@@sfwordsofwonder Your wife is cool and I am confident this coolness is displayed by great taste in books and also wearing her hat backwards at all times.
I also love the Timescape series. That Demon in the Wind book is like a more straight forward Jirel of Joiry. EC comic artist Wally Wood did the cover for The Forever Machine. It's so awesome finding a store filled with great books at the right price and coming up home with stacks. Great video.
A Spectre is Haunting Texas. I hope you are ready to run the razors edge between genius and madness. It is also Blazing Saddles levels of humorous and offensive 😂.
That sounds amazing, sort of, haha. It seems like you may be the authority on SF/Fantasy books having to do with Texas, you should do a video on this topic.
You definitely have a "7th sense" locating these great titles. I picked up an ACE double of The Cosmic Puppets because I knew I'd never find it in the wild. Suntup Press has a pre-order for Carrion Comfort and Born of Man and Woman (Richard Matheson). Love the channel.
From what I can tell Glen Cook only had 2 Timescape editions, The Swordbearer and The Fire in His Hands. And I have both, which one should I start with?
@@sfwordsofwonder The Swordbearer is just okay. It is a revenge story about a teenager who gets his hands on a sapient sword. Very sword and sorcery-esque but doesn't read like the rest of Glen Cook's novels. His authorial voice is missing. The good thing is the book is a standalone but nowhere near his best work. The Fire in His Hands is the first book(at least I recommend you read it first) in his Dread Empire epic fantasy series. You would want to have a copy of sequel With Mercy Toward None on hand. It follows the same storyline. I really like this series. The two I mentioned take place in his version of the middle east and it follows two people who start a holy war.
Love Timescape books! I have and have read Conscience Interplanetary. I remember liking most of the stories in it. Hawksbill Station was a great Silverberg read, and I love the cover art of your copy.
Carrion Comfort was an excellent epic horror tale - that can also qualify as an SF novel. Dan Simmons gave us a compelling, contemporary feel to a common horror trope. I snap up everything I can find by Cherry Wilder - an obscure & underrated, literate writer of SF & horror. & I highly recommend Walter M. Miller's Best of collection - you're in for a good time when you get to read that one.
Yes, Simmons is great, I do like a big epic book now and again. Thanks for the Cherry Wilder recommendation, that is two people now to talk about her so now I'm super intrigued. I eventually want to read all the Ballantine and Pocket Books Best of's, the Miller is a big one.
Someone in the movie industry needs to start pitching Carrion Comfort. It would be perfect for streaming since it might be too long for a single movie.
Quite a selection. I lost my copy of the Joseph Green novel you have. He came on very strong about 1970. Some very good short stories, many of them are integrated into this novel, as I recall. Great book, I have to find another copy, been looking for 10 years. Guess I will have to fire up the internet. I have all of the Star publications by Pohl, some incredibly good SF. Pohl and del Rey were already working together, del Rey's "For I Am a Jealous People" appears in "Star of Stars". Unforgettable SF.
Quite the fancy haul! Most recommended, for the sooner than later treatment: The High Place, by James Branch Cabell The Gandalara Cycle, by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydro Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Bracket Simulacron-3, by Daniel F. Galouye Time Out of Joint, Philip K. Dick Before Adam, by Jack London (also keep an eye out for The Scarlet Plague, unless you’ve read it already) The Red Magician, by Lisa Goldstein Loved all of those!
Great info Seth. Some of these were on my radar but I love it when you recommend some of these that I really don't know much about. Like Red Magician, that one I know nothing about and now I'm very intrigued.
Nice haul! FYI there are 153 Timescapes, some of which had several printings. (There were also Canadian printings with a maple leaf logo, but I’ve no idea how many).
@ There were twelve Star Trek Timescapes (2-6,8-14) and 141 others. The ones that are toughest to find and may be missed on lists are: Bova, Colony; Verne 20,000 leagues under the sea; Niven & Pournelle, the mote in gods eye. The dearest is likely to be Strugatski Roadside Picnic.
