I Ordered Hundreds of Sci-Fi Books While I Was Traveling (Again)
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
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The endorphin surge at just seeing a book haul
That Horses Asteroid cover needs to be on a shirt just to confuse people
IT DOES -- I READ ITS A RATHER SILLY PULP SHORT STORIES COLLECTION -- AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE
18:30 "oh did i get scammed?? no, this is a package for a family member..." same thing really 😂😂😅
Jack Williamson was a cousin of my dad's, so a something-removed cousin of mine. He was one of the most positive, fun and kind persons I ever knew. He loved supporting the efforts of other authors and had an annual convention to that effect for years. I have a signed copy of what he said was his favorite novel "Darker Than You Think" (1940) which I adore.
Ahhhh, back at Uni (last century) we had a handbuilt mobile library that we wheeled into meetings ... and it had a decent collection of Gor books that were absolutely terrible.
I love how passionate and knowledgeable you are about your collection! I love sci-fi but I've only heard of a fraction of these authors, so this is a real education for me! Thanks a lot.
Stay safe man! Always a joy to see you on location(s). All hail our masters and overlords...the paperbacks.
Glad to see the Vance reached you in good shape, felt you should have it as I picked up a signed limited which I showed on my channel a while back. Nice to see you back in Cali, some wild 50s paperbacks there, those Star SFs are nice. 'Eye of the Lens' is wild, I have that edition, first read it back in the 80s, LJ was a bit of a legend - he put together the fragments of the last of the three 'Gormenghast' books ('Titus Alone') after Peake died and left it in bits. I think I showed 'Eye' in one of my New Wave videos. I have that 'Soviet SF' anthology too, pretty collectable now. Continue being good to yourself: I should have said that postcard came out of a electronic music mag, I think....
Morecock talked up Langdon Jones and "The Eye of the Lens" quite a bit as well.
Beautiful copy!
I recommend the Gandalara series (7 short/ish books) by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron beginning with The Steel of Raithskar. It's a very 'realistic' portrait of a man discovering a new world around him and adjusting. On top of that, the story is full of adventure and action as well as well written relationships. It really is one of a kind as it says on the cover. I have read some of Randall Garrett's other writings, Lord Darcy for one, but this has a very different style. It's written in first person and I usually don't like that but it's very well done here. It's recently been made available as an audiobook, too.
As big a fan as you are of Jack Vance and the Dying Earth series, I think you should give his Lyonesse series a try. It is my favorite Jack Vance and in my top 5 fantasy series. Lyonesse is an island from King Arthur mythos, and I believe is the location where the Grail if found. The books tell separate stories so that the main character from one book becomes a background character in the other books. I love the series because every time I thought I knew where he was going, he would surprise me. The second book especially has elements from Dying Earth.
It's really hard to argue against any Jack Vance, but Matt has a predisposition against fantasy, so don't take it personally if he doesn't go there.
Well, I suppose it won't hurt to say it again: Way Station is absolutely one of Simak's best works.
"Raiders" is - by far - my favourite of the Gor books. I think it`s the sixth in the series.
I could not be a patron to someone who does not think "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is a masterpiece of modern western literature.
Hahaha, I remember reading Splinter of the Mind’s Eye and that thing was written before anybody decided Luke and Leia were twins cuz, if I remember right, we get a lot of Luke inner monologue and that dude is HORNY.
Highly recommend you read Way Station, it's a great summer read as well.
Keep that copy of Way Station and yes you should read it.
Way station is a truly amazing book
Thank you so much for putting Vernor Vinge on my radar... I picked up a copy of Marooned in Realtime for $2 at the local book shop, and it has been a quick and excellent read. Keeping a sharp eye out for the Zones of Thought series, per your recommendation.
Much love from Lawrence KS! Cheers, mate 🙏🙏🙏
Wow, that was quite the haul.
I read the Clarke "Deep Range" back last century. Don't remember much but they were using Orcas to shepherd whales.
Nice give to end on 😀
I read House of Stairs as a young teen back in the early 80s and I have not forgotten it. It kinda wigged me out. I do recognize the cover. Read it!
Interesting story. Before Star Wars was released, George Lucas just hoped that it would make its money back, and maybe make enough to justify a much-reduced budget sequel. So, he commissioned Alan Dean Foster to come up with a story that would be relatively cheap and easy to film. That idea, Foster turned into the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye. A lot of the ideas Foster introduced here, such as the swamp planet, were later recycled in the movie series.
also why Han Solo is not in it because Harrison Ford did not sign a contract for 3 movies so Lucas had no idea if Ford would even return. After SW became a phenomenon Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz abandoned the Splinter idea & opted for doing James Bond-style movies - 12 in all. That eventually changed and they created The Empire Strikes Back. The rest is history.
I love Slaves of the Volcano God! Though I do think the last in that trilogy has the best title - Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies. (The second one is Bride of the Slime Monster.)
I have what to watch after work!
The very first SF story I ever read was Anatoly Dneprov's Crabs on the Island.
FYI, splinter of the minds eye was written as a low budget sequel in case Star Wars would have failed. Before empire strikes back even existed.
Great hauls. Even better Laibach t-shirt.
