SF, steampunk, horror, fantasy, and all the hybrids and crossovers of these genres interest me at many points in time. Overall, horror has been a genre that I have read since as long as I can remember. SF, maybe as much, though my early SF was related to tie-ins to games like Battletech and movies [...]
Posts under ‘Book Collecting’
$75
What can I get for $75 that is well worth the money and is a solid buy. I will list a few things and I will avoid the small press since there are plenty of good buys from established presses like Earthling Publications and Bloodletting Press to name a couple.
Using Biblio.com, I have come up [...]
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson
Science, when it is distilled, comes down to experimentation. In this day science experimentation is relegated to huge teams of scientists with the goal of making a profit (this is broad generalization but for my purposes it makes a good point). It is rare that there [...]
On the Collector and the Speculator
The Differences between the Collector and the Speculator with regards to intrinsic and monetary value.
A recent post on a message board I browse has given me this topic to explore. An interesting topic to say the least. The implication that buying books as an investment is something that collectors do and only do [...]
On Ultra Limited Editions- Case in Point
In previous posts I discussed how the specialty press is both good and bad for the collector. I don’t know if I got my point across in terms of how specialty presses make poor decisions in publishing certain authors or books, setting price points higher than they should be, and jumping into the game [...]
