My favorite cover artists include: Berkey, Frazetta, Foss, Gurney, Whelan, Mead, Lehr, Royo all of whom I have prints framed and hanging on my walls.
@SciFiScavengerСағат бұрын
Very cool! 👍 thanks for watching 👀!
@andrewb.307621 сағат бұрын
Your latest hunt for books really yielded some great results I see 🙂, some really, really nice hardbacks and signed editions as well. I do happen to have the Greg Mandel series complete in hardback but I haven't been able to muster up the enthusiasm to start it yet, eventhough Peter F. Hamilton and Alastair Reynolds are probably my joint favourite authors. But we'll see when I get to that trilogy whether I was wrong...
@SciFiScavenger21 сағат бұрын
I remember quite enjoying the Mandel book, worth a try, I'll probably re-read once I have the full set. cheers Andrew, I'm enjoying filling out my collection. thanks for watching 👀!
@jimdetry9420Күн бұрын
Not interested in alternate history so never read Bring the Jubilee. Never heard of or even seen a copy of Solar Lottery. The rest of the list was pretty good
@SciFiScavengerКүн бұрын
would definitely recommend Bring the Jubilee for the writing if nothing else. Thanks for watching 👀!
@sergiorenatti29642 күн бұрын
Here in Argentina we kenowed More Than Human (trans. Mas que Humano), The Demolished Man (El Hombre Demolido) Farenheit 451 in editions of Editorial Minotauro. The Caves of Steel (Las Cavernas de Acero) Bring the Jubilee (Lo que el Tiempo se Llevo) and Starship Troopers (Tropas del Espacio) for the spanish editor Martinez Roca. I read and enjoyed all this.- In my opinion here should be a site for Alfred Bester's The Stars my Destination - Tiger Tiger ! (Las Estrellas mi Destino - Tigre Tigre !, Martinez Roca) and Robert Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (Amos de Titeres - Martinez Roca), but is just my opinion.-
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
Hi Sergio, all great books. I featured Stars My Destination in a recent space opera video, didn't want to re-use it too soon. Great suggestions, and thanks for watching 👀!
@rickkearn71002 күн бұрын
If jealousy has a colour, it's the colour green. Green as in envy. I enjoy book shopping vicariously, and you have a great go of it so that's why, in addition to many other SFS features, I like your book hauls so much! Now, if you could figure out how to clone yourself, you'd have endless (almost) time to read them all. :) Cheers Jon!
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
i'm working on the clone tech Rick! in the meantime I'll just have to cram in as many as i can. thanks for watching 👀!
@mikesnyder17882 күн бұрын
I seldom re-read any work of fiction but Sturgeon's "More than human" is that one exception. My first reading was in the mid-1970's when I read dozens of Science Fiction short stories and all the major authors of the day. The last author standing was Theodore Sturgeon so of course I read and very much enjoyed "More than human." During the COVID shut-in I re-read this book and found that I enjoyed it just as much as before. So glad you included this amazing book in your list of "Should Reads!" Great list!!!!!
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
Hi Mike, glad you enjoyed it. I like a re-read from time to time, like visiting with an old friend. Thanks for watching 👀!
@kennyrh92692 күн бұрын
Blimey mate, bargain basement or what. I don't collect hardbacks as such but I can appreciate the value of that little lot. Have WOB come under new management or have they just turned over a new leaf. Anyway good luck shelving that bunch 😮
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
More luck than judgement. If i order 4 books from WoB, typically 1 will be great, 2 just ok, 1 shit or wrong. I am gradually learning my lesson and I'm trying to buy from dealers or individuals where i can see the actual book. Costs more tho, so the temptation remains! Cheers Kenny, thanks for watching 👀!
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk2 күн бұрын
Good scavenging.
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 👀!
@outlawbookselleroriginal2 күн бұрын
The true first of 'Take Back Plenty' was an Unwin C format trade paperback with a totally different cover to the Grafton A you have there (I have one of those too). There was a US hardcover which is quite hard to find. It's a Gollancz Masterwork these days of course. Nice 'Kiteworld', you were lucky there, great book. Nice haul, got loads of those myself as you know. I will personally never forgive Gollancz for not issuing 'The Thing Itself' in hardcover. His collection 'Adam Robots' was also a trade paperback original too in D Format (royal had it been a hardcover)- 'Thing' went straight into B format. His latest book - 'The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate' was a trade paperback original too, from Datura Books. I don't think there were any other novels by Adam issued only as paperbacks.
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
I think Adam's new one (out next month) is a hardback release. Cheers Steve, thanks for watching 👀!
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
Is that US hardcover of Take Back Plenty the Avon book club edition? Or is there a different one?
@outlawbookselleroriginal2 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Yes, Gollancz only dropped the ball twice, I've had the new one advanced ordered at work for about eight months....I'm sure it will be another cracker.
@outlawbookselleroriginal2 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Yep, that's the one. My mate Graham has it. The hardest one of Colin's books to find is 'Finding Helen', a mainstream novel that was a paperback original published back in 2003, let mine go years ago. He hasn't produced anything since then, maybe a few shorts, shame.