Star SF #6 "I don't recognize any of these other names" -- only other one I recognize is Miriam Allen Deford. (Yes, I paused to check.) Wrote mostly mysteries, I think, had a story in one of Ellison's Dangerous Visions anthologies. I bought a paperback antoholgy (Xenogenesis) of her stuff back in the late '60s - early'70s. I remember it being (seeming) repetitive.
The "thousand dollar box" is a bunch of 50s stuff in what appears to be amazingly good shape. I don't think I've ever even seen one of the Star SF anthologies. Before my time.
The copy of Simak's "Way Station" -- what edition is that? I remember (possibly misremember) it being in the Ace Science Fiction Special series. (I might be confusing it in my mind with "Why Call Them Back From Heaven".
When did I give up on the Gor books? I think book 6 or 7.
And there's a lot of obscure people I've never even heard of in this haul.
nice Laibach t-shirt! saw them in London in late 1990s
I thought I was well-read in SF (5000 books or so), but I don't remember hearing about Langdon Jones and pretty sure I haven't read anything he wrote. I'll have to get a copy. A quick search tells me Michael Moorcock wrote glowingly of him, and The Eye of the Lens is Langdon's only book.
Welcome back!! I’m looking forward to some Whatnot shows. Space Viking by Piper was pretty boring but has a great cover. The mercenary by pournelle is actualky prequel to mote in gods eye btw. Great haul!
Start Science Fiction is a very important anthology -- it was a novelty in the 1950s, an original (or largely original) anthology, kind of like a magazine in paperback form. Pohl had terrific taste as an editor. And it was the place where some of earliest Cordwainer Smith work appeared (I think there was stuff in an earlier obscure magazine but it's where it first got wide attention). I'd hold on to those if I were you.
Another outstanding job by you. You, Ian from Write Conscious, and the great great great Scott Bradfield are providing me with an online YT Phd in literature and I appreciate it more than I can say.
Those hardcovers are in tiptop shape. No foxing or anything. Beautiful books. I wish my fantasy books were in as perfect shape as outlaw bookseller's sf hardcovers
The plot of The Visitors by Clifford D. Simak sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip. 👍
An awesome surprise, Thanks!
I ran across a paperback of The Eye of the Lens with a very surreal cover for $1.99 and had to take a chance on it for that price. One of the best random buys I've made in a long time.
What an interesting assortment! Ebay lots??
William Tenn’s short stories are pretty good. Back in the ‘80s Del Rey published mass market editions of several of his collections. Good stuff.
As to Hilbert Schenk I read his short novel A Rose for Armageddon. I thought it was excellent.
I just love it when you pull out a book that I own. I've got a copy of that Judith Merrill anthology, SF: The Best of the Beat. Haven't picked it up yet though.
I also just recently read Simak's Way Station and yes, it's quite good
Thanks for the presentation! I confirm that Beyond by Theodore Sturgeon is a 1960 collection of his. Cheers! 7
You should read House of Stairs by William Sleator before you sell it.
I have a bunch of Gor books on my shelf that I saved from being tipped by my wife’s uncle who has an impressive collection. Haven’t had a chance to look at them properly yet, just couldn’t let books be thrown.
The Synthetic Man (aka The Dreaming Jewels) is a good read!
Splinter of the minds eye is on my grail list - maybe hard to find here in AUS
I probably won't read most of these both due to time and because SF isn't the best genre for me.
But I am glad you make these videos since I can search o few ones to read for fun and ease my mind from heavier literature.
Jones is great!
I read some of the early Gor books a long time ago. As a kid, I didn't notice the misogyny, it was just reasonable sci-fi fantasy, kind of like Edger Rice Burroughs. I've also heard they later devolved into porn -- kind of like Delany, but Norman is nowhere near as good a writer.
Speaking of Burroughs, have you ready any of William Burroughs "science fiction"? He called it sci-fi, but it was so strange that I never really perceived it as such.
"I think I've reached that point in the timeline..." How far behind the Outlaw do you think you are?!
This is a box of copy paper. LOL.
Was the sci-fi book with the dinosaurs sold at the auction? I viewed the auction last night but didn't see it and didn't know if it was already sold or if it wasn't included in the auction? I'm just curious as I was wanting to try to bid for that one (I love dinosaurs)
Didn't know Pendleton wrote SF.
This was worth it just for the covers.
"It was ok" is a very charitable take on Slaves of Heaven by Edmund Cooper. That book and I did not get along.
When you say you ordered, is this through a supplier? I.e. not secondhand shops?
Don Pendelton... he created The Executioner series
what is the discord address again? is that still up?
How do you find time to read them all?
He resells them. Maybe reads a few
Read 'Way Station' don't sell :-)
Where were you traveling this time, pal?
HOW FUNNY I JUST FINISHED CITY (STUNNING AND ELEGIAC) AND AM JUST FINISHING WAY STATION NOW, THE CURRENT EDITION NOT THE COOL COVER CLASSIC YOU FOUND.
PS -- IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR LANGDON JONES FIND IS A PRETTY COOL SHORT STORIES COLLECTION, WITH ONE NOTORIOUS SHORT IN THERE, GARDEN OF DELIGHTS, WHICH BRINGS THE TOPIC OF INCEST TO SCI FI. BLOOP BLOOP. HEY NOW.
I believe Ted Sturgeon brought an incest story to "Dangerous Visions" a couple years before that, but I could be wrong, it could have been "Again Dangerous Visions."
Laibach fan?
More books! Please stop!😂
Again?