willyhill writes "I'm a SciFi and Fantasy book nut, but in the last few years I've found it more and more difficult to find the time to read. Contrary to what most people would think, I actually have a hard time finding books, rather than cuddling up with them. In reality, I don't have time to dick around at my local Barnes & Noble and browse books, and I find it dicey and expensive to do the same at Amazon or other online retailers.
I was looking at a magazine the other day and I found an advert for the Science Fiction Book Club. While my experience with CD clubs and the like in the past has not been entirely positive, I was prepared to give it a shot given the fact that it would be less expensive than Amazon in the long run. The problem was that their selection is not exactly grand. Having read the Simmons Hyperion Cantos for example, I was ready to give Ilium a go, but I could only find its sequel.
How do other Slashdot readers get their hands on SciFi books? I tried Googling for book clubs and the like but there's too much static out there, mostly caused by Oprah. Any suggestions would be appreciated!"
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I happen to be the chairman of the NCSF, the oldest dutch SF association, founded 1967.
One of our activities is a second-hand book club. Our members get 1/3 off. Our collection is mostly Dutch, with a decent amount of English and a bit of French and German and a few other languages.
My family reads a lot of science fiction and fantasy and has been buying a lot of it through SFBC because they make hardback versions. (Paperbacks are nice but they wear out too quickly.) We have to wait a bit before they come out in SFBC editions, but that is fine with us. We are not the types that need to read the books the moment they are published. We DO reread the ones we like though, which is why we recently bought ten seven foot tall book cases. While not all the shelves are filled with SFBC boo
Maybe if you're dutch... (Score:1)
One of our activities is a second-hand book club. Our members get 1/3 off. Our collection is mostly Dutch, with a decent amount of English and a bit of French and German and a few other languages.
Henk
SFBC with provisos (Score:2)
My family reads a lot of science fiction and fantasy and has been buying a lot of it through SFBC because they make hardback versions. (Paperbacks are nice but they wear out too quickly.) We have to wait a bit before they come out in SFBC editions, but that is fine with us. We are not the types that need to read the books the moment they are published. We DO reread the ones we like though, which is why we recently bought ten seven foot tall book cases. While not all the shelves are filled with SFBC boo