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
Thought it must be. Nabbed a decent copy earlier on for $10. getting it delivered to a friend in the US for personal delivery in a few weeks. 👍
@miljenkoskreblin1652 күн бұрын
Plot blurb for Galaxias is a bit misleading. It's actually more of a first contact novel. It's brilliantly original take on that trope. One of Baxter's most underrated novels. Whole Wide World is marketed as sf, but it's really a straight crime novel. Very good one though. The Thing Itself is magnificent, a pure literary brilliance. Sundiver is terrible book, Brin's worst effort by far. Sister Alice is good, it was previously published as a series of stories, so it feels a bit episodic. The Quiet War is fantastic. Brasyl I didn't care for that much, but it's been a while since I read it. Integral Trees is my favorite solo Niven. Yes, I think it's better than Ringworld. Excellent video, as always.
@SciFiScavenger2 күн бұрын
Ah great, thanks for the extra intel, sounds like a few good ones there. Cheers and thanks for watching 👀!
@apilgrim87153 күн бұрын
I just started buying MacAuley, I will look for Colin Greenland now. Thanks for the video.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
I've only read one McAuley so far, a recent one, Beyond the Burn Line. Pretty good. I'm looking forward to reading the Take Back Plenty books. Thanks for watching 👀!
@ronin47-ThorstenFrank3 күн бұрын
Hey, Jon! It always fascinates me that you find books and authors I´ve never heard of. I have a very complicated relation to Feintuch´s Seafort Saga. I liked the first book. I didn´t find it fantastic because of the world-buiding but it wasn´t bad - the following books turned out to be to repetitive for my taste and I stopped reading the fourth book after only a few pages. That rarely happens. Had no luck on the flea market today. Sadly. Have a good week!
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Hmmmm, doesn't sound like i should try too hard to get the other Seafort books. Might take them back to the shop, in fact! One of the fascinations for me doing this channel has been discovering books and authors I'd never heard of before, never mind read. Thanks for watching 👀!
@ronin47-ThorstenFrank2 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Nah, that´s my personal opinion of the Seafort books. I really had some problems with them. Howerver, maybe you like them.
@User_Un_Friendly3 күн бұрын
Your OCD is kinda outa control, Jon.😂🤣 Seriously, good haul. Appreciate the Asimovs, as I'm basically doing the same thing in ebook. Currently got Caves of Steel, looking at the others, waiting for sales. 🙄 While the Kindle selection for Asimov is quite thin, I am looking forward to getting the Robot Visions and Robot Dreams, collections I've not read yet, and the Robots of Dawn, which I've overlooked in reading the Elijah Bailey books. 🙂
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Good hunting! Me, out of control? I couldn't possibly comment...Cheers, thanks for watching 👀!
@bazoo5133 күн бұрын
20:48 - that series has at least seven installments. If I find them _really_ cheap, i might give them a try.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
I probably shouldn't have bought them in the first place...
@bazoo5133 күн бұрын
Your every episode costs me at least €20. Luckily, I prefer Kindle editions to pristine, first edition, signed hard cover DTBs, and I find the internal strength to wait for frequent deep discounts, otherwise I would already be selling my car :-D Only @bookpiled is more dangerous than you in that respect.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Ha, sorry!!
@stephenmorton80173 күн бұрын
To your point about the mysterious signals from Jupiter. It makes sense once you realize everything is signals. That's all there is is signals. In fact every single episode of Star Trek should start out with a mysterious signal reception.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Are you a signal from Jupiter? 😀 thanks for watching 👀!
@stephenmorton80173 күн бұрын
I envision upper echelon military personnel being constantly harassed by radio astronomers to initiate missions to mysterious gas giants.
@bazoo5133 күн бұрын
14:37 - I read the whole Vorkosigan saga, in the order of internal chronology, novels _and_ novellas, in one continuous binge during the Covid lockdown. It pretty much kept me afloat mentally. Well, _Shards of Honor_ is a bit "lovey dovey", but it suited me then. Others become less so in a various degree. _A Civil Campaign_ might be even more so, as is _Winterfair Gifts,_ but don't let it put you off. Her world building is amazingly realistic, especially when you know that it features one semi-feudal society, Counts, swords and all (among several others, all different, all convincing.) No aliens, though.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Sounds good! I will be reading more. I need to fill a few gaps in the series first. Thanks for watching 👀!
@DaBIONICLEFan3 күн бұрын
Some very nice books there, nothing better than a hardback in tip-top condition. They're so nice to hold and just admire 😂 A recent purchase of mine that I'm very pleased with is also a John Brunner - his 'The Sheep Look Up' (first edition paperback). Been trying to find a decent copy that isn't prohibitively expensive, which is difficult. Very expensive book for some reason, I don't believe it's out of print or anything so who knows.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Probably had a short print run in its firdt edition. That book features in an upcoming video. Next weekend maybe. Thanks for watching 👀!
@DaBIONICLEFan3 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Looking forward to it mate 👍
@Montie-Adkins3 күн бұрын
I really liked The Quiet War, and the 4th book is my favorite and one of my favorite books ever. I read it first not knowing it was in that universe but it is a stand alone.