Those Goulart covers are amazing. I thought I had a couple of them but I'm only finding the Wicked Cyborg. I bet Richard is going to love the cover art on the "Stars Around Us!" Speaking of, are you going to set up a PDF of all your timescape books when you get them? I'm looking forward to it if you are. . . I passed up that *exact* edition of stochastic man more than once, cuz I just don't think I'll read it. Looking forward to a review! That Disch looks great! Looks like you had a great adventure!
I still have a long way to go in the Timescape collection but I will do a 'Collectors Corner' video on them when I do. I have a spreadsheet that I could include in the video too. Cheers, and I'll let you know if I travel to the Bay Area, that is sort of my old stomping ground, I lived in Grass Valley during middle and high school.
@@sfwordsofwonder OH, than a lot of this is old hat! I thought you were suddenly displaced from your Great State, all agog with wonder! Sounds good. Rock on!
I like great books that are sturdy, but look overloved. May I recommend Kaboom Books in Houston? I travel there; once or twice a year. The place has good selection of almost every author I could think of. His newspaper comic strip and collected book selection is so deep. Even stuff I don't collect was richly arrayed. Go paper!
I would enjoy chatting about the Azimov robot stories. Read most of them in high school and shortly after. Read all of his Foundation books, even the awful last one.
I read them all when I was younger including all the Foundation books, but I didn't read Foundation and Earth. I'm slowly going back through them and it's been interesting.
From what I've seen, Timescapes (the non Star Trek ones) were a mix of first off printings and reprints. I think they only came out between 1981 and 1985. There are also hardcover Timescape editions but I'm not really collecting those, but I do have a few.
Great haul, with some marvellous covers. Definitely keep both copies of The Godwhale, have you read it yet? One of those horror stories is from E.C. Tubb? That is interesting, he was so diverse in what he wrote.
I haven't read Godwhale yet, I saw you reviewed it recently and I'm holding off on watching your video until I read it. Maybe we can buddy read the sequel, Half Past Human?
@@sfwordsofwonder I would love to, if I can get my hands on it. But actually it is not the sequel; Half Past Human is actually the first one, Hive #1, which I did not realise when I read Godwhale and did not seem to matter that much. So you would be reading them in order.
@@sfwordsofwonder I did, I really did: It is packed, jam PACKED full of bioscience, which I loved. The narrative could at times be challenging but the world building was so exceptional that it was a worthy challenge.
The Sword Swallowers by Goulart will be my next review video, probably coming out in a few days. It was entertaining for sure, but I will elaborate in the video.
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Dude as always you've got some interesting finds. A couple of those I have to read just based on their covers lol. Keep rockin' the collection!
Thanks, I always welcome book buying encouragement.
"Probably end up just keeping both of them"
Yup, that's how it goes with me too.
You saw that one coming, haha. Indecision usually means keep both.
Great haul! Disch, Dick, and Ballantine Adult Fantasy books all had me jealous!
I love that Disch cover.
Ah, old covers are so much better. There’s lots of good stuff here! For me I would be most excited about Stone God Awakens. I like PJF.
I've liked most PJF that I've read, he is unique, which I appreciate. My wife picked that one out.
@@sfwordsofwonder Your wife is cool and I am confident this coolness is displayed by great taste in books and also wearing her hat backwards at all times.
I also love the Timescape series. That Demon in the Wind book is like a more straight forward Jirel of Joiry. EC comic artist Wally Wood did the cover for The Forever Machine. It's so awesome finding a store filled with great books at the right price and coming up home with stacks. Great video.
Some spectacular covers there. Your wife has good taste. 👌
My wife approves of this comment.
A Spectre is Haunting Texas.
I hope you are ready to run the razors edge between genius and madness.
It is also Blazing Saddles levels of humorous and offensive 😂.
That sounds amazing, sort of, haha. It seems like you may be the authority on SF/Fantasy books having to do with Texas, you should do a video on this topic.
You definitely have a "7th sense" locating these great titles. I picked up an ACE double of The Cosmic Puppets because I knew I'd never find it in the wild. Suntup Press has a pre-order for Carrion Comfort and Born of Man and Woman (Richard Matheson).
Love the channel.
Wow, both of those Suntup editions look amazing, expensive but amazing.
Great covers and finds. I am intrigued by Carrion Comfort.
