Yeah, that was me re covering 'City Come A-Walkin'' in my video 'Who Put The Punk in Cyberpunk?' some months back. Glad to see you're still really enjoying Moore, as you suggest, it's what she doesn't say that is as telling as what she does- and that final super-short story I've lauded on my own channel ("Song In A Minor Key") where we get a flashback of Northwest's 'origin' tale as it were is something I've read and re-read. 'Galaxies Like Grains of Sand' was one of my first Aldiss books- back in 1979!- and I've not read it since, but have a plan to do it again this year, as I reacquired it in 2023. As for the Leigh Brackett thing, I'm not so sure that plot doesn't exist - but my Brackett collection is minimal compared to what it used to be, sadly....great vid as ever, my friend. Happy New Year!
That final two page story of Northwest Smith was great. And fitting that it was the last she wrote of him i believe. I'd forgotten the entire reason i was interested in 'Galaxies Like Grains of Sand' was that its a bunch of inter connected stories of humanity's future history, which is very much my kind of thing. Had i remembered i would have talked about it more but I'm very much looking forward to it! The Brackett thing is just a weird mystery, the plot sounds great but two of the named characters are Matt Carse from 'The Sword of Rhiannon' and Ciaran from the short story "The Jewel of Bas". Very strange!
Nice to see City Come A-Walkin get a mention. Shirley is a Portland legend. Had some great bands/music projects too (Sado-Nation and Obsession). Even wrote for Blue Oyster Cult!
29:24 Ha ha, the cover is "stolen" from Perry Rhodan, the German sci fi series. The alien species is called Haluter. The mech stories sounds interesting.
Spatterjay Trilogy is my favorite from Neil Asher. More brutal and creastive than his other novels, and that's saying something.. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts.
Really interesting books there. I really rate the Aldiss collection, I also weirdly have that edition. I do need to find some Robert Charles Wilson as he as a writer sounds like my sort of thing.
SFR, you mentioned your fondness for AI-related stories. I'm thinking, you are so well-read you could do a special edition on just AI SF, I know I'd be up for that what with AI being a viral topic these days. Really enjoying your channel, keep it rolling. :)
Good to see Robert Charles Wilson getting some love on book tube. After I read Chronoliths I had some questions about things that I didn’t think he had answered in the book. So I sent him an email and he replied that he actually didn’t remember much of of it and couldn’t answer my question. I thought that was hilarious.
Haha, that’s great! Until last year I hadn’t read anything of his but devoured seven or so of his books after giving him a try. Darwinia and Spin are probably my favourite so far.
I've read 3 of Robert Charles Wilson's -: The Hidden Place, which was so-so, but the other two were brilliant : The Harvest, & Darwinia. Neal Asher is one author I'm looking forward to reading for the 1st time. I've got 2 of his -: The Line of Polity, & Skinner. Dickens is underrated as a horror writer, but his short stories in that genre ( he wrote about 20 of them ) for the most part, are well crafted & enjoyable. S.P Somtow, who wrote Light on the Sound, became better known as a horror writer, after getting his start in S.F. All of the S.F. books I've read by him are constantly surprising, but my favorite of book of his was a chunky horror novel called Moon Dance, which was a Western/werewolf story. He also wrote a vampire sequence which was good, & a fantasy novel - The Shattered Horse - which uses the Trojan Horse as it's theme.
Asher and Wilson are two of my favorites! The Harvest, Darwinia and Spin are my favorite three of Wilsons. Thanks for the info on Somtow. A Western Werewolf story sounds absolutely awesome. I'll be on the lookout for that one!
I was also given a copy of Terrible Worlds Revolutions for Christmas. I wasn't sure what to expect, but you have definitely piqued my interest for those novellas
With Adrian Tchaikovsky you can always expect something good, even the third story that kind of turned me off, I'm sure i'll love it when i give it a chance. The guy can write anything!
