AGAIN, DANGEROUS BOOKHAULS: Science Fiction Hardcovers & Reference Books 

My friend once said about Elison ' you either love him, hate him or avoid him ' . Me went first . Although i almost got to second , when he paned Star Trek the motion picture . Elison could be very "savage " . Refering to one of the characters Elison pen/ paned something like this ... its good , she was changed into a robot.. so she could now act with peak effiency .Elison wrote one of the best ST episodes. Any how great haul . I recently added Spinrads 'Greenhouse Summer ' , 'Russian Spring ' and 'The Star -Spangled Future ' to my collection . Thanks for the show and speak.🖖

Remember reading that version moving Mars a long time ago from the Edinburgh Central lending library. Similar time to silverbergs face of the waters.

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Thanks for another informative video, Steve. I got all excited this time because I thought I had a 1st edition of Strength of Stones for you, but alas it's not among my HB Bears. Interestingly, Strength of Stones escaped the cull which took out many a fine book. You're continuing to pique my interest in Harlon Ellison. I listened recently to an interview he did with Bob Silverberg and it was a riot, you don't think of uncle Bob laughing and it was good to hear.

City Lights here in SF had a special launch event for that McIntyre book back in February. Had speakers doing talks on zoom. Moorcock spent a lot of the time talking about the Beatles. I could barely sit through the authors, but I was able to get a copy from them. I think you would've done the book a service.

Very nice. The Psychlone book cover is great and that Medea is gorgeous!

Thanks for sharing those beautiful books, Stephen. I have that Ellison book as a paperback, and I have yet to read it, but I was intrigued by the concept.

Thanks for the great recommendations!

OB, thanks for some great suggestions! Cheers

John Barnes is great. I recommend "Orbital Resonance". Quite unique.

A great haul! I've got all the fiction except the Hutchinson. I can't recommend Andy Richards at Cold Tonnage Books highly enough, I've been buying from him since bookselling was a sideline,and he was still delivering mail every morning. My most recent purchase from him, two weeks ago, was an upgrade for my copy of Ellison Wonderland in the expanded PS Publishing edition, I now have the slipcased edition with a second book of early Ellison crime stories.

I've not worked through them yet, but Ashley's "Tales of the Weird" for the British Library looks like a great series and it's been gaining ground here in the States. Sorry to hear about your ill fated anthology. Ashley might've filled your shoes after the fact with his "Steampunk Prime" collection.

Hey Steve wating to get off work to watch this episode love from the states

An interesting mix of authors with some good cover art. Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson seems like a good read & pertinent as its publication predates the pandemic, but it will be a while before I get to Cold Water. Just watched the Peripheral, the 1st episode, on Amazon. I believe it is based on a Phillip K Dick story. Enjoyed it & the visuals & special effects are well done. I will get the Yesterday's & Tomorrows for nostalgia & inspiration. Thanks for the video.

Personally I wouldn't invest too much faith in the British Library actually having everything it claims to. "In theory" they have, yes, as you say. The reality might be somewhat different. A dealer friend of mine told me once about another dealer he knew who was offered a large quantity of vintage Weird Tales. When he saw them they were all stamped "property of the BL". Turned out an intern at the BL was pilfering the collection to fund his 'recreational habits'. The dealer naturally did the decent thing and informed the BL. To his chagrin no one there appeared to be all that fussed. They hadn't even known the stuff was missing and didn't seem all that bothered about getting it back. The attitude he encountered was so indifferent that he resolved not to bother informing them if it ever happened again. Fully concur with your estimation of Mike Ashley. One of the great genre archivists and historians. As indeed was the late and much lamented Michel Parry. Was your Steampunk Rivals project a reference to Parry's great 70s anthology series for Corgi: Rivals of Dracula/Frankenstein/King Kong? Or were you thinking instead of Hugh Greene's Rivals of Sherlock Holmes series?

We lost another great writer: Ray Nelson passed away last night 😞

I've got to get that Spinrad book,a writer I admire a lot. The Yesterdays tomorrows looks like its worth getting. How did you manage to get those Ellisons? finding his books at a decent price is hard work.I do have the Hornbook though in Edgeworks#3 Great Haul Stephen,thanks for sharing

I really like the talk these bookhsuls inspire ! No need to spend money to get tbr reccomendations from you :)

Do you sell on Ebay? What selling name do you go under? Would love to see the books you are selling.