SciFiScavengerIn which I chat with Steve, Outlaw Bookseller, legendary BookTuber of this parish, and all round science fiction aficionado. Part 2 of this interview, including some excellent book recommendations from the last 15-20 years, will be posted on his channel a few days after Part 1 goes live here. #sciencefiction #vintagescifi #booktube #scifi #scifibooks
Chronicles of SF: A Book Industry Insiders Journey Through the DecadesSciFiScavenger2023-08-31 | In which I chat with Steve, Outlaw Bookseller, legendary BookTuber of this parish, and all round science fiction aficionado. Part 2 of this interview, including some excellent book recommendations from the last 15-20 years, will be posted on his channel a few days after Part 1 goes live here. #sciencefiction #vintagescifi #booktube #scifi #scifibooks
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Aliens, Mystery, and Danger: First Contact in SCIENCE FICTION BOOKSSciFiScavenger2024-10-16 | I look at some of the first contact scenarios covered in science fiction, suggest some books you might like to read. Brief remarks on each book probably contains some light spoilers, tip-toeing just slightly beyond what you'd find on the back of the book. #sciencefictionbooks #scifibooks #firstcontact #bookrecommendations #booktube
Books mentioned in this video: Footfall - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle The War of The Worlds - HG Wells In the Balance - Harry Turtledove Voyage of the Space Beagle - AE van Vogt The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu In the Ocean of Night - Gregory Benford The Forge of God - Greg Bear Dawn - Octavia Butler Semiosis - Sue Burke The Mote in Gods Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Blindsight - Peter Watts Remnant Population - Elizabeth Moon The Color of Distance - Amy Thomson Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Foreigner - CJ Cherryh The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham The Puppet Masters - Robert Heinlein The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell Eifelheim - Michael F Flynn Nor Cyrstal Tears - Alan Dean Foster
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
00:00 Intro 00:27 Invasion! 03:12 Threat! 05:34 Good Samaritans! 07:31 Interesting Aliens! 09:53 Communication Breakdown! 11:26 Accidents will happen! 14:24 Possession! 16:37 God & Aliens! 19:26 Alien's POV!SCI FI Book List | How many do you have? How many have you read?SciFiScavenger2024-10-13 | Join me as I scour David Pringle's excellent list to discover which I own, which I've read, and which I'd like to get hold of next. Who doesn't love a good book list? #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube #bookrecommendations
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Full list of books: Year/Author/Book 49/George Orwell /Nineteen Eighty-Four 49/George R Stewart/Earth Abides 50/Ray Bradbury/The Martian Chronicles 51/Robert Heinlein/The Puppet Masters 51/John Wyndham/The Day of the Triffids 52/Bernard Wolfe/Limbo 53/Alfred Bester/The Demolished Man 53/Ray Bradbury/ Fahrenheit 451 53/Arthur C Clarke/Childhood's End 53/Charles Harness/The Paradox Men 53/Ward Moore/Bring the Jubilee 53/Pohl & Kornbluth/The Space Merchants 53/Clifford D Simak/Ring Around the Sun 53/Theodore Sturgeon/More Than Human 54/Hal Clement/Mission of Gravity 54/Edgar Pangborn/A Mirror for Observers 55/Isaac Asimov/The End of Eternity 55/Leigh Brackett/The Long Tomorrow 55/William Golding/The Inheritors 56/Alfred Bester/The Stars My Destination 56/John Christopher/The Death of Grass 56/Arthur C Clarke/The City & The Stars 57/Robert Heinlein/The Door into Summer 57/John Wyndam/The Midwich Cuckoos 58/Brian Aldiss/Non-Stop 58/James Blish/A Case of Conscience 58/Robert Heinlein/Have Spacesuit - Will Travel 59/Philip K Dick/Time Out of Joint 59/Pat Frank/Alas, Babylon 59/Walter M Miller/A Canticle for Leibowitz 59/Kurt Vonnegut/The Sirens of Titan 60/Algys Budrys/Rogue Moon 60/Theodore Sturgeon/Venus Plus X 62/Brian Aldiss/Hothouse 62/JG Ballard/The Drowned World 62/Anthony Burgess/A Clockwork Orange 62/Philip K Dick/The Man in The High