I’ve been wanting to read The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara ever since it was released in Hardcover earlier this year. With my birthday coming up in a few weeks, I went to Amazon to add it to my Wish List and saw that the Kindle Edition is only $1.99 right now!

I immediately bought it (I read my Kindle books through the app on my iPad Mini). So, if this book has been on your to-read list, I suggest you do the same immediately because I do not know how long this sale will last.

The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy
Written by Tom Weaver, David Schecter, Steve Kronenberg
Introduction by Julie Adams
Publisher: McFarland | Hardcover
408 Pages | 295 Photos
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Cover Price: $60.00

He was the final addition to Universal’s “royal family” of movie monsters: The Creature from the Black Lagoon. With his scaly armor, razor claws and a face only a mother octopus could love, this Amazon denizen was perhaps the most fearsome beast in the history of Hollywood’s Studio of Horrors. But he also possessed a sympathetic, poignant quality which elevated him fathoms above the many aquatic monsters who swam in his wake.

The culmination of 30 years of research, Tom Weaver‘s book, The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy, is a 408-page tome that documents the history and influence of Jack Arnold’s 1954 film.