Book Hauls!

[Star Girl]

There was a add in the paper for 31 Isaac Asimov books, and I went to check it out... after sorting through the duplicates I ended up getting 15 books for 50p each. I also got three books from other authors. Then I ate lots of Jam.
Such a good day.

Here is the massive booklist:

Isaac Asimov
Forward the Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth
The Robots of Dawn
Fantastic Voyage II
The Stars like Dust
Pebble in the Sky
The Martian Way
Buy Jupiter
Nightfall 1 & 2
The Winds of Change
Asimov: The Nebula Science Awards
Asimov's Mysteries
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Ursula Le Guin
Threshold
The Dispossessed

Michael Moorcock
The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius

[Radix]

finally ordered "The Serpent and the Grail" & "The Wolf and the Crown" by
A. A. Attanasio - books 3 & 4 (of 4) in his Arthurian Legend
series... I plan on reading these over the upcoming winter~

[blacknorth]

Very pleased to pick up five Gollancz 1sts (in yellow):

Sunrise on Mercury by Robert Silverberg
Deathhunter & Book of the Stars by Ian Watson
Fire Pattern by Bob Shaw
Molly Zero by Keith Roberts

Also received The Model by Robert Aickman and a couple of issues of New Worlds from the mid-60s, both featuring stories by J.G.Ballard, and one including a favourite Barrington Bayley story, All the King's Men. It's a matter of great regret that a publisher or agent did not encourage Bayley to expand that one to novel length.

[antiloquax]

Thought I'd grab some anthologies:

Again, Dangerous Visions (Ellison)
50 in 50 (Harrison)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - Vol 1 (Silverberg) and 2a (Bova)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (Dozois)
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (Dozois)
DAW 30th Ann Science Fiction (Wolheim)
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (Bouche)
The Hard SF Renaissance (Hartwell)


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[thatollie]

Originally Posted by antiloquax

Thought I'd grab some anthologies:

Again, Dangerous Visions (Ellison)
50 in 50 (Harrison)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - Vol 1 (Silverberg) and 2a (Bova)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (Dozois)
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (Dozois)
DAW 30th Ann Science Fiction (Wolheim)
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (Bouche)
The Hard SF Renaissance (Hartwell)


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I am incredibly jealous because I can't haul like that for the next few months.

[GOLLUM]

Good haul antiloquax. I've got all of those except for the Hartwell ( I won't be getting) and the Dozois although I have several others that are similar in nature. I've met Dozios before. Anything Dozios puts his hand too is generally of a high standard, so I'm sure you are in for some good reading there.


Today I picked up...

Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs' *To place this in an historical context, POM is seen as a classic of pulp fiction and was penned by Burroughs' before the more famous Tarzan. It began what is known as the Barsoom (Mars) series. I have a nice HB edn. of several of Burroughs' classic SF novels but not this one in the library. A film if I remember correctly is about to be released featuring POM. This is a reprint of the 1964 Ballantine edn. Blurb: A wonderful scientific romance that perhaps can be best described as early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure, A Princess of Mars marks the first adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly finds himself transplanted to the planet Mars. Yet this red planet is far more than a dusty, barren place; it's a fantasy world populated with giant green barbarians, beautiful maidens in distress, and weird flora and monstrous fauna the likes of which could only exist in Burroughs' boundless imagination.

[nomadman]

Got paid on Friday. Decided to go down to Forbidden Planet.

Ended up buying another Sturgeon collection, a Saucer of Loneliness. This one collects his stories written during the years 1952 -53, quite a fertile period for him. I liked Microcosmic God, but a couple of the stories were a little weak and/or unexceptional. This one so far has been of a more uniform quality, and the stories seem to be more down to earth in setting; M-God had a few Martian tales that I wasn't wildly keen on.

Also got hold of Ray Bradbury's earlyish collection October Country. This one collects more of his horrific works, and is rather nicely illustrated with stylized line drawings.

Final purchase was In the Stone House by Barry N Malzburg. Heard the name but haven't read this guy before. Don't know anything much about his work. Liked the cover and a few random snippets of his writing and decided to get it.

