What book are you reading at the moment? Part 2

[johneffay]

Thanks Dave, that means I have both versions to use as comparisons.

Afraid not. Unless things are different on your side of the Pond, The Nomad of Time is the unrevised anthology, the revised anthology is A Nomad of the Time Streams.

If you like Bastable, you really should try and get the revised one. Whilst Mike's revisions are not usually that major, The Steel Tzar has loads of material added and is a great improvement on the original imho

[voilodian ghagnasdiak]

A Nomad Of The Time Sreams it'll be then.
Thanks for your graciousity once again Sir John.

[Doc]

[quote=johneffay;156586]

If you like Bastable, you really should try and get the revised one. Whilst Mike's revisions are not usually that major, The Steel Tzar has loads of material added and is a great improvement on the original imho

Not really adding anything, but I agree. The revised edition has far more substance and feels far more complete than the original.

[David Mosley]

The White Wolf omnibus has a nice set of illustrations "from the sketchbook of Captain Oswald Bastable", which makes it by far the preferred edition imo.

As we know, you can only get the revised Tsar in the omnibus edition. Or can you?

If you look at the first picture in this post and the third shelf down you'll see, sandwiched between the revised Gloriana and Lunching with the Anti-Christ an 'uniquely bound' copy of the revised The Steel Tsar, which I 'liberated' from a spare copy of the Millennium ANotTS.



"The horror. The horror."
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[Doc]

You demonstrate unusual commitment to establishing literary purity, David.

[Kevin McCabe]

Well, now that the experts have weighed in, I am happy to say that I have finished The Steel Tsar, that it was the revised version from A Nomad of the Time Streams, that it was pure dumb luck on my part in making the selection, and that the whole thing was one hell of a good read thanks to Our Fearless Leader!!! Next up, Fabulous Harbors.

[thingfish]

My re-read of the Bastable trilogy on hold as im dedicating my next batch of reading time to The LSD Dossier.
I've never read a whole book on screen before but im sure this book will be a good way to shed my virginity!
Then it'll be on to Os and Una!!

[Rothgo]

Re-read the Watchman (Absolute version) as a reminder before the movie - which I shall flock to like the lemming I am. What a stormer that book is. Still splendid after all these years!

[johneffay]

The White Wolf omnibus has a nice set of illustrations "from the sketchbook of Captain Oswald Bastable", which makes it by far the preferred edition imo.

It's got pictures! I turned down a hardback White Wolf in favour of the Millennium because I prefer the the cover on the latter. Nobody told me the White Wolf had pictures

[David Mosley]

I turned down a hardback White Wolf in favour of the Millennium because I prefer the the cover on the latter.

Should have gone to SpecSavers.

I'm sorry, but I fail to see how anyone can prefer this cover to this cover

Mark Reeve's covers for the Orion omnibus series are - for this reader at least - by far the poorest of the set.

[johneffay]

It's all a question of taste, David:

I've got taste and you haven't

[Doc]

Well, now that the experts have weighed in, I am happy to say that I have finished The Steel Tsar, that it was the revised version from A Nomad of the Time Streams, that it was pure dumb luck on my part in making the selection, and that the whole thing was one hell of a good read thanks to Our Fearless Leader!!! Next up, Fabulous Harbors.

I really, really like Fabulous Harbors. If you have the time, I would be presumptuous enough to suggest jumping right into The War Amongst the Angels immediately after you finish FH. There is a particular rhythm to the two of them together...

[Doc]

Hmmmm... The Orion covers, in general, don't appeal to me the way the WW covers do. However, the WW covers and bindings are ludicrously cheap.

And sorry to rub in in, but the pictures are quite cool...

[Kevin McCabe]

Well, now that the experts have weighed in, I am happy to say that I have finished The Steel Tsar, that it was the revised version from A Nomad of the Time Streams, that it was pure dumb luck on my part in making the selection, and that the whole thing was one hell of a good read thanks to Our Fearless Leader!!! Next up, Fabulous Harbors.

I really, really like Fabulous Harbors. If you have the time, I would be presumptuous enough to suggest jumping right into The War Amongst the Angels immediately after you finish FH. There is a particular rhythm to the two of them together...

Thanks Doc, will do! I started The War Between The Angels once and put it down until I had time to get and read FH first.

[voilodian ghagnasdiak]

Ive completed Return Of The Fireclown.
(Who was it you were really flailling Mike?????)
I've yet to decide which MM book is next.