Watching episodes of Outlaw Bookseller is like going to that big city bookstore you like to frequent, and having your own private guided tour, complete with suggestions, background on authors and the like, by the proprietor himself, but being able to do so from the comfort of your own home instead of fighting traffic, foul weather and peril getting yourself to the store. There is no better "guide" one could hope for than Mr. Andrews. Top shelf! Cheers.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Thanks Rick. You imagine what it would be like if I could have owned my own bookshop- which is different to just managing them- it will never happen, sadly (money, location, time never right etc)- but I still dream of doing it and curating the best books in print in one place. I just have to try and do it at home instead.....
@SciFiScavenger
3 ай бұрын
I ❤️ the Shaws and the Silverberg. Very nice indeed!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, cracking!
@leonblank4606
3 ай бұрын
Great to see you back in KZitem Town with your literary six-gun blazing! I'm not sure if you've seen "Renegade," the 2004 acid Western starring Vincent Cassel, Juliette Lewis, Eddie Izzard, and Ernest Borgnine. It was adapted from the comic book series "Blueberry," illustrated by Moebius. All the best and a huge thank you for this fantastic channel!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
I tend not to watch many contemporary Westerns, but I'll stick it on the watch list, thanks!
@reynoldsmathey
3 ай бұрын
Glad to hear you're feeling better, Steve. As someone who is living in the American West, I enjoyed your dive into westerns. That portion of our literature is treasured and resounds into our culture even now, as much of the fiction was whittled away from facts. As the newsman said in 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance', "When the legend becomes the facts, print the legend." Lovely views of your local countryside, thanks!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
I found 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' revelatory when considering it as an inspiration for Leone, great film.
@j.j.5731
3 ай бұрын
Some great Westerns to check out. True Grit - Charles Portis Forty Lashes Less One - Elmore Leonard An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce Paradise Sky - Joe Lansdale And for a real sweeping epic Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
I've read the Bierce- and other stories by him. Lansdale I've also read. Same for Larry McM. Leonard I don't get on with- though I've only read his crime, been selling his Westerns for decades. I was thinking the other day I should read Portis.
@erikpaterson1404
3 ай бұрын
you mentioned him recently, I was very fortunate to find that exact copy... looking forward to tucking into it..
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Mentioned Who, sorry?
@sciencefictionreads
3 ай бұрын
The Bob Shaw covers are gorgeous. Attanasio is an author I need to check out! I have several of his books at this point.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Hi Matt- Attanasio can be a difficult read, but there's no-one else like him. I reckon you'd love his HIstorical novel 'Wyvern', which is about Piracy- my favourite book by him.
@leakybootpress9699
3 ай бұрын
A very nice stack of hardcover SF, Steve. I'm prepared to believe the seller when he says he bought them from a printer. Book printers used to keep a file copy or two of every book they printed just as publishers kept file copies of every book they published.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
He has some Morrigan, actually - Keith and R A Lafferty. If you want a link let me know...
@JosephReadsBooks
3 ай бұрын
This was a great video. I enjoyed seeing your thoughts on a wide range of books(I just found your channel). Keep up the good work!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Many thanks. Welcome aboard. Do look at the backlist, there are a large number of literature videos here and my Italian and French travel videos also have literary content.
@NZAnimeManga
3 ай бұрын
Another great video, thanks Steve! Do you have any other LOA volumes?
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
A few. Most of them are not distributed in the UK for copyright reasons and as I say, I tend to dislike the thin paper. I would love more though...
@thekeywitness
3 ай бұрын
Calder looks fun. My TBR grows yet again! 😊
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Calder?
@thekeywitness
3 ай бұрын
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Dead Girls
@thekeywitness
3 ай бұрын
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Dead Girls
@AJBell-dh6ry
3 ай бұрын
I've been a Richard Calder fan for over twenty years, and I've always recommended him to people. Back in the 90s, there seemed to be this unfortunate trend of over-the-top violence and sex in genre books (especially horror fiction); Calder leaves them all in the dust. He's a real stylist. Should be read more. I have fond memories of discovering him and Jeff Noon at around the same time.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, Jeff Noon's a good 'un. He appears in my November video 'J G Ballard Anhtology Multi-Author Signing'. I think it was the influence of Splatterpunk Horror, but there was quite a bit of violence in Cyberpunk which bled into the 1990s.
@chocolatemonk
3 ай бұрын
Had me at the title. The Blue is new and vibrant on that Shaw!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, it is. I shot that vid in 4K but rendered it in 1080p HD. I can't render in 4K as my PC doesn't have enough RAM, but rendering a $K shoot in HD does make colours pop anyway.
