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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 3, 2016 12:19:38 GMT -5
I've been meaning to include this link on this thread for a long time Back when I was building my SF paperback collection, I began buying much of it from this gentleman. His prices are fantastically inexpensive and his selection is quite good. However, he is a luddite and you will need to deal with his business the old fashioned way, by check or money order. I assume he's still alive, the website is still up. My business with him was before websites existed. Here it is, let me know if you avail yourself to his offerings www.oldsfbooks.com/notes.html
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 3, 2016 18:02:47 GMT -5
Thuglit: Last Writes ed. Todd Robinson And this is it. The last "issue" of Thuglit. After four years, Robinson pulled the plug, stating that the e-zine just wasn't making enough money to justify continuing. And that's too bad. But it goes out with a bang. This is a super strong entry without a bad or even mediocre story in the lot. Adios Thuglit. I haven't read them all...and I will eventually. But I'm really sorry to see the thugs go.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 3, 2016 20:21:51 GMT -5
@ Ish... that sounds like one interesting dude! I looked quickly at the list, man, that's alot of stuff... and just the duplicates? Crazy!
Sorry to hear Thug Lit go.. I just grabbed the one (on Slam's recommendation) but it was pretty decent.. I'll definitely try to grab a couple others when I have the chance.
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Post by berkley on Dec 3, 2016 22:51:10 GMT -5
I've been meaning to include this link on this thread for a long time Back when I was building my SF paperback collection, I began buying much of it from this gentleman. His prices are fantastically inexpensive and his selection is quite good. However, he is a luddite and you will need to deal with his business the old fashioned way, by check or money order. I assume he's still alive, the website is still up. My business with him was before websites existed. Here it is, let me know if you avail yourself to his offerings www.oldsfbooks.com/notes.htmlWow, that is fantastic. Tons of great stuff on there and the prices are low even by my cheapo standards. I'll try ordering something eventually, if he takes Canadian money orders. Thank you, Ish! (edit:) looks like no orders from outside the US, too bad. Looks like a great site for any of our US members, though.
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Post by Confessor on Dec 4, 2016 10:17:42 GMT -5
I've been meaning to include this link on this thread for a long time Back when I was building my SF paperback collection, I began buying much of it from this gentleman. His prices are fantastically inexpensive and his selection is quite good. However, he is a luddite and you will need to deal with his business the old fashioned way, by check or money order. I assume he's still alive, the website is still up. My business with him was before websites existed. Here it is, let me know if you avail yourself to his offerings www.oldsfbooks.com/notes.htmlWow, that is fantastic. Tons of great stuff on there and the prices are low even by my cheapo standards. I'll try ordering something eventually, if he takes Canadian money orders. Thank you, Ish! (edit:) looks like no orders from outside the US, too bad. Looks like a great site for any of our US members, though. That's some great looking inventory this guy has, but it blows my mind that online sites like this even exist! He doesn't take internet payments, won't take orders from outside the U.S., won't take orders over the telephone, and, I assume, won't take them via e-mail either? I mean, I kind of applaud the old school methods and, after all, it's his business, to run in anyway that he sees fit, but he's clearly not a total Luddite. I mean, he actually has a website with inventory listed on it and illustrating photographs for that inventory. So he or someone close to him is obviously somewhat tech savvy. Why not just install a simple online order form and enable card payments or take paypal? I get that he says he's not in this for the profit, but with such a huge inventory and an online "shop front", he clearly still wants to sell some of his stuff. Why not make it a little easier for folks to actually order from him using the internet? He doesn't have to turn his business into amazon, but come on, this is 2016....not 1999.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 4, 2016 11:07:15 GMT -5