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
ah cool, I need to bump it up my long-range TBR. cheers Montie, thanks for watching 👀!
@8020Alive3 күн бұрын
+1 same 🎉 glad he owns it and there are other fans. Under rated author - very talented 💕
@vintagesf3 күн бұрын
Wow! You're starting to win the World of Books lottery. Some great books at a great price. I really like the Keith Roberts signed copy of Kiteworld that you showed at the beginning. And in earth £. 😏 I visited my new favourite bookshop in the world a few weeks back and picked up some NESFA press and Crown SF hardbacks. Also found some Bob Shaw. Stay tuned!
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
I've had a few duds from WoB too, unfortunately. We take the rough with the smooth. Thanks Richard, I'm really pleased with how my collection is developing. Your new bookshop sounds great, look forward to seeing the haul. Cheers Richard, thanks for watching 👀!
@User_Un_Friendly3 күн бұрын
I love NESFA's books. Pity Kindle doesn't have more of them...science fiction collected for the readers, rather than the publisher's accountants. 🙄🤮
@DieMeiseWasabi3 күн бұрын
Amazing haul! My copy of TAKE BACK PLENTY looks even worse…
@SciFiScavenger3 күн бұрын
Hi Michael, thanks, I had a busy few weeks book shopping, one way and another. I love the Seasons of Plenty book, it's fab, lovely Jim Burns cover. thanks for watching 👀!
@DieMeiseWasabi3 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger It‘s a great cover, and also on my TBR. But I wanted to read TBP first before I buy it …
@inocanandrei69503 күн бұрын
Very nice review. Thanks for your thoughts
@jackkaraquazian4 күн бұрын
My brother does the book mule thing for me from the US, the more he brings the more space he reserves to take things back with him 😉
@SciFiScavenger4 күн бұрын
I'll ask my friend to bring shelves too! Thanks for watching 👀!
@kennyrh92694 күн бұрын
Yep some interesting images there all the better for the fact that I hadn't seen many of them before - apart from my submissions of course. Do keep this series going because it's fascinating to see other people's idea of good art even though there are some not to my taste But then I'm an old fart so what do I know ?
@SciFiScavenger4 күн бұрын
Hi Kenny, yes it's always good to get some insight to what floats peoples boats. cheers, thanks for your entries, and thanks for watching 👀!
@OmnivorousReader4 күн бұрын
#1) Squee Zelazny endorsed it, I would read it for that alone.... not sure the cover WITHOUT Zelazny would do it though. Krakatit - Lovely cover art... Just don't say the title aloud at work... The Starport image is great, I would totally hang that on my wall. Showboat planet disturbed me! Please tell me that image was done by photographing the cover TWICE and pasting the images together and NOT by opening that old Vance book completely out and wrecking the spine... The dark side of the sun! Nice, mine is a Kidby image though. Lol, dad joke fungi....
@SciFiScavenger4 күн бұрын
Krakatit! Krakatit! funny word if you say it often enough. I don't know where the image of the flattened cover came from, but I can assure you no books were harmed during the filming of this episode! Cheers Deb, thanks for watching 👀!
@OmnivorousReader2 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger As always - thanks for a fun video!
@dug35575 күн бұрын
Good going you getting a ruocchio interview
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
We'll see, gone quiet on his end now. 🤷♂️
@dug35574 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger well it’s great that you even trying to get in touch with these authors
@ronin47-ThorstenFrank5 күн бұрын
Thx for another comment of the week! I also think that three videos a week are more than enough. Even three may be too much in the long run and I don´t want that you burn out. Didn´t read anything this week (so basically a "lost" week! LOL) I hope I can get some stuff on a local flea market on sunday but, sadly, my luck regarding sci-fi wasn´t great the last couple of times. Have a good weekend, Jon!
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Good luck at the flea market! Three works for me most weeks I think. Thanks for watching 👀!
@rickkearn71005 күн бұрын
Jon I must admit I've gotten lazy in my later years. I don't seem to want intellectual stimulation so much nowadays as I need to be entertained instead and wrap my head and heart around a good adventure. But you, my friend, still have the fever and it's a lot of fun sharing in your enthusiasm. A spirit-lifting experience here always. Cheers!
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Hi Rick! I do like to be entertained as well, one of the reasons I love a great space opera. Thanks for watching 👀!
@LiminalSpaces035 күн бұрын
Looking forward to your post-apocalyptic video!
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
It's gonna be epic. More than 40 books covered to varying degrees. Been doing some work on the script this evening. 👍
@joelstainer655 күн бұрын
Looking forward to what you dig up. Hope you have some I am not aware of so I can expand my collecting list.
@tomoser12845 күн бұрын
I'm currently enjoying the 4th Hooded Swan book. They have this weird 70's cynicism that I'm getting a kick out of. You should make however many videos as feels correct to you. I do enjoy coming along with you to peruse the used bookstore shelves.
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
I've taken my camera on my last few visits to my local charity bookshop but didn't use the footage because I found very little there, seemed a bit pointless. Next time, perhaps. Thanks for watching 👀!
