Chess...I SUCK at Chess, I LOVE Backgammon though so I guess that makes up for it! ROFLMAO, maybe not I just have never been able to wrap my head around chess, My ex wife could and would wipe my ass out playing chess...but Backgammon we were pretty closely matched...
@jackallen62612 күн бұрын
I am curious...have you read Albert Camus The Stranger, It is very interesting although tough to read at times because of the subject. I can't say i actuially liked it but it does make you think...
@jackallen62612 күн бұрын
Up until about 8 years ago i would tell people that favorite book of all time was The Old Man and the Sea, then i read The five People You Meet in Heaven, love that book, but Simaks Waystation knocked it off recently. They just keep getting better!
@rjohnson6113 күн бұрын
Lloyd Biggle's story, The Still Small Voice of Trumpets, remains one of my favorite novels.
@BvngeeGvm9 күн бұрын
It is 1000% NOT our responsibility to play into incorrect pronoun usage. Just like in real life incorrect usage leads many many problems. Aside from that definitely gonna check out this list!
@tomheinle104910 күн бұрын
Hyperion is a Sci Fi version of the Canterbury Tales.
@Cesar82nd12 күн бұрын
We don't have to except the clunky pronouns. We need to reject the insanity of Trans mafia.
@JimWVa-202317 күн бұрын
When you put Old Man’s War on any list other than of total crap, you discredit yourself entirely. It’s a shameless ripoff of Starship Troopers by a lousy writer.
@jbrichardson889120 күн бұрын
nice haul
@henriklarsen150422 күн бұрын
its in German!
@user-yz7sr6od1x23 күн бұрын
Other Days, Other Eyes is excellent. Behold the Man is probably Moorcock's magnum opus. You may want to read Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar first. Sturgeon is one of SciFi's best writers, and IMO More Than Human is his best. Silverberg's best is probably Dying Inside.
@nstents778123 күн бұрын
I can't believe you read The Shrinking Man. That brought back so much.
@nstents778123 күн бұрын
Love Wyndham. Day of the Triffids was the inspiration for 28 Days Later. Seeds of Change. Wow.
@ogrestamp23 күн бұрын
Wow. Margaret St. Clair. You don't see her too often. She was a fantasy writer back in the 50's and 60's. When everyone was writing their "vanilla" styled works, she was doing trippy stuff. A lot of her works are direct inspirations for Gary Gygax when he was developing his Dungeons and Dragons role playing game. Nice find there.
@darthelooi802123 күн бұрын
Are you sure it wasn't 4 out of 4 stars? It wasn't uncommon back in the day. Roger Ebert famously did that.
@B0BsBooks24 күн бұрын
As a reseller there are so many of those dudes you mentioned, and I'm glad you were able to pick up what he left behind. Really amazing haul, and I'm so glad you were able to add so many amazing pieces to your store and your TBR! Also I didn't feel like a scrooge when I did my 500+ book buyout last summer. There were three others digging when I was and I came out with 4x and the workers were just happy they didn't have to deal with them anymore <3
@bobkeane796624 күн бұрын
Day of the Triffids was a great fifties B Movie.
@dchager24 күн бұрын
No Simak? That's bulshiit!
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
I've read a couple of his since making this video : City and Waystation. Not sure either would make the list though
@avacollins401824 күн бұрын
Great Haul ❤
@Kim_Miller24 күн бұрын
A SciFi collector with alienating opinions. Those aliens are so divisive.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Didn't think of it that way 😁
@brettrobson573925 күн бұрын
You lucked out again! Edmond Hamilton is a pioneer. He was writing science fiction before the magazines started ie in the early 30s. He also wrote a LOT of comic books. If you read a Superman or Batman from the 50s/60s with an SF bent, it was probably him. Most likely with an assist from his missus, Leigh Brackett (I assume you know who she is from her screen writing career). Galouye is also from "back when". Extremely pulpy. His shorts are sometimes fun, but I doubt he can maintain it for a novel. Behold the Man is Moorcocks finest work IMO. The related Breakfast in the Ruins is also good. Yes, it's religion related and gets into belief systems, humanism etc. You should read it.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Sounds like a perfect book for me 😀 I was wondering who the big sci-fi authors were in the 20s and 30s. Don't hear too much about that time period
@phaedrus263325 күн бұрын
The chessboard cover would be "Startrek" meets "The Prisoner".
