Library Sale: Cool books and lots of rambling

Many interesting and cool books at the Library Sale.

@Deep_in_the_Reads review of Instance of the Finger Post

@Doctor_Rockter talking about Reservation Dogs

@PeterSantenello video on Native American Reservation

[Deep_in_the_Reads]

I agree about wanting to find genre fiction that's literary--good prose, complex characters, developed themes, etc! I would say Instance of the Fignerpost fits that bill when it comes to mystery! So excited for you to read it! ^^

[LiminalSpaces]

Great video! Thanks for sharing all of these treasures with us!

[LiminalSpaces]

Camus' "The Plague " is an awesome read!

[LiminalSpaces]

I never find Lafferty in the wild, those are great finds!

[HideAndRead]

Great western finds.
Off to check out that video about reservations.

[LiminalSpaces]

Stephen Crane is a great writer! He wrote one of my favorite poems, "In the Desert"

[LiminalSpaces]

Noises Off is a family favorite of ours! Jason has acted in a production of it!

[Doctor_Rockter]

Lafferty's 'doggerel' verse is infamously hard to read!🤣🤣 When you said 'oh, this is a poem' the first time I burst out laughing. That was great. Can't believe you found Annals of Klepsis! That was for a long time my fave Lafferty novel. Others are vying with it these days, but it will always be way up there. It is indeed 'literary pulp', but a kind of literary that's almost opposite to the register of Wolfe. If you thought Past Master was a wild ride, buckle in! Reefs of Earth is another contender for all time fave. That's more personal for me than objective. The Pucas (*pook-uhs*, Irish Gaelic for goblins, but they're from the planet Puca in this novel) are some of Lafferty's best wild kids (and he has a lot of them). It's a great US midwestern/plains/southwest novel. A joyously grotesque Twain-meets-Bradbury-on-crack sort of yarn with surprisingly poignant undertones. Fourth Mansions is objectively the 'greatest' work among this set of novels. The prose style and layered depth of themes are up there with the Thomas Pynchons and the like. I actually didn't super connect with it the first time I read it. I really, really liked so much of the imagery etc. But bounced off it a little for some reason. (I'm the only Lafferty reader I've heard of doing that so far.) On subsequent reads it's become a favourite. Incredible novel. Space Chantey is basically Homer's odyssey in space! With bits of other mythologies, notably Norse in the second chapter. Also super fun and pulpy - a little more silly than most of Lafferty's other novels, but with real depth hiding in there. A breakneck blast. (Gaiman loves it.) Devil is Dead'll be there waitin for ya when you get to it, don't worry. :)

[LiminalSpaces]

That anthology of Chinese literature is awesome!

[Doctor_Rockter]

'He can talk so long with so little'🤣🤣 Thank you for the shout out and kind words. Your book haul looks as diverse as some of mine. Some similar interests for sure.

[Atop]

If you ever come across A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay, please get it. I know you love Science Fantasy works and this is one of the best ever. Love your channel! Thanks for the great content.

[LiminalSpaces]

Volume 1 of Galactic Empires has quite a racy cover! That might be why you couldn't find it!