@User_Un_Friendly5 күн бұрын
Rather than Gibson, I'm recommending Daniel Keys Moran. Start with Emerald Eyes, which is frankly astonishing. The Continuing Time has an epic, vast scope, that defies attempts to measure it. While somewhat incoherent at times, mostly due to Moran taking time off for family and minor, inconsequential things like that, 🙄 thus leaving holes in the continuity, his narrative voice and style far outshines Gibson. I am thinking of reading the Sun Eater series. I'm in the middle of revisiting old friends, Zelazny and Heinlein, so I may wait for the release of book 7. 🙂 😛
@SciFiScavenger4 күн бұрын
Definitely worth giving Suneater a go. Thanks for watching 👀!
@Montie-Adkins5 күн бұрын
Overall I liked the Titan trilogy of books by Varley, but the 2nd and 3rd books I thought dragged out a bit.
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Hi Montie, good to know, thanks for watching, and right to the end too 👀!
@Montie-Adkins5 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger If you're reading Burning Chrome, I forget, did you read Neuromancer? I ask because I recently found a reprinting of Web of Angels by John M. Ford a cyberpunk original which predates Neuromancer by 4 years.
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Not yet, no, this'll be my first Gibson. There's also John Brunner's Shockwave Rider which predates Neuromancer by a few years I think.
@User_Un_Friendly5 күн бұрын
After a few pages of Varley, I lost interest, back in high school. Eh. His "voice" was grating, from what I remember. 😮🐶
@tallaaron11155 күн бұрын
It has been a while sadly, but it is such a wonderful thing seeing how many books you are reading. I hope one day I can catch up after I get these novels written. Thanks to you, I have an updated TBR list and I can't wait. I hope you have an amazing weekend.
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Hi Aaron, hope the writing is going well, good luck with finishing em off! Thanks for watching 👀!
@leemason68975 күн бұрын
Just to let you know, Karel Čapek was Czech.
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Hi Lee, yes someone else confirmed that too, cheers, and thanks for watching 👀!
@mikesnyder17885 күн бұрын
Heck yes I will watch a 15.17 video featuring lovely SF book covers! A visual feast, indeed! Many thanks for your effort and the interesting comments. Regards from across the pond!
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Hey Mike, fantastic, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 👀!
@mikesnyder17885 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Yes, very much enjoyed your video! Keep up the good work!!!
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
There's a few more cover art related videos in this playlist: Sci Fi Cover Art: kzread.info/head/PLXv18KNFYD7TDX75tTAnwwIz1rMTqcVFv
@mikesnyder17885 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Excellent! I am so going to review these videos! Much thanks!!!!!
@mikesnyder17885 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger Excellent! Just subscribed!!!!!
@hazelswain97685 күн бұрын
got to be Chris Foss!!!
@SciFiScavenger5 күн бұрын
Hi Hazel Yes I'm partial to Chris Foss too. Thanks for watching 👀!
@brianedwards71426 күн бұрын
Some of those German covers were fantastic.* Its interesting to see how other cultures interpret material. I'm a fan of Moomin creator Tove Jansson whose illustrations for the Finnish version of The Hobbit give it a very different feel (her work is always a tad spooky). *insert superlative here. I feel like I've overused all the ones I know. I originally wrote "awesome" but then cringed and changed it.
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
awesome, thanks Brian! 😆
@brianedwards71426 күн бұрын
What would Frankie Howerd say? There's you worried about the wormy thing looking like a pianis-t while I was struck by the huge golden derrieres. Don't blame me, it was all those British comedians I was exposed to in the 70s.
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
ooh Matron! thanks for watching 👀!
@DieMeiseWasabi6 күн бұрын
Wow, great collection of artworks. And I had no idea that there are so many German followers (like me) around here, so hello everyone! … HARDWIRED is a cyberpunk classic about a female assassin with very interesting killing methods and some kind of tank/battleship pilot. It’s hard to describe, but the story immediately sucks you in and throws a lot of stuff at you that you have to decipher while the story progresses.
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
I'll look out for it! thanks for watching 👀!
@User_Un_Friendly6 күн бұрын
Book Friends, the first three books by James Herriot (Alfred Wright) are very cheap in Kindle right now. US, of course. I don't know how long its going to last, (so far two days I know of) so if you've been holding off, take a look. 😉 🙂
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
James Herriot? as in the 1940s Yorkshire vetinary, star of many books and TV show All Creatures Great and Small? didn't know he wrote any SF. a different Herriot, perhaps...thanks for watching 👀!
@User_Un_Friendly6 күн бұрын
@@SciFiScavenger No, he didn't write science fiction. I'm referring to All Creatures Great and Small. The ebooks are on good prices for Kindle., US. 😛. I noticed this sale(?) while browsing a couple of days ago. Usually his books are way expensive, so I posted here for my book friends. 😋🤑
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
@@User_Un_Friendly ah I see!! I loved those books when i was a kid. Read them to death.
@haxxy406 күн бұрын
The '50s was a great decade for SF. Let me add some honorable mentions here: - The Foundation Trilogy, by Asimov - The Galactic Empire Trilogy, by Asimov - The Day of the Triffids, by Windham - City, by Simak - The Martian Chronicles, by Bradbury - The Voyage of Space Beagle, by Van Vogt - Brain Wave, by Poul Anderson - A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller Jr.
