User:Chris1400

About me

Born in the 90's and obsessed with 60's - 90's sci fi. I acquire faster than I can read, regularly raiding the sci fi & fantasy bookshelves at local charity and second hand book shops.

Collection Goals

Gollancz Science Fiction Masterworks

Current progress:

Author's A-F Title Author Owned? Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds No The Demolished Man Alfred Bester Yes The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester No Rogue Moon Algis Budrys No Hard to Be a God Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Yes Monday Starts on Saturday Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Yes Roadside Picnic Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Yes The Doomed City Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky No The Inhabited Island Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Yes The Snail on the Slope Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky No A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke No Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke Yes The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke Yes Limbo Bernard Wolfe Yes Cryptozoic! Brian Aldiss No Greybeard Brian Aldiss No Helliconia Brian Aldiss No Non-Stop Brian Aldiss Yes The Space Merchants C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl No Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland Yes Inverted World Christopher Priest Yes The Affirmation Christopher Priest No The Prestige Christopher Priest No The Separation Christopher Priest No City Clifford D. Simak No Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland No Doomsday Book Connie Willis Yes Time Is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis Connie Willis No To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last Connie Willis No Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith No The Rediscovery of Man Cordwainer Smith No The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe D. G. Compton No Hyperion Dan Simmons No The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons No Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Yes The Caltraps of Time David I. Masson Yes Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison No Wasp Eric Frank Russell No Hellstrom's Hive Frank Herbert No Gateway Frederik Pohl Yes Jem Frederik Pohl Yes

Author's G-J Title Author Owned? The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw Gene Wolfe No The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel Gene Wolfe No The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe No The Child Garden Geoff Ryman No Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell No Dying of the Light George R. R. Martin No Earth Abides George R. Stewart No The Sea and Summer George Turner No Eon Greg Bear No The Best of Greg Egan Greg Egan No Timescape Gregory Benford No Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones No Castles Made of Sand Gwyneth Jones No Kairos Gwyneth Jones No Life Gwyneth Jones No White Queen Gwyneth Jones No The First Men in the Moon H. G. Wells No The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth H. G. Wells No The Invisible Man H. G. Wells Yes The Island of Doctor Moreau H. G. Wells No The Shape of Things to Come H. G. Wells No The Time Machine H. G. Wells Yes The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells Yes Mission of Gravity Hal Clement No Desolation Road Ian McDonald No River of Gods Ian McDonald No The Embedding Ian Watson No The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov No The Body Snatchers Jack Finney Yes Night Lamp Jack Vance No Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack No A Case of Conscience James Blish No Cities In Flight James Blish No This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow No Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree, Jr. No The Female Man Joanna Russ No The Forever War Joe Haldeman No Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner No The Shockwave Rider John Brunner No Engine Summer John Crowley No The Deep John Crowley No The Andromeda Anthology John Elliot, Fred Hoyle No Growing Up Weightless John M. Ford No Land Under England Joseph O'Neill Yes

Author's K-P Title Author Owned? R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) and War with the Newts Karel Čapek? Yes Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler No Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm Yes Pavane Keith Roberts No The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut Yes Ringworld Larry Niven Yes The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett No Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard No Arslan M. J. Engh No Light M. John Harrison No Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley No China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh No No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop No Transfigurations Michael Bishop No Behold the Man Michael Moorcock No The Dancers at the End of Time Michael Moorcock No Swastika Night Murray Constantine No Ammonite Nicola Griffith No Slow River Nicola Griffith No Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon Yes Odd John Olaf Stapledon No Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord Olaf Stapledon No Star Maker Olaf Stapledon No Fools Pat Cadigan Yes Synners Pat Cadigan No Fairyland Paul McAuley No The Secret of Life Paul McAuley No A Maze of Death Philip K. Dick No A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick No Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick Yes Dr Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick Yes Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick No Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick Yes The Penultimate Truth Philip K. Dick Yes The Simulacra Philip K. Dick No The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick Yes Time Out of Joint Philip K. Dick Yes Ubik Philip K. Dick No VALIS Philip K. Dick Yes Tau Zero Poul Anderson Yes

