Science Fiction Reads
Top 10 Lesser Known Science Fiction Novels
updated
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Channels Mentioned:
@outlawbookselleroriginal
@SciFiScavenger
@sfwordsofwonder
@vintagesf
youtube.com/watch?v=JFxtnkbU1FY
youtube.com/watch?v=bMcJH-3wG08
Intro song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
Outro song: Spaceship by Lesion X
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*A lengthy spoiler filled review.*
"When Captain Carlsen entered the vast derelict spaceship, he was stunned by its awesome splendor--and shaken by the discovery of its immobilized humanoid passengers.
Later, after three of those strange aliens had been transported to Earth, his foreboding was more than justified."
Intro song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
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Ira and Richard join me to discuss 'The Best of Raymond Z Gallun' (1978). This is our fifth discussion, part of a series hosted by our channels called the "Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction".
@sfwordsofwonder
@vintagesf
* 9:40 Text is hard to see. This is a mural honoring Gallun in his hometown.
Series Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFtI0ilG7FLr132HL5JdvWCmiRZRS0K7u
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A Thankyou to Richard for the fine vintage books.
Channels Mentioned:
@vintagesf
Videos Mentioned:
youtube.com/watch?v=cjQyv-2JCnM
Intro song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
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Part 2: Novels
Channels Mentioned:
@sfwordsofwonder
@vintagesf
@secretfirebooks7894
@TheBookclectic
@GrammaticusBooks
Videos Mentioned:
youtube.com/watch?v=JFxtnkbU1FY
youtube.com/watch?v=gL7Y2G3rQv4
youtube.com/watch?v=KzVycbE-QZA
Intro song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
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Part 1: Anthologies and Short story collections.
Books start at: 3:57
Channels Mentioned:
@vintagesf
@sfwordsofwonder
Videos Mentioned:
youtube.com/watch?v=I83TyL6zpTM
youtube.com/watch?v=JFxtnkbU1FY
youtube.com/watch?v=FC6d1lWsov8
Intro song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
#booktubesff #sciencefiction #fantasy #scififantasy
Intro song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
#booktubesff #sciencefiction #fantasy #scifi
Channels Mentioned:
@outlawbookselleroriginal youtube.com/watch?v=x4b4JueJ-mQ
@vintagesf
@sfwordsofwonder
Intro Song: Dystopia by Neutrin05
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A Book Haul from a trip to the Muskoka area in Ontario, Canada.
Channels Mentioned:
@PulpMortem youtube.com/watch?v=ChF4nq5qaRw
@outlawbookselleroriginal
@vintagesf
@sfwordsofwonder
thebookstoreonpluto.ca
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Music: ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music/nicolai-heidlas
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thebookstoreonpluto.ca
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A few new books and I finally check out a new to me author I've been interested in for years.
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*Roughly 50, some didn't make it into the video.
Thankyou again to all the people who left a kind message and the fellow grieving parents who shared their experience ❤️
Channels mentioned:
@vintagesf
@sfwordsofwonder
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*Spoiler Alert!* Lately I'm finding it more fun to discuss the plots of what I'm reading in more detail so here's a friendly warning, some books are thoroughly spoiled in my ramblings :D
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Mentioned:
thebookstoreonpluto.ca
whitescreenofdespair.blogspot.com/2024/03/surviving-as-formerly-traditionally.html
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Lightspeed Magazine/Geoffrey A. Landiss story:
lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-long-chase
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Videos Mentioned:
youtu.be/ABD0pEKdgNg
youtu.be/I83TyL6zpTM
youtu.be/jXw5k9cnwgU
Episode 1: youtube.com/watch?v=6PrnWHmzSNk
Ira's channel: @sfwordsofwonder
Richard's channel: @vintagesf
Thumbnail by Richard.
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*Spoilers warning. This is a summery of the entire story with full spoilers*
The Last Days of Shandakor. First published in Startling Stories, April 1952.
Music: 'Emotional Cello and Piano' by @AShamaluev
*Minor spoilers to various stories*
This is a brief overview of the Future History and some of the people living in it created by James H Schmitz during the 50's through to the 70's.
The Hub in Schmitz own words: http://www.troynovant.com/Schmitz/Essays/Federation-of-Hub.html
Song:
Savfk - Journey To The Stars is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license.
savfkmusic
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Hal Clement video at @VintageSF: youtube.com/watch?v=6PrnWHmzSNk&t
James H Schmitz created a future history (The Federation of the Hub) over the course of a few decades with a plethora of recurring characters, locations and scenarios. The stories were collected in 4 volumes by Baen in the early 2000's.
