From A(ldiss) to Z(ack Hughes). Holy cow, that's a big book haul. William Hope Hogdson stands out. If you can, read a couple of his short stories to get familiar with his style which can be a little long winded in novel form. The Weird Tales are precious. I too found two Weird Tales collectionc in French, composed by French editors. Clark Ashton Smith has a story in each one. Cheers!
Love the vacation montage! So fun stopping in at used bookstores in smaller communities. Almost missed the extra footage after the fade to black. Just checked on isfdb and the cover artist is unknown. Too bad because it is a stunning space opera/movie style cover. Looking forward to talking to you and Ira about Leiber at the end of the month. I’ll be hosting and plan to post it on Monday, September 2nd.
I really appreciate that you bring up lesser known authors. The only Hodgson I've read is "The Ghost Pirates" which was surprisingly creepy. I really need to read "The House on the Borderland." I like that poster you showed at the end. A nice mat around it would fill it in and set it off. 👍
I want to visit those bookshops! I loved Hothouse, or most of it anyway. Those Mike Whelan covers are awesome. I have that same edition of Under a Calculating Star. Nice haul Matt!
Fantastic intro! I love finding UK editions in Alberta because in most cases they have better art and paper binding than some US editions. And I’m starting to love Book Club editions, especially for shelf space over the larger hardcovers. Definitely planing a book buying vacation now. Great pick ups and I’m so curious about kiteworld now. Hope you and your partner are doing well. Kayaking is definitely a way to get away from the world. That end poster is so neat!
I’m trying to find a book (not Lucifer’s Hammer) where a comet/asteroid hits the earth and there are four scenes I recall: 1. Lake Michigan has tilted and flooded Chicago. 2. Astronauts have to land near Disneyland in FL. 3. A line that talks about Floridians returning to their “ beloved peninsula.” 4. A major character taking the train to a rebuilding of Washington, DC after the flood. I’ve been searching forever for this sci-fi book to no avail. Anyone out there who might know it?
The original Matt Groening books are so much more underground in style: rougher. I love that his child character BOGO (bongo?) isn't cocksure like Bart, but neurotic and perpetually frightened. And Akbar and Jeff are relatively early examples of gay characters out in the open but on the down low. Of course you loved the first Llarn cover: it's Frazetta! I have not read the Iron Tower trilogy, but have heard that the covers the best thing about it. OMG. Carnacki is a classic, but that cover!!
Those Iron Tower covers really are great, I bought the trilogy at a yard sale a little while back for a buck or something because I couldn't resist those covers. Recently saw someone mention they were something like a love letter to the LOTR trilogy which piqued my interest, considered adding them to my enormous, ever-bloating TBR, at this rate who knows.
Really love the intro footage. Question, in Canada do you just call Canadian Geese, Geese? 😂 The world building of Hothouse is great. Check out this video of Aldiss talking about his inspiration for Hothouse: ua-cam.com/video/IXqBO4SpAUg/v-deo.htmlsi=10myXyKZIXz2UhSr Great finds on the road trip. Excited to discuss the Leiber collection with you guys. Looks like fun, wholesome hobbies. I've thought about getting back into legos but I had a vision of our whole basement filled with lego sets and decided to pass for now.
Yes that is correct, here in Canada we just call them Geese. As I must assume in the US the American Eagle is just called Eagle. But all kidding aside please be careful around Canadian Geese, they will eff you up.
That Aldiss video was great. Thanks for that! Yeah they're just Geese to me lol. I went to school for a couple semesters in Toronto and there were geese on the grounds all the time. I always saved French fries for them. However, their behavior is absolutely insane and not governed by logic lol @Sfwordsofwonder
@@sciencefictionreads @vintagesf I wouldn't normally drop a commercial, or plug anything, but I've worked with a number of freeware apps and really nothing has been better than just springing the money and buying CLZ books (collectorz software) It's got a number of ways you can configure it. It's feature rich and has a depth of usage possibility but you don't have to go deep. You can get it as a web-only service, or as a desktop program, or sync both of those features with a phone app. I have tried all the free ones and it's really better than all of them, and unlike many of the better free ones it doesn't disappear in two Android updates. The only trick is remembering to check it when you pick something you "know" you need (forgetting you were psyched to get this exact copy in a haul 6 months ago.)
From A(ldiss) to Z(ack Hughes). Holy cow, that's a big book haul. William Hope Hogdson stands out. If you can, read a couple of his short stories to get familiar with his style which can be a little long winded in novel form. The Weird Tales are precious. I too found two Weird Tales collectionc in French, composed by French editors. Clark Ashton Smith has a story in each one. Cheers!
Wow! gorgeous kayaking spot
@@dillonrogers1812 Arrowhead Park! Great spot.
Love the vacation montage! So fun stopping in at used bookstores in smaller communities. Almost missed the extra footage after the fade to black. Just checked on isfdb and the cover artist is unknown. Too bad because it is a stunning space opera/movie style cover. Looking forward to talking to you and Ira about Leiber at the end of the month. I’ll be hosting and plan to post it on Monday, September 2nd.
