Abominable Snowmen and Alien Prison Mines - [Recent Reads]

I picked up some strange books for my recent reads. Thanks for 100+ subscribers :)
Have you read any of the books on this list? Let me know in the comments.
Chthon by Piers Anthony
In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman by Josef Nesvadba
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[@davidrobertson5996]

Good post - I'd never heard of that Czech author before, so thanks for that. I think for some authors, World War II had such a massive impact that it coloured literally everything they wrote. Not sure when was alive, but I would also have bought the book based on its cover! For something different, why not try Joe Haldeman's "Mindbridge"? Less famous than his Forever War series, but what a book it is! Edit - meant to say, not glancing offscreen at notes is brilliant. Another poster mentioned it, and it can be really distracting. Well done on not doing it!

[@SciFiFinds]

Thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate the feedback. I am currently reading Joe Haldeman's The Forever War and really enjoying it. The next video will be about military science fiction books and will be a bit longer. Hope you stick around for that one!

[@sfwordsofwonder]

I've only read short stories from Piers so far. I'm going to be reading Macroscope as some point. I was reading that he was writing both SF and fantasy but his fantasy became more popular, especially his Xanth series so he leaned into fantasy later in his career. I like that you are reading super obscure authors as well with Nesvadba. Keep up the good work on the channel.

[@SciFiFinds]

Thanks for that, I think it's good to mix in a little obscurity with the more widely known works to build up a broad spectrum of knowledge - which is exactly what you do!

[@daveac]

Again well done. It's really good that you do your reviews straight to camera - sometimes I watch other similar content where - although the reviews may seem 'more polished' - the host is looking slightly off to the side and reading out from their prepared book summary. Knowing the material and giving your thoughts directly to camera has - to me a least - much more impact and is more engaging for the viewer.

[@SciFiFinds]

For better or worse I prefer to just turn the camera on and freestyle a little bit. I have set things I want to say and sometimes I don't get all of that out so maybe there is a middle ground to hit somewhere... thanks for the feedback once again.

[@daveac]

@@SciFiFinds Sticky notes around your monitor with 2 or 3 bullet points for each book can help 🙂

[@SciFiFinds]

@@daveac My house will begin to look like the home of a madman with incoherent ramblings about abominable snowmen and alien flowers plastered all over the walls. I will try this for the next one

[@sfwordsofwonder]

I agree with Dave, it's very natural watching your videos. Good job.

[@antistition]

Have you read The Martian Chronicles or The Illustrated Man by Bradbury? Both are short story collections - which I think for Bradbury's style is better than his long form.

[@SciFiFinds]

Not yet. I have an Alfred Bester one coming up on my TBR soon so we'll see how I get on with that

[@davidrobertson5996]

I'd agree with you on that. First two Bradbury books I ever bought (with money from my first job!) were a two volume collected short story set. I'd never read anything quite like it before.