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Channels Mentioned:
@vintagesf
@sfwordsofwonder
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Prepare for a meandering, spoilery ramble through the Spatterjay trilogy.
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youtube.com/watch?v=VPGZacJaUbA
thebookstoreonpluto.ca
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It doesn't count as books purchased if they were super cheap...
Mentioned: @SciFiScavenger
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Mentioned:
@sfwordsofwonder
@ShawnDStandfast
Desert Island Books, Episode 27 - With Matt from Science Fiction Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=ENVi5Jwdrcg&t=1621s
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The benefit of having a lot of books, especially when you don't enjoy TBR's, is you can stand in front of the shelves and often let the book choose you.
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Mentioned:
@bartsbookspace
@sfwordsofwonder
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Mentioned:
thebookstoreonpluto.ca
@vintagesf
@sfwordsofwonder
@TheBookclectic
@outlawbookselleroriginal
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With the addition of a lot of books over the past year or so and the fact they're now alphabetized its time for a proper library tour of some vintage SF and some of the newer stuff I enjoy. This represents about 2/3rds of my collection, the rest being in storage at the moment.
*I pretty much start instantly with a mistake. Aldiss' Billion Year Spree is a history of the genre, not an anthology collection.
*And at one point I skip past an entire shelf with a lot of Charles Sheffield. Great author! Check him out!
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Part 3 of 3, where I go over the majority of what I acquired from another SF collector/reader of the good old vintage stuff. This haul, although insanely large, and thus destined to mostly sit in storage for the next little while, fills various gaps in my collections, and adds many classics to my library of older SF. I'm really on a mission to build up a library of older SF over the coming years, with the end result being a nice representation of my favorite decades of the genre and what they had to offer. This haul goes a long way toward those goals.
SFR Wishlist: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3UK24RQE82IX7?ref_=wl_share
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Part 2 of 3, where I go over the majority of what I acquired from another SF collector/reader of the good old vintage stuff. This haul, although insanely large, and thus destined to mostly sit in storage for the next little while, fills various gaps in my collections, and adds many classics to my library of older SF. I'm really on a mission to build up a library of older SF over the coming years, with the end result being a nice representation of my favorite decades of the genre and what they had to offer. This haul goes a long way toward those goals.
SFR Wishlist: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3UK24RQE82IX7?ref_=wl_share
#booktubesff #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #fantasy #booktube #scifi
Part 1 of 3, where I go over the majority of what I acquired from another SF collector/reader of the good old vintage stuff. This haul, although insanely large, and thus destined to mostly sit in storage for the next little while, fills various gaps in my collections, and adds many classics to my library of older SF. I'm really on a mission to build up a library of older SF over the coming years, with the end result being a nice representation of my favorite decades of the genre and what they had to offer. This haul goes a long way toward those goals.
SFR Wishlist: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3UK24RQE82IX7?ref_=wl_share
#booktubesff #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #fantasy #booktube #scifi #bookrecommendations
thebookstoreonpluto.ca
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SF Cover art, particularly from the 1970's - 1990's, holds a special place in my heart. These are the decades when cover artists most capture my sense of wonder and imagination.
Here you'll find some of my favorite vintage and not so vintage cover art from my shelves, and likely some books to add to your Tbr.
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Music: Heaven and Hell (Part 2) · Jeremy Blake
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Mentioned:
www.thebookstoreonpluto.ca
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Mentioned:
@thesci-fished
The shelves get cleaned up, organized and expanded. Though many boxes remain full and in storage for now.
*I mention the cover art to Mulata being something i learned about in a course but i was thinking of "The garden of earthly delights" by Hieronymus Bosch*
Channels mentioned:
@outlawbookselleroriginal
@SciFiScavenger
@ShawnDStandfast
I'll definitely put out a video highlighting Professor Jameson. I barely touched on how Jones pioneered some awesome concepts that later became classic SF tropes.
Wherein I ramble about books I've never read.
@vintagesf Recently put out a video on The Black Cloud that's worth a look (As is his channel): youtube.com/watch?v=aLWiFklG8N8&t=1s
Also, here's a few other newer SF booktube channels that you may enjoy:
@bartsbookspace
@sfwordsofwonder
@thesci-fished
My Neal Asher/Polity Video: youtube.com/watch?v=VPGZacJaUbA&t=505s