Yeah, Carrion Comfort sounds really great, Simmons is such a great writer in so many different genres.
I can't wait to see your Glen Cook Timescape collection 👀.
From what I can tell Glen Cook only had 2 Timescape editions, The Swordbearer and The Fire in His Hands. And I have both, which one should I start with?
@@sfwordsofwonder The Swordbearer is just okay.
It is a revenge story about a teenager who gets his hands on a sapient sword. Very sword and sorcery-esque but doesn't read like the rest of Glen Cook's novels. His authorial voice is missing. The good thing is the book is a standalone but nowhere near his best work.
The Fire in His Hands is the first book(at least I recommend you read it first) in his Dread Empire epic fantasy series.
You would want to have a copy of sequel With Mercy Toward None on hand. It follows the same storyline.
I really like this series. The two I mentioned take place in his version of the middle east and it follows two people who start a holy war.
@@JosephReadsBooks Thanks for the info Joseph, Fire in His Hands sounds great, I'll be on the lookout for the sequel.
Looking forward to your next collector’s corner. You’ve got several interesting collections on the go. Good thing you built some more shelves!
Yes but the shelves are filling up fast, haha. I might have to knock down a wall or two.
Love the haul! Jealous of that signed Blood Music 🤌🏻
I had been looking for this exact edition, then when I saw it was signed it was a no brainer. Such a great novel.
Love Timescape books! I have and have read Conscience Interplanetary. I remember liking most of the stories in it. Hawksbill Station was a great Silverberg read, and I love the cover art of your copy.
Did you read Conscience Interplanetary just for the cover? Haha.
Carrion Comfort was an excellent epic horror tale - that can also qualify as an SF novel. Dan Simmons gave us a compelling, contemporary feel to a common horror trope.
I snap up everything I can find by Cherry Wilder - an obscure & underrated, literate writer of SF & horror.
& I highly recommend Walter M. Miller's Best of collection - you're in for a good time when you get to read that one.
Yes, Simmons is great, I do like a big epic book now and again.
Thanks for the Cherry Wilder recommendation, that is two people now to talk about her so now I'm super intrigued. I eventually want to read all the Ballantine and Pocket Books Best of's, the Miller is a big one.
Someone in the movie industry needs to start pitching Carrion Comfort. It would be perfect for streaming since it might be too long for a single movie.
Quite a selection. I lost my copy of the Joseph Green novel you have. He came on very strong about 1970. Some very good short stories, many of them are integrated into this novel, as I recall.
Great book, I have to find another copy, been looking for 10 years. Guess I will have to fire up the internet.
I have all of the Star publications by Pohl, some incredibly good SF. Pohl and del Rey were already working together, del Rey's "For I Am a Jealous People" appears in "Star of Stars". Unforgettable SF.
Good to hear the Green novel is more than just a great cover. Thanks for the info on the Star anthologies, I'm a bit obsessed with Pohl at the moment.
Quite the fancy haul!
Most recommended, for the sooner than later treatment:
The High Place, by James Branch Cabell
The Gandalara Cycle, by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydro
Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons
The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Bracket
Simulacron-3, by Daniel F. Galouye
Time Out of Joint, Philip K. Dick
Before Adam, by Jack London (also keep an eye out for The Scarlet Plague, unless you’ve read it already)
The Red Magician, by Lisa Goldstein
Loved all of those!
Great info Seth. Some of these were on my radar but I love it when you recommend some of these that I really don't know much about. Like Red Magician, that one I know nothing about and now I'm very intrigued.
Nice haul! FYI there are 153 Timescapes, some of which had several printings. (There were also Canadian printings with a maple leaf logo, but I’ve no idea how many).
Hmmm, from my research on isfdb I only found 140 (non Star Trek) books. I will do some more searching, thanks for the heads up.
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There were twelve Star Trek Timescapes (2-6,8-14) and 141 others. The ones that are toughest to find and may be missed on lists are:
Bova, Colony; Verne 20,000 leagues under the sea; Niven & Pournelle, the mote in gods eye. The dearest is likely to be Strugatski Roadside Picnic.