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
yes, great list, classics all. Foundation and Space Beagle were really written in the 40s in short story form, but you're right, they first appeared in book form in the 50s. I'm planning a second episode on the 50s, possibly even a 3rd, and some of those books may well feature. thanks for watching 👀!
@ronin47-ThorstenFrank6 күн бұрын
Great selection! Joe has shown some exquisite taste as always. And everyone else too. In fact I had Nor Crystal Tears as well as the one of Showboat World on my list too - that were twp of the pictures I wanted to send in my follow-up mail. (Which I have obviously forgotten.... :D ) BTW, Der Wüstenplanet translates into The Desert Planet. The Pip and Flinx books are set in the Humanx Commonwealth (The Iceriggers are also set in the Humanx Commonwealth for example) Till next time, Jon!
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
Hi Thorsten, Desert Planet, of course! Thanks for watching 👀!
@User_Un_Friendly6 күн бұрын
I love the Michael Whelan cover for Nor Crystal Tears. I borrowed the book on the beautiful cover alone from the library. First Alan Dean Foster. Highly enjoyable. Wonderful book. So annoyed when the Kindle version had a horrid cover, that made the protagonist look like a roach. Seriously, do they want to turn people off the book?🙄🙄😖
@SciFiScavenger6 күн бұрын
I have a copy but not that one. Mine is OK too art-wise. Not a Whelan tho. 🤷♂️
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My favorite cover artists include: Berkey, Frazetta, Foss, Gurney, Whelan, Mead, Lehr, Royo all of whom I have prints framed and hanging on my walls.
Very cool! 👍 thanks for watching 👀!
Your latest hunt for books really yielded some great results I see 🙂, some really, really nice hardbacks and signed editions as well. I do happen to have the Greg Mandel series complete in hardback but I haven't been able to muster up the enthusiasm to start it yet, eventhough Peter F. Hamilton and Alastair Reynolds are probably my joint favourite authors. But we'll see when I get to that trilogy whether I was wrong...
I remember quite enjoying the Mandel book, worth a try, I'll probably re-read once I have the full set. cheers Andrew, I'm enjoying filling out my collection. thanks for watching 👀!
Not interested in alternate history so never read Bring the Jubilee. Never heard of or even seen a copy of Solar Lottery. The rest of the list was pretty good
would definitely recommend Bring the Jubilee for the writing if nothing else. Thanks for watching 👀!
Here in Argentina we kenowed More Than Human (trans. Mas que Humano), The Demolished Man (El Hombre Demolido) Farenheit 451 in editions of Editorial Minotauro. The Caves of Steel (Las Cavernas de Acero) Bring the Jubilee (Lo que el Tiempo se Llevo) and Starship Troopers (Tropas del Espacio) for the spanish editor Martinez Roca. I read and enjoyed all this.- In my opinion here should be a site for Alfred Bester's The Stars my Destination - Tiger Tiger ! (Las Estrellas mi Destino - Tigre Tigre !, Martinez Roca) and Robert Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (Amos de Titeres - Martinez Roca), but is just my opinion.-
Hi Sergio, all great books. I featured Stars My Destination in a recent space opera video, didn't want to re-use it too soon. Great suggestions, and thanks for watching 👀!
If jealousy has a colour, it's the colour green. Green as in envy. I enjoy book shopping vicariously, and you have a great go of it so that's why, in addition to many other SFS features, I like your book hauls so much! Now, if you could figure out how to clone yourself, you'd have endless (almost) time to read them all. :) Cheers Jon!
i'm working on the clone tech Rick! in the meantime I'll just have to cram in as many as i can. thanks for watching 👀!
I seldom re-read any work of fiction but Sturgeon's "More than human" is that one exception. My first reading was in the mid-1970's when I read dozens of Science Fiction short stories and all the major authors of the day. The last author standing was Theodore Sturgeon so of course I read and very much enjoyed "More than human." During the COVID shut-in I re-read this book and found that I enjoyed it just as much as before. So glad you included this amazing book in your list of "Should Reads!" Great list!!!!!
Hi Mike, glad you enjoyed it. I like a re-read from time to time, like visiting with an old friend. Thanks for watching 👀!
Blimey mate, bargain basement or what. I don't collect hardbacks as such but I can appreciate the value of that little lot. Have WOB come under new management or have they just turned over a new leaf. Anyway good luck shelving that bunch 😮
More luck than judgement. If i order 4 books from WoB, typically 1 will be great, 2 just ok, 1 shit or wrong. I am gradually learning my lesson and I'm trying to buy from dealers or individuals where i can see the actual book. Costs more tho, so the temptation remains! Cheers Kenny, thanks for watching 👀!
Good scavenging.
Thanks for watching 👀!
