Book Hauls!

[j d worthington]

Now, that is what I call a Book Haul! Congratulations, and enjoy!

 

[Nesacat]

It's not really a book haul in the sense that I did not go out and buy them but after two years almost all my books are out of storage and on shelves in my own home again.

Aside from the boxes of books the movers have managed to misplace and are going to be taken apart SLOWLY over if they fail to find them.

I've basically been sitting with a silly smile on my face looking at filled shelves.

 

[j d worthington]

Congratulations, Cat! Glad to hear that most of them are now back on shelves; hope they find the others very soon... if not ... I'll be pleased to help with the anatomy lesson..... (*sigh* Still no evil smiley!...)

 

[Talysia]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Hooray for library sales.

I completely agree! I found "Day of the Triffids" by John Wyndham for 20p! Not much of haul, I'll grant you, but I'll definitely be going back again to see what else they've got!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Hoopy can you tell me what was the name of that shop and where it is, if I'm down that way it may be worth a look in.

Thanks Hoopy took me a little while to find the thread again

 

[Nikitta]

I've just got an email that The Sagan Diary (John Scalzi) has arrived today. Woo-hoo!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Sometime, Never: Three Tales of the Imagination, by William Golding, John Wyndham, and Mervyn Peake. I bought this one principally because the Peake story is "Boy Into Darkness" which I've been wanting to read for a long time.

Strange Cargo by Jeffrey E. Barlough, an author I've not heard of before and I'm wondering why. His work has been described as "Dickens flavored with Lovecraft, but also recalls Wilkie Collins or toned-down Poe." How, I ask myself, did I not see this or his previous books when they first came out?

Also some classic children's books to be put away until the twins reach a suitable age: Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet, both by E. Nesbit. And Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss, which I gave them today. They drooled on it and seemed quite pleased with the pictures. They already enjoy listening to rhymes and songs, and I hope when they're a little older they'll love the story as much as I did when I was very small.

 

[Kailana]

Sometime, Never: Three Tales of the Imagination, by William Golding, John Wyndham, and Mervyn Peake. I bought this one principally because the Peake story is "Boy Into Darkness" which I've been wanting to read for a long time.

That actually sounds interesting. I have never read Mervyn Peake before but I have read Golding and Wyndham.

 

[j d worthington]

Very nice story, that. It is actually yet another story about Titus Groan -- though the last name isn't mentioned, there is one mention of the Boy's first name in the tale; so it's a part of the Gormenghast set, in a way. Peake is a very richly textured writer, well worth reading many times over!

 

[DeepThought]

Got these two gems from a used bookstore

The Wizard Knight, Gene Wolfe
On Writing A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King

 

[Nikitta]

The last two books I had ordered have arrived now!

The Demon-haunted World. Science as a Candle in the Dark Carl Sagan

I Sing the Body Electric Ray Bradbury.

Both used, but in so good condition that you can't really tell that they're used.

I'm almost giddy to have I Sing the Body Electric in my hands again!

 

[j d worthington]

I'm almost giddy to have I Sing the Body Electric in my hands again!

It is indeed a wonderful collection! Congratulations, and enjoy!

 

[fancying_fantasy]

Let's see probably more than this, but here it is:

History in Quotations Reflecting 5,000 years of World History

Napoleon - by Felix Markhma

Literature of the Western World Neoclasscism Through the Modern Period

Tantalize - by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Montmorency Thief, Liar, Gentleman? - by Eleanor Updale

 

[BookStop]

This morning I arrived at the store to find someone had left 2 huge boxes of books over the weekend. Lucky we've had nice weather and the books didn't suffer from exposure overnight. I still have some sorting to do, but a couple of gems include:

1906 Tale of Two Cities
A collection of postcards from the Terezin artists
The Education of Little Tree
History books
Poetry
Satanic Verses by Rushdie

It's a good day.

 

[ravenus]

Conan Chronicles Vol.1 - People of the Black Circle
That completes my acquisition of Rob E. Howard's Conan stories. Yippee!

 

[j d worthington]

Well, I dropped by the used bookstore today to kind of boost my spirits, and came away just over $10 poorer, and 8 books richer... not a bad bargain! I got:

The Plays of R. B. Sheridan (all of 'em!)

Man and His Symbols, by C. G. Jung

Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays, ed. Esther Cloudman Dunn

The Tudor Drama, by C. F. Tucker Brooke

Lyrical Ballads & Other Poems, by Wordsworth & Coleridge

Darker Than You Think, by Jack Williamson

A Bibliography of James Russell Lowell, comp. by George Willis Cooke

100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, ed. by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert H. Weinberg, & Martin H. Greenberg

With 3 exceptions, all of these were $1, all except the Jung are in very good shape (the Williamson and Lyrical Ballads are brand new), so I figure I made quite a steal! Not often I find this kind of a bargain....

 

[jenna]

Sounds like a definite bargain! I got a nice little package in the mail yesterday, a very early birthday present from my mum, who went used book shopping and picked me up 10 Piers Anthonys. I've had to totally re-arrange my book shelf, which is of course a joy!

 

[j d worthington]

H'lo, Jenna! Congratulations! Which Anthony books were they, if you don't mind my asking?

 

[Nesacat]

Wow JD congratulations. Those are definitely great bargains. I wish you joy in the reading.

And you too Jenna and I'm curious about which titles as well.

 

[nixie]

Finally I've picked up

James Barclay's Shout for the Dead, along with

Tad Williams' Shadowplay and

Joe Abercrombie's Before they were Hanged