heroine _does_ use brute force from time to time - in the very first scene, and at least two others, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/31 "2025-11-14T01:56:47Z")
I finished listening to _One Of Us Is Lying_ by Karen McManus. I enjoyed it a whole lot more than I thought I would. So much that I am considering watching the series on Peacock. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/32 "2025-11-14T12:05:02Z")
I’m now reading Clive Cussler’s **Iceberg** , his second published novel (and the second Dirk Pitt novel, as well). He hadn’t yet developed a lot of the details and idiosyncrasies that featured in his later novels, but the character of Pitt has remained pretty much the same over the years. The premise seems far-fetched (A ship is found frozen inside an iceberg, which doesn’t seem to surprise the iceberg expert _at all_), but I haven’t yet encountered the one outrageous thing that makes you stop and say “You’ve got to b kidding” that is standard in Cussler’s novels. Not listening to any audiobooks at the moment. I’ve finished Philbrick’s **Mayflower.** Listening to music and the news on my commute. My bedside reading is David L. Greene and Dick Martin’s **The Oz Scrapbook** , which I picked up at a flea market. I’d seen this book for years, but hadn’t read it. With the second half of _Wicked_ opening this month (as countless advertising tie-ins keep reminding me), it seemed appropriate. One new thing I learned right off the bat. I have remarked before about how Oz books (and a lot of early science fiction) take cues and ideas from the World’s Fairs and Expositions and the early amusement parks. The 1893 Chicago Exposition was “The White City” (as readers of Eric Larson know), and within five years they began building permanent parks with that name, first in Philadelphia and Cleveland and by 1905 in Chicago (probably the best known). It’s almost certain that Baum got the name “Emerald City” in Oz from The White City. Especially compelling is that “Emerald City” only appeared green because, by law, everyone had to wear green spectacles that were locked onto their faces while in the city (a detail that hasn’t been used in any film or cartoon adaptation I’m aware of). What I learned is that there was a character in Baum’s books (in 1906) named “Chick the Cherub” Chick was the World’s First Incubator Baby. This is without a doubt inspired by the work of Dr. Martin A. Couney, who promoted the use of incubators for premature babies. The medical professions effective but unspoken philosophy was that they ought not to prolong the life of sickly infants who were going to die anyway. Couney went on a personal crusade to promote incubators to save such babies. If hospitals wouldn’t use them, then h would put them on public display at international exhibitions and trade fairs. Later, he put them in amusement parks. He started doing this at the 1896 Great Industrial Exposition in Berlin (Couney was German), and afterwards in LOndon and elsewhere. Several of his Infant Incubators ended up at amusement parks at Coney Island and at Wonderland in Boston (which is how I know about them) Nobody saw anything incongruous about this. Couney charged admission and plowed the profits back into the upkeep of the incubators. He insisted on the highest professional standards, keeping doctors and nurses on staff to look after the babies. When I first learned o this, I thought that maybe they simply put local babies in the incubators, premature or not. But Couney’s incubator babies were all cases that needed the care of incubators. He kept these going until as late as the 1930s. By that time, incubators had been accepted by the medical profession, and were in hospitals. Couney’s mission was a success. There have been two biographies of him published in the past twenty years. Here’s the kicker: Couney never got a medical degree. In fact, I don’t think he ever got a college degree. But he’s highly regarded by many nonetheless. He undoubtedly saved a great many lives. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/33 "2025-11-14T12:32:39Z")
Here’s more on the Infant Incubators at Wonderland, from my website > **[The Infant Incubators](https://lost-wonderland.com/the-infant-incubators/)** > > The Infant Incubators were the work of Dr, Martin A. Couney, who put up such incubators at amusement parks in Coney Island, Atlantic City, and elsewhere around the United States. At the time, hospi… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/34 "2025-11-14T22:24:10Z")
Finished _Ellery Queen’s Murder–in Spades!_, edited by Ellery Queen (an anthology of short stories by various authors), of which the best was “Tropical Disturbance” by Lester Dent. Also finished _Tree Houses Within Reach: 30 Lofty Cabins, Playhouses, and Getaways You Can Actually Build_, by Derek Diedricksen, which I enjoyed for its great photos. Still reading, and enjoying, _Who Is Dracula’s Father? And Other Puzzles in Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece_, by John Sutherland. Next up: _Forever Free: A True Story of Hope in the Fight for Child Literacy_, by Tracy Swinton Bailey, PhD, and _The Sunshine Boys_, by Neil Simon. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/35 "2025-11-18T12:38:16Z")