I really appreciate that you bring up lesser known authors. The only Hodgson I've read is "The Ghost Pirates" which was surprisingly creepy. I really need to read "The House on the Borderland." I like that poster you showed at the end. A nice mat around it would fill it in and set it off. 👍
Glad you and your wife are doing okay. Love that picture of your son your bookshelf.
Hothouse is amazing and it just keeps folding in ideas in strange and intriguing ways. Great video as always sir
Thanks!
I want to visit those bookshops! I loved Hothouse, or most of it anyway. Those Mike Whelan covers are awesome. I have that same edition of Under a Calculating Star. Nice haul Matt!
I also loved most of Hothouse, it was great but had its problems. But I can mostly forgive them considering it’s a fix up novel.
❤ wow. Those time quest books look like they should be a tie in to Atari 5200 video games! I'm glad they're actually enjoyable and fun as well.
Hothouse is a fun read. Wildly imaginative and funny at times.
Fantastic intro! I love finding UK editions in Alberta because in most cases they have better art and paper binding than some US editions. And I’m starting to love Book Club editions, especially for shelf space over the larger hardcovers. Definitely planing a book buying vacation now. Great pick ups and I’m so curious about kiteworld now. Hope you and your partner are doing well. Kayaking is definitely a way to get away from the world. That end poster is so neat!
I love Book Club editions and UK paperbacks for the cover art! Kiteworld is one i want to get to soon, it sounds wild.
I’m trying to find a book (not Lucifer’s Hammer) where a comet/asteroid hits the earth and there are four scenes I recall: 1. Lake Michigan has tilted and flooded Chicago. 2. Astronauts have to land near Disneyland in FL. 3. A line that talks about Floridians returning to their “ beloved peninsula.” 4. A major character taking the train to a rebuilding of Washington, DC after the flood.
I’ve been searching forever for this sci-fi book to no avail. Anyone out there who might know it?
The original Matt Groening books are so much more underground in style: rougher. I love that his child character BOGO (bongo?) isn't cocksure like Bart, but neurotic and perpetually frightened.
And Akbar and Jeff are relatively early examples of gay characters out in the open but on the down low.
Of course you loved the first Llarn cover: it's Frazetta!
I have not read the Iron Tower trilogy, but have heard that the covers the best thing about it.
OMG. Carnacki is a classic, but that cover!!
Loving the new ( special case) music.
@@waltera13 Thanks! I love editing/doing stuff like that but rarely have reason to.
Gonna watch after work 😊
Those Iron Tower covers really are great, I bought the trilogy at a yard sale a little while back for a buck or something because I couldn't resist those covers. Recently saw someone mention they were something like a love letter to the LOTR trilogy which piqued my interest, considered adding them to my enormous, ever-bloating TBR, at this rate who knows.
Really love the intro footage. Question, in Canada do you just call Canadian Geese, Geese? 😂
The world building of Hothouse is great. Check out this video of Aldiss talking about his inspiration for Hothouse: ua-cam.com/video/IXqBO4SpAUg/v-deo.htmlsi=10myXyKZIXz2UhSr
Great finds on the road trip. Excited to discuss the Leiber collection with you guys. Looks like fun, wholesome hobbies. I've thought about getting back into legos but I had a vision of our whole basement filled with lego sets and decided to pass for now.
We call them Cobra Chickens. They think they own everything.
@@normdykstra9116Haha, I haven't heard that one before. We get a lot of them through Montana and I know what you mean.
Yes that is correct, here in Canada we just call them Geese. As I must assume in the US the American Eagle is just called Eagle. But all kidding aside please be careful around Canadian Geese, they will eff you up.
That Aldiss video was great. Thanks for that! Yeah they're just Geese to me lol. I went to school for a couple semesters in Toronto and there were geese on the grounds all the time. I always saved French fries for them. However, their behavior is absolutely insane and not governed by logic lol @Sfwordsofwonder
Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss is also on the top of my pile of shame.
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Hothouse was really good, found it a bit boring close to the end 🖖
Do you use something to catalog your collection so you don't end up purchasing multiple copies of a given book?
Other than pictures of my shelves on my phone no. Its not a good system 😆
@@sciencefictionreadsI do the same thing, take pictures of my shelves.
@@vintagesf eventually ai on the phone will convert the pictures into a textlist anyway. i am using a textdocument on my phone.
@@sciencefictionreads @vintagesf
I wouldn't normally drop a commercial, or plug anything, but I've worked with a number of freeware apps and really nothing has been better than just springing the money and buying CLZ books (collectorz software)
It's got a number of ways you can configure it. It's feature rich and has a depth of usage possibility but you don't have to go deep. You can get it as a web-only service, or as a desktop program, or sync both of those features with a phone app.
I have tried all the free ones and it's really better than all of them, and unlike many of the better free ones it doesn't disappear in two Android updates.
The only trick is remembering to check it when you pick something you "know" you need (forgetting you were psyched to get this exact copy in a haul 6 months ago.)
I use the best system of all: memory. But then having worked with books for forty years it comes easily to me.