Wow, that is fantastic. Tons of great stuff on there and the prices are low even by my cheapo standards. I'll try ordering something eventually, if he takes Canadian money orders. Thank you, Ish! (edit:) looks like no orders from outside the US, too bad. Looks like a great site for any of our US members, though. That's some great looking inventory this guy has, but it blows my mind that online sites like this even exist! He doesn't take internet payments, won't take orders from outside the U.S., won't take orders over the telephone, and, I assume, won't take them via e-mail either? I mean, I kind of applaud the old school methods and, after all, it's his business, to run in anyway that he sees fit, but he's clearly not a total Luddite. I mean, he actually has a website with inventory listed on it and illustrating photographs for that inventory. So he or someone close to him is obviously somewhat tech savvy. Why not just install a simple online order form and enable card payments or take paypal? I get that he says he's not in this for the profit, but with such a huge inventory and an online "shop front", he clearly still wants to sell some of his stuff. Why not make it a little easier for folks to actually order from him using the internet? He doesn't have to turn his business into amazon, but come on, this is 2016....not 1999. As I said, I was a regular customer of his in the pre-internet days, starting probably late 1980s. He was already an older gentleman and I know he has a hearing disability which explains the no phone calls. I'm sure he had someone else institute the website for him and he explains why he only takes checks or money orders in his write up. He must be in his 80s by now Ordering from him required patience via regular mail. That's the way it was back then. I'd just be thankful that a person like him still exists with those type of offerings and those type of prices. His grading is very strict. You will not be disappointed about that. If you order from him, I suggest you include plenty of alternate selections in case your 1st choices had sold out. Also, if the payment you sent exceeds the amount he can ship to you, he sends a personal check back as a refund in the package. He doesn't keep it as credit. I probably wound up getting about 200 paperbacks from him over the years , many my most treasured books. Also got paperback bags and some SF fanzines too. I don't know how much longer Ray will remain on this earth, but if you are a collector, you'd be glad he's still around
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Post by Confessor on Dec 4, 2016 14:17:16 GMT -5
That's some great looking inventory this guy has, but it blows my mind that online sites like this even exist! He doesn't take internet payments, won't take orders from outside the U.S., won't take orders over the telephone, and, I assume, won't take them via e-mail either? I mean, I kind of applaud the old school methods and, after all, it's his business, to run in anyway that he sees fit, but he's clearly not a total Luddite. I mean, he actually has a website with inventory listed on it and illustrating photographs for that inventory. So he or someone close to him is obviously somewhat tech savvy. Why not just install a simple online order form and enable card payments or take paypal? I get that he says he's not in this for the profit, but with such a huge inventory and an online "shop front", he clearly still wants to sell some of his stuff. Why not make it a little easier for folks to actually order from him using the internet? He doesn't have to turn his business into amazon, but come on, this is 2016....not 1999. As I said, I was a regular customer of his in the pre-internet days, starting probably late 1980s. He was already an older gentleman and I know he has a hearing disability which explains the no phone calls. I'm sure he had someone else institute the website for him and he explains why he only takes checks or money orders in his write up. He must be in his 80s by now Ordering from him required patience via regular mail. That's the way it was back then. I'd just be thankful that a person like him still exists with those type of offerings and those type of prices. His grading is very strict. You will not be disappointed about that. If you order from him, I suggest you include plenty of alternate selections in case your 1st choices had sold out. Also, if the payment you sent exceeds the amount he can ship to you, he sends a personal check back as a refund in the package. He doesn't keep it as credit. I probably wound up getting about 200 paperbacks from him over the years , many my most treasured books. Also got paperback bags and some SF fanzines too. I don't know how much longer Ray will remain on this earth, but if you are a collector, you'd be glad he's still around Well, if he's 80, I'll let him off. I do get his reluctance to embrace the digital revolution and, as I say, I actually admire his old school approach. I guess I just find it weird that he's got a website and all, but you can't actually buy through that website.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 4, 2016 14:47:20 GMT -5
Put it this way-If you found a comic dealer with a great inventory at 1990 prices but a 1990 business format, would you order from him? I think the vast majority would in a heartbeat
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Post by Confessor on Dec 4, 2016 15:23:26 GMT -5
Put it this way-If you found a comic dealer with a great inventory at 1990 prices but a 1990 business format, would you order from him? I think the vast majority would in a heartbeat I would if I were in the same country as him, absolutely.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 5, 2016 2:14:36 GMT -5
Tell you what - I live in the US; anybody who wants to order from this guy, PM me and I'll give you my snailmail address. Have him ship to me and I'll forward it to you.