The true first of 'Take Back Plenty' was an Unwin C format trade paperback with a totally different cover to the Grafton A you have there (I have one of those too). There was a US hardcover which is quite hard to find. It's a Gollancz Masterwork these days of course. Nice 'Kiteworld', you were lucky there, great book. Nice haul, got loads of those myself as you know. I will personally never forgive Gollancz for not issuing 'The Thing Itself' in hardcover. His collection 'Adam Robots' was also a trade paperback original too in D Format (royal had it been a hardcover)- 'Thing' went straight into B format. His latest book - 'The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate' was a trade paperback original too, from Datura Books. I don't think there were any other novels by Adam issued only as paperbacks.
I think Adam's new one (out next month) is a hardback release. Cheers Steve, thanks for watching 👀!
Is that US hardcover of Take Back Plenty the Avon book club edition? Or is there a different one?
@@SciFiScavenger Yes, Gollancz only dropped the ball twice, I've had the new one advanced ordered at work for about eight months....I'm sure it will be another cracker.
@@SciFiScavenger Yep, that's the one. My mate Graham has it. The hardest one of Colin's books to find is 'Finding Helen', a mainstream novel that was a paperback original published back in 2003, let mine go years ago. He hasn't produced anything since then, maybe a few shorts, shame.
Thought it must be. Nabbed a decent copy earlier on for $10. getting it delivered to a friend in the US for personal delivery in a few weeks. 👍
Plot blurb for Galaxias is a bit misleading. It's actually more of a first contact novel. It's brilliantly original take on that trope. One of Baxter's most underrated novels. Whole Wide World is marketed as sf, but it's really a straight crime novel. Very good one though. The Thing Itself is magnificent, a pure literary brilliance. Sundiver is terrible book, Brin's worst effort by far. Sister Alice is good, it was previously published as a series of stories, so it feels a bit episodic. The Quiet War is fantastic. Brasyl I didn't care for that much, but it's been a while since I read it. Integral Trees is my favorite solo Niven. Yes, I think it's better than Ringworld. Excellent video, as always.
Ah great, thanks for the extra intel, sounds like a few good ones there. Cheers and thanks for watching 👀!
I just started buying MacAuley, I will look for Colin Greenland now. Thanks for the video.
I've only read one McAuley so far, a recent one, Beyond the Burn Line. Pretty good. I'm looking forward to reading the Take Back Plenty books. Thanks for watching 👀!
Hey, Jon! It always fascinates me that you find books and authors I´ve never heard of. I have a very complicated relation to Feintuch´s Seafort Saga. I liked the first book. I didn´t find it fantastic because of the world-buiding but it wasn´t bad - the following books turned out to be to repetitive for my taste and I stopped reading the fourth book after only a few pages. That rarely happens. Had no luck on the flea market today. Sadly. Have a good week!
Hmmmm, doesn't sound like i should try too hard to get the other Seafort books. Might take them back to the shop, in fact! One of the fascinations for me doing this channel has been discovering books and authors I'd never heard of before, never mind read. Thanks for watching 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger Nah, that´s my personal opinion of the Seafort books. I really had some problems with them. Howerver, maybe you like them.
Your OCD is kinda outa control, Jon.😂🤣 Seriously, good haul. Appreciate the Asimovs, as I'm basically doing the same thing in ebook. Currently got Caves of Steel, looking at the others, waiting for sales. 🙄 While the Kindle selection for Asimov is quite thin, I am looking forward to getting the Robot Visions and Robot Dreams, collections I've not read yet, and the Robots of Dawn, which I've overlooked in reading the Elijah Bailey books. 🙂
Good hunting! Me, out of control? I couldn't possibly comment...Cheers, thanks for watching 👀!
20:48 - that series has at least seven installments. If I find them _really_ cheap, i might give them a try.
I probably shouldn't have bought them in the first place...
Your every episode costs me at least €20. Luckily, I prefer Kindle editions to pristine, first edition, signed hard cover DTBs, and I find the internal strength to wait for frequent deep discounts, otherwise I would already be selling my car :-D Only @bookpiled is more dangerous than you in that respect.
Ha, sorry!!
To your point about the mysterious signals from Jupiter. It makes sense once you realize everything is signals. That's all there is is signals. In fact every single episode of Star Trek should start out with a mysterious signal reception.
Are you a signal from Jupiter? 😀 thanks for watching 👀!
I envision upper echelon military personnel being constantly harassed by radio astronomers to initiate missions to mysterious gas giants.
14:37 - I read the whole Vorkosigan saga, in the order of internal chronology, novels _and_ novellas, in one continuous binge during the Covid lockdown. It pretty much kept me afloat mentally. Well, _Shards of Honor_ is a bit "lovey dovey", but it suited me then. Others become less so in a various degree. _A Civil Campaign_ might be even more so, as is _Winterfair Gifts,_ but don't let it put you off. Her world building is amazingly realistic, especially when you know that it features one semi-feudal society, Counts, swords and all (among several others, all different, all convincing.) No aliens, though.
Sounds good! I will be reading more. I need to fill a few gaps in the series first. Thanks for watching 👀!
Some very nice books there, nothing better than a hardback in tip-top condition. They're so nice to hold and just admire 😂 A recent purchase of mine that I'm very pleased with is also a John Brunner - his 'The Sheep Look Up' (first edition paperback). Been trying to find a decent copy that isn't prohibitively expensive, which is difficult. Very expensive book for some reason, I don't believe it's out of print or anything so who knows.