Castle 63/Robert Sheckley/Journey Beyond Tomorrow 63/Clifford D Simak/Way Station 63/Kurt Vonnegut/Cat's Cradle 64/Brian Aldiss/Greybeard 64/William S Burroughs/Nova Express 64/Philip K Dick/Martian Time-Slip 64/Philip K Dick/The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 64/Fritz Leiber/The Wanderer 64/Cordwainer Smith/Nostrilia 65/Philip K Dick/Dr Bloodmoney 65/Frank Herbert/Dune 66/JG Ballard/The Crystal World 66/Harry Harrison/Make Room! Make Room! 66/Daniel Keyes/Flowers for Algernon 66/Roger Zelazny/The Dream Master 68/John Brunner/Stand on Zanzibar 68/Samuel R Delaney/Nova 68/Philip K Dick/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 68/Thomas M Disch/Camp Concentration 68/Michael Moorcock/The Final Programme 68/Keith Pavane/Pavane 69/Angela Carter/Heroes & Villains 69/Ursula Le Guin/The Left Hand of Darkness 69/Bob Shaw/The Palace of Eternity 69/Norman Spinrad/Bug Jack Barron 70/Poul Anderson/Tau Zero 70/Robert Silverberg/Downward to Earth 70/Wilson Tucker /The Year of the Quiet Sun 72/Thomas M Disch/334 72/Gene Wolf/The Fifth Head of Cerberus 72/Michael Moorcock /The Dancers at the End of Time 73/JG Ballard/Crash 73/Mack Reynolds/Looking Backward, From the Year 2000 73/Ian Watson/The Embedding 74/Suzy McKee Charnas/Walk To the End of the World 74/M John Harrison/The Centauri Device 74/Ursula Le Guin/The Dispossessed 74/Christopher Priest/Inverted World 75/JG Ballard/High Rise 75/Barry N Malzberg/Galaxies 75/Joanna Russ/The Female Man 75/Bob Shaw/Orbitsville 76/Kingsley Amis/The Alteration 76/Marge Piercy/Woman on the Edge of Time 76/Frederik Pohl/Man Plus 77/Algis Budrys/Michaelmas 77/John Varley/The Ophiuchi Hotline 78/Ian Watson/Miracle Visitors 79/John Crowley/Engine Summer 79/Thomas M Disch/On Wings of Song 79/Brian Stableford/The Walking Shadow 79/Kate Wilhelm/Juniper Time 80/Gregory Benford/Timescape 80/Damien Broderick/The Dreaming Dragons 80/Octavia Butler/Wild Seed 80/Russel Hoban/Riddley Walker 80/John Sladek/Roderick & roderick at Random 80/Gene Wolfe/The Book of the New Sun 80/Philip Jose Farmer/The Unreasoning Mask 81/Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle/Oath of Fealty 82/Michael Bishop/No Enemy But Time 83/John Calvin Batchelor/The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica 84/William Gibson/NeuromancerWeekly Sci Fi Update | October 11th 2024SciFiScavenger2024-10-11 | My week in science fiction! What I've read, Comment of the Week, a look ahead, a book buying update, what I've watched and much more. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube
Books mentioned in this video Take Back Plenty - Colin Greenland Pilgrimage - Zenna Henderson
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Fantastic SCI FI from the 1970s that YOU SHOULD READ!SciFiScavenger2024-10-08 | The 1970s brought a wave of groundbreaking science fiction novels that explored new frontiers in storytelling. This video covers 10 of the best books from the decade. Featuring some legendary authors and visionary tales, these novels tackle themes of identity, survival, and the future of humanity. Don’t miss this trip through sci-fi history! #scifibooks #sciencefictionbooks #1970s #booktube #bookrecommendations
Books mentioned in this video: Inverted World - Christopher Priest Tau Zero - Poul Anderson A Time of Changes - Robert Silverberg The Dispossessed - Ursula Le Guin Dreamsnake - Vonda McIntyre Kindred - Octavia Butler The Forever War - Joe Haldeman The Female Man - Joanna Russ Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves Kate Wilhelm - Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang
00:00 Intro 00:16 Topsy Turvy 01:51 On and On 03:21 Me, Myself & I 04:38 Hugo a-go-go 06:16 Hisssss 07:43 Back to bad old days 09:14 Dilation Days 10:32 A Woman's View 12:11 Pump it! 13:44 Lonely ClonesRANKING the 9 SCI FI books I read in September 2024!SciFiScavenger2024-10-06 | From exploding planets to metaverse shenanigans, from reefer-sleep to kalaidoscopic structures, I covered some decent ground last month. Here I give a quick overview of each book I read, what I thought of them, and rank them mercilessly, ultimately declaring a book of the month. #sciencefictionbooks #scifbooks #tierranking #ranked #booktube