ChatGPT wrote that Brackett jacket.. I had a nagging doubt so I searched How to pronounce hegira. That g is not hard. Rather it sounds like the dg in hedge. The rest either like Ira or eera. I enjoy your mix of old and new SF. I read a book titled The Man Who F...ed Himself! And he did! by David Gerrod.. More to say, but on cellphone now awaiting new computer..
I figured I was pronouncing it wrong, thanks😅. That Gerrold book has been recommended to me before! I must check it out. Hope the computer arrives soon! I forgot to mention the Brackett book is from Wildside Press, so it just seems extra strange that such a mistake would be made. Though i know nothing really about how ChatGPT works.
When I was a kid back in the 80s I wrapped my Ace Conan series in that plastic wrap only to find out that it really never comes off if it’s been done right but ruins the resale value. 😢
I've read just over half his Polity stuff and my favorite so far is still Gridlinked (His first book) and the 4 books that follow it. I'm currently reading his Spatterjay trilogy and while im loving it, its not as exciting imo. Probably because so far its mostly planet bound, whereas Gridlinked and the books that follow have a nice balance of different locations as well as space travel.
Yeah, that was me re covering 'City Come A-Walkin'' in my video 'Who Put The Punk in Cyberpunk?' some months back. Glad to see you're still really enjoying Moore, as you suggest, it's what she doesn't say that is as telling as what she does- and that final super-short story I've lauded on my own channel ("Song In A Minor Key") where we get a flashback of Northwest's 'origin' tale as it were is something I've read and re-read. 'Galaxies Like Grains of Sand' was one of my first Aldiss books- back in 1979!- and I've not read it since, but have a plan to do it again this year, as I reacquired it in 2023. As for the Leigh Brackett thing, I'm not so sure that plot doesn't exist - but my Brackett collection is minimal compared to what it used to be, sadly....great vid as ever, my friend. Happy New Year!
That final two page story of Northwest Smith was great. And fitting that it was the last she wrote of him i believe. I'd forgotten the entire reason i was interested in 'Galaxies Like Grains of Sand' was that its a bunch of inter connected stories of humanity's future history, which is very much my kind of thing. Had i remembered i would have talked about it more but I'm very much looking forward to it! The Brackett thing is just a weird mystery, the plot sounds great but two of the named characters are Matt Carse from 'The Sword of Rhiannon' and Ciaran from the short story "The Jewel of Bas". Very strange!
@@sciencefictionreads When I can find a minute, I'm going to try and solve that Brackett mystery!
Nice to see City Come A-Walkin get a mention. Shirley is a Portland legend. Had some great bands/music projects too (Sado-Nation and Obsession). Even wrote for Blue Oyster Cult!
Interesting and captivating books ! I feel the joy just by looking the shelves behind you. Thank you for sharing.
Thankyou! And thanks for watching!
29:24 Ha ha, the cover is "stolen" from Perry Rhodan, the German sci fi series. The alien species is called Haluter. The mech stories sounds interesting.
The Tchaikovsky sounds cool - I'll look out for it.
The guy can write anything! I look forward to quite a handful of his stuff i haven't yet read!
Spatterjay Trilogy is my favorite from Neil Asher. More brutal and creastive than his other novels, and that's saying something.. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts.
I'm onto the second in the trilogy at the moment and quite enjoying them!
Really interesting books there. I really rate the Aldiss collection, I also weirdly have that edition. I do need to find some Robert Charles Wilson as he as a writer sounds like my sort of thing.
I really love Light On The Sound. Original copies are scarce but the whole series is available in print-on-demand versions, that's how I bought it.
Oh awesome! I didn't realize they were available as print on demand. Good to know, thankyou!
@@sciencefictionreads after a certain point in the 80s he started using the name S. P. Somtow
I randomly found books 2 and 4 today, perhaps not so hard to find after all.