[D_Davis]

Picked up some vintage paperbacks recently (pics might come soon)

The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge - Harry Harrison
Matagorda - Louis L'Amour
Chancy - Louis L'Amour
A Hero For Henry - Herbert R. Purdum
My Brother John - Herbert Purdum
The Ox-Bow Incident - Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Doc Holiday - John Myers Myers
Off Center/The Rithian Terror - Damon Knight
The Game of X - Robert Sheckley
Edge of Time - David Grinnell
The Lost Valley of Iskander - Robert E. Howard
The Man of Two Worlds - Raymond F. Jones
A Whiff of Madness - Ron Goulart

[Demonomania]

Decent haul this week;

Flow my tears, the police man said : Phillip K. Dick
I am Legend : Richard Matheson
Cities in flight : James Blish
House of Chains : Steven Erikson
Lord of Light : Roger Zelanzy

All together it cost me about ten pounds, so, no complaints.

Decided to trawl through the Sci-fi masterworks series recently. One; to open my horizons and two; in the hopes i'll find something so enjoyable i'll get the authors other works. FIngers crossed!

Probably shouldnt buy anything else until next pay day.

[j. d. worthington]

antiloquax: A fine haul there; some of the best anthologies to be had. Do you have Dangerous Visions, the previous book in the set? At the point A,DV was issued, "speculative fiction" had taken a hard left, and someone not used to the sort of "inner space" fiction of the period may find it a bit difficult to get into. Fine stories, but it does take a certain shift in gears from the "normal" sf. DV is a bit more accessible, and a great way to "ease into" the transition. I'd also suggest getting vol. 2B of the SF Hall of Fame -- both these are excellent books.

Just in case you're interested, I'd also recommend looking for some of the larger anthologies edited by Groff Conklin; he was one of the best when it came to using stories from the Golden Age; and of course there's that massive tome Adventures in Time and Space (ed. by Healy & McComas), which was something of a groundbreaker in its time, and still remains a very notable volume....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventu...Time_and_Space

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groff_Conklin


Mr. G: As I understand it, the PoM film has been (once again) shelved for the time being....

nomadman: Malzberg is quite varied, but at his best, a fine writer, well worth looking into.

DD: I wasn't even aware Myers had written a book of that title. Care to give more information?

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

DD: I wasn't even aware Myers had written a book of that title. Care to give more information?

It's listed on Wiki as non-fiction, historical, but from the back of the book it sounds like a work of historical fiction based on facts of Doc Holiday's life and times.

It says "This is the documented story of his lawless life."

It was a surprise find for me as well.

It's a Bantam MM, 1963, 40 cent cover price, first printing was in 1955.

[j. d. worthington]

Thanks for that. May have to look that one up.....

[dask]

Couple weeks ago I saw a recent edition of a JMM book about an old western character, can't remember if it was Doc Holiday or some other outlaw. Trade paperback in really good shape for $1.99 at Value Village. Thought it was too expensive so I let it pass. Wished I'd have gotten it now. I do have his book about the Alamo called --- THE ALAMO.

[antiloquax]

Thanks for you comments J.D. No, I haven't got "Dangerous Visions" or the other volumes you mention
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[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by dask

Couple weeks ago I saw a recent edition of a JMM book about an old western character, can't remember if it was Doc Holiday or some other outlaw. Trade paperback in really good shape for $1.99 at Value Village. Thought it was too expensive so I let it pass. Wished I'd have gotten it now. I do have his book about the Alamo called --- THE ALAMO.

Yes, the only books I have by him are pretty standard: Silverlock, of course, and The Harp and the Blade, and The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter. I didn't have any idea he'd written these others; but then, I'd never really looked into Myers' career as a whole, either....

Originally Posted by antiloquax

Thanks for you comments J.D. No, I haven't got "Dangerous Visions" or the other volumes you mention
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I wouldn't worry about it. DV was re-released a few years ago in tpb, with interesting (if, in my view, less dynamic) cover art, though it also (iirc) reproduced in smaller form the original Dillon dj; and their interior illustrations are retained... they are such an integral part of the book, I can't imagine it without them. As for the others... they aren't usually that hard to find, if one has patience, even for quite reasonable to cheap prices. Besides, many of these are quite large, so it will likely take you a while to get through them.... Oh, and just out of curiosity: with the Boucher, you do have both volumes, yes?

Among the Groff Conklin, I'd suggest especially Best of Science Fiction, A Treasury of Science Fiction, or Omnibus of Science Fiction; each of these, as I recall, has had several editions, usually with a number of printings. Try to find one which includes all the original material, sit back, and enjoy....