My BIG BOOK Haul...and some mail !!!

[@JimZub]

So glad you received that signed copy of Savage Sword #2 from our pal Stygian Dogs. He is such a good dude. Thank you for reading and supporting our new run.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thank you sir for putting out such a great work! And one with so much obvious love and attention!

[@PeculiarNotions]

Brom's art was the biggest selling point of Dark Sun

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I'm afraid you may be right Seth!

[@LiminalSpaces03]

That William Hope Hodgson is part of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and one I've never seen in the wild! Great grab!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks Liminal, I'm looking forward to reading it!

[@StygianDogs]

What an amazing book haul! Thanks for the kind words and THANK YOU for having such a fantastic channel!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thank YOU SD! Great Savage Sword issue especially with those signatures!

[@DDB168]

Crom ! What a haul. I've always wanted to read a Casca, The Legionairre sounds good, looking forward to the review. 60,000 - it's a wonder they were able to enter the house. It looks like a great shop, makes me wanna jump on a plane and go shopping ✈

[@GrammaticusBooks]

The Legionnaire was excellent DDB! But the review probably wont come till after next week.

[@StormReads]

Cool haul! Not to much of a sci-fi fantasy reader but I love vintage covers of all genres.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I hear you on the vintage covers Storm Reads. That's half the reason I buy these books is for the art. And half the reason I don't (or rarely) buy modern novels due to their boring art.

[@DoctorFriday81]

Excellent haul my good man have a great weekend

[@GrammaticusBooks]

You too Doc!

[@LiminalSpaces03]

Great haul! I love that "Inherit the Stars" cover!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

It is a good cover! Half the reason I buy these old vintage SF and fantasy books is just for the cover art!

[@jeffmanjarrez1087]

Looks like an excellent haul. Wish I would have picked up the Dark Sun books back in the day.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I've yet to read any Dark Sun but I'm looking forward to giving it a try Jeff!

[@vintagesf]

Loved making flip animation in my notebooks when I should have been paying attention in class. Two corners in one direction, flip the notebook and two more corners to animate. Not sure what my teachers thought when they did notebook checks. I hope they were entertained.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

That sounds like a serious flip-a-mation technique you had going there Richard!

[@MourningConstitution]

Thanks!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

You are most welcome!

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Awesome book haul - I've just got Quozl myself and mentioned it in my Read What You Own video put up a couple of days ago. Some great stuff in there, and it really matters when you can find vintage stuff in good condition!!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks Gareth! And if you get to Quozl before I do, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!

[@timetwo2230]

My first time across your page, surprised to see that this video is not like your usuals because this felt so natural for you - I loved every second of this video. Always nice to see a good book haul + you talk very smoothly, might have to tune in for your other videos n check them out 🤔

[@GrammaticusBooks]

If you liked this video X2, then the odds are you'll like some of my others! Thank you for checking it out.

[@StevenEverett7]

There are some absolutely fantastic reads there Grammaticus! What a wonderful group of authors/stories! As soon as I saw that Casca book sitting on the shelf, I knew this was going to be a great haul. Although I have read and enjoyed some of Hodgson's short stories, I haven't read Nightland. I understand it's supposed to be a good story. Something of a classic. You were lucky to find that Ballentine Adult Fantasy. They are getting rare. I have read Janifer although not the story you displayed. What I did read was good, but I don't remember what the title of the story was. Way too long ago! 😒

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks for the heads up on those books and authors Steven! And you're right, the Casca was a great find!

[@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn]

Wonderful stuff! I always pick up the Choose Your Own Adventure books when I find them as well. The John Jakes book is a lot of fun. I've got a couple of copies, but I've been looking for a specific copy with a special intro by Jakes himself. I saw it years ago and didn't snag it, unfortunately.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks Mystery and I am looking forward to that John Jakes parody!

