RaceBannon42 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I stopped in half price books over lunch to look for some Williams to take to the signing on Thursday. I found a copy of Shadowplay on sale for 1/2 off already! Shadowplay by Tad Williams Vellum ARC by Hal Duncan System of the World by Neal Stephenson Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Jennifer Government by Max Berry I have a book buying addiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add-on Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Some good books there, man. Well, I needed to stock up on reading material since I'll be stuck in nowhere, Illinois this spring break to pick up some extra hours at work, so a-blog-perusing I went. You lot haven't let me down yet, so I'm feeling pretty good about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Bought some new books today Ink Best of the Best 20 Years of Science Fiction Volumes 1 and 2 Also pre-ordered Before They Are Hanged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
一方通行 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Hell's Gate-David Weber+Linda Evans and Hell Hath No Fury-David Weber+Linda Evans are my only recent purchaces if you dont cout required for school books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 My first-ever review batch turned up: The Last Wish by 'Polish master of fantasy' Andrzej Sapkowski I was told by people who place LOTR and The Great Book of Amber at the top fantasy list, that this series is so good as to put it in between LOTR and The Great Book of Amber. It is 7 books finished series if I am not mistaken. I plan to read it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Recent purchases: The Essential Ellison - Harlan Ellison (Ordered from bokkilden.no some ~5 minutes ago) (Trade paperback) Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo (Paperback) A Feast for Crows - GRRM (I already have the HC, but I didn't much feel like rereading it in that format) (Paperback) Looking for Jake - China Mieville (Paperback) The crying of lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon (Paperback) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson (Paperback) Dreamsong: A RRetrospective - GRRM (Hardcover) Roadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Paperback) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Hardcover) Fevre Dream - GRRM (Paperback) The Armageddon Rag - GRRM (Trade paperback) A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (Paperback) The Thousandfold Thought - R. Scott Bakker (Trade Paperback) Ulysses - James Joyce (Paperback) Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan (Paperback) Broken Angels - Richard Morgan (Paperback) Woken Furies - Richard Morgan (Paperback) No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (Paperback) The First Book of Lankhmar - Fritz Leiber (Paperback) Oblivion - David Foster Wallace (Paperback) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 March purchases.... Temeraire Throne of Jade - Novik (hardback) Temeraire Black Powder War - Novik (hardback) Sebastian - Bishop (hardback) Wintersmith - Pratchett (trade paperback) The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse - Rankin (paperback) The Accidental - Ali Smith (paperback) The Winter Queen - Akunin (paperback) The Blade Itself - Abercrombie (paperback) A quiet month for me so far - darn bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell preordered Before They are Hanged, by the way winterbirth is Nice haul SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckman Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 The Last Wish by 'Polish master of fantasy' Andrzej Sapkowski I've been waiting for this for a long time now. Please let us know your thoughts once you're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 My first-ever review batch turned up: Black Man by Richard Morgan The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds Selling Out by Justina Robson The Last Wish by 'Polish master of fantasy' Andrzej Sapkowski You too, huh? I got the same batch, but without the Polish one. Black Man's first up. Anyone know anything about Justina Robson? This book is the second in a series but I haven't read the first one; is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Bought some more books today. The Crooked Letter by Sean Williams The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi Necromancer by William Gibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert's Last Bastard Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Let's see, in the last month I have bought Quartet (#250ish)- GRRM A Game of Thrones (Silver foil)- GRRM Legends II (signed Silverberg, Martin, Hobb)- Silverberg A Storm of Swords (#2)- SubPress GRRM A Clash of Kings (#209)- SubPress GRRM The Hedge Knight (Marvel HC)- GRRM Legends I and II- reading copies Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo- Lansdale Freezer Burn- Lansdale The Boar- Lansdale Christ the Lord- Rice That's off of the top of my head. Obviously, I just started collecting the Martin books, but I feel like I have gotten myself off to a pretty good start, and Lansdale is someone I have been meaning to read for quite some time, but there is only so much time in the day!! Anne Rice- well, I have all of her other books, so I might as well give it a shot... I think there are a couple more used cheapies that I just wanted to read, but they're not coming to me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Anyone know anything about Justina Robson? This book is the second in a series but I haven't read the first one; is it any good? Unknown, but I picked it up today. Today's purchases (shouldn't have done it with seven other books on the list, but what the hell?) were: Keeping It Real by Justina Robson World War 2.2: Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (NATO naval flotilla thrown back in time from 2021 and ends up in WWII: trashy but sounds fun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcf Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Anyone know anything about Justina Robson? This book is the second in a series but I haven't read the first one; is it any good? I've only read Mappa Mundi by her and it was solid hard SF that I'd happily recommend (review). My understanding is that though it's good, it's not her best. Jay knows more, I think he's read all her books. Pat also reviewed the first book in this series the other day. Robson has just started blogging again after a hiatus - she talks about the series in her first 'new' entry. I've got a package from Gollancz on the way - it'll be interesting to see if I get the same books on this side of the pond as you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I've just ordered Ink, Winterbirth, Before They Are Hanged, and Reaper's Gale from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakalwe7 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I just did the 3 for 2 deal at Waterstones I bought: Notes On A Scandal by Zoe Heller We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Looking forward to a bit of spare time to get stuck into them. These buys are awesome. More people should buy like Vestrit does, cos he's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbeat Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Picked up the first two volumes of Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days and Tag. It's a graphic novel by Brian Vaughn (Y: The Last Man) about the world's first superhero (who can speak to machines) becoming the Mayor of New York City, post-9/11. It's an excellent tale, lots of humor, action, and horror. I also bought House of Leaves today. Holy... shit. It's like downloading shrooms into my optical nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Nym Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I've just bought: Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu A couple of Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher: Grave Peril, Summer Knight Christopher Priest's The Separation and GRRM's Tuf Voyaging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Rebelo Firqoralas Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 So today I finally gave in to the peer pressure here on board and bought The Lies of Locke Lamora (which I still cant stop calling "The Lies of Lamora Locke"). The new Gollancz size B paperback is a really attractive book; both in size and appearance. I also bought Hyperion by Dan Simmons, which has only been on my to-buy list since I first heard of it sometime back in the late ninties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Warpechowski Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. People in Imdb said its much better than 300. Its about the Battle of Thermopylae. Also I bought Farenheit 451, which is suposed to be a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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