The books mentioned in this video: Tomorrow - Chris Beckett Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson The Genocides - Thomas M Disch War of the Maps - Paul McAuley Solaris - Stanislaw Lem Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds Plutoshine - Lucy Kissick The Forge of God - Greg Bear The Empire of Fear - Brian Stableford
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Sue Burke, author of Semiosis and Interference, in conversationSciFiScavenger2024-10-02 | Sue Burke talks plants, her new book "Usurpation", two of her other books, plus Sue has a bunch of reading recommendations to share. She also gives a glimpse of a future book for which she is seeking a publishing deal. #scifibooks #bookrecommendations #booktube #booktubesff
Books discussed in this video: Semiosis - Sue Burke Interference - Sue Burke Usurpation - Sue Burke Dual Memory - Sue Burke Immunity Index - Sue Burke Life Beyond Us - ed Julie Novakova Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Meet Me in Another Life - Catriona Silvey Langue[dot]doc 1305 - Gillian Polack Babel - RF Kuang 17776 - What will Football be Like? sbnation.com/a/17776-football The Marlen of Prague: Christopher Marlowe and the City of Gold - Angeli Primlani In Defense of Plants - Matt Candeias The Great Believers - Rebecca Makkai
Chapters: 00:00 Intros 00:13 Semiosis & Plant biology 06:36 Usurpation 11:09 Sue's other books 16:50 Sue recommends 27:24 A future Sue Burke bookChoosing my SCI FI TBR for October 2024SciFiScavenger2024-09-29 | The Bingo Balls of Fate and the Decision Dice of Destiny help me select my TBR pile for next month. From nanotech outbreaks to colonies in trouble, from robots to jungle gone wrong. I think it's going to be a great month!
00:00 Intro 00:20 A Format certs 04:15 Bookshelf Bingo 11:24 Reader's Picks 12:07 A Closer LookWeekly SCI FI Update | September 27th 2024SciFiScavenger2024-09-27 | My week in science fiction! What I've read, Comment of the Week, a look ahead, a book buying update, what I've watched and much more. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube
Books mentioned in this video The Forge of God - Greg Bear The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories - Gene Wolfe The Empire of Fear - Brian Stableford
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6How many of these SCI FI books have YOU read?SciFiScavenger2024-09-25 | A more detailed look at a recent book purchase. I assess how my collection and reading record holds up against the full list from "Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010". Let's just say I've got a lot of reading to do! #scifbooks #sciencefictionbooks #bookrecommendations #booktube #booktubesff
Full list of the 101 books: Year Author Book 85 Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale 85 Orson Scott Card Ender's Game 85 Philip K Dick Radio Free Albemuth 85 Ursula Le Guin Always Coming Home 85 James Morrow This is the Way the World Ends 85 Kurt Vonnegut Galapagos 86 Pat Murphy The Falling Woman 86 Pamela Sargent The Shore of Women 86 Joan Slonczewski A Door Into Ocean 87 Paul Park Soldiers of Paradise 87 Lucius Shephard Life During Wartime 87 George Turner The Sea and Summer 88 CJ Cherryh Cyteen 88 David Zindell Neverness 89 Rosemary Kirstein The Steerswoman 89 Sheri S Tepper Grass 90 Iain M Banks Use of Weapons 90 Greg Bear Queen of Angels 91 Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar 91 Pat Cadigan Synners 91 Karen Joy Fowler Sarah Canary 91 Gwynneth Jones White Queen 91 Paul McAuley Eternal Light 91 Michael Swanwick Stations of the Tide 92 Stephen Baxter Timelike Infinity 92 Richard Calder Dead Girls 92 Steven Gould Jumper 92 Maureen McHugh China Mountain Zhang 92 Kim Stanley Robinson Red Mars 92 Vernor Vinge A Fire Upon the Deep 92 Walter John Williams Aristoi 92 Connie Willis Doomsday Book 93 Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower 93 Nicola Griffith Ammonite 93 Mary Rosenblum Chimera 93 Gene Wolfe Nightside the Long Sun 94 Michael Bishop Brittle Innings 