It's been on my shelf for a long time (it's sitting next to Drood and The Terror which I read years ago, they are excellent). And I did reread Hyperion some time ago - and there's mention of Flashback in it! So I guess I'll read it soon.
@@CasperHulshof i just asked for a transfer to our local library branch of a copy of Flashback. just finished the Terror during a massive heatwave here. i read Drood last winter and it put me onto Bleak House, which i loved. whoda thunk it? i'll read anything by Simmons.
Excession got the Kurd Lasswitz Award in Germany. Last year a new German translation of Elric was published. 8 Elric novels in one huge hardcover with 1178 pages. I can also recommend Blindsight by Peter Watts.
Nice score on the NESFA van vogt book! I dislike the new banks livery, severely lacking spaceships! I have that same edition of Firefall. The Adam Roberts book is bk2 of 2 of the only series he has done (the rest standslones). They're set in my hometown, or a version of it. Must read them!
Interesting collection of stories in Transfinite. I don't think any of Vogt's Weapons Shop stories are in there? And fantastic art in those Elric Sagas! Nice purchases Richard!
Virtually nothing gets remaindered in the UK now- or at least there are now so few remainder shops that they're near invisible: I used to buy loads of remainders in the 80s and 90s. Instead we have outlets that stock overstocks from publishers (basically the same thing, but they are titles still in print that regular booksellers are still expected to sell by publishers) and print on demand editions of backlist titles- for example, if you get a super-shiny laminate cover on a Masterwork, that's from a tranche run off for the bargain book market, which is a bit naughty in my view. You also get A Format versions of B format titles specially printed for rack spinners standing in non-book trade outlets.
I'm guessing that the bookselling business has changed more in your last twenty years than in your first twenty years. Trends, alternate markets and, of course, online sales. Tough job being in a brick and mortar first run store.
@@vintagesf Broadly, yes. When the big changes came, they were like keystones being pulled out that caused an avalanche. These changes were (1) the end of the NBA (Net Book Agreement) - which had maintained prices for a century, meaning that books were not discounted, but sold at the same price everywhere, so you competed on range and service and (2) the internet, specifically Amazon. Most of the smaller changes since then that have piled up are down to those things.
Richard, I hope you will be as engrossed with "Flashback" as much as I was! I did not use "enjoy", as it hard to apply to this book. The end is interpreted variously. I think Simmons has the protagonist prove it is not a dream. I reread it several times. I have the Crouch "Upgrade" coming. While I see no connection between the 2018 Blumhouse film "Upgrade" and the Crouch novel, they seem related by concept. The film uses a specific hardware/software engineering, and the novel a bioengineering approach to portray "the next step in human evolution". The film has a very Nietzschean main character, who you do not realize IS the main character until late in the film. About all I can say without spoilers. This movie is great. Kara appears to be the Superman acolyte in The Crouch novel? I have a pile of books to read! Thanks for the mention, the microphone I purchased for my reviews has developed a crackle, maybe the proximity to metal in my desk. I will have to experiment!
Nice haul, Richard. I think you may have more NESFA editions than I do, now.
Love the thumbnail!😄
Nice haul!
Yes, Flashback is a book with a lot that will stay with you for a long time after reading it, looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
a new one for me. will check it. i just put my copy of Hardcase in the corner box for someone else to discover.
It's been on my shelf for a long time (it's sitting next to Drood and The Terror which I read years ago, they are excellent). And I did reread Hyperion some time ago - and there's mention of Flashback in it! So I guess I'll read it soon.
@@CasperHulshof i just asked for a transfer to our local library branch of a copy of Flashback. just finished the Terror during a massive heatwave here. i read Drood last winter and it put me onto Bleak House, which i loved. whoda thunk it?
i'll read anything by Simmons.
"The howling winds of chaos sound above the battle cry
As we slay the beasts and drink their souls to keep us half alive,"
- Stormbringer
@@secretfirebooks7894 ⛈️🗡️📚 Great quote!
Excession got the Kurd Lasswitz Award in Germany.
Last year a new German translation of Elric was published. 8 Elric novels in one huge hardcover with 1178 pages.
I can also recommend Blindsight by Peter Watts.
*LOVE* that overhead format! I think the Master of the overhead covershot SF book haul is News from the Gelding. Very unusual
@vintagesf You should check him out.
Nice score on the NESFA van vogt book! I dislike the new banks livery, severely lacking spaceships! I have that same edition of Firefall. The Adam Roberts book is bk2 of 2 of the only series he has done (the rest standslones). They're set in my hometown, or a version of it. Must read them!
Interesting collection of stories in Transfinite. I don't think any of Vogt's Weapons Shop stories are in there? And fantastic art in those Elric Sagas! Nice purchases Richard!
@@GrammaticusBooks Enjoyed seeing your graphic magazine with the Elric story yesterday. Lots of Elric to enjoy.
Virtually nothing gets remaindered in the UK now- or at least there are now so few remainder shops that they're near invisible: I used to buy loads of remainders in the 80s and 90s. Instead we have outlets that stock overstocks from publishers (basically the same thing, but they are titles still in print that regular booksellers are still expected to sell by publishers) and print on demand editions of backlist titles- for example, if you get a super-shiny laminate cover on a Masterwork, that's from a tranche run off for the bargain book market, which is a bit naughty in my view. You also get A Format versions of B format titles specially printed for rack spinners standing in non-book trade outlets.
I'm guessing that the bookselling business has changed more in your last twenty years than in your first twenty years. Trends, alternate markets and, of course, online sales. Tough job being in a brick and mortar first run store.
@@vintagesf Broadly, yes. When the big changes came, they were like keystones being pulled out that caused an avalanche. These changes were (1) the end of the NBA (Net Book Agreement) - which had maintained prices for a century, meaning that books were not discounted, but sold at the same price everywhere, so you competed on range and service and (2) the internet, specifically Amazon. Most of the smaller changes since then that have piled up are down to those things.
Richard, I hope you will be as engrossed with "Flashback" as much as I was! I did not use "enjoy", as it hard to apply to this book. The end is interpreted variously. I think Simmons has the protagonist prove it is not a dream. I reread it several times.
I have the Crouch "Upgrade" coming. While I see no connection between the 2018 Blumhouse film "Upgrade" and the Crouch novel, they seem related by concept.
The film uses a specific hardware/software engineering, and the novel a bioengineering approach to portray "the next step in human evolution". The film has a very Nietzschean main character, who you do not realize IS the main character until late in the film. About all I can say without spoilers. This movie is great.
Kara appears to be the Superman acolyte in The Crouch novel? I have a pile of books to read!
Thanks for the mention, the microphone I purchased for my reviews has developed a crackle, maybe the proximity to metal in my desk. I will have to experiment!
5:52: Or John Wyndham "The Chrysalids"/ "Re-Birth"(US). A better story than "Blood Music" by a whisker imo.
@@sailorjbn Love Wyndham.