Book Hauls!

[BAYLOR]

Ive got a Pyramid book. The Dream Detective. Tales of Perilous Adventures introducing Moris Klaw by Sax Roymer . I have never previously heard of this series and character.

 

[Randy M.]

No isolation from the current pandemic then?

It's voluntary and one of the reasons I held off buying the books. On-line buying, that is. I did go to the store and pick them up -- the owner handed them out the door where masked me took them and left.

I don't see any signs of an attempt to clean them. For myself, I've quarantined them since last Thursday. I believe the virus -- according to WebMD -- can last up to 5 days on paper, so I'll probably wait until Thursday or Friday before starting one of them.

Randy M.

 

[Allegra]

My next book to buy should be The Second Sleep by Robert Harris, a historical crime thriller:

Amazon.com: The Second Sleep: A novel eBook : Harris, Robert: Books

Amazon.com: The Second Sleep: A novel eBook : Harris, Robert: Books

www.amazon.com

It seems irresistible. I haven't read many of his books except Fatherland and The Ghost, and now am reading his brilliant historical fiction An Officer and A Spy. His writing is neat and intense and his historical facts are well researched - something I always appreciate in an author.

The Ghost adapted to The Ghost Writer, a great political thriller starred by Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor; An Officer and A Spy the film also came out last year and won The Grand Jury Prize at Venice film festival, but I wonder if I ever get to watch it because it was directed by Roman Polanski (he did The Ghost Writer too) and sort of banned.

 

[Extollager]

Enjoy the cover art! This was one of the books in the 1968 list of sf that I included in one of my home-made magazines just before I his the teen years. I'd forgotten that I'd read it till I saw the list recently. Even then the title seemed juvenile to me, but I liked the novel very much...

The cat is Tess, whom we reckon turns 2 years old this month. She was born to a "barn cat" -- more precisely, a cat living in a shed with an open side, where odds and ends of farm-type equipment were stored.

 

[BAYLOR]

Enjoy the cover art! This was one of the books in the 1968 list of sf that I included in one of my home-made magazines just before I his the teen years. I'd forgotten that I'd read it till I saw the list recently. Even then the title seemed juvenile to me, but I liked the novel very much...
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The cat is Tess, whom we reckon turns 2 years old this month. She was born to a "barn cat" -- more precisely, a cat living in a shed with an open side, where odds and ends of farm-type equipment were stored.

Cool Cat .

Ive seen that exact book, It was in one of my Classes way back in grade school.

 

[Gandalfer]

A first edition of Phillip K. Dick. It was expensive, but I couldn't resist.

 

[BAYLOR]

A first edition of Phillip K. Dick. It was expensive, but I couldn't resist.

Any Philip K Dick book is a good investment.

 

[dask]

A first edition of Phillip K. Dick. It was expensive, but I couldn't resist.

Which PKD book was it?

 

[Extollager]

A first edition of Phillip K. Dick. It was expensive, but I couldn't resist.

Welcome to Chrons!

 

[Gandalfer]

Thanks for the welcoming! It was "The Man in the High Castle" and yes... it was because of the TV show. I admit it

 

[BAYLOR]

Thanks for the welcoming! It was "The Man in the High Castle" and yes... it was because of the TV show. I admit it

No worries.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire - Julia Baird

Really good, even if it's by an Australian!

 

[Paul_C]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed as I could still receive a message telling me I missed out, but hopefully I will have a copy of Vandana Singh's The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet winging its way to me before long

I've been looking for a copy for ages, but it usually ends up stupidly expensive or out of stock. Today while checking I found a copy for around £20 inc. postage, which relatively speaking is a bargain - just got to wait for it to travel very slowly between the US and here.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

I have recently treated myself to several series of books, amongst are Terry Brooks, Shannara, Magic Kingdom, and Raymond E. Feist, Magician series and his current King of Ashes series. I have Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth series. Should keep me going for quite a while.

 

[Extollager]

Kokotolko… that's Sachiko with a new book on Tolkien.

 

[Rodders]

That looks like a nice tome, Extollager.

 

[hitmouse]

Very nice. So what were the places?

 

[Extollager]

Locations in England and Switzerland seem to account for the great majority, at least, Hitmouse, but I would have to get back to you about specifics for most of them, and I'm saving the book for later.

 

[Vince W]

I need a copy of that for my Tolkien collection.

 

[Rodders]

Forbidden Planet just delivered my Rise of Skywalker novel and the Art of Rise of Skywalker, which I'll look forward to reading later this afternoon.