Have you read "The Shadow of the Torturer" by Gene Wolfe? It's up there in terms of an interesting Sci-Fi concept and obscurity. I enjoyed it quite a lot even though some of the moments in this book are... a bit weird.

Happy for you and your wife! Personally, you're the best book reviewer on KZbin. Also, a book I think you might quite like is "Neverness" by David Zindell.

if you want sum ammo 4 the dracula snobs- read jg keelys review on goodreads congrats

As a young teen the reading of the story of Karl Glogauer hurt, as some stories do. Not because of being Christian, but because of Glogauer's own pains, and what I took to be madness, but mostly because of the lie he foisted on humanity for all the ages to come. Maybe reading it today, 50 years later, these eyes would see it differently. Thank you for pulling out the obscurities, as just today, before seeing your review, I was wondering how to go about doing much the same thing.

Ender isn't genetically engineered

Lots of sloppy inaccuracies about story elements... ...and It's Speaker FOR the Dead, not Speaker OF the Dead.

I would never put Ender's Game on any list but other than that (and maybe A Canticle for Leibowitz) It's a pretty decent list. Oh and The Left Hand of Darkness as #1? That's a little (a lot) suspect.

You're really missing out by skipping East European authors: * Stanislaw Lem wrote a lot of incredible stuff, you might know the movie adaptation of "Solaris". My favorite book is "Transfer" (also called "Return from the Stars"), but I also like the Pirx and Ion Tichy stories * "Roadside Picnic" by A. & B. Strugatsky * "Limes Inferior" by Janusz A. Zajdel * "Metro 2033" by Dmitri Gluchowski (I didn't like it as much as the games, tbh)

Do they have a partner program for Amazon for books? Or Kindle? If so, you should have them linked in the description for anyone to click through and purchase them.

Limes Inferior Van Troff's Cylinder Paradise: World in Orbit all by Polish author Janusz Zajdel. Limes Inferior will blow your mind, 1982

I picked up and read the book Battlefield Earth because of the cover and absolutely loved it, even though the book cover had nothing to do with the story, but the Hyperion books show scenes from the story on their covers.

Hyperion is my first love

15:25 lol

F the pronoun panzies

Check "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven

4:54 the only other story that comes to the top of my head about time travel involving Jesus is The Relic by Eça de Queirós but it's a classic with a satire and comedy feel rather than sci-fi.

Stanislaw Lem

You: Not that the synapsis of a Vonnegut book means anything..." Me: Yes, sir. Subscribe.

Did Children of Time steal the idea from Spiderworld by Colin Wilson?

I enjoy your book reviews & will watch any you get around to posting. I read a comic book adaptation of "Behold the Man" in my youth & even though I'm a serious Christian, I can't say I was particularly offended by it, but I'm sure many would be. Either you're secure in your beliefs or you're not.

Damn, I shouldn't have watched this video while in the middle of children of time

Very nice (and good luck this month). Behold the Man is certainly special. Such a tragic main character. My first Moorcock book.

P.S. Clockwork Orange novel's last scene? Are you KIDDING? Are you unaware that Burgess went to his death as a born-again Christian lunatic? The Kubrick film is infinitely better than the Burgess novel and dropping that garbage last scene is the least of his improvements. Well, you're young. Here's hoping your good choices at last inform and cure your poor ones.

Cat’s Cradle and Canticle are brilliant choices. We’re living in the age of Canticle (i.e. surrounded by Know-Nothings burning books). Impressed Left Hand is your #1. Nicely done. You’re clearly a deep thinker.

That was my complaint with Never Let Me Go as well, the "twist" in the plot was easily discernable within the first 10 pages of the book.

I really didn't like Left Hand of Darkness

I finished the left hand of darkness in January and enjoyed it. But i need to re-read it again since i didn't get as much out of it as i would have if i read it physically, which is my mistake since i got the audio drama by mistake. 😅 I don't think the audio drama was made with first time readers in mind, since it cut out a lot of the prose that wasn't dialogue. Think it was intended for people already familiar with le guin's work and wanted to re-read in a different format (the performance of the cast was good).

I'm so happy for you and your wife! Please tell her I think she looks stunning, and that I'm going to hope for an easy and quick delivery and the little one and mom come out of it healthy <3

great vid! Thanks 👌

Congratulations to you and your wife on the new arrival! As for the books, they sound interesting. Evidently I'm often drawn to obscure titles without even realizing they're obscure. Oh well. 🤷‍♂️. Have a good one!

Lately I’ve been getting in to C. l. Moore and Henry Kuttner . Moore was one of the first female writers in Sci Fi , she and her husband collaborated on many stories and novels together and wrote under many pseudonyms such as lewis Padget . Oddly enough I don’t believe I’ve read any Silverberg .

I may have some criticisms about your critiques. I hope that you have found them mild and not too offensive. Anyway, your outlook or comments on books I consider every bit as valid as mine. BTW, I don't know if it's correct as well, but I've always heard Carl Jung pronounced Carl 'Yoong', especially when Dr. Jordan B. Peterson talks about him and his philosophy.

Devout Christain here: I'll probably never read Behold the Man because it would make my skin crawl, but to each their own. Need to try Silverberg again. Bounced off the World Inside hard, but know that I shouldn't ignore him. Any recommendations for a starting point? Best of luck to you and yours as the date nears! Look forward to the next video.

Cities in Flight by James Blish,Ringworld and Footfall by Niven and Pournelle. Asimov's Foundation is TOPS,IMHO.

About the time travel plot to visit Jesus, there's a whole twelve! Series of books by J.J. Benitez called "Troy's horse" (dating from the 80's I think) widely know in the spanish side of SF literature. Haven't get to it yet so I can't say if it's any good. I'll get there eventually tho. 😅

The Last Starship from Earth by John Boyd mines the same territory as Behold the Man, and is wonderfully witty to boot. I have a soft spot for Michael Moorcock because he rejected a story of mine for New Worlds in the early 70s, but did it with a very kind note urging that I continue writing. I kept the note for years! (And the story was published later elsewhere, so no harm, no foul ...)

Don't feel too bad, I'm not reaching my reading goal either. Life just got in the way for me this year. We've always got next year...

Prioritization of family over the channel?: unacceptable. I hope Isaac/Ursula/Mom and Book Jack will always be happy and healthy. Comments: You have a talent for triggering the shut-ins. Bookpilled: Last auction I tuned in: people were bidding 72dollars for 10dollar books. I'll stick with Heroine Bob. Love the channel.