@GrumpyScotsman
3 ай бұрын
I had to interrupt my reading of Professor Alice Roberts' Crypt to watch your video. I now have more reading list ideas. I'm glad your feeling better.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
I have a copy of that lying around somewhere....
@glockensig
3 ай бұрын
Love the westerns!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
More to come!
@kufujitsu
3 ай бұрын
I was sceptical about Attanasio's fantasy novels as well, but after finishing three others of his - The Moon's Wife (a magical realist novel) & The Last Legends of Earth (SF) -: which were so-so as stories but still enjoyable - & Centuries (SF) which I loved, I went out & bought a bunch of his novels, including several of his high fantasy books. He was a very colorful & entertaining writer - seemingly ignored by today's SF/fantasy readers
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, he is- both ignored and colourful that is. I love 'Wyvern' and his early SF and short stories, amazing.
@CinePhill
3 ай бұрын
It was Henry Fonda in the Ox Bow Incident old chap, just to be a pedant 😂 But I adore the genre, Spaghetti’s got me hooked and I’ve took a deep dive on those over the last 30 years. Love me some Ford too though, Liberty Valance is superb! I’d recommend Terror In A Texas Town for a great blacklist B flick as well as any of Sam Fullers Westerns.
@johnmooney9403
3 ай бұрын
Hi Stephen enjoyed the Western theme of this show. I love the Spaghetti Westerns. I recently purchased Sergio Leone ' Dollars trilogy on bluray ' excellent films. Once upon a time in the West is another favourite of mine. Great video as always. 👍
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
As I say, there will be more on Westerns- films and novels- to come here. Thanks John!
@Six-Shooter
3 ай бұрын
Hey Steve, glad you are talking more about westerns. I'd love more people to read the genre and thsts why I created my very amateur channel to get people excited about the genre again and help people find authors and stories. I hope you may find a western you'd like to read from my channel as I show off my collection over time. In my opinion, it's the greatest genre to tell a good story and although they can be stereotypical, they stand the test of time if you ask me. 🤠
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it, Iw as thinking about you when I brought Westerns up. More Western content to come here...
@unstopitable
3 ай бұрын
I'm really digging these non-SF videos. I almost feel like I should stop watching for a while--just to catch up. The Director's Cut, for personal reasons, looks quite tantalizing. Anyway, glad to hear you're doing a little better.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Thanks mate!
@erikpaterson1404
3 ай бұрын
Aye just picked up that Moshfegh title... it also looks quite intriguing. Also Eilleen and Labvona Here you are mr Andrews selling books to someone half-way across the world... lovely stuff
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
The Moshfegh gets into a loop chronicling the protagonists' behaviour that I think echoes those times- late 90s early new millennium- and builds subtly to an underplayed but quite brilliant climax.
@GypsyRoSesx
3 ай бұрын
I love that Westerns volume from LoA and have had my eye on it for some time. I’ve only read one western (I believe?) and it is the novel, “Shane,” included there. I absolutely loved it!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
The few Western novels I've read - from 'Warlock' to 'The Ox-Bow Incident', from 'O Pioneers' by Willa Cather to 'Blood Meridian' by Cormac McCarthy have all been great experiences. I'm sure I'll love 'Shane' too.
@GypsyRoSesx
3 ай бұрын
@@outlawbookselleroriginalI didn’t have high hopes for it so it really surprised me how much I ended up loving it. And a great thing it was really short. I ended up reading several parts of it aloud to my uncle and it had him on the edge of his seat. It was quite cinematic.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
@@GypsyRoSesx I may well read it soon as part of my Western studies! I've always been put off the film by Alan ladd, who was really too short of stature and too clean cut to meet the needs of the character. Watch this space for a Western update. Lovely to hear from you as always!
@stevenmichalkow
3 ай бұрын
I must admit I enjoy whenever your videos have shots of the English countryside. I would regularly visit Hampshire and Cornwall when I travelled to the UK and still miss the area. I guess that's why Keith Roberts has such an appeal to me!
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
I love shooting outside in good weather, but this country has so little of it. I hope you've watched my Keith Roberts locations video from last year- and some of my videos shot in Capri, Italy last spring are pleasant too. Thanks.
@stevenmichalkow
3 ай бұрын
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Indeed, that's in part what inspired me to go deeper into Keith Roberts...I have all but 3 of his books at this point.
@erikpaterson1404
3 ай бұрын
I think the most recent of Eliza Clark's is Penance?
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yep.
@jhonas329
3 ай бұрын
The Ox Bow Incident was filmed in 1943 and starred Henry Fonda.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, I know...I've never seen it though, so I need to remedy that. Ultimately, it was the Western I selected for inclusion in my book '100 Must Read Books For Men'.
