"My dad reads history and WW2 like all dads do" 😆so true so true. Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite sci-fi books. A treat if you haven't read it
Ursala K. LeGuin once visited the university where I teach. She was here for a week or so, and I had interesting conversations with her. An extremely thoughtful, kind and interesting person. I don't know of anything she ever whote that is not readable. And everything I can think of is wonderful. Fred Pohl also visited, and talked about his book on Cernoble. Very interesting. (And not only a wonderful writer, but also a great editor of multiple sf Magazines in the 50s or so) . Silverberg is another writer I really respect, though he wrote an aweful lot in his early days to pay the rent. But some of his stuff from the 60s is masterful. (The Glass Tower, The Book of Skulls, others).
I live in NJ. Find Ace Doubles all the time. If you ever come up this way, I will tell you where to go. The artist on The Twisted Ones is Jack Gaughan. He won a Hugo Award for his work. Still, I agree. Not the greatest. Your man bought you some cool books. Tim Jacobus did the hardcover artwork for the Doomsday Book. He did all of the Goosebumps covers. It won the Hugo AND the Nebula. I bought a bunch of cool books today as well. Leigh Brackett, E.F. Benson (I read horror), Robert E. Howard, Manly Wade Wellman, George H. Smith, Heinlein, Dennis Wheatley.
Ooohhh Leigh Brackett is an adept writer! I’ve only scored one of her books but it was such a good read and hope to find more from her. Thank you for all the cool information and I’ll definitely have to go up north for you ace hookup.
Love seeing your enjoyment of the old books. I have been collecting (pilingbup) vintage scifi for 30 years and almost never encounter anyone else who shares an interest. Great book haul. Have not read Will Wight but am planning on at least trying the first book.
That’s kind of you to consider trying Will Wight because of me. He just released his first sci Fi book this week which may be up your alley, and I have my own increasing “pile” of vintage sci Fi. It’s a lovely sight. There are actually a lot of us here on booktube so welcome!
Yiddish Policeman's Union I think has a supernatural element, though that might be ambiguous? I don't remember. But it is an alternate history book, so definitely speculative fiction, if not science fiction proper.
Came here to say this as well, although there isn't a supernatural element (afair) it is an alt history, which is slotted into SF in general. It also won the Hugo AND the Nebula awards, so it's SF bona fides are legit.
@@jesserodriguez7680 oh interesting! I wouldn't begrudge it the classification at all. As for the supernatural element, it's been a long time but... (scroll down for spoiler) . . . . . . Isn't it implied that a character might be the returned Messiah (aka, Jesus reincarnated)? And then doesn't the main character have some sort of vision or something about the same? The second bit I am way more foggy on.
@@adamlytle2615 sorry I don't remember the book well enough! I do remember the character that might be the Messiah but not the vision. When you said supernatural I took that to mean more of an overtly fantastical / magical vibe, which I didn't remember there being.
Which Christopher Stasheff do you have/missing? I have been replacing my paperback versions with Hardback when I find them so I have a small pile of paperbacks taking up space. Stephen Brusts other series Vlad Taltos, is fantasy with talking animal companion which I think you would love also! I hope Agyar is good I havent seen that one yet.
@@B0BsBooks These are the current PBs I have right now: Warlock of Gramayre: The Warlock Inspite of Himself The Warlock Unlocked The Warlock Enraged The Warlock Wandering The Warlock is Missing The Warlock Heretical The Warlock's Companion The Warlock Insane Rouge Wizard: A Wizard in Mind A Wizard in War A Wizard in Rhyme: The Oathbound Wizard The Secular Wizard
I've recently finished Doomsday Book, it's really entertaining if you ignore slightly (or 200-pages-slightly) bloated middle. I love the hardcover edition you got, I have paperback with the most boring cover possible.
My book luck has been very good recently, and I always get excited when I can find an original hardcover. I’m looking forward to the reading experience, and I appreciate the heads up about the middle.
@@B0BsBooks Hi, I have not read Doomsday Book but I have read the amazingly wonderful To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. In the running for one of the worst titles ever but the novel is an absolute blast. Almost literally a blast because the Nazi bombing of the city of Coventry during WWII is a prominent feature of the book. One of my all time favorites! Kind regards and thanks for another fun book haul.
@@mikesnyder1788 1. Although Doomesday book and “to say nothing…” start similarly, Doomesday book is aptly named. 2 The title comes from what I gather is a well known book written 1889 “3 men in a boat, to say nothing of the dog”- dry British humor.
Foundation's Edge is book number four in the series. I will re-read the series. Eventually. One old 1950 book I have is The Voyage of the Space Beagle which I don't remember how it ends, and will also be read again. It had a lawsuit against Alien producers about the parasite part of the story and was settled for an unknown amount. Of course Dan O'Bannon used it as well as all other sources he was drawn to as inspiration for the story and it's still original.😅
Thank you for letting me know! The Alien series is one of the few "horror" sci fi I've seen and enjoyed. I tried playing Alien Isolation, and got bored after 4 hours of play and no aliens so I DNF'd it.