94 Greg Egan Permutation City 94 Michael Moorcock Blood 95 John Barnes Mother of Storms 95 Gregory Benford Sailing Bright Eternity 95 Richard Powers Galatea 2.2 95 Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age 96 William Barton The Transmigration of Souls 96 Raphael Carter The Fortunate Fall 96 Mary Doria Russell The Sparrow 96 Bruce Sterling Holy Fire 96 Jack Vance Night Lamp 97 Kage Baker In the Garden of Iden 97 Joe Haldeman Forever Peace 97 Elizabeth Hand Glimmering 97 Jonathan Lethem As She Climbed Across The Table 98 Ken MacLeod The Cassini Division 98 Wil McCarthy Bloom 98 Linda Nagata Vast 98 John Varley The Golden Globe 99 Simon Ings Headlong 99 George Zebrowski Cave of Stars 00 Poul Anderson Genesis 00 JG Ballard Super-Cannes 00 Michel Faber Under the Skin 00 China Mieville Perdido Street Station 00 Jamil Nasir Distance Haze 00 Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space 00 Adam Roberts Salt 01 Karl Schroeder Ventus 01 Brian Stableford The Cassandra Complex 02 M John Harrison Light 02 Richard Morgan Altered Carbon 02 Christopher Priest The Separation 02 John C Wright The Golden Age 03 Audrey Niefenegger The Time Traveller's Wife 03 Justina Robson Natural History 04 Howard Hendrix The Labyrinth Key 04 Ian MacDonald River of Gods 04 Philip Roth The Plot Against America 05 Kazuo Ishigoro Never Let Me Go 05 Ian R MacLeod The House of Storms 05 David Marusek Counting Heads 05 Geoff Ryman Air 05 Charles Stross Accelerando 05 Robert Charles Wilson Spin 06 Liz Jensen My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time 06 Cormac McCarthy The Road 06 Naomi Novik Temeraire 06 Peter Watts Blindsight 07 Brian Aldiss Harm 07 Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union 07 Carol Emschwiller The Secret City 07 Kathleen Ann Goonan In War Times 07 Rudy Rucker Postsingular 08 Neal Asher Shadow of the Scorpion 08 Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games 08 Cory Doctorow Little Brother 08 Ekaterina Sedia The Alchemy of Stone 09 Paulo Bacigalupi The Windup Girl 09 Nancy Kress Steal Across The Sky 09 Cheri Priest Boneshaker 10 Lauren Beukes Zoo City 10 William Gibson Zero History 10 Hannu Rajaniemi The Quantum ThiefTen AWESOME books from the new MILLENIUM that YOU SHOULD READ!SciFiScavenger2024-09-21 | That's right, space opera from the noughties! I cover 10 fantastic books from the first ten years of the 21st Century. Ten galactic adventures, complete with gothic horror, dastardly emperors, alien relics, space battles, golems, clones, you name it, we've got it. Which ones have you read?
Chapters: 00:00 Slam dunks! 01:04 Gothic! 03:32 Fishy overlords! 05:01 Eschatonic! 07:11 Sunny! 08:47 Unplugged! 10:43 Forged! 12:06 Not YA! 14:15 Let there be... 15:44 Cycler! 17:10 In a Spin!
Books mentioned in this video: Pandora's Star - Peter F Hamilton Look to Windward - Iain M Banks The Algebraist - Iain M Banks Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds Stealing Light - Gary Gibson Singularity Sky - Charles Stross Hidden Empire - Kevin J Anderson Gridlinked - Neal Asher Natural History - Justina Robson Risen Empire - Scott Westerfeld Light - M John Harrison Permanence - Karl Schroeder Spin State - Chris MoriartyWeekly SCI FI Update | September 20th 2024SciFiScavenger2024-09-20 | My week in science fiction - mini reviews of what I read, comment of the week, what I watched, what's coming up on the channel and much more. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube
Books mentioned in this video: Solaris - Stanislaw Lem Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds Plutoshine - Lucy Kissick
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6My NEW favourite SCIENCE FICTION author?SciFiScavenger2024-09-18 | It was my pleasure to speak to Chris Beckett a few days ago. We chatted about lots of things - short stories, Eric Brown, our early reading, Brian Aldiss, his influences, why he writes science fiction, some hints about the book he's currently writing, and loads more.
Note: unfortunately the audio on Chris's end is not great, I didn't notice during the recording, so it is what it is, I'm afraid.
