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== Collection Goals == | == Collection Goals == | ||
=== Gollancz Science Fiction Masterworks === | === Gollancz Science Fiction Masterworks === | ||
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+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable floatright" | ||
+ | |+ | ||
+ | |+ '''Current progress:''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top; | | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:30em" | ||
+ | |+ 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 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top; | | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:30em" | ||
+ | |+ 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 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top; | | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:30em" | ||
+ | |+ 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 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top; | | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:30em" | ||
+ | |+ 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. | 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), | + | 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 | Currently own ~44 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === Gollancz Golden Age Masterworks === | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable floatright" | ||
+ | |+ | ||
+ | |+ '''Current progress:''' | ||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top; | | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:30em" | ||
+ | |+ 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 === | === Destinies + New Destinies Magazines === | ||
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− | |||
− | |||
− | {| | + | {| class="wikitable floatright" |
+ | |+ | ||
|+ '''Current progress:''' | |+ '''Current progress:''' | ||
− | | | + | | style="vertical-align: top; | |
− | {| class="wikitable sortable" | + | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:16em" |
|+ Destinies | |+ Destinies | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Magazine # !! Owned? | ! Magazine # !! Owned? | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.1 No.1 || | + | | Destinies Vol.1 No.1 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.1 No.2 || | + | | Destinies Vol.1 No.2 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.1 No.3 || | + | | Destinies Vol.1 No.3 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.1 No.4 || | + | | Destinies Vol.1 No.4 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
| Destinies Vol.1 No.5 || Yes | | Destinies Vol.1 No.5 || Yes | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.2 No.1 || | + | | Destinies Vol.2 No.1 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.2 No.2 || | + | | Destinies Vol.2 No.2 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.2 No.3 || | + | | Destinies Vol.2 No.3 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
| Destinies Vol.2 No.4 || Yes | | Destinies Vol.2 No.4 || Yes | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Destinies Vol.3 No.1 || | + | | Destinies Vol.3 No.1 || On order |
|- | |- | ||
| Destinies Vol.3 No.2 || No | | Destinies Vol.3 No.2 || No | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | The Best of Destinies || | + | | The Best of Destinies || On order |
|} | |} | ||
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− | {| class="wikitable sortable" | + | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" Style="width:15em" |
|+ New Destinies | |+ New Destinies | ||
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+ | 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. |
Latest revision as of 04:09, 25 October 2022
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
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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
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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
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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.