Vintage Science Fiction Book Haul | Episode 2

To view/purchase Dark Matter:

0:00 - start
1:01 - The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett
2:02 - interior
3:50 - sniff
4:39 - rating
4:52 - Starchild by Fred Pohl and Jack Williamson
5:46 - interior
7:06 - sniff
8:42 - rating
9:16 - The Eyes of Heisenberg by Frank Herbert
10:10 - interior
11:29 - sniff
12:40 - rating
12:57 - The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
13:37 - interior
15:20 - sniff
17:08 - rating
17:21 - The Sleepers of Mars by John Wyndham
18:03 - interior
19:22 - sniff
20:28 - rating
20:41 - The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven
21:57 - interior
23:19 - sniff
24:56 - rating
25:18 - The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick
25:27 - interior
26:57 - sniff
27:43 - rating
28:03 - Millennium by John Varley
28:37 - interior
29:39 - sniff fatigue
30:58 - rating
31:12 - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
32:06 - interior
33:00 - sniff
33:45 - rating

#bookrecommendations #sciencefiction #bookhaul

[bananasbooksandboardgames]

Shattered dreams, dried towel slightly fecal and old table 😆 superb

[TheRetroEngine]

holy hell yes!!!! So many reasons, the intro, the books love the older books. Some great authors and stories there. That intro though!!! Yeah I think old paper discolours due to chemicals used in older paper? Not sure, but it seems to happen to a lot, regardless of its environment. More effort was put into older books - artwork, layout. Also, none of that BIG LETTERS, two paragraphs per page, this is proper sized text where even a thin book has a lot of content.

Glad to see the sniff-o-meter, accumulation analytics, deep dive, object comparison test is still being done. Please store the results in a spreadsheet for yearly Christmas special where we talk about different whiffs in second hand books, the most common, the nicest, the worst, unidentifiable ones etc.

That first Frank Herbert book cover reminded me of some of your art as well. Actually, quite a few covers do. Patchwork Girl as well. Love the idea of looking at your past self's reviews as well - great stuff here John.

[richardbrown]

Think you confused Fred Hoyle with Fred Pohl. Hoyle was a scientist and writer, Pohl was an editor and writer. The lines on the bottom of the books are remainder marks, means the book was reduced to sell it.