18 Comments on “New Books and ARCs, 4/8/22”

1. Wait, is Ben Bova the title, or is Sam Gunn Jr. the title?

   Who’s on first?

2. Oooh! Lucius Shepard!

   I’m off to Subterranean.

3. For The Throne!!!!!!!!!!! Omgggggg!!!! I didn’t read it correctly at first(allergy eyes). The first book was so good. I can’t wait for this one. I’m giddy.

4. Love Ben Bova! RIP dear one.

5. New Ben Bova? Goes and checks, ah posthumously published. Also wow, Ben Bova wrote a lot more books than I have seen. The Dueling Machine was a childhood favourite.

6. How are Scott Meyer’s novels? I love his (recently revived) comic strip…

7. “Grand Theft Astro!” Oh, LOL! Love it!

8. GTA, yeah, just for the name ;-)

   Lucius Shepard is a name I haven’t heard lately.

   And I’m troubled that ‘Live Nude Aliens’ isn’t a novel…

9. I could definitely go for that Lucius Shepard collection.

10. Lucius Shephard! Cherie Priest!

11. Gail Carriger and Cherie Priest, pls. KTHXBYE

12. Lucius Shepherd’s first (?) novel, “Green Eyes” was a stunner: it hinted at such a weird universe. Sadly, for me, he never quite reached that summit again.

13. Grand Theft Astro was a hoot! Scott’s Magic 2.0 series is also a very fun read!

14. Does anyone know, since I always wonder…does he read all the ARCs that arrive every few weeks? Because they seem like a sizeable collection of books.

15. Nerys, I don’t think he does. I can’t imagine he’d have time to do anything else if he did. I’d have to dig for it, but I think John posted at one point that he posts them on his blog, then gives them away to friends and family or donates them or something.

16. Nerys:

    the dark, dark secret of Baron von Scalzi is he identifies the best of those ARCs and via eldritch quantum particles e-mails them to himself five years ago

17. Ben Bova… No doubt, no hesitation.

18. I really did think that it was a biography of Ben Bova until I looked it up.