Probably had a short print run in its firdt edition. That book features in an upcoming video. Next weekend maybe. Thanks for watching 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger Looking forward to it mate 👍
I really liked The Quiet War, and the 4th book is my favorite and one of my favorite books ever. I read it first not knowing it was in that universe but it is a stand alone.
ah cool, I need to bump it up my long-range TBR. cheers Montie, thanks for watching 👀!
+1 same 🎉 glad he owns it and there are other fans. Under rated author - very talented 💕
Wow! You're starting to win the World of Books lottery. Some great books at a great price. I really like the Keith Roberts signed copy of Kiteworld that you showed at the beginning. And in earth £. 😏 I visited my new favourite bookshop in the world a few weeks back and picked up some NESFA press and Crown SF hardbacks. Also found some Bob Shaw. Stay tuned!
I've had a few duds from WoB too, unfortunately. We take the rough with the smooth. Thanks Richard, I'm really pleased with how my collection is developing. Your new bookshop sounds great, look forward to seeing the haul. Cheers Richard, thanks for watching 👀!
I love NESFA's books. Pity Kindle doesn't have more of them...science fiction collected for the readers, rather than the publisher's accountants. 🙄🤮
Amazing haul! My copy of TAKE BACK PLENTY looks even worse…
Hi Michael, thanks, I had a busy few weeks book shopping, one way and another. I love the Seasons of Plenty book, it's fab, lovely Jim Burns cover. thanks for watching 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger It‘s a great cover, and also on my TBR. But I wanted to read TBP first before I buy it …
Very nice review. Thanks for your thoughts
My brother does the book mule thing for me from the US, the more he brings the more space he reserves to take things back with him 😉
I'll ask my friend to bring shelves too! Thanks for watching 👀!
Yep some interesting images there all the better for the fact that I hadn't seen many of them before - apart from my submissions of course. Do keep this series going because it's fascinating to see other people's idea of good art even though there are some not to my taste But then I'm an old fart so what do I know ?
Hi Kenny, yes it's always good to get some insight to what floats peoples boats. cheers, thanks for your entries, and thanks for watching 👀!
#1) Squee Zelazny endorsed it, I would read it for that alone.... not sure the cover WITHOUT Zelazny would do it though. Krakatit - Lovely cover art... Just don't say the title aloud at work... The Starport image is great, I would totally hang that on my wall. Showboat planet disturbed me! Please tell me that image was done by photographing the cover TWICE and pasting the images together and NOT by opening that old Vance book completely out and wrecking the spine... The dark side of the sun! Nice, mine is a Kidby image though. Lol, dad joke fungi....
Krakatit! Krakatit! funny word if you say it often enough. I don't know where the image of the flattened cover came from, but I can assure you no books were harmed during the filming of this episode! Cheers Deb, thanks for watching 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger As always - thanks for a fun video!
Good going you getting a ruocchio interview
We'll see, gone quiet on his end now. 🤷♂️
@@SciFiScavenger well it’s great that you even trying to get in touch with these authors
Thx for another comment of the week! I also think that three videos a week are more than enough. Even three may be too much in the long run and I don´t want that you burn out. Didn´t read anything this week (so basically a "lost" week! LOL) I hope I can get some stuff on a local flea market on sunday but, sadly, my luck regarding sci-fi wasn´t great the last couple of times. Have a good weekend, Jon!
Good luck at the flea market! Three works for me most weeks I think. Thanks for watching 👀!
Jon I must admit I've gotten lazy in my later years. I don't seem to want intellectual stimulation so much nowadays as I need to be entertained instead and wrap my head and heart around a good adventure. But you, my friend, still have the fever and it's a lot of fun sharing in your enthusiasm. A spirit-lifting experience here always. Cheers!
Hi Rick! I do like to be entertained as well, one of the reasons I love a great space opera. Thanks for watching 👀!
Looking forward to your post-apocalyptic video!
It's gonna be epic. More than 40 books covered to varying degrees. Been doing some work on the script this evening. 👍
Looking forward to what you dig up. Hope you have some I am not aware of so I can expand my collecting list.
I'm currently enjoying the 4th Hooded Swan book. They have this weird 70's cynicism that I'm getting a kick out of. You should make however many videos as feels correct to you. I do enjoy coming along with you to peruse the used bookstore shelves.
I've taken my camera on my last few visits to my local charity bookshop but didn't use the footage because I found very little there, seemed a bit pointless. Next time, perhaps. Thanks for watching 👀!
Rather than Gibson, I'm recommending Daniel Keys Moran. Start with Emerald Eyes, which is frankly astonishing. The Continuing Time has an epic, vast scope, that defies attempts to measure it. While somewhat incoherent at times, mostly due to Moran taking time off for family and minor, inconsequential things like that, 🙄 thus leaving holes in the continuity, his narrative voice and style far outshines Gibson. I am thinking of reading the Sun Eater series. I'm in the middle of revisiting old friends, Zelazny and Heinlein, so I may wait for the release of book 7. 🙂 😛
Definitely worth giving Suneater a go. Thanks for watching 👀!
