A Book Haul from Vintage SF!

[@SciFiScavenger]

Space Viking! That came up in one of my early space opera videos, I really like the sound of it. Non-Stop is Aldiss's first novel, probably not his best work. Let the shelf jenga commence!

[@CulainRuledByVenus]

"Nobody wants to spend 30 or 40 minutes listening to a review of one book..." I hereby beg to differ! Your reviews are part of what allows me to actually enjoy my day while I work. I can't read while I do so, but I can listen to others discuss what I'd otherwise be reading. If they run long, so be it. I know I'm far from alone in that...

[@sfwordsofwonder]

Nice haul and its always fun to trade with other SF fans. Paradox Men was a surprise hit for me, it feels a lot like one of Bester's popular novels but it actually pre-dates them. Dracula is really good, would be a good October read.

[@sciencefictionreads]

I’m thinking I’ll give Dracula a go this October👍

[@waltera13]

I really wouldn't mind a 38 minute review of The Space Vampires if you have something to say for that long. Most people who review Wilson don't seem to have that much to say about any of his books, unless they are stanning HARD (and it sounds like you are not) - I mean, you could do that to talk about a *number* of his books, and he himself, his "philosophy " - but just Space Vampires? If you're feeling it, I'll listen.

[@sciencefictionreads]

I’ll probably post it and moving forward try to change my style somewhat👍. I want to describe the books less scene by scene and more so just summarize. But I didn’t do that here 😝

[@SunnyLeUnicorn]

So good to see you post a new video! Thanks for the book recommendations!

[@paulcooper3611]

'Space Viking' is a pretty good place to start reading H. Beam Piper. It is a definite space opera that doesn't go where you think it's going. Piper was a pretty popular writer in the 1950s. His career went on the skids and he committed suicide in 1964. His agent had died shortly before hand and his work went out of print. Jerry Pournelle managed to get a lot of his work reprinted during the 1980s which was where I got most of his books. He is probably best remembered for 'Little Fuzzy' which prompted a bunch of sequels by other authors. His Paratime stories are about alternate timelines and the Paratime Police who guard travel between them. Piper reminds me most of Robert E. Heinlein in style and outlook. A lot of his work is available on Project Gutenberg.

[@salty-walt]

Book donations from Vintage SF! How cool are you!?! HE just got some donations as well, from OB perhaps? Who's giving books to Ira? How does this system work? Fun quick video

[@sciencefictionreads]

I’m not sure there’s a system 😄 Its more so I asked Richard if he’d buddy read something, he said he didn’t have the book so I’m coercing him into it by sending him the book haha.

[@sethball2475]

Whether it happens this year or not, I would say: pick a Spooky Season, one year, and when the mood hits you, give Dracula a go. It’s in my Top Ten Horror books of all time, and, what can I say, it’s Brampton Stoker’s Dracula, accept no substitutes. Maybe the year you read The Space Vampires is a great year to read it - maybe not. But there is no more reliable Halloween Season pick. Would love to get your impressions, one day. I’m also a big fan of Echo Round His Bones, Inverted World, and The Paradox Men (I think you’re gonna love that one).

[@sethball2475]

Whoops, spell-check got me good, and I can’t edit comments on this damn thing, I know not why. That would be BRAM Stoker’s Dracula. In case, y’know, there’s some…confusion over the book I’m talking about.

[@sciencefictionreads]

@sethball2475 I literally thought “huh, I guess his full name was Brampton. Seth would know, after all”😝

[@sciencefictionreads]

I will attempt it this year if the mood is right, otherwise next year. Seems only right to read it in October.

[@kufujitsu]

@@sciencefictionreads A lot of the content in Dracula is in diary form. I don't mind that stuff, because I've read a lot of older style horror, like M.R. James, Le Fanu, Machen, Poe, etc - so that I tend to know what to expect when I read them. You need to be in the right frame of mind to read it, because it's a long book, with slightly old fashioned language...... Bram Stoker's formidable short story collection (Dracula's Guest) is worth picking up as well. In fact the title story is a prequel to Dracula, but the publishers edited it out of the novel for some reason.

[@sonic31century1]

Star Trek :Corona is a good book. It is a great example of the 1980's Star Trek novels.

[@czarnick2]

Can anyone help me remember a title? Years ago I read a short story in an anthology where a world famous/respected scientist discovered huge subsurface deposits of gold and other precious metals on the moon. It spurs a commercial space race, and after the moon is thoroughly colonized, no one can find any of the metals. Does that ring any bells? I think it’s from his lab assistant’s standpoint (who leaves to become a freighter pilot)

[@adrianmcmahon5731]

I wouldn't let the length of a review video put you off from posting it as long as what your saying is valid I would still watch it and standalone book reviews are always going to pick up views from people searching for a specific review. It was actually me looking for a review of David Brin's Brightness Reef I was re-reading at the time which you then held up later in the video that got me falling down the book tube rabbit hole in the first place. I've always been rather fond of the Uplift series of books.

[@BadTasteBooks]

I read The Tides of Time a couple of months ago. Didn't love it.

[@sciencefictionreads]

I think Brunners books for me will be much like Poul Anderson. Hit or miss 👍 Which is inevitable when you’ve written as much as those two probably.

[@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber]

wow! I watched your last seven videos in under two hours! I did use that 5s-forward to focus on the ones I wanted to hear about. Now I'll check my mail..

[@sciencefictionreads]

Hope I piqued your interest with a few things!

[@stephenmorton8017]

always interesting. the only author i've read is Brunner and he is an excellent writer. Stand on Zanzibar is a speculation on overpopulation and genetic engineering and Maze of Stars is about a sentient seedship working a spiral arm. i would pick up anything of his for a read.

[@sciencefictionreads]

Maze of Stars sounds great! I will check Brunner out sometime soon.

[@8020Alive]

UK covers are excellent - pulpy and arty - Great pick up!