00:00:00 Intros & caveats 00:01:19 Short Stories 00:07:33 Formative Years 00:11:22 Eden 00:20:35 Aldiss as influence 00:24:59 Narrative freedom 00:26:19 Zone Life 00:35:48 Unsettled 00:39:41 Tomorrow 00:44:30 China 00:46:32 Genre vs non-genre 00:49:33 Versions 00:54:58 Holy Machine 00:56:14 Social work 00:58:20 Eric Brown 01:01:28 NEW BOOK - WIPScience Fiction BOOK HAUL - September 2024SciFiScavenger2024-09-15 | A great selection of books, a mix of online purchases, charity shop finds and gifts. Includes some shelf browsing footage! #bookhaul #scifibooks #sciencefiction
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6The Generation Starship in Science Fiction - 10 books YOU SHOULD READ!SciFiScavenger2024-09-08 | Space is VERY VERY BIG! One way of handling that is to accept that the journey to the stars will take hundreds, even thousands, of years. Enter the Generation Starship! First postulated in the 1920s, science fiction writers have frequently borrowed this idea to give us great stories, and here are 10 that feature generation starships. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookrecommendations #booktube
Books featured in this video: Orphans of the Sky - Heinlein Non-Stop - Aldiss Aurora - Robinson Generation Ship - Mammay Ark - Baxter Learning the World - MacLeod The Ballad of Beta-2 - Delaney Ship of Fools - Russo Captive Universe - Harrison Hull Zero Three - Bear
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6RANKING the 19 SCI FI books I read in August 2024SciFiScavenger2024-09-04 | In which I run through each book I read last month, with a quick overview of each, what I thought about them. I tier rank the books and ultimately declare my book of the month! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #wrapup #tierranking #booktube #bookrecommendations #bookofthemonth
Books mentioned in this video: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Lord of Light - Zelazny 01:51 In Ascension - Martin MacInnes 03:17 Service Model - Tchaikovsky 04:26 Big Planet - Vance 05:26 Eastern Standard Tribe - Doctorow 06:44 The Chrysalids - Wyndham 08:21 Ascent - Mercurio 09:46 Beyond the Hallowed Sky - Macleod 11:03 The Day of the Triffids - Wyndham 12:31 The Dispossessed - Le Guin 14:36 Chocky - Wyndham 15:56 Beneath The World, A Sea - Beckett 17:43 Trouble With Lichen - Wyndham 18:49 The Hammer of God - Clarke 19:41 Surface Detail - Banks 21:12 Lake of Darkness - Roberts 23:35 The Mercy of Gods - Corey 25:40 Inherit the Stars - Hogan 26:54 The Outward Urge - Wyndham 27:44 BOOK OF THE MONTH!
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Books mentioned in this video: Beneath The World, A Sea - Chris Beckett Roadside Picnic - Boris & Arkady Strugatsky The Man Who Would be Kling - Adam Roberts Annihilation - Jeff Vandermeer Darwinia - Robert Charles Wilson The City and The City - China Mieville Inverted World - Christopher Priest On - Adam Roberts In Ascension - Martin MacInnes Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky Rogue Moon - Algis Budrys Nova Swing - M John Harrison A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Books mentioned in this video: Surface Detail - Iain M Banks Lake of Darkness - Adam Roberts The Mercy of Gods - James SA Corey Inherit the Stars - James P Hogan The Outward Urge - John Wyndham
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Picking my SCI FI TBR for September 2024SciFiScavenger2024-08-25 | In which I narrow down my choices with the Bingo Balls of Fate and the Decision Dice of Destiny. Plenty of shelf perusing, and a quick run through of the resulting selections afterwards. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube #tbr
Books reviewed in this video: The Dispossessed - Le Guin Chocky - Wyndham Beneath The World, A Sea - Beckett Trouble with Lichen - Wyndham The Hammer of God - Clarke
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Classic SCI FI from the 1960s that YOU SHOULD READ!! No spoilers.SciFiScavenger2024-08-18 | Discover some of the best science fiction books from the 1960s that every fan should read. From visiting cat people to time-travel high jinx, these award winning novels have it all. Featuring Brunner, Herbert, Le Guin and more. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #1960s #booktube
Books mentioned in this video: Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner Up The Line - Silverberg The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin Way Station - Simak The Man Who Fell To Earth - Tevis Flowers for Algernon - Keyes The Wanderer - Leiber The Man in the High Castle - Dick Dune - Herbert This Immortal - Zelazny
