Mega Vintage Science Fiction Book Haul

[@thekeywitness]

Silverberg's Downward to the Earth is one of his best.

[@thesci-fished]

I read a plot summary shortly after making this video and it all came back to me. Kurtz, how could i have forgotten! Nice one.

[@thevintageviking4752]

Great haul!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@thesci-fished]

Thank you buddy.

[@newsfromthegelding]

Nice haul there! The Kate Wilhelm one sounds interesting, I've only read Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang so would be nice to try that one out. Some lovely cover art on show here too mate! I really need to read the Heechee saga too. The Goblin Reservation looks interesting too, love that cover.

[@thesci-fished]

Thanks mate, yes I really enjoyed some of the cover art in this lot. I really enjoyed Gateway, and the rest of the sequels, I'll look forward to you review if and when you get to it.

[@thebookishbryants]

What a great haul! It is always a pleasure to find a fellow science fiction fan. I am about to start the Foreigner series by C.J. Cherry. It will be my first Cherryh book. I know I need to get to Downbelow Station eventually. Excellent video! I can't wait to explore the rest of your content! Scott.

[@thesci-fished]

Nice to meet you Scott. Likewise, I'm also looking forward to watching your videos.

[@christinaerasmo6204]

The War of the world's by H.G Wells, is the Sci fiction book I read! I haven't heard of any of these! Hmmm I must get some to read!

[@thesci-fished]

I'd start with any of the ones on the ladder 🙂

[@hadynmcloughlin4661]

Just getting into vintage sci fi and found your channel, thanks for sharing great see a fellow AUS with a passion for the collecting. New subscriber today.

[@thesci-fished]

Thanks for the sub mate, nice to meet you. I hope you keep enjoying the videos.

[@j.j.5731]

You can't go wrong with Silverberg. The Poul Anderson book Three Hearts and Three Lions is an okay read. His better book is The Broken Sword and for a great hard SF book of his is Tau Zero. Definitely try to get ahold of some Jack Vance books like the Dying Earth series and Blue World.

[@thesci-fished]

You really can't go wrong with SilverBob. Tau Zero was great, i'll have to feature it in the Shed one of these days. In regards to Vance, thanks for the recommendations. I haven't read a whole lot of Vance so interested in reading some more.

[@andrewhelm2813]

Vintage SF and fantasy are *definitely* my favourite genres. I regret that I got rid of a number of books years ago (the Deathworld trilogy included) in an attempt to keep my book collection within reasonable bounds. Among the books that I kept was both C J Cherryh's Faded Sun trilogy, and The Chronicles of Morgaine.

[@thesci-fished]

I'm looking forward to reading the Faded Sun Trilogy, I'll probably attempt to have a go at it when I'm on vacation. I also had to cull my collection years ago, but it's fun restarting it. WHat are your thoughts on the Faded Sun trilogy?

[@andrewhelm2813]

@@thesci-fishedTo be honest, I haven't read it in years (I bought and read it back in the early '90's), but the trilogy *must* have been good to have escaped the purge - I don't want to think about how many books I donated to my local library. 😔

[@jbrichardson8891]

nice book haul

[@thesci-fished]

Thank you 😊

[@tsult81]

Have you read any AA Attanasio? Highly recommend his Tetriad series, the first of which, Radix, was nominated for a Nebula in '82.

[@thesci-fished]

I've been meaning to read the Radix Series, I have a digital copy of "In other worlds" but I've been trying to find a local copy of Radix for some time. Great to hear it's highly recommended. I suspect you really need to start on book one to get the full experience?

[@8020Alive]

+1 🎉 AA very inventive!

[@unstopitable]

I'm partial to the maestro known as SilverBob, so I would read Downward first. I enjoyed it. It's comparatively short and to the point.

[@thesci-fished]

I read a quick plot synopsis of downward to the earth after shooting this video and it all came back to me. I have read it and recall that I enjoyed it as I often do wish Silverbob 😁😁

[@unstopitable]

​@@thesci-fished Sorry for the off-topic question, but are you S. African? I'm asking b/c I'm unfamiliar with all these different English accents, and I'm starting to hear a great variety in English accents (many of the SF channels I watch happen to be British). I never realized there were such striking differences, just of ignorance. Were you born in Britain? My apologies if this is too personal a question.

[@thesci-fished]

@@unstopitable oh no, not at all personal. What you're hearing is an Australian accent spoken by an Italian migrant. 😊

[@unstopitable]

@@thesci-fished Va bene allora. My bad.

[@thesci-fished]

@@unstopitable hahaha, all good 😄👍

[@PopeMisanthrope]

Dude I thought you were from the UK this whole time 😂 I guess I'm not good with accents Love the book hauls. Keep 'em coming 👊

[@thesci-fished]

:-) I can't blame you for thinking that way, my pronunciation is terrible at times 😁

[@PopeMisanthrope]

@@thesci-fished or perhaps superior 🤣

[@thesci-fished]

😆😆@@PopeMisanthrope

[@benjaminbourke8478]

Hi great channel, looking to buy some vintage sf fantasy type stuff, but hard to find in shops these days. Where do you recommend getting some titles from? I’m in Australia…thanks!

[@thesci-fished]

I highly recommend Wyrd Books in the Blue Mountains if you're ever that way, by far the best Science fiction, fantasy and horror book shelf I've been to.

[@vintagesf]

Gonna have to start filming just before the break of dawn to beat the heat. This is still your spring isn’t it?

[@thesci-fished]

Exactly 🙂 They are predicting we will most likely hit 50C (122F) this summer. It's going to be crazy hot.

[@vintagesf]

@@thesci-fished Meanwhile in Canada we’ll be hitting lows of -35C. Amazing planet we live on.

[@thesci-fished]

@@vintagesf Crazy differences. I wish for some of that cold right now, muggy sticky weekend as I type this.

[@8020Alive]

Haze - oohph...huge disappointment for me. Without spoilers its a retelling of morman text - a guy walking around doing nothing. Dont let the beautiful "Sparth" art fool ya. The book goes nowhere and nothing happens.

[@thesci-fished]

hmm, always makes for a good video does a bad book 🤣 Thanks for the tip, but i think i'll pass it for a little while at least.

[@richardbrown8966]

hammond innes isnt science fiction, he's a thriller writer, but he is good, though.

[@thesci-fished]

Good to see, I'll have to give it a go! 👍