Book Hauls!

[Logan Selmes]

I especially enjoy the cover art for Star Gate and Starquake.

 

[AE35Unit]

I just downloaded Jenny Trapdoor by Neal Asher. Anything featuring the Shenanigans of Penny Royal is an instant read.

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"During the prador-human war the Dark Intelligence, the AI Penny Royal, fractured and went rogue. The manipulations of this insane and incredibly dangerous intelligence were grotesque. It granted wishes that were deals with the devil, and transformed its victims into chimeras of the technological and the organic. Hunted throughout the war and beyond, it finally found redemption and apotheosis, as it moved itself beyond time.

Though Jenny is terrified of the trapdoor spider that has taken up residence in her ship, the arrival of the war in her home system soon dismisses it from her mind. But the spider returns in a way she could never have conceived. . ."

Where from?

 

[Vertigo]

Where from?

Amazon, probably. It's a (currently only, I hope) rather expensive novella. Which is a bit annoying if Neal Asher is now, as it appears, jumping on the £6 for 150 pages band wagon. It appears to be a self published book, which is what I think he has said he's doing with all the shorter stories he has knocking about now. Not available from Kobo, so probably not available (without conversion) on any platform other than kindle (which is also annoying).

 

[AE35Unit]

From a charity shop

 

[JunkMonkey]

And the post arrived....

Et le cerise sur le gateau... I didn't notice when I bought them that the H P Lovecraft had a cover illustration by Druillet

So glad the wife wasn't home when they arrived.

 

[AE35Unit]

Found a book shop in the town, full of old books. I thought they would be expensive, but most of them are £1 each!
I got these 3 for £2!
Will be visiting again!

 

[AE35Unit]

Couple of 'modern classics' from the charity shop

 

[Hilarious Joke]

My Football Journey - Lance Franklin
Night of Plague - Orhan Pamuk
Storytellers - Leigh Sales
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes

 

[AE35Unit]

From Abebooks, an non 87th precinct novel from Ed Mcbain, said to be really good. Its set around Christmas time so will read it next December

 

[AE35Unit]

Book haul part 1. These came in the post this morning.
Books 23 and 24 in the series

 

[AE35Unit]

Book haul part 2, from a charity book shop. Yes thats a charity shop that's all books, and they're mostly £1 each. I got these 3 for £2!

 

[Rodders]

I downloaded a coulple of the SF Masterworks books that were 0.99p on kindle.

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney



To Say Nothing of th Dog by Connie Willis.



I have't read any of her work, so i'm looking forward to this.

Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories.



I must confess that i only boaught this as i loved the title.

 

[AE35Unit]

Hmm i wonder if the EdMcbain books are available for Kindle....

 

[Vince W]

Babel-17 is probably my second or third favourite Delany.

 

[Rodders]

I've not read any Delaney, but it is a name that crops up often.

 

[Astro Pen]

Ah, the joy of the secondhand book shelves
Nice clutch of mostly art based books along with a mint copy of the 1965 locospotters book I had as a young teenager. That was pure nostalgia! It survived better than most of the locomotives within.
I don't know anything about Stephen Pinker, I imagine he is one of those Chomsky types but am about to find out.

 

[Vince W]

I've not read any Delaney, but it is a name that crops up often.

Then I would recommend starting with Nova. It's his most accessible and best (IMO) work.

 

[AE35Unit]

I've read one Delany, The Jewels of Aptor. Nothing to write home about

 

[Vince W]

Yeah, his first published novel. Not great but not bad either considering he was only 19 I think.

 

[Astro Pen]

Enjoying the 1999 Steven Pinker book above. A very accessible text. Full report later.