Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find

In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
old books.

https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/
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In article <tsdjv4$lja$1@reader2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

> Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
>
> In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
> online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
> old books.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should
> -try-to-find/

I have both _Amazons!_ and _Gifts of Blood_ (Baen paperback). BTW, I
also have _Amazons II_ (just a side affect of buying around 200 books a
year for decades). For that matter, I have some of titles mentioned in
the comments.

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On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 2:11:36 AM UTC+11, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
>
> In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
> online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
> old books.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/

Is there a reason "The Fortunate Fall" is listed as by Cameron Reed when the cover clearly says Raphael Carter? Ordinarily I'd assume a pen name, but neither wikipedia nor isdfb suggest this is the case.

-Moriarty

On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 4:42:28 PM UTC-5, Moriarty wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 2:11:36 AM UTC+11, James Nicoll wrote:
> > Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
> >
> > In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
> > online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
> > old books.
> >
> > https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/
> Is there a reason "The Fortunate Fall" is listed as by Cameron Reed
> when the cover clearly says Raphael Carter? Ordinarily I'd assume a
> pen name, but neither wikipedia nor isdfb suggest this is the case.

https://wandering.shop/@LateOnsetGirl includes the following
February 8, 2023 post:

"Okay, I am tired of keeping this to myself, so here goes:

A mere 26 years after The Fortunate Fall*, I am working seriously on
another novel. The book is called What We Are Seeking and I really
don't know what to say about it, so I will just post the opening
paragraphs.

* Published under my deadname, Raphael Carter"

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 8:55:43 AM UTC+11, Ahasuerus wrote:
> On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 4:42:28 PM UTC-5, Moriarty wrote:
> > On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 2:11:36 AM UTC+11, James Nicoll wrote:
> > > Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
> > >
> > > In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
> > > online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
> > > old books.
> > >
> > > https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/
> > Is there a reason "The Fortunate Fall" is listed as by Cameron Reed
> > when the cover clearly says Raphael Carter? Ordinarily I'd assume a
> > pen name, but neither wikipedia nor isdfb suggest this is the case.
> https://wandering.shop/@LateOnsetGirl includes the following
> February 8, 2023 post:
>
> "Okay, I am tired of keeping this to myself, so here goes:
>
> A mere 26 years after The Fortunate Fall*, I am working seriously on
> another novel. The book is called What We Are Seeking and I really
> don't know what to say about it, so I will just post the opening
> paragraphs.
>
> * Published under my deadname, Raphael Carter"

Ah, thanks! Interestingly, she talks of her partner Pamela Dean who was/is married to former rasfw-er David Dyer-Bennet.

-Moriarty

On 2/13/2023 9:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
>
> In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
> online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
> old books.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/

Zero for five here.

Half Price Books ( www.hpb.com ) is a good place to wander through. I
have bought many used books from then in person and through their Amazon
listings. They have over 120 stores around the USA and have been in
business for 50 years. Sorry, none in Canada.
https://hpb.com/all-stores-list

Lynn

On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 5:55:03 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 2/13/2023 9:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> > Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
> >
> > In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
> > online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
> > old books.
> >
> > https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/
> Zero for five here.
>
> Half Price Books ( www.hpb.com ) is a good place to wander through. I
> have bought many used books from then in person and through their Amazon
> listings. They have over 120 stores around the USA and have been in
> business for 50 years.

It was a rare visit to half-price in Austin that didn't see my wallet thinner by $200.

Then they opened one in College station. Paradise. (Though the amazing "Joe's Books"
offered stiff competition.)

> Sorry, none in Canada.

We do not lack for great used book stores here.

William Hyde

In article <a196225e-8249-4a1a-ab07-e7dc13db24f6n@googlegroups.com>,
Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 2:11:36 AM UTC+11, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find
>>
>> In person, I mean. No offence to online used book sellers but buying
>> online doesn't have the same zing as searching through stacks of
>> old books.
>>
>>
>https://www.tor.com/2023/02/13/five-out-of-print-books-every-sff-reader-should-try-to-find/
>
>Is there a reason "The Fortunate Fall" is listed as by Cameron
>Reed when the cover clearly says Raphael Carter? Ordinarily I'd
>assume a pen name, but neither wikipedia nor isdfb suggest this
>is the case.

When I said in the article,

"Originally published under a now disused byline," I meant
that Reed used at that time a name different from the one
Reed now uses, that no longer used one being the one on
the cover.
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On 2023-02-13, Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> wrote:
>
> Ah, thanks! Interestingly, she talks of her partner Pamela Dean who was/is married to former rasfw-er David Dyer-Bennet.

Wikipedia says polyamory, not hexapodia, is the key insight.

-dsr-

In connection with an earlier review of yours linked to from this review...

The Wikipedia page on Rob Tellure did not have a section on his personal
life which listed the names of the women to which he was married.

But it did give a list to his web page.

http://www.robchilson.name/index.html

His web page had two photos of him. One of them was taken by... Alyson
Tellure.

Could Alison Tellure have been the (rather transparent) pen name of
Alyson Tellure? Or could Rob Tellure be keeping the identity of his wife a
closely guarded secret to protect her, so that she is still hidden behind
her pen name as a photographer?

Inquiring minds might want to know, but at this point I got so confused
that I gave up.

John Savard

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 11:55:56 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
> In connection with an earlier review of yours linked to from this review...
>
> The Wikipedia page on Rob
Chilson
> did not have a section on his personal
> life which listed the names of the women to which he was married.
>
> But it did give a list to his web page.
>
> http://www.robchilson.name/index.html
>
> His web page had two photos of him. One of them was taken by... Alyson
> Tellure.
>
> Could Alison Tellure have been the (rather transparent) pen name of
> Alyson Tellure? Or could Rob
Chilson
> be keeping the identity of his wife a
> closely guarded secret to protect her, so that she is still hidden behind
> her pen name as a photographer?
>
> Inquiring minds might want to know, but at this point I got so confused
> that I gave up.

My memory is not working as well as it should be this evening...

John Savard

On Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 06:55:56 UTC, Quadibloc wrote:
> In connection with an earlier review of yours linked to from this review...
>
> The Wikipedia page on Rob Tellure did not have a section on his personal
> life which listed the names of the women to which he was married.
>
> But it did give a list to his web page.
>
> http://www.robchilson.name/index.html
>
> His web page had two photos of him. One of them was taken by... Alyson
> Tellure.
>
> Could Alison Tellure have been the (rather transparent) pen name of
> Alyson Tellure?

Or are they members of extremely small [*]
science fiction writer group, The Tellurians?

[*] Although very nearly everybody is eligible. ;-)