tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post8541852622613323300..comments2024-03-28T04:15:00.814-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: INCOMINGJerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-76374904726179245472015-04-27T15:14:35.468-07:002015-04-27T15:14:35.468-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-74323732146971860832015-04-27T15:14:33.069-07:002015-04-27T15:14:33.069-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-47482423855940351622015-04-27T15:14:26.542-07:002015-04-27T15:14:26.542-07:00Almost. Not quite. Gotta get a bigger house.Almost. Not quite. Gotta get a bigger house.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-45084402945204926952015-04-27T15:12:17.132-07:002015-04-27T15:12:17.132-07:00Richard, the Oz book is a large sized paperback, 5...Richard, the Oz book is a large sized paperback, 547 pages of double columns. No illos, alas. I've found Farmer to be very good or very disappointing. He was never afraid of experimentation and never lost his pulp roots. This series dates from a time when popular SF authors "concepts" were milked into multi-author, multi-book series; this one interests me because Charles de Lint and Richard Lupoff are two of the authors. The Vinge is from 2006 and is a Hugo and Locus award winner. I've heard the Bluejay "Year's Best" volumes are difficult to f've never bothered to check how true this is, but I have never seen one in my travels to used book stores and thrift shops. I'd be the first to admit that most horror is dreck but there's a lot of good stuff out there (and some of the bad stuff can be fun reading). Eerybody has their own favorites when it comes to genres. That's what makes horse races.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-69104856351815534082015-04-27T10:42:07.339-07:002015-04-27T10:42:07.339-07:00I have lots to say this time. Here goes: I've ...I have lots to say this time. Here goes: I've never been able to see the lure of Farmer, so the volumes in a series based on a concept would be no go for me. Also no go are the various horror books, since I just don't like horror unless it's in the guise of nasty alien SF (as in the film 'Alien'). The Oz books omnibus, that can't possibly be all in one book. so it's a set? HC or pb? Illustrated? I've read ten all, and quite a few of the Ruth Plumley Thompson ones also, which I like as well. So is this one of the rare Dozois ones? His is one of the better series of "best of SF", I think. I liked the Penzler CHRISTMAS AT MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP collection quite a bit. How old is that Vernor Vinge? If I could read just one? Probably LAST KING OF TEXAS, as I have not read any of those. Goo list this time.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-37784802534554537192015-04-27T07:03:44.861-07:002015-04-27T07:03:44.861-07:00This must be a record. This must be a record. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com