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1. Just walked out of a used bookstore in middle of nowhere Pennsylvania with the first trilogy/sequence and Greencombers. I’m excited, I never thought I would find these in the wild. I can’t wait to get to him, though I do feel like it’s a crime to read Tate before I’ve read any Keith Roberts

2. It’s good to see Peter Tate being remembered, I still read his books occasionally. For me he is barely an SF writer, even though he used SF ideas sometimes because they were the best vehicle for what he chose to write about. As for his writing being a bit clunky, I don’t think it is, to me it's more of a style choice that suits his characters and subject matter.
   He used to subscribe to my fanzine, Cypher, and when he went to work for the Bournemouth Evening Echo we met up two or three times for a drink. He was a nice guy, but then I guess that's true of all Welshmen.

3. Hello Steve, some of Peter Tate's books have been translated into German and published as paperbacks, so there are indeed some paperback editions of Tate's novels available — just not in English. In the past, the German publisher Heyne had a huge catalogue of science fiction, including more obscure authors like Peter Tate. All of these books are now out of print, but still available second-hand. I am intrigued by your overview of Tate — Country Love and Poison Rain is one of the translated novels, and I might give it a try!

4. Interesting! I know William Burgess better than Tate. I've got a book called "The Strange Genius of William Burgess" from the National Museum of Wales. There was an exhibition in 1981- decades ago. I'll watch your Castell Coch video sometime….

5. RE "the first sf novel about the Welsh Nationalist movement" — there is a Welsh language novel called "Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd" (A Week in the Wales of the Future) by Islwyn Ffowc Elis which was published in 1957 that I think probably has the true claim to the title. (see the Wikipedia entry for more details). Interesting stuff!

6. “Protest” by Peter Tate, in a 1974 Galaxy, was worth the check out. Thanks.

7. Thx, – I'm starting with 'The Thinking Seat' when it arrives from a bookstore in Paris Fr.
   The US shipping costs are prohibiting at the moment. Even a book that is only a fiver over there
   will end up costing me +50 USD . 😢
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   PS: Close to finishing K. Roberts' The Furies'
   which I enjoy quite a lot. Thank you.

8. Sitting in the airport, waiting to board my flight back to Korea, and wondering if I ran across any of these in Michigan without realizing it. 😢 Maybe next time. 😅

9. Cheers Steve – I managed to secure the Faber edition of ‘The Thinking Seat’ which is being delivered to me tomorrow . Best wishes, Marc 📖🍺

10. This sounds like the kind of thing NYRB should pick up on, as they've rescued a few other nearly-lost-to-time SF works of note ("The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe", for instance).

11. Fascinating review of an author I have not heard of. Greencomber especially sounds like my cup of tea. I will look more closely at the shelves labeled 'T'.

12. Brilliant.
    I'd love to hear more about those short stories.

    More Welsh Strangeness!

    Couple of years ago Robin at bookspin mention the collection of Welsh SF.
    I haven't been able to track it down- any thoughts on it?
    It looks a little self-published or 'local.'

13. 6:30 I know you like an austere cover and I champion you for it!
    Get on with your bad self!
    I may not share the aesthetic, but that's why you're an outlaw, baby!
    Thanks for giving us more info Tate, it's been a while since you mentioned him last.

14. Sounds interesting, and I'll look for him.

    There are two other Bradbury books set in Green Town: "Summer Morning, Summer Night," which is a collection of Green Town stories (which I have not found a copy of, nor read, but suspect that some of them are parts of "Dandelion Wine" and "Farewell, Summer"), and the very odd and interesting "From the Dust Returned" — there is only one brief reference, but it makes it clear that the bizarre mansion where the Elliott family live is on the outskirts of Green Town; it might indeed be the "haunted house" Douglas Spaulding and his friends encounter a few times.

15. Always happy to see some "Welsh strangeness" 😁

    -Thanks

16. Commenting to find out what was the fate of Tate. Nice one ❤

17. Thanks for the superb video. Neil Young (Canadian) was at Glastonbury yesterday. Great performance. Worth checking out

18. Thank you for your fine work.

19. Really interesting video, thanks Steve. Always love hearing about authors that are unfamiliar to me. Seagulls Under Glass is a fantastic title.

20. Another marvellous presentation. I've got a copy of Judith Merril's England Swings SF, and she includes a story by Peter Tate (even though he's not English), 'Same Autumn in a Different Park'. I've noticed his tendency to capitalise text, as you said. Merril includes a biographical note interspersed with musings by Tate himself. Apparently he was also a semi-professional drummer.

21. First!