Those Goulart covers are amazing. I thought I had a couple of them but I'm only finding the Wicked Cyborg.
I bet Richard is going to love the cover art on the "Stars Around Us!" Speaking of, are you going to set up a PDF of all your timescape books when you get them? I'm looking forward to it if you are. . .
I passed up that *exact* edition of stochastic man more than once, cuz I just don't think I'll read it.
Looking forward to a review!
That Disch looks great!
Looks like you had a great adventure!
I still have a long way to go in the Timescape collection but I will do a 'Collectors Corner' video on them when I do. I have a spreadsheet that I could include in the video too. Cheers, and I'll let you know if I travel to the Bay Area, that is sort of my old stomping ground, I lived in Grass Valley during middle and high school.
@@sfwordsofwonder OH, than a lot of this is old hat! I thought you were suddenly displaced from your Great State, all agog with wonder!
Sounds good. Rock on!
I like great books that are sturdy, but look overloved.
May I recommend Kaboom Books in Houston? I travel there; once or twice a year. The place has good selection of almost every author I could think of.
His newspaper comic strip and collected book selection is so deep. Even stuff I don't collect was richly arrayed.
Go paper!
I love bookstore recommendations, I added Kaboom to my list of stores I'd like to go to.
I would enjoy chatting about the Azimov robot stories. Read most of them in high school and shortly after. Read all of his Foundation books, even the awful last one.
I read them all when I was younger including all the Foundation books, but I didn't read Foundation and Earth. I'm slowly going back through them and it's been interesting.
@@sfwordsofwonder F&E is the peak of his world building, seeking to "Wold-Newton" many his galactic novels and short stories together.
Until this video, I never knew Timescape was reprints. I thought they were an ongoing series ala Dr. Who.😄
From what I've seen, Timescapes (the non Star Trek ones) were a mix of first off printings and reprints. I think they only came out between 1981 and 1985. There are also hardcover Timescape editions but I'm not really collecting those, but I do have a few.
@sfwordsofwonder thank you for that info.
BTW, thanks for giving me some info on those "road trip bookstore goal" stores.
Sounds like Back Alley books for the win?
Back Alley was great, check it out if your down there.
Great haul, with some marvellous covers. Definitely keep both copies of The Godwhale, have you read it yet?
One of those horror stories is from E.C. Tubb? That is interesting, he was so diverse in what he wrote.
I haven't read Godwhale yet, I saw you reviewed it recently and I'm holding off on watching your video until I read it. Maybe we can buddy read the sequel, Half Past Human?
@@sfwordsofwonder I would love to, if I can get my hands on it. But actually it is not the sequel; Half Past Human is actually the first one, Hive #1, which I did not realise when I read Godwhale and did not seem to matter that much. So you would be reading them in order.
Oh, you are right. Maybe Half Past Human then soon if you find a copy. Did you like Godwhale?@@OmnivorousReader
@@sfwordsofwonder I did, I really did: It is packed, jam PACKED full of bioscience, which I loved. The narrative could at times be challenging but the world building was so exceptional that it was a worthy challenge.
Awesome, I've wanted to read both of these for a bit. Just let me know when, but I'm not in a big hurry. @@OmnivorousReader
One more- Do you collect Paperback Parade? I found the Lovecraft feature issue at Kaboom.
I don't collect Paperback Parade but I'm aware of it. I'm subscribed to Gary Lovisi's channel and I love all his content.
Do you read Goulart? Recommend?
The Sword Swallowers by Goulart will be my next review video, probably coming out in a few days. It was entertaining for sure, but I will elaborate in the video.
"Beautiful Pyramid Stripe."
How dare you sir.
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I was wondering when I heard that if that was a very dry joke, aimed at you😅.
@salty-walt shots are fired. I warn you, Ira, beefin with me is almost as bad an idea as an outdoor book shop.
I almost forgot that Jake has some 'highly sensitive' information about me too. I take it all back Jake, I hate that darn Pyramid stripe.
Thank you, I'm glad I gave the first one a shot, it was nothing like I expected. I'd like to read more in the series in the future.
@@sfwordsofwonder just wait for my next press release. Oh, you're in for it now