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
00:00 Intro 00:18 Crowded in here! 02:15 Time trials 03:55 Non-binary 05:34 Ageless attendant 06:43 Alien drops in 08:07 Mouse trap 09:55 Sultry cat ladies! 11:20 Ah so, glasshopper 12:45 Sand in your gusset 14:36 Vegan dietWeekly SCI FI update | 16th August 2024SciFiScavenger2024-08-16 | My week in sci fi, mini reviews of what I've read, comment of the week, a book buying bulletin, a look at what I've watched and other regular features. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube
Books reviewed in this video: Eastern Standard Tribe - Cory Doctorow The Chrysalids - John Wyndham Ascent - Jed Mercurio Beyond the Hallowed Sky - Ken MacLeod The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Epic Science Fiction Book Haul! With shelf-browsing!SciFiScavenger2024-08-13 | Time for August's book haul, not least because the pile had become structurally unsound. Sci Fi aplenty in this haul, great books, some brand spankin' new, bought for new-book-money, shock horror! #sciencefictionbooks #bookhaul #scifibooks #booktube #sciencefiction
00:00 haul 20:24 shelf browsing 23:55 hauling againThe Complete Works of Ken MacLeod - no spoilersSciFiScavenger2024-08-11 | I give an overview of my complete Ken MacLeod collection. Something for everyone here: space opera, political thriller, benign dictatorship, anarcho-libertarianism, first contact, alien abduction, poems and short stories, you name it. Ken MacLeod is one of the UK's finest science fiction authors. If you're not familiar with his work, watch this overview to get an introduction to every book he's written so far. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube #kenmacleod
Full list of the books covered here:
Fall Revolution - The Star Fraction Fall Revolution - The Stone Canal Fall Revolution - The Cassini Division Fall Revolution - The Sky Road Engines of Light - Cosmonaut Keep Engines of Light - Dark Light Engines of Light - Engine City Newton's Wake Learning the World The Execution Channel Night Sessions The Restoration Game Intrusion Descent A Jura for Julia Giant Lizards from Another Star The Corporation Wars - Dissidence The Corporation Wars - Insurgence The Corporation Wars - Emergence Lightspeed - Beyond the Hallowed Sky Lightspeed - Beyond the Light Horizon Lightspeed - Beyond the Reach of Earth
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Deep Wheel Orcadia - Harry Josephine Giles False Dawn - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Daughter of Eden - Chris Beckett The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester Kingdoms of Death - Christopher Ruocchio Trading in Danger (Vatta's War 1) - Elizabeth Moon The House of Rumour - Jake Arnott The Man Who Would Be Kling - Adam Roberts Robopocalypse - Daniel H King The Ministry For The Future - Kim Stanley Robinson Record of a Spaceborn Few - Becky Chambers Frankenstein Unbound - Brian Aldiss
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Thanks to @CriminOllyBlog for the idea, or something close to it.
Short stories mentioned in this video: 1971: “Conquest” by Barry M Malzberg 1972: "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side” by James Tiptree Jr 1973: “The Lake of Tuonela” by Keith Roberts 1974: “Slaves of Time” by Robert Sheckley 1975: “Down to a Sunless Sea” by Cordwainer Smith 1976: “The Bones of Bertrand Russell” by Brian Aldiss 1977: “Crossing the Line” by Bob Shaw 1978: “The Negation” by Christopher Priest 1979: “Unaccompanied Sonata” by Orson Scott Card
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Its a TBR Lottery! Choosing my sci fi reading for the next month...SciFiScavenger2024-07-28 | With a helping hand from the Bingo Balls of Fate and the Decision Die of Destiny, I select some fantastic science fiction books to read during August. There's a nice mix of contemporary and classic sci fi, plus a few in between. What have I chosen? Watch and find out! #sciencefictionbooks #scifbooks #tbr #booktube
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6BOOK HAUL! Sci Fi DELIGHTS for my library (JULY 2024)SciFiScavenger2024-07-16 | I've been busy book hunting. In this haul there are important science fiction books from the 1970s all the way bang up to date with books released recently and all points in between. Hardbacks, paperbacks, 1st editions, all the good stuff. Who doesn't love a good book haul? #bookhaul #scifibooks #sciencefictionbooks #booktube