@@B0BsBooks what is DNF? I played the Alien Isolation game about four times. It took a month to finish the campaign. Then I got better and made it through the hard setting. I was too curious and fascinated to stop. I wanted to see where it was going and it was quite a trip. However it is very stressful and tense, plus frustrating. I quit gaming because of time management, and both my controllers have a broken 'run away fast' buttons. New Alien Series coming, hope it's good. Are you on Good Reads?
Powers which won in 2009 is the one I couldn't think of. I have Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (which I showed a long time ago and forgot about), and scored The Left Hand of Darkness in this haul, but The Dispossessed and Powers still elude me. You are right that Lathe of Heaven is in the Big 3 when talking about Le Guin's Sci Fi must reads.
I thought those cover edges were supposed to be used as bookmarks. What else would they be there for? You know what makes great bookmarks? TCG cards from games you won't play any more. Often the art is cool and they are sturdy and thin.
Like all the World of Warcraft Cards I have before Blizzard realized they could make more money by making it digital only with Hearthstone? About the only way I would get use out of them now 😭
I thought “Rama…” was a fun read, but it’s not a deep read. What a shame Clark didn’t live to see ʻOumuamua pass through our solar system. The similarities are fun to ponder. Speaking of books with strong female characters, John Varley’s “Titan” ticks that box, as do the sequels, Wizard and Demon.
"My dad reads history and WW2 like all dads do" 😆so true so true. Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite sci-fi books. A treat if you haven't read it
It seems to be a sci Fi darling so I’m glad I’m reading it this year.
Stations of the Tide , Rite of Passage and Among Others.
Great content. We didn't get any nerd apparel for this video.
I don't have much cold weather nerdy clothing. I will endeavor to rectify that before next cold season.
Ace Doubles and vintage paperbacks in general can be found in the antique malls.
Unfortunately not around here. I’ve been to a few and I have found some vintage Analog Magazines but not any vintage sci-fi books.
Restarted on Clive Barker's "Weaveworld". Loved it then and still love it now. Cheerio lass. Warm greetings from Belgium.
Greetings! I recently found a 1st edition of Weave World. You are making me feel like I should give it a read before I sell it.
Ursala K. LeGuin once visited the university where I teach. She was here for a week or so, and I had interesting conversations with her. An extremely thoughtful, kind and interesting person. I don't know of anything she ever whote that is not readable. And everything I can think of is wonderful. Fred Pohl also visited, and talked about his book on Cernoble. Very interesting. (And not only a wonderful writer, but also a great editor of multiple sf Magazines in the 50s or so) . Silverberg is another writer I really respect, though he wrote an aweful lot in his early days to pay the rent. But some of his stuff from the 60s is masterful. (The Glass Tower, The Book of Skulls, others).
I loved the -ology books as a kid!
They were very popular when I worked there.
Those Foundation books are a great set!!!
I think so too!
I live in NJ. Find Ace Doubles all the time. If you ever come up this way, I will tell you where to go.
The artist on The Twisted Ones is Jack Gaughan. He won a Hugo Award for his work. Still, I agree. Not the greatest.
Your man bought you some cool books.
Tim Jacobus did the hardcover artwork for the Doomsday Book. He did all of the Goosebumps covers. It won the Hugo AND the Nebula.
I bought a bunch of cool books today as well. Leigh Brackett, E.F. Benson (I read horror), Robert E. Howard, Manly Wade Wellman, George H. Smith, Heinlein, Dennis Wheatley.
Ooohhh Leigh Brackett is an adept writer! I’ve only scored one of her books but it was such a good read and hope to find more from her. Thank you for all the cool information and I’ll definitely have to go up north for you ace hookup.
You had me at THICK! haha.... also, I spy the Vegemite ;p
I told you it’d be visible 💕. It means a lot.
Love seeing your enjoyment of the old books. I have been collecting (pilingbup) vintage scifi for 30 years and almost never encounter anyone else who shares an interest. Great book haul. Have not read Will Wight but am planning on at least trying the first book.
That’s kind of you to consider trying Will Wight because of me. He just released his first sci Fi book this week which may be up your alley, and I have my own increasing “pile” of vintage sci Fi. It’s a lovely sight. There are actually a lot of us here on booktube so welcome!
I’m glad they made it to you and could help add to the list. What an awesome haul! That spaceling cover is fantastic haha
You a dinosaur fan?
@@B0BsBooks Not necessarily, I’m just a sucker for book covers.
Yiddish Policeman's Union I think has a supernatural element, though that might be ambiguous? I don't remember. But it is an alternate history book, so definitely speculative fiction, if not science fiction proper.
Came here to say this as well, although there isn't a supernatural element (afair) it is an alt history, which is slotted into SF in general. It also won the Hugo AND the Nebula awards, so it's SF bona fides are legit.
@@jesserodriguez7680 oh interesting! I wouldn't begrudge it the classification at all. As for the supernatural element, it's been a long time but... (scroll down for spoiler)
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Isn't it implied that a character might be the returned Messiah (aka, Jesus reincarnated)? And then doesn't the main character have some sort of vision or something about the same? The second bit I am way more foggy on.
