First off, congratulations on your wedding. I recommended the Replay book 😁😁 Such a good book, made me go to bed early every day. Nice to see you bought a copy and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. I took quite a journey after "Replay". I asked AI which books to read when somebody loves "Replay". It also recommended "Fifteen lives of August" to me, which i haven't read yet, and a few other yet to read books. But it also introduced Blake Crouch to me, who is now my new favorite writer. I really have to recommend "RECURSION" from him. It's probably the best book I've ever read. It can be compared to the movie "Inception". So I'm now reading everything from Blake Crouch 😄"Dark Matter" is very good introduction to get used to Blake Crouch' writing style.
Ah, it was you, Nucky! I think it was off the back of the Freaky Deaky review? I didn't go back that far searching the comments. Replay sounds amazing. I love it when you find a book you can't wait to read every evening. And thank you for the Blake Crouch recommendation, I'll try and get a copy of Resursion soon. I just wish I could read a little quicker, so many books in my tbr pile! Funnily enough, I self-published a short story compilation called 'Dark Matter'. It wasn't until I'd already published the book that I realised how many other books had the same title!! hahaha! Cheers mate!
Replay - fantastic book, I have the physical, kindle and audio of this. Makes a great re-read every few years. Always nice to see a new upload before work, so I can forget about work for a while just before I start. I really like the Vincent King cover, red and yellow and the green on the back, it looks like an otherworldly planet and it looks pretty realistic too. Great font as well. "not yet finalised" maybe? That fecal matter looks like cat paw prints (mainly on the title page), I had that before when I had a cat. Little scamps. Holy crap, that PKD Ubik book looks amazing!!!! It's almost like a futuristic scifi book as seen in the 60s. Hobgoblin to me is a great drink, especially for the price, a good long easy session drink. Great to have you back - and the sniff-o-analysis analysises.
Hey Rich! I’m really looking forward to reading Replay, seems to be very highly regarded; the fact you have every possible medium of the book is also a good sign :D The Vincent King cover is pretty nice, isn’t it?! I really love the old typefaces used in the older sf books; I must try and use them myself for future book covers. Ah, that’s a good shout for the fecal daubings, I didn’t consider the involvement of a cat. Those old Gallanze covers are really nice! Couldn’t have been easy to produce with those bevelled edges. I like it when publishers really consider the end-product. Very kind of you to say, mate. I’m glad to be back working on the channel(s). I’d forgotten how much time it takes to do edit, though :D
What a great haul! I read Up the Line this summer. It's a tremendously entertaining romp which I'm sure will make it into my top 5 reads this year. Very tongue in cheek in tone, with a ridiculous amount of sex which won't appeal to everyone, but the story and ideas are gripping. I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
Cheers for your recommendations, Robin. I'm looking forward to reading Up the Line, sounds intriguing! I'll try and read it before the end of the year; if you're considering putting it in your top 5 for the year it must be pretty special. Cheers mate!
If someone complains about a Satanic candle, they'll complain about a demonic candle. I usually just say "hail Satan" or "I will devour the blood of the innocent" to those types, but you're nicer than I am. I love finding stuff in books that have been used as bookmarks by previous owners. A while ago I picked up a book called Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter, it's one of the books the Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavor TV series' are based on. I found the original receipt from a bookstore in Ontario Canada, and a ticket for a trolley in Waikiki Hawaii from the 1980s. My made up story for their adventure is they lived in the Vancouver area of BC, went to Ontario to visit family, bought the book, went on vacation to Hawaii, and then came back to the Vancouver area where they donated the book. Also, speaking of Tarmac, I'm related to the guy that invented it, Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam, he would be my great great great great great great great uncle if I counted the great's correctly.
hehe! True enough! I was just surprised that there are people that take such things seriously, had no idea that was a thing. Wow, that was a cool find. And I like your idea of what the owner of the book was up to on his/her adventure. Really brings it home to you that the book in your hands has had a life and potentially travelled all over the place. I try not to think of how many toilets it might have been read on, however. No way! Who'd have thought that the smell of a book would result in such a revelation! I've heard of macadam being used to describe tarmac before, had no idea it was based on the name of the inventor. Hope some of that tarmac fortune trickled it's way down to you :D Cheers mate!