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
True. The prisoner is my uncle's favorite show. Watched all of it
@phaedrus263325 күн бұрын
I'm pretty sure that's German.
@Tetsujin-2825 күн бұрын
That was a wild bunch of books. Going Out Of Business: Just think how great the haul will be when you go back in MARCH of 2025. Read Dying Inside.
@bookjack25 күн бұрын
Yes sir 🫡 got it locked and loaded on my TBR
@lennydellarocca499225 күн бұрын
Heard so much hype about Enders Game-the best sci-fi book of all time kind of rhetoric- and when I read it I was very disappointed. Not nearly as good as the Foundation series, Dune etc. Not even close.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Enders Game is aimed more at kids I think which is why so many were introduced to sci-fi through it. Hard to compare it to more mature works
@vintagesf25 күн бұрын
What a great haul! So many good books. Might be a bit concerned for your lungs after smelling all those books, but I get it. Ace Science Fiction Specials complete and reviewed. Also just reviewed ‘Other Days, Other Eyes’ in the same edition as you have. One of his best! Thanks for the mention!
@bookjack25 күн бұрын
Sniffing used books is a vice of mine for sure 😅
@SirStuckey25 күн бұрын
Behold the Man is great. One of my 5 star reads of last year.
@bookjack25 күн бұрын
Good to hear. I wasn't sold on it after seeing the cover
@felixfifeauthor25 күн бұрын
When you said 'the book that got me into Sci-fi' I totally guessed Ender's Game. The ending blew my mind and literally made me gasp. So glad I read it as a teen. Great recommendations! Thank you
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
The ending totally got me too!
@sun13108926 күн бұрын
Please read the fountains of paradise by Arthur Clarke if you haven’t ….
@sun13108926 күн бұрын
Left hand of darkness is a masterpiece…
@Robinson_Crusoe27 күн бұрын
Wait, regarding Hyperion: isn't the part about the impending Invasion (the way he worded it) a major spoiler?
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Maybe kind of but you're the first to mention it
@greendream71029 күн бұрын
“Book, oh, that doesn’t work” 😂
@undeniableparadox7458Ай бұрын
Hyperion’s world is so rich and diverse. I enjoyed Fall even more so, just the idea of the Web and farcasters allowing you to travel to hundreds of world was captivating. The descriptive prose particularly when describing Hyperion (the planet) was very immersive.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Still looking for a copy of the sequel. I'd love to return to that world
@jasonuerkvitz3756Ай бұрын
21:54 No, it is not _our_ burden. We are not subject to their authoritarian rule. They will not tyrannize us and we will not submit to their undeserved claims of power and dominance. Live in Truth.
@mikewerner6906Ай бұрын
Thanks for the Masterpieces recommendation, just got my copy in. Love it. But as I’m reading ‘All You Zombies’ I’m like, I know this story. I saw the movie years ago, Predestination. Man, they need to use more of these fantastic stories for movies. Or maybe I should read more classics. 😂 Either way, thanks again.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Lol the same thing happened to me with that story. Glad you liked the anthology 😀
@jakubskonieczny5750Ай бұрын
About Book of Skulls. Funny thing - it is going to be published in translation in Poland in 5 days time :) I mean it's not the first edition, however it's been a long time since this book was issued here. No trigger warnings, and I've just read the first edition and was looking for reviews. Anyway, veery vulgar but intense in experiance book. I really liked it.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
It was vulgar but I think it had a lot to say. Glad you liked it
@pwcinlaАй бұрын
It took me longer to read On the Road than it took Kerouac to write. Such a slog.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
Lol agreed
@josepherhardt164Ай бұрын
My three guilty pleasures: _Sinister Barrier_ (Eric Frank Russell) _We All Died at Breakaway Station_ (Richard C. Meredith) _Sleeping Planet_ (William R. Burkett, Jr.)
