Book Hauls!

[Jay]

Was lucky enough to scoop up the last copy of the first editon of Dradin in Love from Vandermeer's sale!

 

[steve12553]

Last few weeks: The Silmarillion by Tolkien, Down These Dark Spaceways edited by Mike Resnick, Into The Looking Glass by John Ringo, Bran Mak Morn THe Last King by Robert E. Howard, Off the Main Sequence by Robert A. Heinlein, Black Seas of Infinity by H. P. Lovecraft (Listed as The Best of), Flinx's Folly by Allen Dean Foster. I'm a goo 22 years behind in my reading which means I gotta stay lucid for a long time after I retire.

 

[GOLLUM]

Last few weeks: The Silmarillion by Tolkien, Down These Dark Spaceways edited by Mike Resnick, Into The Looking Glass by John Ringo, Bran Mak Morn THe Last King by Robert E. Howard, Off the Main Sequence by Robert A. Heinlein, Black Seas of Infinity by H. P. Lovecraft (Listed as The Best of), Flinx's Folly by Allen Dean Foster. I'm a goo 22 years behind in my reading which means I gotta stay lucid for a long time after I retire.

WOW! you're really covering a good selection of writers there Steve, impressive....

Don't forget the Fantasy Masterwork series. They feature all of the Conan stories by Howard. Also Bison books have put out a lot of Howards stuff from the pulp magazines like Weird Tales and other mags of the time including unpublished work where he wrote across several Genres. Here's a link:

http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/special/newThisMonth.jsp

 

[Jay]

The Amber Wizard by David Forbes
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn
Pretender by CjJ. Cherryh
Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman

 

[beenorthern]

I put *Pattern Recognition* on my Want List after I had it from the Library (just couldn't get into William Gibson earlier, but really enjoyed this one!) My sweetie bought this new in pb for me, also

*Household Gods* -- Judith Tarr & Harry Turtledove
*Alphabet of Thorn* -- Patricia A. McKillip
*The Buried Pyramid* -- Jane Lindskold
*Any Man So Daring* -- Sarah A. Hoyt
*Tooth and Claw* -- Jo Walton (another library pre-read; imagine a Jane Austen novel where the narrator and characters are all dragons! Very amusing!)

I also have his HDC copy of *Spin* by Robert Charles Wilson in my stack.

Secondhand pb:
*Jingo* and *Monstrous Regiment* -- Terry Pratchett
*Fool's Errand* -- Robin Hobb
*Confidence Game* -- Michelle Walsh
*Ilium* - Dan Simmons

I haven't read them all yet, so I'm a happy bibliovore here ...

 

[littlemissattitude]

Pattern Recognition is very good. I think I've got a review of it posted around here somewhere (on the main page reviews, I think, rather than on the Reviews board; it's been awhile since I wrote it). But I couldn't get into Household Gods. Maybe I'll try again at some point.

Anyway...my latest haul, from last week:

Earth: An Intimate History, by Richard Fortey
The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, which I found in a nice trade paperback edition for only $7.95.

 

[ladyflorange]

I got a Maggie Furey book - forget what it's called, David Gemmell - Legend (to re-read), something by someone else I can't remember... Jean something... about people in the ice age or something....yeah I have a terrible memory! But they all looked good!

 

[murphy]

I got a Maggie Furey book - forget what it's called, David Gemmell - Legend (to re-read), something by someone else I can't remember... Jean something... about people in the ice age or something....yeah I have a terrible memory! But they all looked good!

If that's Jean Auel, her books are a series starting with Clan of the Cave Bear. That was the best book in the series.

Recently hit a Barnes & Noble remnant sale. Picked up a new Webster's Dictionary, Colleen McCullough's The October Horse, Midnight Harvest by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Pompeii by Robert Harris. The last 3 were all hardcover and under $7.00 each.

 

[ladyflorange]

If that's Jean Auel, her books are a series starting with Clan of the Cave Bear. That was the best book in the series.

Yeah that's her! I got Clan of the Cave Bear. What do you think of the rest of them?

 

[Adasunshine]

I got a couple of bargains today...

Boxed Set of 4 books, The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers & Return of the King for £8.99 (original price £27.99)

Boxed set of the Chronicles of Narnia for £7.99

The Harlequins Dance by Tom Arden, Gangland Bosses by James Morton & Gerry Parker (about London Gang history) & Abhorsen by Garth Nix all for £5

Gotta love a bargain...

xx

 

[ladyflorange]

I got a boxed set of the Chronicles of Narnia in Oxfam for 1.49 lol Best bargain ever!

 

[Adasunshine]

I got a boxed set of the Chronicles of Narnia in Oxfam for 1.49 lol Best bargain ever!

Ooh! You lucky thing you! I was still pleased with £7.99 as it was around £29.99 to begin with - it's always worth waiting.

This is why I hadn't replaced my ruined and torn volume (kids eh?) of The Lord of the Rings until now, the boxed sets just shot up in price after the films so I bided my time and ended up getting them for a relatively bargain price.

xx

 

[Rosemary]

That's what I am waiting for also Ada...

Had to climb a ladder to get hold of an old issue of Janny Wurt's Shadowfane from the Cycle of Fire series. It is in really good condition and I only had to pay AU$4 for it.

 

[Jay]

The Thralls Tale by Judith Lindbergh
Vintage PKD by Philip K. Dick
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg

 

[pixelated_dreams]

Sabriel - Garth Nix
Lirael - Garth Nix
Abhorsen - Garth Nix
The Creature in the Case - Garth Nix

i was a bit of a late starter on that trend, but i have to say i loved all of the books, and i've got my eye on the first 3 of the 7 keys to the kingdom books on ebay.

 

[elvet]

Some of these hauls look familiar
Just bought Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen as well as the boxed Lord of the Rings + companion.
I went on an Anne McCaffrey buying spree too - Hall of Pern trilogy, Nerilka's story, Chronicles of Pern First Fall, and Dragon's Kin.

 

[Kailana]

Wait, is Sabriel by Nix part of a series? No where on the book I have does it say that. Maybe inside, but I haven't started it yet....

 

[GOLLUM]

Wait, is Sabriel by Nix part of a series? No where on the book I have does it say that. Maybe inside, but I haven't started it yet....

Yep it's part of the trilogy which also includes Lirael and Abhorsen. It's the first book. A decent read but not as good as his Keys to the Kingdom series.

 

[pixelated_dreams]

there are technically 4 books. the creature in the case is also part of the lariel series, but it is a much much shorter book. follows the story of ... is it nicholas sayer (cant remember now i read it a while ago) the scientist kid.

its not technically a novel, but i nice read if you've read the others

 

[GOLLUM]

there are technically 4 books. the creature in the case is also part of the lariel series, but it is a much much shorter book. follows the story of ... is it nicholas sayer (cant remember now i read it a while ago) the scientist kid.

its not technically a novel, but i nice read if you've read the others

OH I never knew that, thanks for illuminating me.......