I have 6, 6 foot tall (6 shelves each) bookshelves filled with SFBC books collected over a span of 30 years. Unfortunately, ebooks and Amazon helped in the demise of SFBC.
I am from the Bahamas and remember seeing the ad in Omni Magazines. My sister lived in North Carolina, so I ordered the 3 free sci-fi books, one of which was Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.. And I was hooked for life on Science Fiction Books.
I joined the SFBC when it began. I had just turned 8, and saved my allowance to buy the books. The incentive for joining was a ticket on the first commercial flight to the moon! I just knew I would cash in on that. I still have the ticket, but am now almost 80, and now that my favorite SF connection for all those years has gone to sleep, I will stop waiting. R.I.P.
My friend lost his entire collection of SFBC from Super Storm Sandy. Is your collection for sale? All he has left are the a few years of the Things To Come pamphlets.
It breaks my heart that SFBC is gone. I admit that I was turned off by them promoting books other than science fiction, like romance or self improvement books. I used to buy often from them, right around Christmas when they had sales. Then they switched to wanting to sell me book credits by automatically charging my credit card. It’s just a real shame and I feel bad for not supporting them in the previous years. I admit that lately reading has been the last thing on my mind. I have my SFBC copies and love them. I’ll cherish them for as long as I live.
Yes, a couple of years ago I looked it up to see if it was still around. I was pleased to learn it still existed, then disappointed when I went to the website and saw them promoting thrillers and romances in addition to science fiction and fantasy. It indicated the owners weren't committed to the SFBC as a brand. :(
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I have 6, 6 foot tall (6 shelves each) bookshelves filled with SFBC books collected over a span of 30 years. Unfortunately, ebooks and Amazon helped in the demise of SFBC.
Wow! What an impressive collection. I'll be most of them are still in great condition. Thanks for sharing. :)
I am from the Bahamas and remember seeing the ad in Omni Magazines. My sister lived in North Carolina, so I ordered the 3 free sci-fi books, one of which was Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.. And I was hooked for life on Science Fiction Books.
I joined the SFBC when it began. I had just turned 8, and saved my allowance to buy the books. The incentive for joining was a ticket on the first commercial flight to the moon! I just knew I would cash in on that. I still have the ticket, but am now almost 80, and now that my favorite SF connection for all those years has gone to sleep, I will stop waiting. R.I.P.
My friend lost his entire collection of SFBC from Super Storm Sandy. Is your collection for sale? All he has left are the a few years of the Things To Come pamphlets.
It breaks my heart that SFBC is gone. I admit that I was turned off by them promoting books other than science fiction, like romance or self improvement books. I used to buy often from them, right around Christmas when they had sales. Then they switched to wanting to sell me book credits by automatically charging my credit card. It’s just a real shame and I feel bad for not supporting them in the previous years. I admit that lately reading has been the last thing on my mind. I have my SFBC copies and love them. I’ll cherish them for as long as I live.
Yes, a couple of years ago I looked it up to see if it was still around. I was pleased to learn it still existed, then disappointed when I went to the website and saw them promoting thrillers and romances in addition to science fiction and fantasy. It indicated the owners weren't committed to the SFBC as a brand. :(