@user-ie1mg3or1lАй бұрын
I am a voracious reader and love sci-fi. My personal taste: All the mighty work of Phillip K. Dick. The absolute king.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
I always keep some P.K.D. on my TBR 😀
@SamuelS-tr6ebАй бұрын
its clunky because its insane
@WordsinTimeАй бұрын
I read On the Road about a decade ago and it was a 3 star read for me. I’m glad I read it for the unique style but I felt like it was “trying to be cool” more so than it was “actually cool”.
@bookjack24 күн бұрын
It definitely stumbled over itself at parts
@nacholuver1Ай бұрын
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe seems right up your alley if you haven't read it.
@nstents7781Ай бұрын
Before On The Road came The Satyricon by Petronius.
@sealandmudАй бұрын
Look. No cat. No cradle.
@Kim_MillerАй бұрын
"Easiest breeziest sci fi out there..." Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Or something more recent. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Next stream of consciousness thought: I think Jack Kerouac's name has worked its way into more song lyrics than any other name on the planet.
@bookjackАй бұрын
Yeah his name has such a nice ring to it. I wish my last name rhymed with my first
@someothercharacterАй бұрын
Two Rules for Life: 1. Don't judge a book by its cover. 2. Don't judge a video by its thumbnail.
@bookjackАй бұрын
Yet I break them both everyday 😅
@angusmckeogh659Ай бұрын
Einstein's quote is in support of science, which seems weird for a book grounded in Eastern mysticism, Einstein stated that logical thought (something deduced just by thinking about it) could never give you as refined an answer as empirical observation (which is something that's tested and observed). Chalk one up for science. As an aside, I was your 49th subscriber.
@bookjackАй бұрын
Wow so you suffered through my early videos 😅 I appreciate that
@AlbertGaucheАй бұрын
“On the Road” I read a lot in my late teens and early 20s. It was my introduction into beat culture of the 1950s and 60s, other great authors include, William S Burroughs, Neal Cassidy and Alan Ginsburg who were friends of Jack’s. For a travel journal my favorite is by Patrick Leigh Fermor, “A Time of Gifts”. It’s the first book of a trilogy about hiking from Scandinavia to Greece just prior to and during WWIi. I highly recommend it.
@bookjackАй бұрын
Seems like the right time to read On the Road
@FrankOdonnell-ej3hdАй бұрын
read on the road yrs ago and liked it though can't recall much about it now. Liked white noise but it isn't my fave delillo book and as for the snow leopard I have a feeling it's much better than either of them but probably will never get around to reading it .⚛😀
@bookjackАй бұрын
Snow leopard has its interesting parts but I doubt I'll be recommending it that much. What's your favorite DeLillo?
@FrankOdonnell-ej3hdАй бұрын
@@bookjack actually my favorite is a little book most people haven't heard of called great jones street about a suicidal rock star, but libra is a close second. It's delillo's take on the kennedy assassination. Underworld is supposed to be his big book but for some reason I couldn't really get into it.⚛😀
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Chess...I SUCK at Chess, I LOVE Backgammon though so I guess that makes up for it! ROFLMAO, maybe not I just have never been able to wrap my head around chess, My ex wife could and would wipe my ass out playing chess...but Backgammon we were pretty closely matched...
I am curious...have you read Albert Camus The Stranger, It is very interesting although tough to read at times because of the subject. I can't say i actuially liked it but it does make you think...
Up until about 8 years ago i would tell people that favorite book of all time was The Old Man and the Sea, then i read The five People You Meet in Heaven, love that book, but Simaks Waystation knocked it off recently. They just keep getting better!
Lloyd Biggle's story, The Still Small Voice of Trumpets, remains one of my favorite novels.
It is 1000% NOT our responsibility to play into incorrect pronoun usage. Just like in real life incorrect usage leads many many problems. Aside from that definitely gonna check out this list!
