tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post3637610490798512787..comments2024-03-27T10:53:14.239-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: The Sesquicentennial of M.P. Shiel Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-75427179298177249712015-07-21T23:47:53.466-04:002015-07-21T23:47:53.466-04:00I've found that serendipity of discovery in li...I've found that serendipity of discovery in libraries as well, but it means something more when you can take home your own copy of your discovery! <br /><br />Thanks for writing. Your perspective is always welcome here. Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-63113143960431946612015-07-21T23:31:07.451-04:002015-07-21T23:31:07.451-04:00So true...I have experienced some wonderful used b...So true...I have experienced some wonderful used book shops that still provided quality stock at reasonable prices, but they are few and far between and never seem to be nearby.<br />What you miss about good book shops--that serendipity of discovery--I was fortunate to experience in my university's excellent libraries. Wandering the stacks, often in search of an obscure novel I couldn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-1142183128604480262015-07-21T22:13:53.441-04:002015-07-21T22:13:53.441-04:00What I miss about visiting used book shops is the ...What I miss about visiting used book shops is the unexpected finds---something you didn't know you wanted, but it looks interesting and it's worth the gamble of a modest price. You don't get that at all from the online experience, and the few used bookstores that are still open have taken to looking every book up on the internet, and then pricing a shabby copy as much as what a firstDouglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-12563656076882566312015-07-21T14:40:03.602-04:002015-07-21T14:40:03.602-04:00As the original poster, thank you all for commenti...As the original poster, thank you all for commenting. As a "millenial" book collector, we begin by searching for books online. The internet is often where we "discover" an author or genre that appeals to us in the first place. This blog has helped me to do that and each issue of Wormwood often becomes a printed shopping list I have to add to a growing list of wants. I feelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-15863243571244780502015-07-21T12:39:40.728-04:002015-07-21T12:39:40.728-04:00The Colin Knapp book is part of the newer series o...The Colin Knapp book is part of the newer series of F&SF, while I was meaning the long-standing unnamed series, now running to about sixty books, of mostly crappy fourth-rate junk, with delusionally effusive praise by the series editor. These include authors such as Richard B. Gamon, Donald Dale, Edmund Snell, James Corbett, Ronald S.L. Harding, etc. Occasionally decent books can be found in Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-50289404726803861852015-07-21T12:21:44.961-04:002015-07-21T12:21:44.961-04:00I just picked up The Cloudbuilders by Colin Kapp, ...I just picked up The Cloudbuilders by Colin Kapp, one of the Dancing Tuatara Press line from Ramble House, and found it to be excellent. It depends on who is the author rather than the publisher. A lot of their material is reprinted from the pulp magazines, and was designed to be read by pulp fans rather than by persons seeking great literature.<br /><br />However, I can also sympathize with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-10051679247801969902015-07-21T01:40:10.198-04:002015-07-21T01:40:10.198-04:00I can sympathize with your rant as a young collect...I can sympathize with your rant as a young collector--even though I am a middle-aged one. A lot of what I've read and written about are from books I picked up in the 80s and 90s (and 00s), when they were much cheaper. But even considering that, there are a number of authors I've not yet published on because, for love or money, I can't access one or two of their books. In some cases Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-27392825682499089152015-07-21T01:10:31.234-04:002015-07-21T01:10:31.234-04:00I have collected and read the books of M.P. Shiel(...I have collected and read the books of M.P. Shiel(even those he wrote under pseudonyms) since first reading a Tartarus reprint of Prince Zaleski. This is no easy feat for someone who hasn't been at this book collecting game for long, especially in the United States where he remains even lesser known than Machen. Mr. Billing's biographies of Shiel, I have no doubt, are brilliant and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com