Werthead Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 [i][b]Hothouse [/b][/i]by Brian Aldiss [i][b]Gates of Fire [/b][/i]by Stephen Pressfield. And [url="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4/Werthead/Book%20Haul/BestServedCold.jpg"]this[/url] turned up in the mail :smoking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_P Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [b]Iron, Ice, and Gold[/b] - SM Stirling [b]Inside Straight[/b] - GRRM [b]Paragon Lost[/b] - Dave Duncan [b]Impossible Odds[/b] - Dave Duncan [b]Jaguar Knights[/b] - Dave Duncan [b]Steel Beach[/b] - John Varley [b]The Fade[/b] - Chis Wooding Really, really hoping that the limited edition of Gardens of the Moon shows up this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Joergensen Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Just bought Watership down from a second-hand store today. This is a children's book right? Will have to see why people on this board can´t shut up about it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [quote name='K_P' post='1704887' date='Mar 2 2009, 09.41'][b]Iron, Ice, and Gold[/b] - SM Stirling [b]Inside Straight[/b] - GRRM [b]Paragon Lost[/b] - Dave Duncan [b]Impossible Odds[/b] - Dave Duncan [b]Jaguar Knights[/b] - Dave Duncan [b]Steel Beach[/b] - John Varley [b]The Fade[/b] - Chis Wooding [b]Really, really hoping that the limited edition of Gardens of the Moon shows up this week.[/quote][/b] I'm so jealous. It's such a great cover! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Lord Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Bought: [b]I, Claudius[/b] - Robert Greaves. [b]Claudius the God[/b] - Robert Greaves. [b]Dracula [/b]- Bram Stoker. [b]Paradise Lost[/b] - John Milton. [b]Heart of Darkness[/b] - Joseph Conrad. I'm really enjoying Dune and have almost finished it. I will be buying the rest of the Herbert series as a result but not the Anderson books due to the negative reviews on this forum. I'm having troubles locating the Gormenghast books however. They're just not in any bookstores i go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I got a bunch of books for my birthday then Mom and I went to B&N and bought some more. I'll get to them all eventually. :blush: [b][i]2666[/i][/b], Roberto Bolano [b][i]Ages of Wonder[/i][/b], Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin (anthology) [b][i]Niccolo Rising[/i][/b], Dorothy Dunnett [b][i]Spiritgate[/i][/b], Kate Elliot [b][i]Dragon in Chains[/i][/b], Daniel Fox [b][i]Aztec[/i][/b], Gary Jennings [b][i]Three Unbroken[/i][/b], Chris Roberson [b][i]The Atrocity Archives[/i][/b], Charles Stross [b][i]The Way of Shadows[/i][/b], Brent Weeks [b][i]How to Live on Mars[/i][/b], Robert Zubrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procrastimancer Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Dan Simmons - The Terror Jim Butcher - White Night The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darling Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 [b]The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao[/b], Junot Diaz I picked it after reading this blurb: "Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love." Sounds like it may a painful read -- in the awkward, I feel embarassed for this character kind of way -- but it also seems like there's a lot of humor, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 [quote name='Darling' post='1710168' date='Mar 5 2009, 23.36'][b]The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao[/b], Junot Diaz I picked it after reading this blurb: "Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love." Sounds like it may a painful read -- in the awkward, I feel embarassed for this character kind of way -- but it also seems like there's a lot of humor, too.[/quote] In that respect it sounds a little like [i]A Confederacy of Dunces[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_P Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Online ordering is way too convenient... [b]City Without End[/b] - Kay Kenyon [b]Fugitive Prince[/b] - Janny Wurts (hope this is good...) [b]Stones of Power: The Sipstrassi Omnibus[/b] - David Gemmell Also, [b]Gardens of the Moon[/b] limited edition showed up yesterday. Certainly lives up to all my expectations. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmail Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Perdido Street Station = China Meiville The Steel Remains = Richard Morgan The Name of the Wind = Patrick Rothfuss Shamans Crossing = Robin Hobb Started with Perdido Street Station, but i can't get into it. So have moved on to Rothfuss, then Hobb, and finally Morgan, if only because i know i'll like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 New ARCs courtesy of Pan Macmillan: [i][b]Nights of Villjamur [/b][/i]by Mark Charan Newton [i][b]Twisted Metal [/b][/i]by Tony Ballantyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrehead Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I guess the Newton book is making everyone's rounds. I read it on this morning's flight and it was quick and enjoyable if not ravable. I definitely will read the second book. Also in the latest pile I got the other day was [i]Godmother[/i] by Carolyn Turgeon, [i]How Rome Fell[/i] by Adrian Goldsworthy, [i]Jasmyn[/i] by Alex Bell, [i]The Sign[/i] by Raymond Koury, [i]The Devil's Kiss [/i]by Sarwat Chadda and [i]The Land of Marvels[/i] by Barry Unsworth (I forgot I already had this). I also picked up a few shelf copies my last trip into Strand which included [i]Taqwacores[/i] by Michael Muhammed-Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Sun Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Yesterday, when I had to make a train travel and was a little too early at the train station for my train back, I bought the German translation of Zafón's "[b]Shadow of the Wind[/b]" on a whim. I blame Stego. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I've bought a bit or had it delivered in the last week. That's it until April Kitty goes to Washington - Vaughn, Alpha & Omega - Briggs. Bad Science - Goldacre. Flat Earth News - Davies Speaker for the Dead - Scott Card 2888 - Bolani Dead until Dark - Harris Horizon - McMaster Bujold The White Tiger - Adiga The Kindly Ones - Littel. I did get a little excited when I thought that the new book by Zafon was out, but sadly, that wasn't to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Hat Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie The Dark That Comes Before - Scott Bakker The Best of H.P. Lovecraft - Lovecraft (duh) Fevre Deream - George R.R. Martin Dreamsongs - George R.R. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Oh, hell. I'm still reading [i]The Judging Eye.[/i] You people kill me. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_P Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Found some decent copies of the Seventh Sword trilogy by Dave Duncan [indent][b]The Reluctant Swordsman[/b] [b]The Coming of Wisdom[/b] [b]The Destiny of the Sword[/b] [/indent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulain Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Small Favour - Jim Butcher The Long Price (Shadow and Betrayal) - Daniel Abraham A Sword From Red Ice - J. V. Jones Brasyl - Ian McDonald The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LacyinTX Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 An Autumn War and Hunter's Run - just ordered them today. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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