[@secretfirebooks7894]

What an awesome store! Awesome haul, as well! Zelazny's "The Bells of Shoredan" is one of his best Dilvish stories. I'd recommend all of his Dilvish short stories, in fact.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

Agreed! ❤🎉🤩

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I love Zelazny's Amber Chronicles and I'm now on the lookout for anything by Z. Although Lord of Light was a bit of a struggle for me.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

@@GrammaticusBooks I'm now curious to see how you deal with Creatures of Light and Darkness...😵‍💫😵‍💫🤯. Quite possibly his most difficult book to read. 😈🐶. And imho, no kidding, not lying, not BSing you, not exaggerating, not spinning a tall tale, not prevaricating, 100% veracity. I think Creatures of Light and Darkness is his best book. Period. 🤯🤯🤯. Second best Jack of Shadows. Amber doesn't even make the top 5. 😳😳😳🫣

[@lsgreger2645]

I forgot to mention. ZMan Games has made two cooperative board games based on Choose your own Adventure books. First is House of Danger and it is pretty easy. It is card based so pages are put on card stock. It also add 2 stats called Danger number and psychic ability. You can also collect items to help against dangerous situations so it isn't just a straight forward reading of the book. You roll a D6 with modifiers to see if you get a good result or a bad result. It was fun! They also made War with the Evil Power Master and it is a much harder game.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Nice spin on the choose your own adventure! Buffing up with items and making rolls. I like it!

[@johnscamardo2145]

some good finds . I have several of those in my own collection. alas I have to go farther and farther afield now that all the bookstores are closing and have to check thrift stores and any nook or cranny.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Too true about book stores John! I'm fortunate in that I live by a large city that still has some options.

[@johnscamardo2145]

the last great finds was when people were donating books and so forth in order to make money for the new library they made here . I found a full collection of Dumas in HB in the 1800's and early English translation as well as some books by one of the female authors posing as a man. Missed a box of 1800's Dickens books in the 1870's which hurt. I also found a copy illustrated of the first English translation of Hadrian's memoirs and Juluis Caesar's writings. so since then even the good wills and thrift stores have started putting anything in online sales. did find an autographed book of Sears on Roman coins for 25c and later found out trying to find the others that used cost was around $80+ each. sometimes it hurts

[@jbrichardson8891]

nice book haul

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks JB!

[@JosephReadsBooks]

Casca sounds really interesting. The first Pentad Prism book is pretty good. I DNF'd the series halfway through book three. I too am collecting the Choose Your Own Adventure books. I need to find a starting point for Alan Dean Foster. I want to read some of his novels. William Hope Hodgson is on my short list of "must read" authors. He had a very interesting life and was a big influence on a lot of writers from the vintage SF/F era. That is a very interesting haul!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks Joseph, and now I have to go look up Hodgson's biography!

[@psychonaut5921]

The Casca books are a fun read, if you overlook Sadler's misconceptions about History. Read some hafl-dozen of them, including the very first one in the series. Gave them away to a friend, eventually. Wish I could share your enthusiasm for the Conan stuff, G. Love those Frazetta covers, though!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

The original Howard Conan stories are quite good. The pastiche however......yeah I hear you.

[@joaoelvas8951]

Here in Portugal we have a "Feira da ladra" that happens every Saturday where people sell all kinds of old stuff. It's a big second hand sale in the middle of Lisbon with just about every kind of junk you can think of 🤣. I've gotten plenty of cool books along with my girlfriend there, and I always hunt for Conan stuff, it's super fun. Got a bunch of savage swords there. Unfortunately, the American Conan paperbacks and pastiches are never found because I think they weren't sold here in Portugal back in the day, I really want to collect those probably just to shelf them.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Sorry to hear the Conan's are hard to find oveseas. Are the books at the Feira da ladra in English (the Conan novels when they show up) or are they in Spanish?

