Enjoy Broken Little Sister, another obscure Japanese Shoegazer band, which supposedly includes members of Civic. “Blue,” off their Memories, Violet & Demons album, sounds a little bit like Presents for Sally’s “When We All Move Away.”
Shoegazer Sunday: Broken Little Sister’s “Blue”
March 24th, 2019Library Addition: Signed Philip K. Dick Reference Work
March 22nd, 2019Here’s another Philip K. Dick reference work to add to all the rest:
(Dick, Philip K.) Mckee, Gabriel. Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional religion of Philip K. Dick. University Press of America, 2004. First edition trade paperback original, #68 of 100 copies signed and dated by the author on the date of publication (1-6-04). Bought from an online book dealer for $35.
Library Addition: Michael Moorcock’s Caribbean Crisis
March 21st, 2019I picked up a better copy of this to replace one I picked up a few years back:
Moorcock, Michael, with James Cawthorn, as Desmond Reid. Caribbean Crisis. Sexton Blake Library 501/Fleetway Publications, 1962. First edition (“First Printing” stated) trade paperback original (digest format), a Very Good+ copy with small stains to front and rear cover from rusting staple bleed-through (a common flaw for this title), with very slight wrinkling along spine, slight wear at points, a touch of soiling to white cover and the usual age-darkening to the pages. 62 double-column pages, plus a two page “mailbag” at rear. Not sure if this counts as a book serial or a magazine, but it features an English detective who first made his debut in 1893. Currey, page 368. Tanelorn Archives, page 12. An online Sexton Blake bibliography says that W. Howard Baker also did some revisions on this. Bought online for $8.25.
Library Additions: Two Signed/Limited Pulphouse Issues
March 20th, 2019I have a complete run of the trade edition of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine I picked up as they were coming out. Recently I saw a couple of issues of the signed edition of same cheap, so I picked them up at prices that were actually less than what the trade edition retailed for.
Pulphouse wildly overproduced and over-saturated the market in the early 1990s, but I always thought the hardback magazine itself featured solid stories.
Shoegazer Sunday: Stepdad’s “Must Land Running”
March 17th, 2019This is more noisepop than Shoegaze, but it’s similar to some songs I’ve put up, so here it is:
Library Addition: Signed Willis/Felice Light Raid First
March 14th, 2019Another ex-Meschke/Duarte book:
Willis, Connie, and Cynthia Felice. Light Raid. Ace, 1989. First edition hardback, a Very Good+ copy with rubbing along gilt of spine and bumping at head and heel, in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by both the authors: “To Meschke,/The elegeantly/written half is by me./Connie/Willis” “To Meschke/The fun stuff is all/by me! Cynthia Felice.” Karen Meschke was con chair of the 1997 San Antonio Worldcon, where Willis won the Hugo for Best Short Story. Bought from Half Price Books for $13.50.
Library Additions: Signed Editions of Two H. G. Wells Classics
March 7th, 2019Not signed by H.G. Wells, alas, (I have one of those) but by the illustrator.
Wells, H. G. The Time Machine with The War of The Worlds. Limited Editions Club, 1964. First edition thus, #1327 of 1500 numbered sets signed by illustrator Joseph Mugnaini in each book, each Fine copies, sans dust jackets (as issued), in a Very Good+ slipcase with abrasions along the top and other touches of wear. Mugnaini is probably most famous to SF readers for his illustrations of Ray Bradbury books, especially the first edition of The Halloween Tree. This is a handsome set that usually lists for 2-3 times what I paid, and it’s possible I’ll never own nice copies of the true first editions of either. Bought off eBay for $50 for the set.
Library Additions: Two Signed Jack Vance Firsts
March 5th, 2019The Jack Vance buying spree continues:
Library Additions: Wolfe, Schow Signed Firsts
March 2nd, 2019Two signed firsts bought cheap off eBay:
Library Addition: Signed First of Robert Bloch’s Screams
February 27th, 2019This is an upgrade, replacing an unsigned copy of he trade edition with a signed copy of the trade edition:
Bloch, Robert. Screams. Underwood -Miller, 1989. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, with a $39.95 overprint pricing sticker on flap (as issued). Signed by Bloch. Omnibus edition of The Will To Kill, Firebug, and The Star Stalker, being the first hardback editions of each. Chalker/Owings (1991), page 440. Bought off eBay for $25.