@@adamlytle2615 sorry I don't remember the book well enough! I do remember the character that might be the Messiah but not the vision. When you said supernatural I took that to mean more of an overtly fantastical / magical vibe, which I didn't remember there being.
@@jesserodriguez7680 oh for sure the book as a whole doesn't have supernatural vibes. Just this one bit that I may be misremembering!
Yiddish Policeman’s Union is a sf book, in that it is alternate history. It is fun.
Oh that makes way more sense. I love Harry Turtledove, so that makes me more excited about it.
Which Christopher Stasheff do you have/missing? I have been replacing my paperback versions with Hardback when I find them so I have a small pile of paperbacks taking up space. Stephen Brusts other series Vlad Taltos, is fantasy with talking animal companion which I think you would love also! I hope Agyar is good I havent seen that one yet.
I’ll need to double check which ones I’m missing. I’ll try to make sure the list is updated next week. Thank you for offering!
@@B0BsBooks These are the current PBs I have right now:
Warlock of Gramayre:
The Warlock Inspite of Himself
The Warlock Unlocked
The Warlock Enraged
The Warlock Wandering
The Warlock is Missing
The Warlock Heretical
The Warlock's Companion
The Warlock Insane
Rouge Wizard:
A Wizard in Mind
A Wizard in War
A Wizard in Rhyme:
The Oathbound Wizard
The Secular Wizard
I've recently finished Doomsday Book, it's really entertaining if you ignore slightly (or 200-pages-slightly) bloated middle. I love the hardcover edition you got, I have paperback with the most boring cover possible.
My book luck has been very good recently, and I always get excited when I can find an original hardcover. I’m looking forward to the reading experience, and I appreciate the heads up about the middle.
Check out Connie Willis’: To say nothing of the Dog. Very funny (also involving time travel).
@@B0BsBooks Hi, I have not read Doomsday Book but I have read the amazingly wonderful To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. In the running for one of the worst titles ever but the novel is an absolute blast. Almost literally a blast because the Nazi bombing of the city of Coventry during WWII is a prominent feature of the book. One of my all time favorites! Kind regards and thanks for another fun book haul.
@@mikesnyder1788 1. Although Doomesday book and “to say nothing…” start similarly, Doomesday book is aptly named. 2 The title comes from what I gather is a well known book written 1889 “3 men in a boat, to say nothing of the dog”- dry British humor.
Foundation's Edge is book number four in the series. I will re-read the series. Eventually. One old 1950 book I have is The Voyage of the Space Beagle which I don't remember how it ends, and will also be read again. It had a lawsuit against Alien producers about the parasite part of the story and was settled for an unknown amount. Of course Dan O'Bannon used it as well as all other sources he was drawn to as inspiration for the story and it's still original.😅
Thank you for letting me know! The Alien series is one of the few "horror" sci fi I've seen and enjoyed. I tried playing Alien Isolation, and got bored after 4 hours of play and no aliens so I DNF'd it.
@@B0BsBooks what is DNF? I played the Alien Isolation game about four times. It took a month to finish the campaign. Then I got better and made it through the hard setting. I was too curious and fascinated to stop. I wanted to see where it was going and it was quite a trip. However it is very stressful and tense, plus frustrating. I quit gaming because of time management, and both my controllers have a broken 'run away fast' buttons. New Alien Series coming, hope it's good. Are you on Good Reads?
Sick haul yo
Thank you! I've been able to hit the thrifts right when someone's donated collection hits the shelves.
If you like Lackey, you'll love Bujold.
You have no idea how reassuring this is. I had misgivings due to most of her books being Baen publishings.
Book hauls are not a problem. Our problem in this town is we have no second hand bookstores to bring home hauls
Oh no! Have you tried thrift stores or estate sales? I’ve had luck with both of those.
thrift stores yes but they have very few book sections.
@@rickcroucher try estate sales. I've only been to one that had a ton of Science fiction, but a few every now and again is better than nothing
Thank you. I will check into that venue.@@B0BsBooks
Isnt Calvin Knox a pen name for Robert Silverberg?
I didn’t know that! Thank you 💕
Lathe of Heaven ? Le Guin's 3rd book?
Powers which won in 2009 is the one I couldn't think of. I have Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (which I showed a long time ago and forgot about), and scored The Left Hand of Darkness in this haul, but The Dispossessed and Powers still elude me. You are right that Lathe of Heaven is in the Big 3 when talking about Le Guin's Sci Fi must reads.
I thought those cover edges were supposed to be used as bookmarks. What else would they be there for?
You know what makes great bookmarks? TCG cards from games you won't play any more. Often the art is cool and they are sturdy and thin.
Like all the World of Warcraft Cards I have before Blizzard realized they could make more money by making it digital only with Hearthstone? About the only way I would get use out of them now 😭
I thought “Rama…” was a fun read, but it’s not a deep read. What a shame Clark didn’t live to see ʻOumuamua pass through our solar system. The similarities are fun to ponder.
Speaking of books with strong female characters, John Varley’s “Titan” ticks that box, as do the sequels, Wizard and Demon.
I've not heard of John Varley, I will keep an eye out for those.