Books mentioned in this video: Ray Nayler - Tusks of Extinction Chris Beckett - Mother of Eden Frederick Pohl - Man Plus Adam Roberts - Land of the Headless Alfred Bester - The Demolished Man Christopher Ruocchio - Demon in White Adrian Tchaikovsky - Alien Clay Alastair Reynolds - House of Suns Vernor Vinge - A Deepness in the Sky William Gibson - Burning Chrome
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Weekly Sci Fi Wrap Up | 5th July 2024SciFiScavenger2024-07-05 | My week in science fiction! Mini reviews of the books I've read, a disappointing and bad tempered DNF, comment of the week, what I watched, what's coming up, a book buying bulletin and plenty more. #sciencefictionbooks #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube
mentioned in this video: @sciencefictionreads
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
00:00 Intro 00:26 Mini reviews 11:01 Channel update 11:18 Comment of the week 11:45 What was on the channel this week? 12:33 What have I been watching? 13:08 Book buying 13:36 A look ahead 13:54 What will I be reading next?Adam Roberts, author of The Thing Itself, chats to me.SciFiScavenger2024-07-04 | Join me for a wide-ranging chat with Adam Roberts, author of over 20 science fiction books including The Thing Itself, Stone, Land of the Headless. In this interview with Adam Roberts, he tells me about black holes, his new book, Christopher Priest, book collecting, how he fits it all in, the state of science fiction these days, and much more. #sciencefictionbooks #scifibooks #booktube
00:00:00 Intro 00:01:12 Singles vs series 00:06:14 Christopher Priest 00:07:52 Which Adam Roberts book is your favourite? 00:14:50 SF Adam recommends 00:19:55 The State of SF 00:22:48 Adam's first SF reads 00:25:59 Research vs winging it 00:29:38 Battle scenes & conflict 00:31:41 Cliché avoidance 00:34:31 Opening Lines 00:37:51 Collab with Dave Hutchinson 00:45:17 NEW BOOK - Lake of Darkness 00:48:11 Christopher Priest again 00:53:53 Book collecting 00:56:46 HG Wells 01:01:41 SF reflections 01:04:43 How does he fit it all in? 01:07:44 What's next? 01:11:17 FarewellsThe Fickle Finger of Fate decides my SCI FI TBR for July 2024SciFiScavenger2024-06-30 | In which I select my science fiction TBR for July, featuring the debut appearance of the DICE OF DESTINY, adding a further element of randomness to proceedings. I'm really pleased with the books that the fickle finger of fate determined I must read this coming month. They range from stone cold classics to books from the recent past. #sciencefictionbooks #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #tbr
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Weekly SCI FI Wrap Up | 28th June 2024SciFiScavenger2024-06-28 | My week in sci fi! We cover a lot of ground. Mini reviews of what I've read, a brief channel update, what's been on the channel this week, what I've watched, comment of the week, what's coming up, a book buying bulletin. Books mentioned today: House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds Burning Chrome - William Gibson A Deepness Upon the Sky - Vernor Vinge The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Christopher Ruocchio, author of Sun Eater, chats to me.SciFiScavenger2024-06-25 | Join me for a wide-ranging chat with Christopher Ruocchio, author of the deservedly popular Sun Eater series. We talk about what comes after Sun Eater, his favourite Sun Eater book, his writing influences, his writing process, the Punic Wars, the John W Campbell era, some incoming special editions of the first few Sun Eater books, a whole bunch of stuff. #suneater #christopheruocchio #scifiauthor #scifibooks #spaceopera #sciencefiction #booktube
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw646 End Of The World SCI FI books YOU SHOULD READ!SciFiScavenger2024-06-23 | I have scoured the sci fi archives for the creative ways science fiction authors try to end the world. During this video I give 46, yes 46, sci fi book recommendations covering every flavour of apocalypse from floods to nuclear war and all points in between. I do LOVE the END OF THE WORLD! #sciencefiction #scifibooks #bookrecommendations #postapocalyptic #booktube
Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Flora & Fauna! 03:26 Death from Above! 08:01 Pestilence! 11:43 Floods! 14:55 Man Made! 17:27 What are your faves? 17:42 Population decline! 20:07 We no longer care! 22:55 The Undead! 25:40 Armageddon!