Finished _Forever Free: A True Story of Hope in the Fight for Child Literacy_, by Tracy Swinton Bailey, PhD, meh, and _The Sunshine Boys_, by Neil Simon, which was funny. Still reading, and enjoying, _Who Is Dracula’s Father? And Other Puzzles in Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece_, by John Sutherland. Next up: _Living and Dying in Brick City: An E.R. Doctor Returns Home_, by Sampson Davis with Lisa Frazier Page, and _Wonder-Makers: An Anthology of Classic Science Fiction_, edited by Robert Hoskins. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/36 "2025-11-18T15:47:07Z")
That anthology sounds interesting - if you like the excerpt from Edwin Abbott, I recommend reading the entire Flatland short story. I finished The Fellowship of the Hand. I enjoyed it enough that I’m going to take the suggestions to seek out Ed Hoch’s short stories. Moving onto A Talent for War, by Jack McDevitt. It’s the first in a series set something like 9000 years in the future, and I enjoyed another novel from the series (Seeker) a while back. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/37 "2025-11-18T18:43:27Z")
> [@Carnacki](#): > > I finished The Fellowship of the Hand. I enjoyed it enough that I’m going to take the suggestions to seek out Ed Hoch’s short stories. Oh good! I hope you enjoy them. ---
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I managed to get my hands on _Happy Land_ by Dolen Perkins-Valdez at the library today. It’s been checked out for months. I got hold of it a few months ago when it was still on the new books shelf, but I had to turn it back in after I read a few chapters because someone else put it on hold. I was half expecting the library to install a Thunder Dome in the parking lot so we could all fight over who got to check it out next. Why? Because it’s set in Hendersonville NC and the main branch of the Henderson County library (where I checked it out) features in the present day part of the story. The author also gives accurate directions to the local emergency room as well if you ever need that. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/39 "2025-11-19T09:29:17Z")
Finished _Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages_, by Dan Jones. A good overview of the years AD410-1527. I’ve read a few of Jones’ books now, not everything he’s written, but my favorite so far is _The Plantagenets_, and this one here is almost as good. Have started _1984_, by George Orwell. A reread. I first read it 41 years ago in 1984, thinking it would be cool to read it that year. The wife was interested in the story, so I bought it for her and am revisiting it now that she is finished with it. Back then we only thought the Reagan years were the embodiment of 1984, had no idea about present days. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462/40 "2025-11-19T12:40:02Z")
I’m almost finished with Clive Cussler’s **Iceberg. I** t’s his second published book, and the second Dirk Pitt, written back before he had innumerable co-authors, and was writing them all by himself. He hadn’t established a lot of his trademarks yet. You couldn’t imagine this book being written now. The sexism and condescension to women seem as outrageous as the things in 1960s James Bond movies to the modern reader. At one point Pitt decides to fool his opponent by acting like a stereotypical limp-wrist homosexual, as if tis were an episode of _Three’s Company_, and it’s embarrassing. Times have definitely hanged. I’ve also almost finished **The Stoogephile Trivia Book** by Jeffrey Forrester. It features a foreword by John Candy, who’d played several parts on SCTV as Curly. “I was excited about being asked to write this foreword,” he wrote,” Until I found out there was no money in it.” I hadn’t intended to buy this book at the flea market, but the seller threw it in when I bought _Larry: The Stooge in the Middle_ by Moe Fine. You can almost always find something in even the weirdest book. This one was the earliest example I found of “Fake Shemp” in print. Here it is a natural thing – Shemp Howard died of a Heart attack while thee Stooges were still under contract for four shorts for Columbia. They fulfilled the contract by using existing footage and shooting some extra scenes with other people taking the place of Shemp, but so that their faces couldn’t be seen. I was familiar with the term because Sam Raimi used it in referring to the practice for his _Evil Dead_ movies. I know that the credit “Fake Shemp” occurs in _Army of Darkness_ (where it confused me – I’m a hopeless credit-reader – until I learned the origin years later). I know the IMDB lists “Fake Shemps” in _Evil Dead II_, but I can’t find out if they’re credited that way in the closing credits of that film or the original _Evil Dead_. Did Raimi get it from this book? The book came out in 1982. The first Evil Dead came out in 1981 (and was a remake of a film he’d made in 1978). _Evil Dead II_ came out in 1987 and _Army_ in 1992. So, chronologically, the use in the last two films could’ve come from the book. I don’t know if Raimi used the term in 1978 or 1981. He might have come up with the term himself, or adopted something circulating in the film community. But the fact that both he and Forrester use “_fake_ Shemp”, rather than one of them saying “phoney Shemp” or “Shemp Double” or something else is suspicious. Not listening to any audiobooks right now. Not sure what’s up next in any category. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462.md?page=3)