You probably have to find a way to send your payment in US dollars; I have no idea about that.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 9, 2016 19:03:30 GMT -5
Night of the Wolf Fritz Leiber c. 1964 for the collection... the stories are 1940, 1952, 1960, 1962 Lousy cover on this one, I guess they thought Leiber's name was more a draw than the content. I've read quite few short stories stretched into novels, and more often than not, they feel stretched out. The publisher here took a different route, instead taking 4 different short stories and having the writer (or perhaps an editor) writing short bridges from one to the other, and renamed them to fit into a common theme. Not having the originals, I'm not sure if they are edited slightly (the first two really fit together well), or not, but it's a clever idea that worked better than stretching, IMO. The first 'Lone Wolf' (originally the Creature from Cleveland Depths) was by far my favorite. Set in a pre-WWIII Cold War future, it's a cautionary tale about technology gone wrong, with alot of Fritz Leiber's usual cleverness thrown in. It's also amazingly relevant to our phone-obsessed world having been written in 1960. The other three all focused on showing who people are inherently murderous psychopaths, and how different levels of civilization manage to supress those urges. The 2nd 'Wolf Pair' is a Post-WWIII Cold War future, and has an interesting set up for a society, but the story itself it nothing great. The other two (which describe a society rebounded) are pretty blah, with the last one featuring a real head scratching ending, but there are still some fun quotes and ideas that make them worth reading.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 9, 2016 19:56:05 GMT -5
Union Bust (Destroyer #7) by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. One of the better entries in the Destroyer series and one of the more important ones as it introduces Niuhc, who would be Remo and Chuin's nemesis. The plot is very very 70s. A proposed merger of all the transportation unions in the U.S. will threaten the price of everything. So Remo is dispatched to make sure it doesn't happen. It's actually better than it sounds.
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2016 22:21:28 GMT -5
Tell you what - I live in the US; anybody who wants to order from this guy, PM me and I'll give you my snailmail address. Have him ship to me and I'll forward it to you. You probably have to find a way to send your payment in US dollars; I have no idea about that. Thanks Rob, very kind of you to offer. I'll let you know if I ever decide to give it a try.
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2016 22:23:29 GMT -5
Union Bust (Destroyer #7) by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. One of the better entries in the Destroyer series and one of the more important ones as it introduces Niuhc, who would be Remo and Chuin's nemesis. The plot is very very 70s. A proposed merger of all the transportation unions in the U.S. will threaten the price of everything. So Remo is dispatched to make sure it doesn't happen. It's actually better than it sounds. I wonder if Sapir or Murphy ever changed their views about the dangers of union power after the Reagan-Thatcher era. Are you reading the Destroyer books in sequence or just whatever ones you happen to come across?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 9, 2016 22:38:04 GMT -5
Union Bust (Destroyer #7) by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. One of the better entries in the Destroyer series and one of the more important ones as it introduces Niuhc, who would be Remo and Chuin's nemesis. The plot is very very 70s. A proposed merger of all the transportation unions in the U.S. will threaten the price of everything. So Remo is dispatched to make sure it doesn't happen. It's actually better than it sounds. I wonder if Sapir or Murphy ever changed their views about the dangers of union power after the Reagan-Thatcher era. Are you reading the Destroyer books in sequence or just whatever ones you happen to come across? I'm reading them in sequence. Very slowly. I don't expect I'll ever get through all of them, but they're pretty fun when you read one about ever four months or so.
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