Books mentioned in this video: The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham (1951) The Genocides - Thomas M Disch (1965) The Furies - Keith Roberts (1966) The Death of Grass - John Christopher (1956) Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (1977) Seveneves - Neal Stephenson (2015) Shelter - Dave Hutchinson (2018) Haven - Adam Roberts (2018) Sanctuary - Dave Hutchinson (2023) The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham (1953) The Forge of God - Greg Bear (1987) Anvil of Stars - Greg Bear (1992) Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel (2014) Earth Abides - George R Stewart (1949) The Stand - Stephen King (1978) The Last Man - Mary Shelley (1826) Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood (2003) The Scarlet Plague - Jack London (1912) The White Plague - Frank Herbert (1982) Flood - Stephen Baxter (2008) The Snow - Adam Roberts (2004) The Drowned World - JG Ballard (1962) The Road to Corlay - Richard Cowper (1978) Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler (1993) The Sheep Look Up - John Brunner (1972) The Deluge - Stephen Markley (2023) The Drought - JG Ballard (1964) Children of Men - PD James (1992) Greybeard - Brian Aldiss (1964) The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (1985) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (1996) False Dawn - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1978) The Postman - David Brin (1985) I Am Legend - Richard Matheson (1954) The Passage - Justin Cronin (2010) The Girl With All the Gifts - MR Carey (2014) World War Z - Max Brooks (2006) The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett (1955) A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M Miller (1959) Riddley Walker - Russel Hoban (1980) The Crysalids - John Wyndham (1955) Dr Bloodmoney - Philip K Dick (1965) Ice - Anna Kavan (1967) Z for Zacharia - Robert C O'Brien (1974) Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm (1976) Alas Babylon - Pat Frank (1959)Weekly SCI FI Wrap Up | 21st June 2024SciFiScavenger2024-06-21 | My week in science fiction. What I've read, channel stuff, comment of the week, what I've watched, what's coming up, the usual stuff. #sciencefiction #scifbooks #booktube
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Looking after my hardback sci fi book collectionSciFiScavenger2024-06-15 | For all you ASMR fans, a restful 25 minutes while I muck about protecting some of my hardback sci fi book collection in plastic wrap whilst chatting nonsense about the books. Thrilling stuff, I can tell you. #sciencefiction #scifi #scifibooks #bookcollecting #booktube
Books mentioned in this video: The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester Demon in White - Christopher Ruocchio Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6Classic SCI FI from the 1950s that YOU SHOULD READ!SciFiScavenger2024-06-09 | Discover some of the best science fiction books from the 1950s that every fan should read. From military adventures to dystopian futures, these novels have it all. Featuring Heinlein, Dick, Bradbury and more. #SciFiBooks #1950sLiterature #bookrecommendations #sciencefictionbooks #booktube
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Books mentioned in this video: Heinlein - Starship Troopers Clarke - Childhood's End Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos Asimov - The Caves of Steel Dick - Solar Lottery Bester - The Demolished Man Sturgeon - More Than Human Moore - Bring the Jubilee Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 Vonnegut - Sirens of Titan Clement - Mission of Gravity
00:00 Intro 00:09 Military duty in the stars! 01:22 Pesky kids! 03:27 Murder in the Caves! 05:14 High stakes games! 07:06 Murder & mind reading! 08:32 Many hands make light work! 09:35 Dixie wins! 10:52 Bonfire of books! 12:11 Pointless Sirens! 13:30 Heavy going!Weekly Sci Fi Wrap Up | 7th June 2024SciFiScavenger2024-06-07 | My week in sci fi! What I read, comment of the week, what was on the channel, what's coming up, a book buying bulletin. The usual. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube #weeklyreading #wrapup
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
books mentioned in this video: The Tusks of Extinction -Ray Nayler Mother of Eden -Chris Beckett Man Plus -Frederik Pohl Land of the Headless -Adam Roberts Demon in White -Christopher Ruocchio The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
Reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXv18KNFYD7T7nUbvjrkqnICgutJSsBhb&si=yS5zTq2zRUnJUyw6RANKING the 12 SCI FI books I read in May 2024SciFiScavenger2024-06-02 | I had a really good reading month in May 2024, with some fantastic books under my belt. Join me as I mercilessly rank all 12 (and a half) books, declaring my sci fi book(s) of the month for May 2024. #sciencefiction #scifibooks #booktube #tierranking #bookrecommendations #bookreview
Books mentioned in this video: Robert Silverberg - Lord Valentine's Castle Dave Hutchinson- Sanctuary Anne McCaffrey - Dragonquest Joe Haldeman - Mindbridge Alastair Reynolds - Century Rain Ken MacLeod - Newton's Wake Blake Crouch - Dark Matter Gregory Benford - In the Ocean of Night Robert Reed - Marrow Adrian Tchaikovsky - Cage of Souls KW Jeter - Blade Runner 2 Yoon Ha Lee - Hexarchate Stories Ursula Le Guin - The Other Wind
You can drop me a line at: SciFiScavenger@gmail.com
00:00 Intro 00:14 Sanctuary 02:05 Dragonquest 03:13 Lord Valentine's Castle 06:01 Mindbridge 07:40 Newton's Wake 09:26 Century Rain 11:48 Dark Matter 12:42 In the Ocean of Night 14:42 Marrow 16:17 Cage of Souls 18:02 The Edge of Human 19:46 The Other Wind 20:54 Hexarchate Stories 21:45 Book(s) of the Month