Hyperion is a Sci Fi version of the Canterbury Tales.
We don't have to except the clunky pronouns. We need to reject the insanity of Trans mafia.
When you put Old Man’s War on any list other than of total crap, you discredit yourself entirely. It’s a shameless ripoff of Starship Troopers by a lousy writer.
nice haul
its in German!
Other Days, Other Eyes is excellent. Behold the Man is probably Moorcock's magnum opus. You may want to read Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar first. Sturgeon is one of SciFi's best writers, and IMO More Than Human is his best. Silverberg's best is probably Dying Inside.
I can't believe you read The Shrinking Man. That brought back so much.
Love Wyndham. Day of the Triffids was the inspiration for 28 Days Later. Seeds of Change. Wow.
Wow. Margaret St. Clair. You don't see her too often. She was a fantasy writer back in the 50's and 60's. When everyone was writing their "vanilla" styled works, she was doing trippy stuff. A lot of her works are direct inspirations for Gary Gygax when he was developing his Dungeons and Dragons role playing game. Nice find there.
Are you sure it wasn't 4 out of 4 stars? It wasn't uncommon back in the day. Roger Ebert famously did that.
As a reseller there are so many of those dudes you mentioned, and I'm glad you were able to pick up what he left behind. Really amazing haul, and I'm so glad you were able to add so many amazing pieces to your store and your TBR! Also I didn't feel like a scrooge when I did my 500+ book buyout last summer. There were three others digging when I was and I came out with 4x and the workers were just happy they didn't have to deal with them anymore <3
Day of the Triffids was a great fifties B Movie.
No Simak? That's bulshiit!
I've read a couple of his since making this video : City and Waystation. Not sure either would make the list though
Great Haul ❤
A SciFi collector with alienating opinions. Those aliens are so divisive.
Didn't think of it that way 😁
You lucked out again! Edmond Hamilton is a pioneer. He was writing science fiction before the magazines started ie in the early 30s. He also wrote a LOT of comic books. If you read a Superman or Batman from the 50s/60s with an SF bent, it was probably him. Most likely with an assist from his missus, Leigh Brackett (I assume you know who she is from her screen writing career). Galouye is also from "back when". Extremely pulpy. His shorts are sometimes fun, but I doubt he can maintain it for a novel. Behold the Man is Moorcocks finest work IMO. The related Breakfast in the Ruins is also good. Yes, it's religion related and gets into belief systems, humanism etc. You should read it.
Sounds like a perfect book for me 😀 I was wondering who the big sci-fi authors were in the 20s and 30s. Don't hear too much about that time period
The chessboard cover would be "Startrek" meets "The Prisoner".
True. The prisoner is my uncle's favorite show. Watched all of it
I'm pretty sure that's German.
That was a wild bunch of books. Going Out Of Business: Just think how great the haul will be when you go back in MARCH of 2025. Read Dying Inside.
Yes sir 🫡 got it locked and loaded on my TBR
Heard so much hype about Enders Game-the best sci-fi book of all time kind of rhetoric- and when I read it I was very disappointed. Not nearly as good as the Foundation series, Dune etc. Not even close.
Enders Game is aimed more at kids I think which is why so many were introduced to sci-fi through it. Hard to compare it to more mature works
What a great haul! So many good books. Might be a bit concerned for your lungs after smelling all those books, but I get it. Ace Science Fiction Specials complete and reviewed. Also just reviewed ‘Other Days, Other Eyes’ in the same edition as you have. One of his best! Thanks for the mention!
Sniffing used books is a vice of mine for sure 😅
Behold the Man is great. One of my 5 star reads of last year.
Good to hear. I wasn't sold on it after seeing the cover
When you said 'the book that got me into Sci-fi' I totally guessed Ender's Game. The ending blew my mind and literally made me gasp. So glad I read it as a teen. Great recommendations! Thank you
The ending totally got me too!
Please read the fountains of paradise by Arthur Clarke if you haven’t ….