@michaeldaly1495
3 ай бұрын
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Great film, well worth a watch. By the way, I tried to leave a comment three times on one of your previous vids but they all got deleted. I wonder what's going on there - I don't think I wrote anything inflammatory at all. Strange. About westerns, when I was about 12 years old, I loved the George G. GIlman 'Edge' series - yes, I was way too young for that... wondering if you've read them. Great stuff as always.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
@@michaeldaly1495 The whole YT comment thing is weird. Sometimes I can see comments in notifications, click on them to read and reply and they don't appear. I've certainly not deleted any of your points. There are rumors that YT are deleting more posts these days. Edge? No, never read them, but am thinking of buying some 2nd hand westerns soon, so we'll see!
@michaeldaly1495
3 ай бұрын
@@outlawbookselleroriginal great stuff. As far as I remember, George Gilman wrote the spaghetti novelisations under another pseudonym. The Edge books were everywhere once upon a time and were ten a penny - possibly more expensive now.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
@@michaeldaly1495 Yes, I recall them filling rack spinners in Welsh corner shops at the time. Jules Burt has covered them on his channel a few times and collects them.
@felixskivor4487
3 ай бұрын
Nice video Steve, thanks 🌞🤝
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Thanks Felix, good to hear from you as ever!
@sams5963
3 ай бұрын
Well I hope you read The Searchers. I think you'll be surprised by the difference between the ending in the book and that of the movie. A newer Western you might want to look at is called The Trail by Nathan Wright. I think the author pays attention to details which put you in the scene of the story. And there is a wonderful scene where the two leads are rescued by one of their mules that is both funny and shocking.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, I will read 'The Searchers', been meaning to for years.
@CLIFTON1314
3 ай бұрын
Yes I agree was pleasantly surprised when I read The Searchers by Alan Le May I loved the film but the book was outstanding
@psychonaut56
3 ай бұрын
I tried reading Radix on your suggestion, but the opening pages didn't pull me in; the protagonist was a bump on a log, the action was plodding. I'll give it another go soon. So many credible people have trumpeted it, it must be me...
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
It's not an easy read and his style takes some getting used to, I'll be the first to admit.
@Paromita_M
3 ай бұрын
I found Boy Parts an interesting read. The notebook is lovely. I have one too. 😊
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Yes, it was a good read. Try the Moshfegh if you've not read it, it's excellent. That is about my fifth notebook in the Esme Japanese silkscreen range....
@davidcruces4468
3 ай бұрын
You might want to give A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zalher a try while you’re getting back into westerns. He directed Bone Tomahawk and a few other pulpy crime movies. I’m going to check out his other books. I greatly enjoyed that one and his films as well.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip, but I have to say I found 'Bone Tomahawk' ponderous and over-long despite the strength of the concept- and I usually like Kurt R too...
@averyps
3 ай бұрын
If you're thinking about doing something for booktube Westerns' month, why not a quick piece on SF Westerns? I can't imagine anyone being more qualified to offer opinions on this than you ...
@outlawbookselleroriginal
3 ай бұрын
It's an idea, but - there are no SF Westerns : if a book is SF, then although it may appear to be a Western (like Burroughs' 'Place of Dead Roads' an amazing book), by definition it cannot be one. There is a thing about how "'Star Wars' is a Western," where film commentators who don't understand SF over-emphasise Western plot points in SF stories- which ultimately stems from pulp hack writers in the 1920s jumping from Westerns to Space Adventure by substituting aliens for Native Americans, spaceships for horses and ray guns for colt 45s, but these works did not endure. Obviously, some SF stories and films have used Western symbols and tropes (the films 'Welcome To Blood City' and 'Futureworld' did this in the 1970s) but these stories/movies all have a novum and paradigm shift, which Westerns by default do not have- like Fantasy, they are based on nostalgia anachronism, not progress- not that I don't like Westerns. If you look at the interview on the channel with SF writer Stark Holborn, we talk about this and Revisionist Westerns. But I will try and cover this idea at some point, thanks!
@Six-Shooter
3 ай бұрын
What you're thinking of is probably Space Westerns or better yet, weird westerns. Which there are plenty of but in terms of the science Fiction, it mostly is minor being only the back drop like the post apocalypse, future earth or outer space. The rest often is just science Fiction fantasy if any science Fiction at all. There is plenty of that stuff to look for, most of it taking the short story form and weird westerns are still written today, you just need to look for it.
@Liopot68
2 ай бұрын
Simenon isnt about the plot or the writing, it is about the ambiance and the atmosphere. It is hard to appreciate if you´re not french/belgian as it is deeply rooted in those cultures/areas.
@outlawbookselleroriginal
2 ай бұрын
I get that, but he's massively popular in the UK, so I think many people worldwide appreciate him, though clearly lots is lost in translation. I've read loads of international crime but he just does not float my boat, except occassionally with the black novels.
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