Echoes: SFBC Advertising Insert (1980s?)

A few weeks ago I posted an image of an old Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC) newsletter—click here—and while I was cleaning out a desk drawer a couple days ago, I found this cool advertising insert to join SFBC (probably from the late-1980s). I have no idea how it came into my life, other than as a bonus found inside a used book I purchased in the last few years.

If I could still order “Any 5 Books For $1 (with membership)” I would, and, these are the titles I’d pick:

·         Highway to Eternity, by Clifford D. Simak

·         Star of Gypsies, by Robert Silverberg

·         Across Realtime, by Vernor Vinge

·         Soldier of the Mist, by Gene Wolfe

·         The Shattered Sphere, edited by Robert Lynn Aspin and Lynn Abbey

In fact, just thinking about filling out the order form—no postage necessary—gives me a little thrill. Click on the image to see them larger.