Author's Q-Z Title Author Owned? The Best of R. A. Lafferty R. A. Lafferty No Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack No I Am Legend Richard Matheson Yes The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson No Double Star Robert A. Heinlein Yes The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein No A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg No Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg No Dying Inside Robert Silverberg No Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg No Needle in a Timestack Robert Silverberg Yes The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg No Lord of Light Roger Zelazny No The Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny No The Second Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny No Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany Yes Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany No Nova Samuel R. Delany No Grass Sheri S. Tepper No Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper No The Gate to Women's Country Sheri S. Tepper No Raft Stephen Baxter Yes Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin No Half Past Human T. J. Bass No The Godwhale T. J. Bass No More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon No Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan No Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin No The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin No The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose Ursula K. Le Guin No The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin Yes Worlds of Exile and Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin No The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin Yes The Lathe of Heaven Ursula Le Guin Yes A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge No A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge Yes Dark Benediction Walter M. Miller, Jr. No Mockingbird Walter Tevis No The Man Who Fell to Earth Walter Tevis Yes Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore No The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling No Of Men and Monsters William Tenn No

The Science Fiction Masterworks series by Gollancz was very much a trigger of my collecting obsession, the uniform cover/spine design/layout etc. across multiple books has become somewhat of an addiction within my collection and a quick glance at my bookshelves shows that the SFM series was only start. From the Panther / Granada editions of Asimov's books to a slowly growing line of Sphere SF books its starting to create little uniform pockets within my shelves. I would ideally like to get a complete set these Masterworks paperbacks (specifically the newer design), however at over 160 titles in the series this is a long term goal.

Currently own ~44

Gollancz Golden Age Masterworks

Current progress:

Golden Age Masterworks Title Author Owned? Against the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke Yes Earthlight Arthur C. Clarke Yes The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke Yes Doomsday Morning C. L. Moore Yes Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore Yes Judgement Night C. L. Moore Yes Northwest of Earth C. L. Moore Yes Galactic Patrol E. E. 'Doc' Smith Yes Gray Lensman E. E. 'Doc' Smith No Second Stage Lensmen E. E. 'Doc' Smith No Children of the Lens E. E. 'Doc' Smith No Stories of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs No Deathworld Harry Harrison No The Deathworld Omnibus Harry Harrison Yes The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison No Fury Henry Kutner Yes The Outward Urge John Wyndham No Sidewise in Time Murray Leinster Yes

As with the SF Masterworks, the Golden age masterworks are very appealing for their uniform design. The titles so far have also all had some fantastic artwork for their covers by Tithi Luandthong. This is a series I'd like to try and stay fairly up to date and keep on top of while it's still growing.

Currently own 11 out of 18

Destinies + New Destinies Magazines

Current progress:

Destinies Magazine # Owned? Destinies Vol.1 No.1 On order Destinies Vol.1 No.2 On order Destinies Vol.1 No.3 On order Destinies Vol.1 No.4 On order Destinies Vol.1 No.5 Yes Destinies Vol.2 No.1 On order Destinies Vol.2 No.2 On order Destinies Vol.2 No.3 On order Destinies Vol.2 No.4 Yes Destinies Vol.3 No.1 On order Destinies Vol.3 No.2 No The Best of Destinies On order

New Destinies Magazine # Owned? Destinies Vol.I Yes Destinies Vol.II No Destinies Vol.III No Destinies Vol.IV No Destinies Vol.V No Destinies Vol.VI No Destinies Vol.VII No Destinies Vol.VIII No Destinies Vol.IX Yes

Having stumbled across two copies of New Destinies last year and going on to find two copies of the original Destinies this year, I got round to giving one a shot (at the time of writing, this is the book I'm currently reading, at ~75% through). Having thoroughly enjoyed what I've read so far I decided to check how many magazine volumes where published, expecting a gargantuan number that would be almost impossible to collect, only to find the number far lower and manageable, the good news didn't take long to be shattered when I saw the prices these seem to go for online. £20 isn't going to break the bank, but it certainly stings when I've managed to pickup 4 volumes for between £1.50 - £2.50 each by stumbling into them at second hand book shops. I'd love a full set of this magazine and it's newer version, but I think this will be a very slow burn, picking up copies as and when I bump into them in the wild at low cost.