Overall I liked the Titan trilogy of books by Varley, but the 2nd and 3rd books I thought dragged out a bit.
Hi Montie, good to know, thanks for watching, and right to the end too 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger If you're reading Burning Chrome, I forget, did you read Neuromancer? I ask because I recently found a reprinting of Web of Angels by John M. Ford a cyberpunk original which predates Neuromancer by 4 years.
Not yet, no, this'll be my first Gibson. There's also John Brunner's Shockwave Rider which predates Neuromancer by a few years I think.
After a few pages of Varley, I lost interest, back in high school. Eh. His "voice" was grating, from what I remember. 😮🐶
It has been a while sadly, but it is such a wonderful thing seeing how many books you are reading. I hope one day I can catch up after I get these novels written. Thanks to you, I have an updated TBR list and I can't wait. I hope you have an amazing weekend.
Hi Aaron, hope the writing is going well, good luck with finishing em off! Thanks for watching 👀!
Just to let you know, Karel Čapek was Czech.
Hi Lee, yes someone else confirmed that too, cheers, and thanks for watching 👀!
Heck yes I will watch a 15.17 video featuring lovely SF book covers! A visual feast, indeed! Many thanks for your effort and the interesting comments. Regards from across the pond!
Hey Mike, fantastic, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger Yes, very much enjoyed your video! Keep up the good work!!!
There's a few more cover art related videos in this playlist: Sci Fi Cover Art: kzread.info/head/PLXv18KNFYD7TDX75tTAnwwIz1rMTqcVFv
@@SciFiScavenger Excellent! I am so going to review these videos! Much thanks!!!!!
@@SciFiScavenger Excellent! Just subscribed!!!!!
got to be Chris Foss!!!
Hi Hazel Yes I'm partial to Chris Foss too. Thanks for watching 👀!
Some of those German covers were fantastic.* Its interesting to see how other cultures interpret material. I'm a fan of Moomin creator Tove Jansson whose illustrations for the Finnish version of The Hobbit give it a very different feel (her work is always a tad spooky). *insert superlative here. I feel like I've overused all the ones I know. I originally wrote "awesome" but then cringed and changed it.
awesome, thanks Brian! 😆
What would Frankie Howerd say? There's you worried about the wormy thing looking like a pianis-t while I was struck by the huge golden derrieres. Don't blame me, it was all those British comedians I was exposed to in the 70s.
ooh Matron! thanks for watching 👀!
Wow, great collection of artworks. And I had no idea that there are so many German followers (like me) around here, so hello everyone! … HARDWIRED is a cyberpunk classic about a female assassin with very interesting killing methods and some kind of tank/battleship pilot. It’s hard to describe, but the story immediately sucks you in and throws a lot of stuff at you that you have to decipher while the story progresses.
I'll look out for it! thanks for watching 👀!
Book Friends, the first three books by James Herriot (Alfred Wright) are very cheap in Kindle right now. US, of course. I don't know how long its going to last, (so far two days I know of) so if you've been holding off, take a look. 😉 🙂
James Herriot? as in the 1940s Yorkshire vetinary, star of many books and TV show All Creatures Great and Small? didn't know he wrote any SF. a different Herriot, perhaps...thanks for watching 👀!
@@SciFiScavenger No, he didn't write science fiction. I'm referring to All Creatures Great and Small. The ebooks are on good prices for Kindle., US. 😛. I noticed this sale(?) while browsing a couple of days ago. Usually his books are way expensive, so I posted here for my book friends. 😋🤑
@@User_Un_Friendly ah I see!! I loved those books when i was a kid. Read them to death.
The '50s was a great decade for SF. Let me add some honorable mentions here: - The Foundation Trilogy, by Asimov - The Galactic Empire Trilogy, by Asimov - The Day of the Triffids, by Windham - City, by Simak - The Martian Chronicles, by Bradbury - The Voyage of Space Beagle, by Van Vogt - Brain Wave, by Poul Anderson - A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller Jr.
yes, great list, classics all. Foundation and Space Beagle were really written in the 40s in short story form, but you're right, they first appeared in book form in the 50s. I'm planning a second episode on the 50s, possibly even a 3rd, and some of those books may well feature. thanks for watching 👀!
Great selection! Joe has shown some exquisite taste as always. And everyone else too. In fact I had Nor Crystal Tears as well as the one of Showboat World on my list too - that were twp of the pictures I wanted to send in my follow-up mail. (Which I have obviously forgotten.... :D ) BTW, Der Wüstenplanet translates into The Desert Planet. The Pip and Flinx books are set in the Humanx Commonwealth (The Iceriggers are also set in the Humanx Commonwealth for example) Till next time, Jon!
Hi Thorsten, Desert Planet, of course! Thanks for watching 👀!
I love the Michael Whelan cover for Nor Crystal Tears. I borrowed the book on the beautiful cover alone from the library. First Alan Dean Foster. Highly enjoyable. Wonderful book. So annoyed when the Kindle version had a horrid cover, that made the protagonist look like a roach. Seriously, do they want to turn people off the book?🙄🙄😖
I have a copy but not that one. Mine is OK too art-wise. Not a Whelan tho. 🤷♂️