Left hand of darkness is a masterpiece…
Wait, regarding Hyperion: isn't the part about the impending Invasion (the way he worded it) a major spoiler?
Maybe kind of but you're the first to mention it
“Book, oh, that doesn’t work” 😂
Hyperion’s world is so rich and diverse. I enjoyed Fall even more so, just the idea of the Web and farcasters allowing you to travel to hundreds of world was captivating. The descriptive prose particularly when describing Hyperion (the planet) was very immersive.
Still looking for a copy of the sequel. I'd love to return to that world
21:54 No, it is not _our_ burden. We are not subject to their authoritarian rule. They will not tyrannize us and we will not submit to their undeserved claims of power and dominance. Live in Truth.
Thanks for the Masterpieces recommendation, just got my copy in. Love it. But as I’m reading ‘All You Zombies’ I’m like, I know this story. I saw the movie years ago, Predestination. Man, they need to use more of these fantastic stories for movies. Or maybe I should read more classics. 😂 Either way, thanks again.
Lol the same thing happened to me with that story. Glad you liked the anthology 😀
About Book of Skulls. Funny thing - it is going to be published in translation in Poland in 5 days time :) I mean it's not the first edition, however it's been a long time since this book was issued here. No trigger warnings, and I've just read the first edition and was looking for reviews. Anyway, veery vulgar but intense in experiance book. I really liked it.
It was vulgar but I think it had a lot to say. Glad you liked it
It took me longer to read On the Road than it took Kerouac to write. Such a slog.
Lol agreed
My three guilty pleasures: _Sinister Barrier_ (Eric Frank Russell) _We All Died at Breakaway Station_ (Richard C. Meredith) _Sleeping Planet_ (William R. Burkett, Jr.)
I am a voracious reader and love sci-fi. My personal taste: All the mighty work of Phillip K. Dick. The absolute king.
I always keep some P.K.D. on my TBR 😀
its clunky because its insane
I read On the Road about a decade ago and it was a 3 star read for me. I’m glad I read it for the unique style but I felt like it was “trying to be cool” more so than it was “actually cool”.
It definitely stumbled over itself at parts
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe seems right up your alley if you haven't read it.
Before On The Road came The Satyricon by Petronius.
Look. No cat. No cradle.
"Easiest breeziest sci fi out there..." Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Or something more recent. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Next stream of consciousness thought: I think Jack Kerouac's name has worked its way into more song lyrics than any other name on the planet.
Yeah his name has such a nice ring to it. I wish my last name rhymed with my first
Two Rules for Life: 1. Don't judge a book by its cover. 2. Don't judge a video by its thumbnail.
Yet I break them both everyday 😅
Einstein's quote is in support of science, which seems weird for a book grounded in Eastern mysticism, Einstein stated that logical thought (something deduced just by thinking about it) could never give you as refined an answer as empirical observation (which is something that's tested and observed). Chalk one up for science. As an aside, I was your 49th subscriber.
Wow so you suffered through my early videos 😅 I appreciate that
“On the Road” I read a lot in my late teens and early 20s. It was my introduction into beat culture of the 1950s and 60s, other great authors include, William S Burroughs, Neal Cassidy and Alan Ginsburg who were friends of Jack’s. For a travel journal my favorite is by Patrick Leigh Fermor, “A Time of Gifts”. It’s the first book of a trilogy about hiking from Scandinavia to Greece just prior to and during WWIi. I highly recommend it.
Seems like the right time to read On the Road
read on the road yrs ago and liked it though can't recall much about it now. Liked white noise but it isn't my fave delillo book and as for the snow leopard I have a feeling it's much better than either of them but probably will never get around to reading it .⚛😀
Snow leopard has its interesting parts but I doubt I'll be recommending it that much. What's your favorite DeLillo?
@@bookjack actually my favorite is a little book most people haven't heard of called great jones street about a suicidal rock star, but libra is a close second. It's delillo's take on the kennedy assassination. Underworld is supposed to be his big book but for some reason I couldn't really get into it.⚛😀