🎉 A new milestone! Hurrah! When Steve first mentioned the second series, I'd never heard of it. When he showed us the books, I figured "there was a reason we never heard of it." There was so much SF from this time period that I tried to read growing up that had a great blurb, and/ or a great cover, what was somewhere between lukewarm and terrible. All of these reminded me of that. I'm sorry to hear that I was right. Sorry you're still that you had to endure them for my benefit. Now that you have diligently worked your way through them, I am glad that the knowledge is empirical, and on firm ground and not just me looking at old books and getting "vibes." Your sacrifice, your endurance, your efforts are appreciated. Rock on.
Terry Carr was a superior editor! Whoever edited series two didn't have Carr's taste, or more probably didn't have a very good list of novels to select from.
Agreed. By 1972, Lester del Rey wrote after being hired to edit a best of year collection, that he had trouble finding enough good stories to fill the order.
Was this published before Stephen King's THE STAND? I've read some of Yarbro's St. Germaine vampire novels. They are solidly told, and actually, the ones I've read are heavier on the historical fiction than on vampire action. Looking forward to your reviews of Series Three. I remember seeing those on the bookstore shelves when they were first published, but I bet I haven't read any of them.
I'm sorry you found this series to be unsatisfying. On the other hand, I don't feel so bad about missing most of them, now. And, I'm pleased that you did like the fantasies by Thomas Burnett Swan. We Swann fans are pretty thin on the ground.
Thanks for filtering these for us Richard. Looking forward to series 3.
@@sfwordsofwonder I like the idea of filtering books. May use that in a video.
🎉 A new milestone!
Hurrah!
When Steve first mentioned the second series, I'd never heard of it.
When he showed us the books, I figured "there was a reason we never heard of it."
There was so much SF from this time period that I tried to read growing up that had a great blurb, and/ or a great cover, what was somewhere between lukewarm and terrible. All of these reminded me of that. I'm sorry to hear that I was right. Sorry you're still that you had to endure them for my benefit.
Now that you have diligently worked your way through them, I am glad that the knowledge is empirical, and on firm ground and not just me looking at old books and getting "vibes."
Your sacrifice, your endurance, your efforts are appreciated.
Rock on.
While a bit of a chore going through them, I still held the hope of discovery. Still have that hope with series three.
Well done! Love these videos!
Great video Richard! Sorry to hear the second series didn't live up to the standards of the first run.
Got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette. (Taking an eggsistentialist view.)
Terry Carr was a superior editor! Whoever edited series two didn't have Carr's taste, or more probably didn't have a very good list of novels to select from.
Agreed. By 1972, Lester del Rey wrote after being hired to edit a best of year collection, that he had trouble finding enough good stories to fill the order.
Ooh i got hold of a hardback of that CQY book. I enjoyed False Dawn by the same author.
@@SciFiScavenger I do hear from Steve (OB) that ‘False Dawn’ is a much better book than ‘Horseman’.
I liked to read Howard Waldrop: Them Bones in the third series.
Great to hear!
@@vintagesf Yeah, I'll be interested to hear what you think of it. Like everything by Howard Waldrop, it is very hard to describe.
Was this published before Stephen King's THE STAND?
I've read some of Yarbro's St. Germaine vampire novels. They are solidly told, and actually, the ones I've read are heavier on the historical fiction than on vampire action.
Looking forward to your reviews of Series Three. I remember seeing those on the bookstore shelves when they were first published, but I bet I haven't read any of them.
Published before ‘The Stand’.
I'm sorry you found this series to be unsatisfying. On the other hand, I don't feel so bad about missing most of them, now. And, I'm pleased that you did like the fantasies by Thomas Burnett Swan. We Swann fans are pretty thin on the ground.