@@newsfromthegelding His dad was "Baron of Waterhead" and they owned Craigengillan Estate in Ayrshire Scotland. It's still 3000 acres of land. It was owned by the McAdam family until the 1970s. BUT, my side of the family was cut off from fortune in the 1700s when the Baron died, he shot himself in the head. There was a major legal battle over the inheritance that made it all the way to the house of lords. The loss of that fortune suits me just fine because it wasn't made by Tarmac, it was made through the slave trade, I've actually seen receipts from my ancestors selling people in America. My great great grandma was the last person in my family with the name McAdam, she was born in Ayrshire, but moved to Canada and married a Welshman.
@@thisisjeff9845 How interesting! Yeah, I can understand why you’re happy with the way things turned out. That’s wild that you’ve actually found such evidence of your ancestors involvement in the slave trade. It would be a horrible thing to know that your wealth is a consequence of such a terrible thing. I bet there are plenty of rich families over here that have dark pasts where slavery is concerned; the kind of eternal wealth that passes from generation to generation. I wonder why the Baron shot himself in the head? Do you know what happened?
Love some Hobgoblin! Always liked their old labels as a kid, think they're called the Wychwood Brewery? Looks like they've updated the labels to keep up with modern trends, lost a lot of their character! Business is business I suppose. Great book haul, some awesome cover art as usual. First Fifteen Lives sounds interesting, sometimes I wonder if I woke up 20 years in the past with my current knowledge how differently I'd do things, probably not that different if we're honest with ourselves, might buy some bitcoin though.... Great to see your Friday videos back! Looking forward to more Resident Evil as well (:
Hello Billy! Yeah, that's right, Wychwood Brewery. They seem to change their branding quite often. I think it was better back in the day, personally. Quite liked this label though. It's also interesting that they've become a somewhat budget ale compared to the vast array you find on supermarket shelves. Bitcoin would be a must! It certainly is an interesting idea, but like you, I don't think I'd have turned out much differently. Although, after my two bad wrist breaks, I don't think I'd ever have taken up cycling! Cheers mate, I've missed working on these videos :D
Yeah, it's a really nice copy. I had no idea it was an illustrated edition. I know what you mean, it's rare to see illustrated books these days. I've got a couple of the Dark Tower books with colour plates, something to look forward to as you read through it.
First off, congratulations on your wedding. I recommended the Replay book 😁😁 Such a good book, made me go to bed early every day. Nice to see you bought a copy and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. I took quite a journey after "Replay". I asked AI which books to read when somebody loves "Replay". It also recommended "Fifteen lives of August" to me, which i haven't read yet, and a few other yet to read books. But it also introduced Blake Crouch to me, who is now my new favorite writer. I really have to recommend "RECURSION" from him. It's probably the best book I've ever read. It can be compared to the movie "Inception". So I'm now reading everything from Blake Crouch 😄"Dark Matter" is very good introduction to get used to Blake Crouch' writing style.
Ah, it was you, Nucky! I think it was off the back of the Freaky Deaky review? I didn't go back that far searching the comments. Replay sounds amazing. I love it when you find a book you can't wait to read every evening. And thank you for the Blake Crouch recommendation, I'll try and get a copy of Resursion soon. I just wish I could read a little quicker, so many books in my tbr pile! Funnily enough, I self-published a short story compilation called 'Dark Matter'. It wasn't until I'd already published the book that I realised how many other books had the same title!! hahaha! Cheers mate!
Replay - fantastic book, I have the physical, kindle and audio of this. Makes a great re-read every few years. Always nice to see a new upload before work, so I can forget about work for a while just before I start. I really like the Vincent King cover, red and yellow and the green on the back, it looks like an otherworldly planet and it looks pretty realistic too. Great font as well.
"not yet finalised" maybe? That fecal matter looks like cat paw prints (mainly on the title page), I had that before when I had a cat. Little scamps.
Holy crap, that PKD Ubik book looks amazing!!!! It's almost like a futuristic scifi book as seen in the 60s.
Hobgoblin to me is a great drink, especially for the price, a good long easy session drink. Great to have you back - and the sniff-o-analysis analysises.
