I love these old covers. There's only 1 little book store in my town so I'm always jealous seeing big hauls like this.

I love a vintage cover! I l love all things space related

A Time of Changes was my first Silverberg, it's fabulous. Such good writing. Great haul!

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

I'll have to promote it to my TBR. Thanks 😊

Now finished your video ... I met James Blish at a sci-fi convention in Coventry, UK. Introduced by my agent of the time. He was a small, librarian-looking guy. He sat down alone at a table and was immediately surrounded by young female students from the college next door who'd heard of his connection to Star Trek ... I wasn't really envious. I think it was Bob Shaw who gave a humorous talk there about the 'Bermondsey Triangle' (Bermondsey is a district of London). He was very funny.

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

It would be interesting to have met a lot of these older sci-fi authors. Glad to hear my mental image of James Blish was spot on

@keithdixon6595

7 ай бұрын

Ha, yes, I suppose he did look like how he writes.

Silverberg: Everything between '66 and '77.

"Roy Clark, eat your heart out." I get it, being a son of a hillbilly. Too funny. Roy Clark is very adept at any musical instrument someone may hand him. Very adept indeed.

@Unpotted

8 ай бұрын

My grandparents used to have Hee Haw on the tv every Sunday (?) night. 😺✌️

@phaedrus2633

8 ай бұрын

@Unpotted Yep, so did we. I didn't know there was any music besides country, until I was 18. LOL!

I finished Book of Skulls a couple of weeks ago, followed by Tower of Glass. Interested to hear what you made of Skulls. Dying Inside is in my top 5 SF list, alongside Camp Concentration (Disch), Dune and Slaughterhouse 5. The fifth is to be decided! Usual interesting video👍

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

Book of Skulls had some sensitive subject matter. We'll see how I dance around it in the review 😅

When people quiz me over Star Trek, I just remind them that Captain Solo was the 1st to use the Force on Spock during the Aluminum Falcoln's Kessel Run.

@Unpotted

8 ай бұрын

😂 😺✌️

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

That was a great moment 🤠

It took me awhile to jump on the sci-fi train.. now I noticed that my collection is growing. Tv series too.. I binge watched lost in space

Joanna Russ and Tanith Lee would be a couple contemporary female authors to Le Guin that I think you'd probably enjoy.

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for the recommendations

I read the When World's Collide pair classic end of the world story.

A female author from that era I suggest: James Tiptree Jr. That was the pen name used by Alice Sheldon. Most refused to acknowledge even the possibility that Tiptree was a woman, including Silverberg but when word got out, he publicly stated that he was fooled and had much to learn. She has her own unique and great story, having been in the Air Force and becoming a CIA consulted expert in working with aerial photographs.

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation. It's hard to find women authors from that time because they were all using men's names 🤔

Try “Earthlight” by Clarke. It’s short and entertaining. I love the way he writes.

When Worlds Collide, I've seen the movie but never read the book. If memory serves me, After Worlds Collide is a bit on the rare side. A new Simak book to look for, Special Deliverance. I am about half way through it and it is very interesting. It starts with a talking slot machine (this is literally in the first couple of pages so no spoilers here) Check it out if you find it, I'm loving it so far! Peace!

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

It does seem to be pretty rare but the copy I have is kinda janky. Taped spine and all that. I'll look out for it. Thanks for the recommendation 🙂

Nice haul. I'll have to see what I can find from those authors. I didn't read too much from that genre growing up, let alone books that were decades old. I'm told my style is more of a classic sci-fi feel, so it's nice to have a selection to read and see how true that is.

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

Silverberg is a good place to start for older sci-fi. Very readable. Hope you enjoy :)

@christhewritingjester3164

7 ай бұрын

@@bookjack Sweet, I'll put a few further up in my TBR.

I find a lot of classic in Goodwill.. there are some interesting things left and written in old books

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

I love finding old notes and pictures in books. Such an interesting glimpse into someone's life

Book of the New Sun is the series. It's five books long and you're holding the last book. It's very good, although to say it's the greatest sci-fi book of all time would be a stretch. And that plaudit wouldn't go to Dune either. Anyway, the first book is The Shadow of the Torturer. Start there and if you're intrigued then continue on.

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

I'll look out for that one thanks Angus. I'm wondering what's your favorite sci-fi book of all time?

@angusmckeogh659

7 ай бұрын

@@bookjack That's a difficult question, but probably the best sci-fi book I've read in the last 5 years would be Michael G. Coney's Rax, or as it was titled in England, Hello Summer, Goodbye. Believe it's out of print here however.

nice book haul

I'm reading Urth of the New Sun right now. I loved the Book of the New Sun (4 books), but I'm not sure if I can recommend to folks idly. You almost have to be into complex literary works like James Joyce's Ulysses. Gene Wolfe is a great writer (prose) - one of the best.

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

Good to know. I'll have to give it a taste and see how it goes

Just curious. How many pages can you read per hour? From my very unscientific measuring, I seem to average about 25 pages per hour. I wish that I still had a passion for sci-fi. I'm just more into regular fiction.

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

I've never really tried to calculate, but unscientificly Id say around 40. Maybe not an issue of reading speed but time spent reading

Urth of the New Sun is unique in the pantheon of science fiction. That other guy who critiqued your review could have just said "disgusting" to put his point in its place.

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

That would have been more efficient 😅

Please don’t take hecklers’ (trolls’) comments to heart. Folks like to express their opinion without questioning how it will affect others. I feel that they’re entitled to that freedom, but you aren’t obligated to give it power over you. We are just a bunch of disembodied words in the dark. 😺✌️

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

Yes I will continue to drown out the haters. Thank you 😊

Green and purple and pink? Eeyagh. I take it your Halloween costume of preference is "The Joker." [Erm, you don't happen to secretly be a genius of chemical engineering, do you?] Happy Halloween, btw (whatever that actually means these days). 👻

@bookjack

8 ай бұрын

I do like the Joker ascetic, Barney too 😅 Happy Halloween 🎃

1st post (which was hilarious) : I guess I got shadowbanned so Cemetery World. No read it. Bad. Muy Malo.🙁

@bookjack

7 ай бұрын

Good to know. Still have to give it a try though