City Come A-Walkin sounds interesting, will be interested to hear your thoughts on it. Yeah, 2023 was fun, excited for 2024. Congrats on the baby!
Thanks, Ira!
SFR, you mentioned your fondness for AI-related stories. I'm thinking, you are so well-read you could do a special edition on just AI SF, I know I'd be up for that what with AI being a viral topic these days. Really enjoying your channel, keep it rolling. :)
A great idea Rick, something I've considered before actually! Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
Good to see Robert Charles Wilson getting some love on book tube. After I read Chronoliths I had some questions about things that I didn’t think he had answered in the book. So I sent him an email and he replied that he actually didn’t remember much of of it and couldn’t answer my question. I thought that was hilarious.
Haha, that’s great! Until last year I hadn’t read anything of his but devoured seven or so of his books after giving him a try. Darwinia and Spin are probably my favourite so far.
@@sciencefictionreads Spin rocks. I need to get to the sequels. I've also read/liked Blind Lake. I liked a lot of A Bridge of Years, but it's flawed.
@@sciencefictionreads I want to get to Wilson on my channel soon.
I've read 3 of Robert Charles Wilson's -: The Hidden Place, which was so-so, but the other two were brilliant : The Harvest, & Darwinia.
Neal Asher is one author I'm looking forward to reading for the 1st time. I've got 2 of his -: The Line of Polity, & Skinner.
Dickens is underrated as a horror writer, but his short stories in that genre ( he wrote about 20 of them ) for the most part, are well crafted & enjoyable.
S.P Somtow, who wrote Light on the Sound, became better known as a horror writer, after getting his start in S.F.
All of the S.F. books I've read by him are constantly surprising, but my favorite of book of his was a chunky horror novel called Moon Dance, which was a Western/werewolf story. He also wrote a vampire sequence which was good, & a fantasy novel - The Shattered Horse - which uses the Trojan Horse as it's theme.
Asher and Wilson are two of my favorites! The Harvest, Darwinia and Spin are my favorite three of Wilsons. Thanks for the info on Somtow. A Western Werewolf story sounds absolutely awesome. I'll be on the lookout for that one!
I was also given a copy of Terrible Worlds Revolutions for Christmas. I wasn't sure what to expect, but you have definitely piqued my interest for those novellas
With Adrian Tchaikovsky you can always expect something good, even the third story that kind of turned me off, I'm sure i'll love it when i give it a chance. The guy can write anything!
ChatGPT wrote that Brackett jacket..
I had a nagging doubt so I searched How to pronounce hegira. That g is not hard. Rather it sounds like the dg in hedge. The rest either like Ira or eera.
I enjoy your mix of old and new SF.
I read a book titled The Man Who F...ed Himself! And he did! by David Gerrod..
More to say, but on cellphone now awaiting new computer..
I figured I was pronouncing it wrong, thanks😅. That Gerrold book has been recommended to me before! I must check it out. Hope the computer arrives soon! I forgot to mention the Brackett book is from Wildside Press, so it just seems extra strange that such a mistake would be made. Though i know nothing really about how ChatGPT works.
When I was a kid back in the 80s I wrapped my Ace Conan series in that plastic wrap only to find out that it really never comes off if it’s been done right but ruins the resale value. 😢
Well, I'm at least pleased to know it probably wont peel off and take the cover art with it 😅
What's your favorite Neal asher book/series? He sounds interesting and I didn't read anything from him, but there are so many books by him
I've read just over half his Polity stuff and my favorite so far is still Gridlinked (His first book) and the 4 books that follow it. I'm currently reading his Spatterjay trilogy and while im loving it, its not as exciting imo. Probably because so far its mostly planet bound, whereas Gridlinked and the books that follow have a nice balance of different locations as well as space travel.
Fantastic sci fi channel.
Thanks! And thanks for watching!
Top 10 Best SF reads in 2023??
I want to make a video like that, along with so many other ideas. But I never have the time!