Hey Rich! I’m really looking forward to reading Replay, seems to be very highly regarded; the fact you have every possible medium of the book is also a good sign :D The Vincent King cover is pretty nice, isn’t it?! I really love the old typefaces used in the older sf books; I must try and use them myself for future book covers. Ah, that’s a good shout for the fecal daubings, I didn’t consider the involvement of a cat. Those old Gallanze covers are really nice! Couldn’t have been easy to produce with those bevelled edges. I like it when publishers really consider the end-product. Very kind of you to say, mate. I’m glad to be back working on the channel(s). I’d forgotten how much time it takes to do edit, though :D
What a great haul! I read Up the Line this summer. It's a tremendously entertaining romp which I'm sure will make it into my top 5 reads this year. Very tongue in cheek in tone, with a ridiculous amount of sex which won't appeal to everyone, but the story and ideas are gripping. I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
Cheers for your recommendations, Robin. I'm looking forward to reading Up the Line, sounds intriguing! I'll try and read it before the end of the year; if you're considering putting it in your top 5 for the year it must be pretty special. Cheers mate!
Great video 😊
Cheers Zsolt!
If someone complains about a Satanic candle, they'll complain about a demonic candle. I usually just say "hail Satan" or "I will devour the blood of the innocent" to those types, but you're nicer than I am.
I love finding stuff in books that have been used as bookmarks by previous owners. A while ago I picked up a book called Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter, it's one of the books the Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavor TV series' are based on. I found the original receipt from a bookstore in Ontario Canada, and a ticket for a trolley in Waikiki Hawaii from the 1980s. My made up story for their adventure is they lived in the Vancouver area of BC, went to Ontario to visit family, bought the book, went on vacation to Hawaii, and then came back to the Vancouver area where they donated the book.
Also, speaking of Tarmac, I'm related to the guy that invented it, Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam, he would be my great great great great great great great uncle if I counted the great's correctly.
Interesting! I still hear such pavement referred to as "macadam" from time to time.
Wow I've always pronounced it mack-a-dam. Now I'll pronounce it properly.
hehe! True enough! I was just surprised that there are people that take such things seriously, had no idea that was a thing.
Wow, that was a cool find. And I like your idea of what the owner of the book was up to on his/her adventure. Really brings it home to you that the book in your hands has had a life and potentially travelled all over the place. I try not to think of how many toilets it might have been read on, however.
No way! Who'd have thought that the smell of a book would result in such a revelation! I've heard of macadam being used to describe tarmac before, had no idea it was based on the name of the inventor. Hope some of that tarmac fortune trickled it's way down to you :D Cheers mate!
@@newsfromthegelding His dad was "Baron of Waterhead" and they owned Craigengillan Estate in Ayrshire Scotland. It's still 3000 acres of land. It was owned by the McAdam family until the 1970s.
BUT, my side of the family was cut off from fortune in the 1700s when the Baron died, he shot himself in the head. There was a major legal battle over the inheritance that made it all the way to the house of lords. The loss of that fortune suits me just fine because it wasn't made by Tarmac, it was made through the slave trade, I've actually seen receipts from my ancestors selling people in America.
My great great grandma was the last person in my family with the name McAdam, she was born in Ayrshire, but moved to Canada and married a Welshman.
@@thisisjeff9845 How interesting! Yeah, I can understand why you’re happy with the way things turned out. That’s wild that you’ve actually found such evidence of your ancestors involvement in the slave trade. It would be a horrible thing to know that your wealth is a consequence of such a terrible thing. I bet there are plenty of rich families over here that have dark pasts where slavery is concerned; the kind of eternal wealth that passes from generation to generation. I wonder why the Baron shot himself in the head? Do you know what happened?
Love some Hobgoblin! Always liked their old labels as a kid, think they're called the Wychwood Brewery? Looks like they've updated the labels to keep up with modern trends, lost a lot of their character! Business is business I suppose.
Great book haul, some awesome cover art as usual. First Fifteen Lives sounds interesting, sometimes I wonder if I woke up 20 years in the past with my current knowledge how differently I'd do things, probably not that different if we're honest with ourselves, might buy some bitcoin though....
Great to see your Friday videos back! Looking forward to more Resident Evil as well (:
Hello Billy! Yeah, that's right, Wychwood Brewery. They seem to change their branding quite often. I think it was better back in the day, personally. Quite liked this label though. It's also interesting that they've become a somewhat budget ale compared to the vast array you find on supermarket shelves.
Bitcoin would be a must! It certainly is an interesting idea, but like you, I don't think I'd have turned out much differently. Although, after my two bad wrist breaks, I don't think I'd ever have taken up cycling!
Cheers mate, I've missed working on these videos :D
That Clarke edition is cool. I have a thing for illustrated editions lately.
Yeah, it's a really nice copy. I had no idea it was an illustrated edition. I know what you mean, it's rare to see illustrated books these days. I've got a couple of the Dark Tower books with colour plates, something to look forward to as you read through it.