[@joaoelvas8951]

@@GrammaticusBooks They're usually portuguese. My entire savage sword collection is portuguese from Brasil(similar enough to our own portuguese) which is what we imported back in the day. The only english Conan books and comics I have are more recent runs, dark horse, titan and such. I do collect some spanish and italian volumes of heavy metal and other such titles simply because the languages are latin based so I can understand them well enough and the prices are waaay cheaper than the USA releases! Gotta collect what we can! Cheers!

[@JamesDAmadan]

I have The Blade of Conan around here somewhere (points.) Blade and Spells were collections of articles and essays from the fanzine Amra that de Camp felt worthy of saving.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Yup, a whole bunch of Amra Magazine! I'd love to track down a couple issues.

[@occultdetective]

A terrific haul.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks Bob! It was a good book day!

[@johnsilva9139]

At a buck-a-book I probably couldn't resist buying everything.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

And they gave me a discount for buying 25. I got the stack for $20!

[@GoblinOfGygaxinor]

17x Infinity has EM Forster's "The Machine Stops" a mind bending visionary story written in 1909 that essentially predicts tablets and the internet. On many must read lists ;)

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Going to have to read that one sooner rather than later. And I do thank you for the tip on the story Goblin!

[@joebrooks4448]

I never got around to picking up the Foster Alien adaptations. I recall thinking John Jakes was pretty good, and I read multiple Laurence M. Janifers in the Ace Doubles. Hard to go wrong with a Groff Conklin anthology. That William Hope Hodgson is likely to be mind blower, I have read a few of his and they are great. He has been hard to find for a long time.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I will definitely take a look at Hodgson Joe.

[@book-ramble]

Alien and Aliens catch my eye!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

They caught my eye too Book Ramble!

[@gedren_y8775]

Quozl is one of my favorite reads. It isn't really a young person's novel. Not explicit, but rather direct about certain things. The cover art makes so many mistakes about the scene it is trying to depict. I have my beat-up reader copy near at hand, and a nicer one for display once I have some proper shelving.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thats nice to hear about Quozl!

[@arekkrolak6320]

I am not a SF reader and even I have read William Hope Hodgeson :)

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Then you are one up on me Arek! I'll have to remedy that here in the near future. Thank you for checking out the video!

[@nunyabizness6595]

2021. He's off by 4 years.😮😮😮

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Hah!

[@parazatico9030]

My Casca collection only goes to no.8, so...jealous. I like William Hope Hodgson's work a lot, but I wouldn't start with The Night Land. While the ideas are good, a fair bit of it is written in a mock archaic style which gets tiresome very quickly, and overall it's a bit turgid. Instead, I'd (highly) recommend Carnacki the Ghost Finder (short stories) or The House on the Borderland. Hodgson, who was killed in the First World War, was an interesting character.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I did not know that about Hodgson Para (WWI). And I do love a good short story collection!

[@richardbrown8966]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

They actually only charged me $20 for the stack of 25!

[@earldumarest234]

First Ace Double hmm? Only 235 more SF Ace Doubles to go then.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

One down.....Lol.

[@earldumarest234]

@@GrammaticusBooks Took me ten years and twelve cities to get them all (pretty much pre Ebay/Alibris/Amazon) but they are a pride and joy of my collection. Surprised you don’t have the one Conan Ace Double.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

@@earldumarest234 I didn't even know there was an Ace Conan double...which I now need!

[@earldumarest234]

@@GrammaticusBooks Conan the Conquerer (complete and unabridged) paired with The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett. Ace Double D-36, the second official Ace SF Double from 1953. Relatively easy to get on on Ebay or Alibris. Happy searching.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

I quite liked the Chaos Weapon by Colin Kapp. Having read Casca the Panzer Soldier as a teen, I found it forgettable. I was far more obsessed with the Destroyer series. 🙄. Good haul. I can't recommend Hogan's Giants series, I didn't find them particularly good. I was going through a James H Schmidt phase at the time, and was deeply immersed in the Telzey Toy. 😛 And of course, everyone loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books. 🤩 Enjoy your books! 😉🫡🎉

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Good advice User! Thanks for the run down. I will give Chaos Weapon a read!