tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post7298131340565658815..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Vandals of the Void - Jack VanceJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-76832131577371520352013-08-11T11:41:02.271-05:002013-08-11T11:41:02.271-05:00In about 1988 I saw an ad in a catalog of used / h...In about 1988 I saw an ad in a catalog of used / hard to find books for a COMPLETE SET of used Winston SF books. Some were ex-library copies, some in great condition some not, but the whole set. I don't recall the price, but I was a couple of months from moving into a new home and didn't have a cent to spare. Oh how I wish I bought them now.<br /><br />I also sure wish someone would reprint them all in TP.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21499165481051760502013-08-09T11:19:26.809-05:002013-08-09T11:19:26.809-05:00I found Vandals of the Void upstairs in the "...I found Vandals of the Void upstairs in the "adult" library, in a bookcase of YA stories. Oddly but Andre Norton and Robert Heinlein's juveniles were downstairs in the children's library. I alway loved Vance and loved that book as well. I was astonished by the price of old Winston juveniles. As far as I know there has never been a concerted effort to reprint the Winston line in TPB with original covers and endpapers. Pity.<br /><br />Another kids book that's too costly to collect is the Mushroom Planet stories. The first and second volumes were reprinted in TPB and are relatively available but the other volumes exist only in their original library edition and run $100 or up each. Another series that seems rip for reprinting.Bebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24990820681903420602013-08-09T10:28:54.196-05:002013-08-09T10:28:54.196-05:00Kelly,
I've mentioned the bookmobile in many p...Kelly,<br />I've mentioned the bookmobile in many posts, but here's a picture of one (not the one from my hometown) and some reminiscing about them by me and some other readers:<br /><br />http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/12/bookmobiles.htmlJames Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73248953191589564062013-08-09T10:09:36.084-05:002013-08-09T10:09:36.084-05:00I want to know more about the bookmobile! (I reall...I want to know more about the bookmobile! (I really do.) Nice writeup. I've run into books before that I wish my younger self had known about. I can still enjoy them, but I know that they would have meant far more to my other self. Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-53869558222693869972013-08-09T08:51:35.719-05:002013-08-09T08:51:35.719-05:00Like you, I read those WINSTON SF novels and loved...Like you, I read those WINSTON SF novels and loved them. I even own a dozen of them, including VANDALS OF THE VOID. I need to go back and reread DANGER: DINOSAURS!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-28692846014186894682013-08-09T08:40:35.351-05:002013-08-09T08:40:35.351-05:00I did read this one when I was twelve or so and lo...I did read this one when I was twelve or so and loved it. This was back when I really liked Vance's work. Later he got a little too 'artsy' or something for my tastes but this one was a lot of fun.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-75835605673467200242013-08-09T08:17:12.738-05:002013-08-09T08:17:12.738-05:00I reacted the exact same way to DANGER: DINOSAURS!...I reacted the exact same way to DANGER: DINOSAURS!, John. It's one of the really influential books of my childhood.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-13490626115744592362013-08-09T06:38:23.571-05:002013-08-09T06:38:23.571-05:00Off topic a bit, forgive me.
Danger: Dinosaurs!
W...Off topic a bit, forgive me.<br /><br />Danger: Dinosaurs!<br />Wow. I loved that one so much that I ritualistically checked it out of the local library every summer vacation for most of middle school. <br />I still recall the plunging, wide-eyed sense of wonder I felt at first being exposed to scientifically described time travel, time paradox, and dangerous dinosaurs. Hell, the slimy villain gets eaten by an Allosaurus! That book might have been written to order for my nine year old mind.<br /><br />John Hocking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com