Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site panda.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!mjn From: mjn@panda.UUCP (Mark J. Norton) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: sf book club Message-ID: <347@panda.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 09:38:20 EST Article-I.D.: panda.347 Posted: Wed Mar 6 09:38:20 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 09:06:46 EST Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 31 > I'm in a third category (long-time member, sad that prices are going up but > intending to remain a member) and was wondering if *everyone* else is > in the other two. If so, I can extrapolate that I, too, will someday be > driven out; I'd hate that, since the postage on the reply forms is well > worth the bargain I pick up (admittedly mostly on older titles) a few > times a year. I enjoy even a mediocre-quality hardback much more than the > smaller, can't-prop-up paperback. Am I the only "chump" in my category? > Dave Suess zeus@aerospace.ARPA I am another long-time subscriber to the sfbc. In the twelve or so years I've been buying books from them, I've been occationally stuck with books I didn't want. I've seen the prices slowly creep upwards. I've had arguments over whether I paid a bill or not, etc. On the other hand, I have many collections (such as Zalazny's Amber Chronicles) which have appeared no where else. Many times I've seen a sfbc edition of a new book come out before trade hardcover (Pohl's Heechee Rendezvous). I like the fact that my bookclub editions seem to stand re-reading better than paperbacks. I like the choices and new selections I see every month. I buy about 12-16 books a year from them. Starting with sfbc editions, I've become intrested in collecting hardcover sf books. I have many old sfbc selections. I've also branched out into first editions (trade) and specialty publishers (such as Gregg editions). I general, I am pleased with the book club and will continue to be a member. I've had my problems, but most of them were my fault or were worked out with them.